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Year: 2003

Scary Outcome

Scary Outcome

I’ve just had sorta a scary outcome from this accident – on Monday night I spent the night in the hospital due to a pulmonary embolism – turns out a blood clot formed in my leg and part of it migrated to my lung. So, I’ll be on blood thinners for at least the next 3 months. As one of my friends just told me, I need to extract the reverse horseshoes from my a** – this is getting to…

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Down Again

Down Again

I went down again. Yeah. I feel like a real loser. 🙁 It was a sudden stop, and I guess I grabbed too much front brake, and the bike slid out and I went for a ride on the pavement. I think that the fact I need new tires, and that I still was lacking confidence because of the other crash were contributing factors.This happened Sept. 29th. Luckily it was only a block and a bit from home, so with…

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Back on the Road

Back on the Road

Well, finally got my bike back and am riding Felt so good to be on it again yesterday!! Woulda gone out today but I had rugby and I’m always kinda woozy after the game – well, that and there’s something so purely right about beer after a rugby game. The bikes still a little worse for wear, and I need to get new front plastic (well, back’s cracked a little too, but no biggie), but I’m back!

First Crash

First Crash

Well, I had my first crash – luckily it wasn’t very bad – I’m pretty much OK – some very pretty bruising, bruised or cracked rib, jammed fingers, but really nothing very bad at all. The bike is a little more messed up but fixable – she has a broken handlebar and some plastic damage – she’s at Clearbrook motorsports being fixed right now. Happened last Thursday on a group ride with BCSB folks. Took a corner a little to…

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