Well today's commute went terrible... actually come to think of it my day went terrible. On the way to work my back blinkie light fell off and smashed into a million pieces. Then at coffee break I bit into a nectarine, my front tooth glanced off the pit and snap, I chipped my tooth pretty badly. After that on the way home I took the same route, 50 % road 45% bike path and 5% dirt trail...Well on the way down the steep dirt trail (I was going too fast) I happened to catch my front wheel in a rut and went and pulled a header. Rolled in the hard pack dirt and got some scrapes on my forearm, elbow and a quarter of my back. Luckily my helmet was on because when I rolled my head was driven into the dirt. Well the helmet has a tiny hole in it from a small rock, my handebars were bent around, the rear derailler didn't work anymore...this all happened .25 of the way home. I recently put slicks on my bike and I think these didn't help my situation...So I called my Wife, said I would be late and limped home on my damaged 1982 Norco Pinnacle. I got home, took the bike apart, checked it over tightened everything, took the rear derailler apart, cleaned it, lubed it and put everything back together. The old clunker still runs! Yay! I can't afford a new bike right now. Incidentally, fenders are great in the rain but in this situation I swear they did not help and perhaps caused more trouble than anything. They got all caught up in the wheel in the rutt...well the fenders didn't break but I am not sure if I want them back on my bike. Only if I ride in the rain.

Bad things happen in three's and today I had three...so I should be okay for a while.

I am anxious to get back on the old clunker Tuesday and commute again but this time slower.