DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
I MADE A BIG MISTAKE TODAY, one I hope you'll avoid. The consequences could have been lifechanging...
... I got lucky.
85 miles into my ride, including a blistering 90 minutes with the local hot shots, I turned onto a very lightly traveled bike trail.
It's somewhat skinny.
Poorly maintained.
Very twisty.
It's also up and down some steep pitches, and it's nice to carry momentum...
... which is what I was doing.
On a blind turn, my innervoice yelling Don't cross that line...
... I just couldn't resist.
My speed was high, my trajectory perfect, and c'mon...
... nobody is ever out here.
But, there he was.
A surfer and board on an ebike.
Me, 10" into the his side of the narrow trail...
... about 30mph.
Shifffffffft!
He turned right,
I clamped on the brakes,
Rear end locked and I counter steered,
The curb to my right was coming up too fast,
No longer skidding, leaning hard left away from the gutter,
I slid in for a relatively soft landing in the dry and clumpy dirt.
A cool and caring kid, he turned around.
Hey man, you okay?
Yeah, I think so. How fast were you going?
Not that fast, you were on the wrong side.
I know, I'm sorry.
No worries.
I've ridden that trail manymanymany times, and always been respectful of the blind turns no matter how much I wanted to coast up the next steep pitch.
Not today.
I was greedy.
And veryveryvery fortunate.
Another, of 1000s, lesson learned.
- Obey the innervoice
- Never trust a blind turn
- Neverever cross that line
Phew!
How was your ride?
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162
7.2 hrs
16.9% b.f.
60.7% h2o
0 Strength Rotation
30 minutes recovery
30 minutes reading + Journaling