View Single Post
Old 08-14-09, 11:20 AM
  #13  
nimbuscrenel
Senior Member
 
nimbuscrenel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 185
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Shimagnolo
Ugh! That brings back a bad memory of what happened when I swapped out knobbies for semi-slicks on a bike,
then proceeded to crank a fast, hard turn on grass on the way home from work.
I slid across the grass, up over a sidewalk, then across more grass.
The scars on my shoulder lasted for years.
yeah I was pulling the kiddie trailer on the sidewalk (I always avoid the sidewalk, but there was no bike lane on the road, it was super busy, and I was towing my daughter) and I had to veer off the sidewalk onto the grass to avoid a lightpole. I couldn't veer the other way because I was pulling the trailer and one of the wheels would have dropped off the curb. Anyways, my front tire just completely gave out on me and I started to go down. I managed to get a foot down and probably ended up looking like I was make a hard turn in a motocross race, but I stayed upright. I'm sure my 2 year old was just sitting in her trailer laughing at me

by the way, your story is better
nimbuscrenel is offline