Before our current relationship began, my girlfriend was on a week-long cycletour of the Oregon coast with a bunch of friends. Early on the second day, she was riding her bike with a jacket strapped to the rear rack. She was just nearing the end of the long descent and exiting to Cannon Beach when the jacket somehow got caught in her back wheel, locking it up completely. I figure she should have been able to ride it out, except that the exit lane curved, and if she kept going straight she'd end up endo'ing off the side of the road. So she crashed hard enough that she couldn't continue the tour.

So I figure getting clothing caught in the rear wheel is just something women do...

- L.