Dave, That bike riding is downright dangerous. Weren't you recovering from an injury when we saw you in November? Regards, Bob S.
On 2/26/07, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 26, 2007, at 9:14 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > A bunch of smooshed-car photos, none taken with a Pentax (because > > all my Pentax cameras use film and I haven't gotten to the lab yet > > with the film I shot -- these were all done with my widdle P&S > > digital), from the hit-and-run accident involving my car and three > > other parked cars twenty minutes before the start of my birthday. > > > > <http://dglenn.livejournal.com/881401.html> > > Makes me feel less bad about scratching my bike in a stupid crash on > Saturday. > > Being a bit too used to my commuting bike (with rim-brakes), I > grabbed the brake lever a bit harder than I should have. That taught > me how much stopping power a big disc brake has. The wheel locked > instantly and the road was jumping up at me before I knew what had > happened. > > Lucky it was the rear brake or I'd have literally eaten concrete. > The front brake is bigger and would have thrown me straight over the > bars. Instead my knee is looking pretty battered and the bruising > has really come out today. I was able to ride into town yesterday > but today I can barely walk and I'm upset that I probably won't be > doing any riding for a week or more. > > One lesson I'd like to pass on is that when riding you should always > wear good gloves. I'm amazed that mine were so strong that they > didn't show the slightest damage after being driven quite hard > straight into the road surface. I really hate injuring my hands as > the wounds/dressings keep getting in the way of everything. Those > gloves were a birthday present so I expressed appropriate amounts of > gratitude :) > > - Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
