I am so annoyed at losing my good 'driving' record It was totally stupid too. Of all the goofy things, I decide to take the sidewalk instead of the bike lane because there was a rowing competition going on today downtown and the streets were all blocked off and cars were driving crazy. I'm within .25 mile of my car, I can even see it. Heading up the sidewalk, another rider heading down the sidewalk, she was veering into the middle of the sidewalk so I thought it would be safer to hop off onto the grass for a sec till she got past. That part was fine it was getting back on that brought things to a halt. Apparently my back tire got caught on the edge of the sidewalk along with some leaves. Next thing I know is I'm horizontal and my head is killing me. Why is it when I land it always has to be on the hard spots?!?!? Didn't fall in the grass, oh no, I land with the side of my head smacking the pavement. Thank God for the helmet or I would NOT have walked away from that. I hit hard enough to twist my handlebars sideways. I think my bike is OK, but I need to straiten out my bars. I feel like I hit pretty hard, my head still hurts and the left side of my body is bruised and banged and missing some of its skin. I wasn't going fast fortunately but I'm pretty sure I should replace the helmet which sucks because I just put all the cool little reflective stickers on it I ordered from TE. I dunno, maybe I can peel them off and stick em on my bike or something. I hit concrete with the helmet, I think that warrants a new helmet right?