I decided I'd get my new blog up and running over the Easter weekend. I'm feeling the heat from a few people I know because of my lack of race reports and general poor communication.
Unfortunately, my first bit of news is not good. Yesterday I was out riding with Kim Rose at the Cradle of Humankind. She is just returning to the road after having a fall in a race a few weeks ago and some concussion. Anyway, I was on my way home when I had a head
on collision with a taxi. I was turning into a road where the traffic was backed up in the opposite direction. My attention was focused on the cars coming in from the left (a slip road) and when I looked in fornt of me a taxi was coming straight for me (he was coming up the wrong side of the road to skip the backed up traffic).
I hit the brakes hard and went straight into him! Connecting his windscreen with my shoulder. After a bit of an altercation in which the driver wanted to leave the scene and I conviscated his keys, we waited for the police to arrive. Fortunately I was not too badly injured, but the bike was a bit of a mess! I train on a Trek SSLx (the Discovery Team edition which is a limited edition bike and I'm very fond of it!!). Forks were pretty much snapped, and the front rim is dented - Bontrager Classics that are bullet-proof. I went to the hospital and got checked out - x-rays show no broken bones, but my shoulder and hip are quite painful. Lifting my arm gets to about horizontal then becomes painful.
I went through to the Trek agents and Gary had a good look at the bike. The frame is fine and they gave me a new set of forks. Rebuilt the bike last night and will go for an easy ride today, see how the body feels!
