#bikewreck

[nicknumber]

"Le Fin Du Siecle" by George Rossi Ashton

Apparently the 19th was a real bikewreck of a century.

[thosdickson]

KVETCH, kvetch, kvetch!

Paddling Lake Woebegone... again.

Viernes 15 de Marzo, 2024

So where to even BEGIN to catch up with myself?

Back to SF Fev 6 - 20; cut short to make sure I was back to MVD in time for my shit to hit the street here — BUT IT DIDN'T, OF COURSE — SO I spent $200 to cut the last week off my trip*, cut the SFUSD by days**, and SIT AROUND for another ten days. So what to do? I know : a BIKEWRECK 🤬 23 Fev: the new bikelane down 18 de Julio, impulse to stare to the right at Crespo looking for the "perfect storage space" that wasn't...

WHAM-BAMM!! Ass over teakettle "en media calle" ; hit that big hard black rubber traffic cone with my left shoulder. Knew I'd jacked it good, and left wrist almost sprained, just above the left knee, left ring fingertip crushed.

People ran up to help the old fool... left arm hanging loose "Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck..." vision pixellated, like my eyeball was hanging out or somethin. Struggled to see and walk, locked the bike to the closest parking sign, walked home bleeding from three spots on my right hand, and from inside my left ear.

Amazed the bike was unhurt, nor were my sunglasses of Bill's, the OPs I spent hundreds on lenses for, just this left shoulder I'd so carefully trained and strengthened since the 2018 surgery to correct the massive rotocuff tear and 40 year old dislocation from the 1977 wreck of Kent C's Alfa. No problem: just let go... again... of the wish, the strength, the confidence, the feeling of some small success. Nothing matters in this BEST of "GOD's will" world. HOW do I know God's watching, maybe laughing? Because the NEXT DAY + 7, Saturday 2 Mar, my stuff arrives at the SimpleBox in Ciudad Viejo 10months and $10K down this road (to ruin). Of COURSE the gold FINALLY shot up past $2100 right after I cashed most of it in to pay off the Aduanas (or Uruvan?) suckers.

Obviously, God wanted to keep me off a bike. Last Friday, 8 Mar, BOTH the blue Retrospec I bought here a year ago, and the newish Trek I just brought from SF were both swiped from just the other side of my door while I was eating my pressure-pot dinner about 9pm.

Not a SOUND. I came out for some reason about 10pm, first noticed the stair's door open, then the clean open space along the tiled wall where the bikes had been. I ran downstairs and outside, talked to a young man working for CUTSCA the bus company standing at the bustop in front of 2033. Yes, he'd seen a man and a woman run out the heavy iron front door into 18 de Julio with my bikes "about an hour" before. The guy almost ran into an oncoming bus in his panic to get away. NO the lobby camera didn't record past 30 minutes before. Pablo, the guy living directly below, turned out to be the building manager.

"We called them to fix the camera system, but they never came." This is the picture he knocked at the door to offer later, and how I tried to make it usable with Photoshop >>>

Juan Pedro, my host's son, was kind enough to offer to let me put off the rent until month's end, but, honestly...

Aikido says: "take the hit — then redirect"... that Saturday I spent an hour with a young policewoman taking my theft report with thinly disguised contempt for another clueless old fuck, this one with such lousy Spanish her patience wore out long before her few questions got answered.

"You know something's happening, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?"

[okieapache70]

Day 27: Scar... It’s finally fading #OctoberPhotoChallenge #PhotoOfTheDay #photochallenge #OctoberChallenge #Fall #Autumn #photoaday #photoadayoctober #October2020 #photooftheday #Halloween2020 #Halloween #OctoberpumpkinsbringNovemberturkeys #bikewreck https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6NQQzhJ6c/?igshid=1c4rjjj65ygug

[sketchinme]

The wan and only #waylenroche doin that rocken thang at #porchstomp #porchstomp2018 #theband #ophelia #bikewreck #ballsack #harmony #breedlove #breedloveacoustic #governorsisland #tanktop #sweatershoes #summerblues

[yuval-david]

Other than a #shipwreck, we found a #bikewreck! Maybe this is where my NYC #bicycles ended up after disappearing in the city. At least I hope they made it here -- it is a much better environment than Manhattan. #scuba #scubadive #caribbeansea #cyclist #cycling #underthesea #deepbluediverscayman (at Cayman Islands)

[a1strokegame]

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That escalated so fast.. what the fuck 😳

[diamonddavesd]

Had a great time at the Tommy knocker race this weekend took the pup out on one of my laps! On my last lap I got a little boo boo lol but didn't wreck with her. . . . #mtbrace #mtbracer #bikerace #mountainbike #mountainbiker #bikeracer #rexspecs #tattoo #tattoedcyclist #gofastdontdie #sendit #noshirt #noshirtnoproblem #k9sportsack #sunsoutgunsout #gohardorgohome #bikedog #tommyknocker10 #mostalluringmanintheworld #veteran #gnar #booboo #bikewreck #bloodyknee #knowpainknowgain #ziarides #ziaridesraceseries @ziarides (at Fort Bayard Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb6SQ2pA9Qa/?utm_medium=tumblr

[brettdeadly]

SMOKING CANDY (feat. BIKEWRECK) by typhoid GARY

[kandicekelso]

Fun Fact: Wyatt likes to go fast... #rickeybobby style. . . On occasion it catches up to him... and his face. This is my official PSA to parents out there with kids on bikes and wearing helmets! Fortunately, his saved his cheek and probably eyebrow. . . I didn't see this particular wreck happen, but I'm sure it was just a boy going too fast. . . Wyatt's helmet is not actually kept in the garage or with the bikes. We keep it in the house. Right next to his shoes so when he puts those on, the helmet goes on too. Basically, if you're just outside walking around, you're wearing a helmet, buddy. #wakeupandhelmet . . QUESTION: Who is your Daredevil in the family? . . #mysweetandsticky #myrealmotherhood #momlife #therealinstamoms #momadvice #wyguykelso #boymom #momsoninstagram #momsofboys #stopdropandmom #acupofmotherhood #bikesafety #psa #wearyourhelmet #crashandburn #littlebitsof_life #runwildmychild #littleandbrave #worldoflittles #letthekids #letthembelittle #youmemotherhood #oregonmom #bikewreck #roughandtumble — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2INRNtz

[compulsoryclicks]

New difficulties: realizing that you'll need help taking off the sweater you just put on. #bikewreck #brokenneck http://ift.tt/2o4AwX3

[linusbentzer]

Admiral Ackbar - It's a trap! #itsatrap #cannondale #bikewreck #kristianstad (på/i Kristianstad, Sweden)

[travestybikes]

This bike is a testament to the true strength of steel.  Dude crashes his bike  bending the fork backwards which probably made his Rad Tarck Bike unrideable so he rotated his RISEN stem 180 degrees so that the wheel could clear the frame and rode on like nothing happened.  Good antitheft measure to take when using such a snippable lock.  

[thiscyclingmanc]

Bike eaten by canal. Poor thing. #bike #cycle #biking #cycling #bikelife #cyclelife #oldbike #rustybike #wreckedbike #bikewreck http://ift.tt/2qGGRoi

[bikewreck]

Scum