Baby’s first crash (Comments: 1)

I wiped out on my bike last night for the first time since I was a kid. I was turning at this intersection:

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…and I hopped up on the sidewalk where the parking lot lets out into the street. I guess I misjudged my angle and the length of the Packet Boat (Xtracycle), and the back wheel caught the curb, dumping me unceremoniously to the ground.

I skidded across the pavement on my hands and knees. My knees got a little banged up, although my jeans were pretty good protection. My gloves kept my hands intact. The major loss? I broke one of my Crocs, which I was wearing with some wool socks. (I know, very sexy.) And I slightly scratched one of the Footsies on the Packet Boat. But the bike and its rider weathered our first mishap with no problem.