I have about eighteen hundred miles on my current bike,
a dorky, modified, Trek Lime Lite.
I ride at cruiser bike speeds, no helmet for me.
I crashed only one time, so far. It was my fault.
My cable lock mounting came loose and I looked down to move the cable lock
from brushing my legs on the seat tube.
A Mercedes Benz SUV was stopped ahead of me.
I rear ended it at about six-per.
The bike tipped forward, I did not fall.
The MB suffered eight hundred dollars damage,
dented rear hatch and smashed taillight assembly.
The Trek got not even a scratch. Its balloon front tired wheel
was not even put out of true.
I could do worse, I guess, if I were young and a road biker again,
going eighteen or more, in a crouch, a fine target for immovable objects.
And you?
a dorky, modified, Trek Lime Lite.
I ride at cruiser bike speeds, no helmet for me.
I crashed only one time, so far. It was my fault.
My cable lock mounting came loose and I looked down to move the cable lock
from brushing my legs on the seat tube.
A Mercedes Benz SUV was stopped ahead of me.
I rear ended it at about six-per.
The bike tipped forward, I did not fall.
The MB suffered eight hundred dollars damage,
dented rear hatch and smashed taillight assembly.
The Trek got not even a scratch. Its balloon front tired wheel
was not even put out of true.
I could do worse, I guess, if I were young and a road biker again,
going eighteen or more, in a crouch, a fine target for immovable objects.
And you?