Wreck!
I’ve finally had my first incident on my bicycle. I was trying to cut across a street and jump up on the sidewalk over a curb, a big square curb, and didn’t time it quite right and the front tire hit the curb and I did a complete end-over-end flip. The handlebars actually hit the ground square, that’s how far over I went. I ended up doing a handstand of sorts and falling over sideways. I didn’t even break any skin which is fortunate, but now I’ve found a big knot above my left knee, which I’m sure is going to hurt later. I got up, checked myself and the bike then looked up to see several people looking, presumably to see if I was going to get up. Feeling like a big dork, but too cool to admit it, I just laughed, waved and went on my way. About 1/4 mi down the road the front tire completely let loose and I had to walk it the last 1/2 mile home. So I now have a brand new tube and know that I must concentrate very hard to jump large curbs… or just avoid the situation all together, which is probably a better idea. The bike now has some character marks on the front lights, handlebars and right pedal. Now the right pedal matches the left one where I scrape it almost every morning in a downhill left-hand turn on the way to work. I like symmetry 