We had storms with high winds, hale, and heavy rain last night, and there was a lot of leaves, limbs, dirt, etc on the roads and paths today.
I was riding along a path that cuts through some woods this morning and its very slick blacktop that usually has quite a bit of debris on it normally, it was even worse today after the storm and with the dew point being very high and high humidity it was just greasy.
So I was riding slower than I usually do and the path was curving to my right when I saw some riders coming towards me and they saw me about the same time. They moved over to their right as did I and we passed without issue. So I moved back towards the center (there's a lot of debris to ride around) and then here's 2 more riders coming towards me and they stay pretty much in the center, but there's still room for me to get by.
But, I hit something with my front tire that caused the bike to lurch to the right and I didn't have enough room to recover. The tire slid off the blacktop, bit into the soft turf, and down I went.
But, I didn't get hurt much at all. My left hand and wrist are really sore, but other than that I just got strawberries my hip and shoulder. I may be a mass of bruises tomorrow, but right now I'm thinking I got through it better than I deserved.
So how's everyone else's day going?
I was riding along a path that cuts through some woods this morning and its very slick blacktop that usually has quite a bit of debris on it normally, it was even worse today after the storm and with the dew point being very high and high humidity it was just greasy.
So I was riding slower than I usually do and the path was curving to my right when I saw some riders coming towards me and they saw me about the same time. They moved over to their right as did I and we passed without issue. So I moved back towards the center (there's a lot of debris to ride around) and then here's 2 more riders coming towards me and they stay pretty much in the center, but there's still room for me to get by.
But, I hit something with my front tire that caused the bike to lurch to the right and I didn't have enough room to recover. The tire slid off the blacktop, bit into the soft turf, and down I went.
But, I didn't get hurt much at all. My left hand and wrist are really sore, but other than that I just got strawberries my hip and shoulder. I may be a mass of bruises tomorrow, but right now I'm thinking I got through it better than I deserved.
So how's everyone else's day going?