The full story.
(It's a Myspace blog, sorry.)

The rundown (no pun intended):

-Hit from behind by a dump truck on a sunny clear day with little traffic.
-The driver had probably been drinking and fled the scene.
-The impact ripped the bumper off the truck, leaving the license plate at the scene.
-Didn't lose consciousness. Didn't hit my head.
-I've got a compression fracture in my spine and lots of fun road rash.
-A week flat on my back in the hospital and several months in a back brace will see me mostly back to normal. (maybe)
-The driver was questioned by police but has not yet been arrested.
-I may get $500 for the bike if I can find receipts for the frame.
-They told me that the only time I cried was when I started talking about my bike.
-I am very lucky


My new bike.
05 January 2008:



22 March 2008:





Thanks to Gene Spicer. The wheel he built for me helped cushion the blow.





The offender:



The path he took to hit me. He bumped against a parked truck (1) and rebounded to hit me. The circle (2) marks the skid mark my rear wheel made when it got hit. I have no idea how fast he was going but there is no evidence of skid marks from the truck.



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