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ah… shoot
not a good day
not a good week
work alittle tough these days
and people keep getting hurt around me too
two of my staff with car accidents
one staff just out of a week in the hospital of blood problems
an intern just in the hospital after getting hit by a motorcycle while crossing the street
two gallery owners just died
and yesterday, i almost rear-ended a car coming to work
the guy just abruptly crossed over the entire three lane road
and stopped in the middle of the street right in front of me to make a U-turn
i put brake pedal to the metal and literally missed his bumper by a hair
as the idiot waved sorry and went his way, and as i stopped at the next light
a car, on the other side, ran into a motorcycle
boom!
motorcycle went flying, bike parts flying everywhere
at first i didn’t see the body
then a taxi screeched to a stop right next to the car that hit the bike
and from underneath the taxi, rolled out the limp body of the biker
first car him and his bike, second car ran him over
i got a glimpse of the guy as i passed by the accident
his body was folded over backwards
legs folded backwards behind his back
and the body was twitching
ah bad… just bad.
i’m not sure what it means, but everyone just please be careful
just be aware of your surroundings and please be cautious
i don’t want anymore people hurt
i’m still cycling
but trying to avoid car lanes as much as possible
sticking to the river and mountain trails with no car access
please be careful everyone
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did some tweaking with the bike
replaced the handle bar stem, 90mm to 110mm
lowered the handlebar a couple centimeters
raised the seat about the centimeter
brought the seat forward about a centimeter
much better stance
much better force to the pedal
more extension and less fatigue of the muscles for every pedal push
feeling far better overall control of the bike
can’t wait to get a full day to ride on the weekend
with all this stress at work and people getting hurt around me
cycling’s my only stress relief right now
just have to be very careful
watch every corner
watch every car
watch every bump
last thing i need is me getting hurt
i’m being careful so you too, okay?
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