First of all I'd like to thank you all very much for the invigorating ride today fellas. The few of us who managed to stick with it, you guys are good riders and I’d love to ride with you again. Moreover, my bike thanks you for letting be riden like it should, and pulling corners so tight that I scraped my shoes a few times. It’s not every day I get the opportunity to push the bike or myself as hard as I can (too much congestion).
Sadly though it wasn't a great ride from the get go. As you all know about 15-20 min into the ride we had a wreck. Not going to say any names but the person who wrecked behind me I hope you'll be kind enough to give me a copy of the video, and for those of you if you ever get the chance to watch the video you'll see me with the yellow jacket right in front. One other thing, thanks for not running into me man.
You got so close to me that I could nearly touch you; needless to say you did your best to not hit me, and the say 5 or so other guys ahead of me. Tragically this course of action caused you to fall and bring down another rider. Needless to say, I feel your pain guy and I think I speak for everyone when I say this, but we’ve all been down that road before, it’s just the nature of the sport. Hopefully you’ll get back-up and shake it off, of course a couple broken ribs won’t be something to shake off over night but it will heal.
With that said and done, the second accident happened roughly +-30min afterward (time flies when your having fun). Did anyone out there get that one on video? That was one wicked fall, clipped a tree hard enough to take the bark off of it, and clipped a pole, smashed into the ditch and only god knows how many somersaults he did after the ditch. Thankfully, believe it or not he was okay. A little shaken up but okay or at least he seemed to be.
Okay well I hope I don’t offend anyone with this post. I’m not by any means trying to express joy off of the nerve racking beginning, but simply and humbly trying to articulate my gratitude for the opportunity to ride with you guys.
FYI Let me know when and where and I’ll do it all over again, outside of what had happened today in the beg.
Oh and one other thing, sorry I didn’t meet you guys at the Conoco in the morning. I tried to call…next time I’ll leave a message. Sorry, again.