Lots of accidents

[Dogmama]

Is it just my planets out of alignment, or are other people experiencing weird stuff - like accidents, things breaking or not working right and just off-kilter feelings?

Today I was zipping downhill with a tailwind & I was cooking. An old man in a Lexus started to hang a left in front of me. I put on my brakes, not realizing I was in a sandy spot of road, and my back tire fish-tailed to the right (never a good thing when you can see your rear tire without turning your head.) My first thought: This is going to be one horrible road rash. The old guy slammed on his brakes, I let off on mine, straightened out & kept going. (I have the BEST tires - Continental 4-seasons). My knees were still knocking at a stoplight 5 miles away.

Before my ride, my new CO2 cartridge broke the first time I used it, my rear tire managed to have a slow leak (and I never found the culprit) so I was an hour late for my ride. Ended up riding in Sunday after church traffic - all the little Q-Tip heads bobbing behind their steering wheels (the snow birds have hit Tucson.)

I've seen car wrecks, had my vacuum break (is that a bad thing? I haven't decided) and heard of lots of mishaps. Is some weird planet in retrograde?

[admiral finch]

Wow. That was a close call and I say WOO HOO to what sounds like your stellar bike handling skills + those wonderful tires.
I have had some strange things happen to people around me over the past few weeks--lots of people having nightmares, old friends and seemingly lost objects reappearing from the void, etc...
As far as cycling stuff, my boyfriend chipped his new bike yesterday. Luckily I had the best ride I've had in a long time and nothing went remotely out of alignment.
But, I hear you on the weirdness of the times. Look at the weather-- 54 below in some places of the US, the flooding, landslides, avalanches, earthquakes, not to mention the tsunami.
Something's going on and sooner or later I think it will catch up to anyone with an iota of awareness.
I hope things are righted soon! I just want to ride my bike!!

Take care out there,
A.F.

[sarahfixit]

hope things are righted soon! I just want to ride my bike!!

Amen! Ride til the apocalypse!

[MightyMitre]

I think my house is having some kind of breakdown. The hot water system is attention seeking in the extreme - ie it only seems to run hot when it feels like it. Meanwhile, the cable tv had some kind of tizz yesterday and went all strange. Then the brand new light bulb in the kitchen which is supposed to be a super- long life thing, died after less than 7 days!

In the mean time

Ride til the apocalypse!

LOL - I like it!

[CorsairMac]

Mind if I steal that sarah? I Love it!

[shewhobikes]

Hey y'all, my story's not nearly as scary as Dogmama's but I had a weird thing happen on Saturday.

I was riding my brand new mtn bike on a busy footpath near the house. Since it was new I was trying to dial in while paying attention to all the roller bladers, kiddos, etc. Then, coming up behind a girl walking her dog, I started to pass to her left at about the same time the dog ran right in front of me and to my left off the path; he was on one of those retractable leashes that, when let out, goes forever. (And yes, I did politely annouce, "on your left." and I was not going recklessly fast.)

I thought, well, here goes me, the new ride and the poor dog in a clothesline wreck. I don't know how I managed to avoid this, but I do recall looking straight into the dog's eyes and both of us being equally terrified for a split second. I sort of fell slow motion to the ground but no damage done. The doofus girl with the Ipod plugged into her ears just sorta chuckled and said, woo, I'm sorry!

I was glad to get home without me and new bike all scratched up.