First Fall

Well everyone, here is a quick update: my bike tried to kill me today. twice.

I woke up this morning and the weather looked good so I got my stuff ready to go to the gym and just as I was opening the gate to leave the garden on my bike I heard thunder in the distance and sure enough it started raining on me. Luckily it was only sprinkling on my way to the gym so I wasnt too soaked when I got there. During my workout I looked outside and it was absoloutely down pouring and you could hear it on the roof. By the time I ended my workout and was going to ride back home it had eased up a little but it was still a steady pour. I didnt really mind since I had to go home and shower anyway.

As I was trying my hardest to bike up the steep hill from the gym to the main road I had just thought in my head how good I was doing since last time I couldnt make it up the whole hill on my bike, when all of a sudden my right handlebar grip came off my bike, causing my wheel to turn right and my bike to slide out since it was so wet from the rain. Luckily I cought myself and my bike with my leg before I could go down but it scared me really bad, so I just walked my bike up the rest of the way.

Once I was on the flat road I cruised home (at a pretty good speed since it was raining and I didnt want to be in it long), making sure I kept my hand tight on my grip so it would stay on the handlebar. I was literally 2 houses down from my house when out of nowhere the grip came off again, this time I was next to a curb and the front wheel turned into the curb and before I knew it I was on the sidewalk. If I wouldnt have cought myself with my hands my face would've for sure eaten pavement. I then picked myself up off the pavement, hoping no one was outside or around to see me eat shit and then walked my bike the rest of the way (2 houses) down to the garden. I came inside and showed Elmo, Lotte and Margreet my battle wounds and told them what happened. After Margreet cleaned up my knee for me she went outside and superglued my handlebar grip back on and said that it wont be going anywhere for the next century. Here are pictures of my wounds..I scraped up my right knee, I had an instant bruise on my left thigh from going over my handlebars, my left knee is swollen on the inside and I have bruises along both knees and my left shins. Not Cool.

Well, I really thought I was going to make it the whole time without falling but of course..I didn't. But this accident clearly was not my fault and I couldn't have prevented it since I didnt see it coming before I was friends with the sidewalk.

Hope everyone is having a great friday.

xoxo Olivia