The first three-quarters of the commute home yesterday afternoon was great. Sun was shining, temperature was just right... All around a great time to be on a bike. It wasn't so much that the remainder of the commute was bad. It was more that it just didn't happen, what with me being hit by a car and all. Blech, what a drag.

It was just your standard last-second right hook maneuver, but it was my first wreck of any kind (car or bicycle). I'm in pretty good shape, considering. I'm a little uglier than usual in the face area, my knees and one elbow have lost quite a few layers of skin, and my ribs hurt, but hey, could have been worse.

Surprisingly, the bike fared best out of the three entities involved. Front fender got twisted up, and somehow, the bottle cage got ripped right out. Other than that, I haven't seen anything wrong. The front wheel surely took the brunt of the impact, but it still looks straight and true. On the other hand, I ripped the front bumper of the car clean off, and probably did a number on the car's fender as well.

Anyway, I've been hanging around BF for quite a while now, just haven't posted. I was planning on posting in one of the "Pictures of your..." threads at some point, so I guess I'll do that now. I took this a week or so ago, but wasn't very happy with how it came out. I suppose it'll have to do:


2004 K2 Zed 1.0. Started life as a mountain bike, was fairly quickly converted into a more road-worthy vehicle, and later made more capable of carrying a load and riding in inclement weather.