For the most part I had a really great day of riding and I did my very first mod on my bike.
Left the house to take care of some errands and after one stop at the first bank I had to go to, I was at the driveway of the place behind this dully truck. I positioned myself so I was directly behind the driver so I could be seen in two of his mirrors.
Next thing I know, his reverse lights are on and he's moving toward me. I push my bike backward and honk my horn. When he heard my horn he hit those breaks pretty quick.
Then I was on one of the major roads in my area approaching a red light a little faster than I normally do, but I had plenty of time to stop. That is if an asshat hadn't pulled into my lane without signaling.
I gripped onto my front breaks a little harder than I intended to stop a lot faster ans ended up doing my very first stoppie. I'm thanking god right now for my Pilates class, because I had a death grip on my bike with my legs and I had my arms locked. The bike did a perfect stoppie, to my surprise.
A couple of kids in a car next to me loved the show and were trying to get me to do another one when we pulled up to the next light. I wanted to give them a middle finger salute, I settled for a glare.
I learned that I do not wish to perform another stoppie, ever!
I got home safely and installed a 12 volt outlet on my bike so I can use my electric pump that I now keep under my seat for fixing flat tires, as well as charging any of my electronics while I'm out if I need to.
Left the house to take care of some errands and after one stop at the first bank I had to go to, I was at the driveway of the place behind this dully truck. I positioned myself so I was directly behind the driver so I could be seen in two of his mirrors.
Next thing I know, his reverse lights are on and he's moving toward me. I push my bike backward and honk my horn. When he heard my horn he hit those breaks pretty quick.
Then I was on one of the major roads in my area approaching a red light a little faster than I normally do, but I had plenty of time to stop. That is if an asshat hadn't pulled into my lane without signaling.
I gripped onto my front breaks a little harder than I intended to stop a lot faster ans ended up doing my very first stoppie. I'm thanking god right now for my Pilates class, because I had a death grip on my bike with my legs and I had my arms locked. The bike did a perfect stoppie, to my surprise.
A couple of kids in a car next to me loved the show and were trying to get me to do another one when we pulled up to the next light. I wanted to give them a middle finger salute, I settled for a glare.
I learned that I do not wish to perform another stoppie, ever!
I got home safely and installed a 12 volt outlet on my bike so I can use my electric pump that I now keep under my seat for fixing flat tires, as well as charging any of my electronics while I'm out if I need to.
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