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  1. 06-20-2010, 10:36 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
    Thanks, guys. I'm feeling good today. No pain. The bruise is really minor, and I walked to the store earlier and everything felt fine.

    Don't know how I rode away from that one without a scratch on my bike. Whew!
    Glad to hear there was no serious damage to you or your bike! I also thought falling was the rite of passage.
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  2. 06-20-2010, 10:37 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
    Glad to hear there was no serious damage to you or your bike! I also thought falling was the rite of passage.
    There are many, grasshopper. Don't worry, some are good, like passing the 10,000 mile mark, which I'm guessing you'll do by Sept at this rate!
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  3. 06-20-2010, 10:40 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
    There are many, grasshopper. Don't worry, some are good, like passing the 10,000 mile mark, which I'm guessing you'll do by Sept at this rate!
    LOL Looking forward to those GOOD rites of passage!

    Now time to go ride my bike in the heat and the sunshine
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    My bike-vs-car was a woman pulling into a parking space on the side of the road. It worked out quite well, because she was an insurance lady, and there was an ambulance 2 cars back.

    I only suffered some bone bruising.
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  5. 06-20-2010, 04:04 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
    There are many, grasshopper. Don't worry, some are good, like passing the 10,000 mile mark, which I'm guessing you'll do by Sept at this rate!

    10,000 miles?

    That's going to destroy the rest of my afternoon................
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  6. 06-20-2010, 04:57 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by TrekTheKaty View Post
    10,000 miles?

    That's going to destroy the rest of my afternoon................
    Lifetime, not in one year. Better? Plus, I made it up.
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  7. 06-21-2010, 01:15 AM #7
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    Oweeergh.... physical contact with a car is Not a Good Thing

    It never fails to amaze me how many drivers don't realize that their blithe "oops, didn't see you, sorry!" moment is more like "OMG I almost died!!" to a cyclist. It is so not like buzzing another car, or even bumping into one, which would probably generate more shock and disturbance than bumping into a cyclist...

    Glad you came out safe.
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  8. 06-21-2010, 03:07 AM #8
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    Glad you are OK, Red.
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