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Old 10-12-06 | 06:53 PM
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vtjim
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From: Burlington, Vermont

Bikes: 2011 Trek Soho DLX

Interesting ride home today. There were 5 or 6 large coach buses lined up trying to get down to the Burlington waterfront for some reason. They were all backed up because there wasn't enough room for them. I passed them all on the right, squeezing between them and parked cars, (slowly!) and got to the MUP. Glad I wasn't stuck in a car!

But... At an intersection being tied up by the bus convoy, I saw an older guy stopped talking to a kid who looked to be in his teens, and they were standing next to an MTB. The kid was holding up his arm and I saw it had fresh road rash on it. A saw a mini van parked very close to the intersection and the corner of its back bumper was pushed in. Not sure if it was related, but the kid had definitely hit the ground before I arrived. I kept wondering if I should turn around and go back, but the old dude wasn't yelling at the kid, so I figured things were under control. Maybe he was just a witness to the fall and offering some help. Neither of them looked very happy though.

I wound up following a cute female most of the way on the MUP. Her MTB was way too big for her but she was moving along okay.
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