# Bicycle Wreck on Independence Day. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-wreck-on-independence-day/253633 "2004-07-05T13:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-wreck-on-independence-day/253633/1 "2004-07-05T13:21:30Z")
Baby **Bosda** faw down, go BOOM! I was biking early on the 4th, on Murfreesboro’s Greenway exercise trail, admiring a beautiful heron, & marveling in the cool, moist morning air, alongside the Stones River. Pure serenity. I was going a little too fast, & hit a slippery mud puddle. WIPEOUT! And I found myself laying on my back in the mud. Tranquillity to “Oh my back!” in 2.5 seconds. :smack: The bike’s OK ($250 well spent, a cheap Wallymarket bike would have been junk), but I’ve got skinned knees & hands, & every bone in my body aches. But I’ll live. **HEY! Always wear your friggin helmet!** That’s why I’m not hurt worse than I am. ---
**Author:** ![aquasunset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@aquasunset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aquasunset)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-wreck-on-independence-day/253633/2 "2004-07-05T13:25:22Z")
OUCH!!! Those herons will do that every time! I am glad you are “okay”! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-wreck-on-independence-day/253633/3 "2004-07-05T13:29:29Z")
This reminds me of when my bike fell off me. Yes you heard right, I was riding along when I lost control. My bike started to fall and then through instinctive body movements I ended up running instead of riding. So the bike fell but I didn’t. And there was the earlier time when I decided to copy what the cool kids were doing and use my foot on the wheel to stop the bike. I used the front wheel, it worked a little too well because the bike stopped rather more suddenly than expected. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-wreck-on-independence-day/253633/4 "2004-07-05T14:52:29Z")
Just gives one a renewed appreciation of just how much skinned knees hurt, eh? I manage to remember this about every five years, just when I get to that grownup ‘bah, suck it up, you’re fine’ attitude towards the kidlets skinning themselves. I wish you speedy healing and lots of that spray on NuSkin stuff! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicycle-wreck-on-independence-day/253633/5 "2004-07-05T18:41:56Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > Just gives one a renewed appreciation of just how much skinned knees hurt, eh? I manage to remember this about every five years, just when I get to that grownup ‘bah, suck it up, you’re fine’ attitude towards the kidlets skinning themselves. > > I wish you speedy healing and lots of that spray on NuSkin stuff! 🙂 How did _you_ know I was sing Nu-Skin? Only, it’s daub on, not spray on.