Had a funny/scary thing happen the other day while riding with my husband. Whenever someone is ahead of us, he tries to get me to pass them, so I'll feel better about my ability...heh,heh. So there we are on a hilly path, when up ahead we spot a mom pulling 2 small children in a bike trailer. She is trying to make the steep climb up the hill, zig zagging on her mountain bike and standing to pedal--all over the trail. So.....hubbie says,"lets pass her" . Then as we rapidly approached her on the climb, (my husband in front of me with me right on his tail), we hear this "POP" sound, and OFF COMES THE CHILD TRAILER!!, rolling backwards toward us!! We are parents, so immediately we're scared to death for the children--hubbie expertly unclips one foot while reaching forward to the trailer, and stops it's backroll!!And then of course, there's me, unable to unclip and stop in time, so I ran directly into him and fell over like the chubbie that I am!! It all happened so quickly but it still seemed like it was in slow motion! I felt extremely clumsy, but so proud of my spouse. Hope this never happens to you!!



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