...is that first scratch on a brand new bike. My wife wiped out on the group ride last night.
One of those stupid things that happens even to TDF riders. Her front wheel touched the rear wheel of the rider in front and down she went. Nice piece of road rash on her hip and thigh. Her first wipe out in about seven years, We're slated to do a sprint tri this weekend, so I hope she's up to it.
There were only four of us since we had been dropped by the front goup. Some nights you have it but last night was one of those you don't. I was right behind on her wheel when she went down and was fortunate to not be a part of it. We were on a slight incline doing about 30 kph at the time.
I stopped immediately and ran to her side where she was laying flat on her back. It looked serious and I was VERY concerned. As I kneeled beside her I frantically asked if she was OK.
Her response was "Don't worry about me, just check my ****ing bike."
It was her brand new titanium road bike on it's first group ride outing. The Dura-Ace rear derailler and front shifter had scrape marks and the time/impact pedal had a chunk out of it. Otherwise everything seemed fine. Everything still worked fine so the damage was only cosmetic.
I tried to cheer her up by insisting that the first scrape on a new bike is a badge of honor.
One of those stupid things that happens even to TDF riders. Her front wheel touched the rear wheel of the rider in front and down she went. Nice piece of road rash on her hip and thigh. Her first wipe out in about seven years, We're slated to do a sprint tri this weekend, so I hope she's up to it.
There were only four of us since we had been dropped by the front goup. Some nights you have it but last night was one of those you don't. I was right behind on her wheel when she went down and was fortunate to not be a part of it. We were on a slight incline doing about 30 kph at the time.
I stopped immediately and ran to her side where she was laying flat on her back. It looked serious and I was VERY concerned. As I kneeled beside her I frantically asked if she was OK.
Her response was "Don't worry about me, just check my ****ing bike."
It was her brand new titanium road bike on it's first group ride outing. The Dura-Ace rear derailler and front shifter had scrape marks and the time/impact pedal had a chunk out of it. Otherwise everything seemed fine. Everything still worked fine so the damage was only cosmetic.
I tried to cheer her up by insisting that the first scrape on a new bike is a badge of honor.
