Someone "Upstair" really likes me: At 35 mph on Univ Ave (the main drag in Provo), I was about to merge into traffic. As I passed an SUV I got up and started accelerating. THUNK! My chain literally snaps in half. The front wheel dives left and I go flying over the handle bars. After a 20+ foot slide I jump to my feet cursing and laughing (kind of a funny comb I know). A girl walking by asks if I am okay. I laugh and tell her I am fine.The next pedestrian, more my kind of a person, asks if my bicycle is okay. "Hopefully. At least you know why I am mad" I respond. ... My water bottle is fifty feet down the road smashed (so much for Nalgene's indestructible water bottle). Glasses are thirty feet away being run over by traffic. And I am standing there smiling about the whole thing. Thank you whoever you are up there that still likes me. ... Literally two more seconds and I would have been in front of an SUV and in the process of crossing the other lane. Going down at that point would have left me with a lot more damage than the two patches of gauze in the picture above could cover. At least now I know that my guardian angle accompanies me while riding.
OMG David!! That's just like you to be smiling and giving thanks for the tender mercies of the Lord in preserving your life!! I am drying my tears of gratitude and renewing my prayers in your behalf!! Here's a BIG HUG from your mama!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are alright. Laughing is the way to handle those moments of lesser grace. I was about to charge across a smaller street in Maryland, and I pressed so hard on the 'right' pedal that my back tire axle snapped (old and overused bike on its last "leg") and luckily the cars were watching so I was able to drag the wreckage across the intersection without too much embarrassment. I have decided the bike needs to be replaced, as all its parts seem about to disintegrate. Keep on smiling!
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