Bike Forums - The First Crash

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Originally Posted by waanfiride (Post 10495012)

I had mine today too :P I went back out for a second ride today, I was riding in the BIKE LANE, going at a decent pace when some stupid lady who didn't have her dog on a leash (there's a city ordinance here) the dog no joke, ran from the sidewalk where they were, over the patch of grass between the road and sidewalk and ran between my two tires, needless to say I went down. I ran over him with my back tire I think... that kinda freaked me out. I told her to put her damn dog on a lead, then got on my bike and rode away, then I noticed I was bleeding, but not before I noticed that my wheels got pretty screwed up. :(

I went to the LBS to get my wheels checked out, then went home and soaked in the tub for a few hours.

Similar experience back in January. I was riding a familar country road, I have ridden it at least 20 times and never seen a dog. Well I was goin down a small hill around 20-25mph just coasting. Then I hear rough rough rough and there is a huge chocolate lab on a perpendiular collision course with me. I unclip my left foot in an attempt to kick him away, but he ran right under me and my rear wheel ran him over. I went OTB and landed hard denting my helmet slightly and slid bout 15 feet. Luckily I was covered in spandex head to toe so minimal road rash. My bike wasn't so lucky, front rim was beyond repair. Dont know what happend to the dog, he was just gone, he prolly lived because he was huge!