Run off the road

[Trek420]

thanks luv'nAustin, I dunno if it's spirit but where is the jersey that says:

"CA Vehicle code # __?____ bikes ARE traffic, same rights, same rules, same responsibility?"

or the vest that says:

"YES as a matter of fact I DO own the d*&^ road"

I've been hit twice (this is where Bikeless chimes in "you WHAT? ") back in the day when I was much younger and took better ukemi (Japanese for falls).

Now I'm old and brittle boned, don't think I could do it again. ;-)

Both times cut off by a right turning driver on College Ave in Oakland, it's a pretty street but you could not pay me to ride there. Twenty years later there are traffic calmed streets that paralel it. Anywho the first time I did emergency right turn and just turned with him, scraped my tire down to the tube on his fender but stayed upright.

Second time was knocked to the ground off the bike by a gal who just had to get to Wendy's right now, could not wait the nano-second for me to clear the driveway.

We've all have close calls every day. This stuff makes me so mad.

Be careful TE gals.