Bike Crashes


May 10, 6:30 PM- It might not have been exactly 6:30, but it was in the afternoon. I was going down the sidewalk across the street from my house, getting up speed to jump my neighbor's curb. My bike chain came off the back spinny thingy and since I was pedaling hard, and using alot of force and the chain was resisting because the tires had to move. When the chain slipped off there was no resistence so I fell to that side, rolling from the sidewalk into the street. The worst part was that I got my neighbor's gravel all over the street and I had to clean it up so that I didn't get b*tched at.


When I fell, I fell to the right, and my arm and back took all the road (I don't have a picture or my back cause I couldn't get the camera at the right angle.)

May 15, 3:45 PM- You might have noticed that this one occured on the same date as the other one, yes, I need training wheels. This time I was just riding along, not really paying attention to the ditch bank in front of me, kinda worried about my friend, who would be driving by soon, possibly having his girlfriend toss something at me, so I didn't see the dip in the dirt, and I wasn't holding on very tight. This combo of loose grip and rough road made me fall forward, my front wheel stop, flipping the bike forward and throwing me onto the ground. Because I was right next to El Paseo I thought I was in for some major laughing at, maybe even some honking, but to my surprise, there were no cars in the street, so I got up as quick as I could, and rode off in pain:

the left side of my back
in addition to getting my back scratched up pretty bad, I got a bunch of sand down my pants, and if you have ever felt that, you know it isn't pleasant.


May 15, 10:00 AM- I was late to school because this tripod thing wouldn't save my page so I was hurrying along, my feet slipped off the pedals, and since I was going so fast, I couldn't recover and I just fell:

my left arm
I landed hard on this arm, and when I got to fourth period it was pretty ugly and some girls in my class made me go to the sink and clean it up.

my right leg
when I fell off, I fell to the left, and my bike ran over my right leg, see the red tire marks

left ribs
when I hit the ground a rock decided it wanted to meet my rib