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Old 11-21-04 | 06:15 PM
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Bikes: 1993 Infinity LWB, Bacchetta

Worst – Once I toured with a young lady that had a bad knee. To help her, I piled all of her stuff on the back of my bike which was already heavy. Later we were going down a long hill with railroad tracks at its bottom. My front wheel bounced when it hit the tracks and the bike did a back flip with me still on it. I landing on my shoulder and helmet and passed out for a short time. I was riding one handed for the next week while the nerves in my arm healed. The arm was paralyzed for a couple of days and very weak for a couple of months.

Funniest – A goose threatened me every day on my commute until the day I got a bent. That day the goose attacked me from the side going for my neck. I gave it an elbow in its neck at the last second but the impact knocked us both down. I don't see what is funny in this story but most people laugh when they hear it.

Most remarkable – I was traveling about 20 mph on the left hand lane of a one way street getting ready to make a left turn. A car pulls up beside me and starts to shadow me. I looked up to see that the driver was staring at me with this evil grin. Then he slowly moved left. It took less than 5 seconds for him to drive me into the curb. I went flying over my handlebars, did a flip in the air, landed on my feet and broke into a run without falling. My bike tumbled past me. I looked up to see that the driver was speeding away and was already too far get his license plate number. I was lucky that time but I still get nightmares 25 years later.

Memorable – They are all memorable except for the ones forgotten.
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