well, bike week comes to an end tomorrow and it seems as though things were fairly quiet. the rain kept it from being as crowded as usual on the roads. there weren’t as many accidents as usual so i guess you could say it was a pretty safe weekend for bikers. of course we all know i’m not a biker.
i got my first case of road rash this week. i could tell you the story of a mack truck pulling out in front of me and how i had to swerve into oncoming traffic and jump a ditch and land on the roof of a station wagon full of mennonites, but that would be a lie. the truth is, i was pulling into my driveway and hit a patch of gravel. as my front wheel turned i grabbed the front brake (i know, iknow that was stupid. but i told you i’m not a biker.). as the bike began to lean i put my foot down and caught the bike. the problem was that my foot was on the bank of the ditch and as it began to slip i gently laid the bike down and rolled into the ditch, hitting my elbow and arm on a concrete block lining the driveway tile. i jumped up with a speed that the Flash would have envied. i sat the bike up, then scanned the neighborhood to see if anyone was watching. luckily noone was home. or if they were they had fallen to the floor laughing so i didn’t see them. anyway, the bike wasn’t hurt and except for my elbow and my pride, i was fine.
i’m hoping that this experience has bumped me up to at least a 2 on the 1 to 10 biker scale. maybe one day i’ll grow up to be a real biker. just keep me off the driveways.
