Road, Water and a Crash

Riding To Hartnelll (www.westernstage.com) tonight for my little brothers performance in Mame, I started following proper procedure and was riding with traffic and in the road. All was well until I chose to turn back onto the sidewalk for some reason, there was water flowing and for some reason I mistook it and turned right into the flat side of the sidewalk and went down along my right side my pants leg ended up in part of the water and though my near was barely hurt it seemed my elbow took the brunt of the road rash that is a constant since most of Paradise is now paved.

As I also thought about it, perhaps it was just the clearest message that could be sent why I should spend the majority of my time driving as any other vehicle instead of switching to pedestrian to regularly. The lesson learned and the road rash as a reminder, makes me think about my techniques on the road, why it is better to bicycle as a vehicle, and why that should be a constant in someone who Bicycle Commutes on a regular basis.

There is a reason why Vehicular Cycling is constantly promoted, and spoke about in length, this experience became an example of why it is often better to travel in the road just as any other vehicle would, the lesson however harsh often needs to be learned and the reminder in and of itself can be powerful.