Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Perhaps not, but I did have a pedestrian swing her walker right in front of my line of travel. And, admittedly I was passing a little close. Fortunately I slammed on the brakes, made light contact, and nobody went down, and no injuries.
Hitting an old woman using a walker? You'd have to put a lot of spin on that accident to save face with your riding buddies:
"There I was, was pumping out 1500 W trying to out-sprint a mountain lion, when I noticed a couple of rattlesnakes in the road. I dodged the first, but got tagged by the second. That distracted me, and I didn't see the Lamborghini parked on the side of the road. I managed to bunny hop over the car, but clipped the old woman's walker that was stored in the passenger seat. Oddly, this h
appens almost every single time I go to my bike co-op."