Hit by a suburban!! (I'm OK)

[wannaduacentury]

Denise, I'm glad you're alright, and yes, your neighbor will hopefully be more careful too- I wonder if the kids distracted her as well and I'm glad she stopped. I hope your bruise isn't bad and the bike came out mostly unscathed. Jenn

[Running Mommy]

Lisa VERY cool link. Thank you.
In my situation it was a bit different. I was about 20 or so feet from the stop when she came up on me. Prolly the only reason why she got there the few seconds before me is because I was unclipping and slowing at a more rapid pace. When we approached the stop sign she came up on me and we were neck and neck until less than 10 feet from the stop. When we waved to one another we were right there. I would have had to slam on my brakes or back up to get behind her.
But it all turned out ok, and like I said in my original post - next time I will do things differently... Perhaps you missed that part lil, but clearly I did take some responsibility. I'm lucky up here in that I don't have to ride with a lot of traffic, and I've never ridden in an urban setting, so things like that would not even occur to me. That's another reason why I liked that link Lisa. It brought up tips that would have never occured to me. I hope everyone reads it. So again, thanks.
Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!
Ride safe, and check out that link!
Denise

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

...I'm lucky up here in that I don't have to ride with a lot of traffic, and I've never ridden in an urban setting, so things like that would not even occur to me. That's another reason why I liked that link Lisa. It brought up tips that would have never occured to me.

Hi Denise,
I live out in the country too, and I have only been riding a year- so I know just what you are going through. We country girls don't often think in urban traffic terms, and sometimes we hesitate when finding ourselves in odd traffic situations. I'm still learning too! I'm glad you liked that link, it's been posted on TE before, and it really helped me when I first read it not that long ago, as did the book "The Art of Cycling" (which completely changed the way I ride).
Bike safe everyone!

[btchance]

Oh my gosh - I just saw this. I'm glad to hear you're okay. Stay safe out there girls.