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I had to attend a meeting, at my church, this evening from 630pm to 730pm. Weather was great, so I decided to ride the Tenere 700 there. It's a quick 10min ride each way...
I've had it for 2 years, but I've only put 1000 miles on it, and I'm still a newb. I'm just now starting to feel really comfortable on it; loosening up and really enjoying the bike, but also reminding myself not to get complacent. And every time I look at the speedometer I have to remind myself to slow down.
At 6:25pm, I pulled into the church parking lot. I was expecting to see 4 or 5 cars, but the parking lot was packed. I didn't know it, at the time, but some youth leaders had a bunch of kids there for arts and crafts or something.
I pulled in and quickly realized there were no parking spots so I decided to just park it by the building entrance.
I was coasting, about 2mph, to a stop, and a good looking lady walked right in front of me. I was thinking about her legs instead of my bike, and next thing you know, my bike is laying on the ground. š¬
I grabbed too much front brake while my handlebars were turned. Rookie mistake...
My feet were quick enough to keep me upright, but I let the bike go down gently.
It's a dirt bike. It's supposed to get dropped every now and then. It's not hurt...
But, sure enough, 10 people come running out into the parking lot to ask me if I'm alright, like I was about to die, or something... I quickly picked the bike up, and we all had a laugh.
The church handyman told me he was gonna make me some training wheels...
An 80yo lady said, "You need more practice."
The preacher said he was gonna get the video off the Ring doorbell camera and play it on the projector during the next service...
I felt more shame than I have felt in a long time. Oh well, lesson learned...
Note to self: Leave that front brake alone when pretty ladies cross your path...
I've had it for 2 years, but I've only put 1000 miles on it, and I'm still a newb. I'm just now starting to feel really comfortable on it; loosening up and really enjoying the bike, but also reminding myself not to get complacent. And every time I look at the speedometer I have to remind myself to slow down.
At 6:25pm, I pulled into the church parking lot. I was expecting to see 4 or 5 cars, but the parking lot was packed. I didn't know it, at the time, but some youth leaders had a bunch of kids there for arts and crafts or something.
I pulled in and quickly realized there were no parking spots so I decided to just park it by the building entrance.
I was coasting, about 2mph, to a stop, and a good looking lady walked right in front of me. I was thinking about her legs instead of my bike, and next thing you know, my bike is laying on the ground. š¬
I grabbed too much front brake while my handlebars were turned. Rookie mistake...
My feet were quick enough to keep me upright, but I let the bike go down gently.
It's a dirt bike. It's supposed to get dropped every now and then. It's not hurt...
But, sure enough, 10 people come running out into the parking lot to ask me if I'm alright, like I was about to die, or something... I quickly picked the bike up, and we all had a laugh.
The church handyman told me he was gonna make me some training wheels...
An 80yo lady said, "You need more practice."
The preacher said he was gonna get the video off the Ring doorbell camera and play it on the projector during the next service...
I felt more shame than I have felt in a long time. Oh well, lesson learned...
Note to self: Leave that front brake alone when pretty ladies cross your path...
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