Commuting home on my normal route yesterday, I moved to the left to avoid a lady pushing a stroller. I was climbing slowly on a lightly traveled residential street near downtown and my move to the left caused my front wheel to drop into a crack between pavement blocks and down I went. I fell to the left too quickly to even get a foot down although I did manage to extend my left hand. I fell onto a low brick retaining wall, if it had been higher or not there at all, I probably would have been relatively unhurt. As it is, there are 8 sutures holding a Y-shaped cut closed in my left eyebrow and oozing road rash below my left knee and on my left elbow. The stroller lady gave me a cloth diaper (clean) to compress the laceration and I rode 6 miles to the urgent care place to get the sewing done. I live less than a half mile from the center, so it was on the way. I still can't believe how quickly I went down and at almost a walking pace. The helmet didn't help much although if the wall had been a few inches further away it might have. The glove kept my hand from being abraded although it is really sore from the impact. I always though it would be a Buick on a busy street that would get me. Be careful!