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Old 05-26-04 | 07:45 AM
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jfmckenna
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From: The edge of b#

Bikes: A whole bunch-a bikes.

I crashed me fixie
No one saw it though except for you all so shhhh save my embarisment

I cut through a 200ft section of grass to a 'bike path' on my commute. The grass was tall so as I was approaching the paved path to my left on an angle the tire got stuck in that little area where the pavement rises out ov the grass. I rode it scrapping the tire along for about 5 ft and realized it's time to go down. It's funny how the brain works b/c at that moment I remembered a time about 15 years ago when riding my Panasonic brakeless track bike I came to a hill so steep I could'nt stop and found some bushes to crash in. Well fortunatlly there were some nice cozy bushes to crash in so I pulled my left foot out as the bike was going down to the left stepped onto the pavement as the right peddal of the fixie launched me accross the bike path[this is actually when I started to laugh] and I curled up and broke the bush into piecies which cushened my fall nicely. There was a fence post about a ft away whew! All I got was a few dings on the right leg and wasn't late to work. Thanks for listening
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