OK... crashed my bike back in September...
Got it painted 2 thursdays ago... crashed 3 days later on a saturday.. (2 weeks agoish), got it painted, then crashed today... have to get it painted AGAIN..
Needless to say i feel like the biggest dumbass... and for some reason i cant drive a freshly painted bike, because i always seem to lay it down.
First time back in September i came in a turn to hot and hit the shoulder washing out..
2 weeks ago i slid out on the white line of the bike lane...
Today i almost died... i am seriously questioning getting back on a bike..
I was in a parking lot and going to pull out.. i looked left and a saw a truck in the distance, looked right and saw no cars.... started to pull out and looked back left to see the truck about 10 yards from me... i slammed on my breaks to prevent being broadsided by a speeding truck and did a stoppie, throwing myself over the front bars. I went over and the truck slammed its breaks missing me and pulled over.
I picked up my bike and luckily the girl stopped to see if i was ok.. she was more scared than i was... but i was ok so i wasnt mad because i was alive.. bike can be fixed, i cant.. i was a bit fristrated that my bike had a cracked and scrached upper and scratched tail.
I let her know that she almost hit me(stating the obvious), she was going way to fast... she was bout 17-18 years old and said she took that road cuz she could go fast.. she was doing about 70-80 in a 35 / 45.....
Well.. i am deffinately shook up.. i know im a good rider, but there are factors (like sliding out on white lines, and almost getting hit by speeding motorists) that i cant really avoid... Kinda makes me question when is enough enough? im only 20 years old and almost got killed today on my sisters birthday... kinda makes me think twice about riding again.....
Got it painted 2 thursdays ago... crashed 3 days later on a saturday.. (2 weeks agoish), got it painted, then crashed today... have to get it painted AGAIN..
Needless to say i feel like the biggest dumbass... and for some reason i cant drive a freshly painted bike, because i always seem to lay it down.
First time back in September i came in a turn to hot and hit the shoulder washing out..
2 weeks ago i slid out on the white line of the bike lane...
Today i almost died... i am seriously questioning getting back on a bike..
I was in a parking lot and going to pull out.. i looked left and a saw a truck in the distance, looked right and saw no cars.... started to pull out and looked back left to see the truck about 10 yards from me... i slammed on my breaks to prevent being broadsided by a speeding truck and did a stoppie, throwing myself over the front bars. I went over and the truck slammed its breaks missing me and pulled over.
I picked up my bike and luckily the girl stopped to see if i was ok.. she was more scared than i was... but i was ok so i wasnt mad because i was alive.. bike can be fixed, i cant.. i was a bit fristrated that my bike had a cracked and scrached upper and scratched tail.
I let her know that she almost hit me(stating the obvious), she was going way to fast... she was bout 17-18 years old and said she took that road cuz she could go fast.. she was doing about 70-80 in a 35 / 45.....
Well.. i am deffinately shook up.. i know im a good rider, but there are factors (like sliding out on white lines, and almost getting hit by speeding motorists) that i cant really avoid... Kinda makes me question when is enough enough? im only 20 years old and almost got killed today on my sisters birthday... kinda makes me think twice about riding again.....