Boy Blunder bounces!!!

Boy Blunders bounce - just like that loveable character from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! I wasn’t setting out on Saturday to test this particular hypothesis but nonetheless it can now be stated as fact.

I was riding up near Petaluma. Along a stretch of road with little to no shoulder, I was jolted from my daydream when my wheels dropped off the pavement. As I tried to stay out of the ditch and get back on the road, I suddenly found myself and the bike horizontal. It’s interesting to note how the space/time continuum shifts when you’re flying through the air at 25 mph. As physics tells us, for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. So what was slow in the air was accelerated when I returned to terra firma. The first thing to hit was my backside followed in quick succession by my back, shoulder and head as I skidded down the highway (and that boys and girls is why you should always wear a helmet)! Luckily, there was no traffic and so the only observers were some nearby diary cows.

After a quick check of bike and body, the only thing that had suffered damage was my left hindquarter and the shorts that had been covering it. So back on the bike I went for the 40 mile ride back to San Francisco. The only problem was the very large hole in my shorts and the very white butt cheek showing. And of course, it had to be on the left side so that every passing car could appreciate it.

All this and the adventure hasn’t even officially begun.