Had my first fall :D
11-11-07 | 05:35 PM
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Drunken Master
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From: Teaneck NJ
Bikes: Jamis Ranger 1.0 (Mutilated !!), Trek Portland
Had my first fall :D
So it is at or slightly below freezing today morning by my house. I notice the frozen dew drops on the grass, no biggie. Get out on my bike to run some errands. Have to make a left from my street to the main street. A water pipe is busted and I do notice some icy water mix formation. Wait for traffic to pass and then just as I am about to make a left turn on the street, vuuuuuuuuuuuum I go !! Down went my bike with me on it 
A car that was passing by stopped, asked me if I was okay, let me cross the road, and yelled at me for not wearing helmet 
Now I usually do wear helmets when I go out for longer rides. This was just a ride for an errand (less than quarter mile !!) so I didn't wear my helmet !
Ended up with slightly bruised cheek and slightly bruised knee, broken fender and a severly bruised dignity !
A car that was passing by stopped, asked me if I was okay, let me cross the road, and yelled at me for not wearing helmet Now I usually do wear helmets when I go out for longer rides. This was just a ride for an errand (less than quarter mile !!) so I didn't wear my helmet ! Ended up with slightly bruised cheek and slightly bruised knee, broken fender and a severly bruised dignity !
11-11-07 | 05:42 PM
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From: 40205 'ViLLeBiLLie
Bikes: Sngl Spd's, 70's- 80's vintage, D-tube Folder
GlaD yer OK !
Falling is no fun
I was going to work in the 80's in PA and was getting angry at a car going soooo
slow in front of me...weaving behind him and making all kinds of angry puss's
to display my lack of patience.....When the first stop sign came I went around him
on the left to make a right..BAM ! Down I went ! The whole road was a thin
sheet of ice
That humbling lesson sticks with me to this day...I know that
driver was laffing hard and glad I got what I deserved !
Also...I dont know exactly what the area of Jersey is like where you commute, but a
big problem in a lot of winterous areas I have lived is people getting their oils tanks
filled and the truck leaving a huge puddle on the street. I think oil is slipperier than
ice if thats possible !
Falling is no fun
I was going to work in the 80's in PA and was getting angry at a car going soooo
slow in front of me...weaving behind him and making all kinds of angry puss's
to display my lack of patience.....When the first stop sign came I went around him
on the left to make a right..BAM ! Down I went ! The whole road was a thin
sheet of ice
That humbling lesson sticks with me to this day...I know thatdriver was laffing hard and glad I got what I deserved !
Also...I dont know exactly what the area of Jersey is like where you commute, but a
big problem in a lot of winterous areas I have lived is people getting their oils tanks
filled and the truck leaving a huge puddle on the street. I think oil is slipperier than
ice if thats possible !
11-11-07 | 05:48 PM
#3
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Drunken Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 338
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From: Teaneck NJ
Bikes: Jamis Ranger 1.0 (Mutilated !!), Trek Portland
Thanks for reminding me about oil spils ! I commute from bergen county to Jersey City (Hudson County) in NJ, so not that many of those, but I will certainly keep an eye out for that now !!!
11-11-07 | 06:57 PM
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From: My response would have been something along the lines of: "Does your bike have computer controlled suspension? Then shut your piehole, this baby is from the future!"
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GlaD yer OK !
Falling is no fun
I was going to work in the 80's in PA and was getting angry at a car going soooo
slow in front of me...weaving behind him and making all kinds of angry puss's
to display my lack of patience.....When the first stop sign came I went around him
on the left to make a right..BAM ! Down I went ! The whole road was a thin
sheet of ice That humbling lesson sticks with me to this day...I know that
driver was laffing hard and glad I got what I deserved !
Also...I dont know exactly what the area of Jersey is like where you commute, but a
big problem in a lot of winterous areas I have lived is people getting their oils tanks
filled and the truck leaving a huge puddle on the street. I think oil is slipperier than
ice if thats possible !
Falling is no fun
I was going to work in the 80's in PA and was getting angry at a car going soooo
slow in front of me...weaving behind him and making all kinds of angry puss's
to display my lack of patience.....When the first stop sign came I went around him
on the left to make a right..BAM ! Down I went ! The whole road was a thin
sheet of ice
That humbling lesson sticks with me to this day...I know thatdriver was laffing hard and glad I got what I deserved !
Also...I dont know exactly what the area of Jersey is like where you commute, but a
big problem in a lot of winterous areas I have lived is people getting their oils tanks
filled and the truck leaving a huge puddle on the street. I think oil is slipperier than
ice if thats possible !
Im glad to hear your OK 
(just so you know...I laughed after I read you were OK )
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
