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I have learned that riding a bike has a lot of 'oh sh!t' moments and today was probably the closest call with certain pain that I've had and not laid it down.
I was on a rather unpopulated portion of a local MUP that leaves town and cruising just a tick over 30 mph in my biggest gear on a long gradual descent. I had spotted a younger man on a skate board ahead of me going the same direction, he was cruising a good speed also with the long decent and I shouted clearly that I was on his left. Just as I was about to pass he swerved over in front of me and I had very little time to react at the speed I was going, I grabbed the brakes, we clipped shoulders then I entered the ditch sliding and correcting as slightly as possible before regaining control and getting back onto the MUP. The soil in that area is closer to sandy dirt and I thought for sure I was gonna bury the front tire and go flying.
I looked back to see if the skater had hit the deck when our shoulder clipped each other and he was pointing at a massive Bullsnake that had popped out onto the path in front of him. He apologized and we had a good laugh at the close call and no one getting hurt. We herded the 5-6' Bullsnake across the path before anyone else had a scare and went on our merry ways.
I ended up getting a flat about 3 miles later but I new I had gotten lucky today and changed it with almost no complaining
Just thought I would share
I was on a rather unpopulated portion of a local MUP that leaves town and cruising just a tick over 30 mph in my biggest gear on a long gradual descent. I had spotted a younger man on a skate board ahead of me going the same direction, he was cruising a good speed also with the long decent and I shouted clearly that I was on his left. Just as I was about to pass he swerved over in front of me and I had very little time to react at the speed I was going, I grabbed the brakes, we clipped shoulders then I entered the ditch sliding and correcting as slightly as possible before regaining control and getting back onto the MUP. The soil in that area is closer to sandy dirt and I thought for sure I was gonna bury the front tire and go flying.
I looked back to see if the skater had hit the deck when our shoulder clipped each other and he was pointing at a massive Bullsnake that had popped out onto the path in front of him. He apologized and we had a good laugh at the close call and no one getting hurt. We herded the 5-6' Bullsnake across the path before anyone else had a scare and went on our merry ways.
I ended up getting a flat about 3 miles later but I new I had gotten lucky today and changed it with almost no complaining
Just thought I would share