Do you ever wonder . . .

[Zen]

I posted this in the June 13 rides thread but I thought it was so bizarre I should add it here.
I had every intention of doing my regular Wednesday night training ride only to find the ride leader not at the appointed meeting place. Seems he was unable to make it and forgot to inform all of his riders! I went out anyway and when I saw the sky start to blacken raced back to the house. Not only did I not make it but i got BLOWED OVER by a gust of wind. I wasn't too far from the house and rather risk getting BLOWED OVER (yes, I said blowed) again, I hoofed it and got soaked.

I'm still cold, I'm getting in a warm bath.
and
I hope my shoes dry out in time to ride tomorrow morning.
and
I can't get the theme song to Dennis Leary's firefighter show 'Rescue Me' out of my head (stop, drop, and roll)

[bikerHen]

Yea, we had some wind here yesterday too. I almost got blown over as well. Scary feeling! As for wet shoes, stuff them with newspaper. The paper soaks up the water and helps them dry much faster. If they are REALLY wet you may have to change the paper after a couple of hour. bikerHen

[IFjane]

Fainting goats.....I love it!!

I'll bet the goats don't!

[Jiffer]

Ahhh yes. The embarassing falling over story. Mine's a tandem story. It was one of our first tmes out on the tandem (which means one of my first times out with clips and new to serious cycling). We were stopped at a fairly steep incline, which meant we had to "work together" to get going. I was fully clipped in. DH had his left foot clipped in. He had some brilliant plan to get us going up this incline, which he didn't relate to me, which meant when we tried to take off, we were not balanced well and the bike started to fall to the right. He put his right foot down to try to save it. I couldn't get my newbie foot out and in total slow motion, the tandem went down like a big ship sinking! With me the only one attached!

And then the light behind us turned green and cars went zooming by on this VERY busy street as I lie by the curb like a beached whale. I can still hear them laughing and mocking me. (I'm just SURE that's what they were doing! )

I actually fought tears all the home and told DH this was NOT a good way to get me excited about riding tandem with him. Luckily, I did stick with it and haven't had ANY falling over adventures since, not even on my new single.