It's the flames I tell you!

I took a lot of ibuprofen... managed to get out for a ride today & took my carbon road bike which is my most wrist friendly. The right one's angry at me, but not too badly.

I think I just gotta start treating the surly like the rest of my road bikes, where I'm too chicken to ride them over anything.

The bf told me I need to get some bike handling skills. Apparently, I should have hopped over the grate.

Or been smart enough to realize that it was a parallel grate (I've never seen a grate parallel to the road, so I didn't even think...)

It I can't get it flat, I guess I'll just buy a new rim and learn how to change a rim. I should lay in a little stockpile at this rate.