I crashed…
I cannot express the general vexation caused by the ignorance of pedestrians. Or perhaps I give them too much credit in calling it ignorance, it’s more like selfishness; selfishness surrounding the biking/running/walking trail. It’s paved and you could drive one car down it, then it turns into a normal sidewalk. When it’s as wide as all get out, they pick a side. When it thins out and they need to pick a side, they choose the middle. It’s extremely difficult to dodge the pedestrian when if you go left you’ll hit the rocks, fall into the street, get run over by a speeding car…you get the point…go right and your head will be removed by the by the outstretched limb of a tree. The bike will continue towards the ever impeding wall. And then there’s the route I chose. Before I can even take the slight bend in the road to choose to go left or to go right in an attempt to avoid the oncoming asshole, I go straight (totally unintentionally), hit the curb and see my tire explode as I fly over the handlebars. If this had been a car wreck, the imbecile driving down the middle of the road would have gotten a ticket, and their insurance would have to pay for some of the damage, if not all of it. Instead, the imbecile that caused my wreck smirked and snorted at me. I got to carry my bike a mile back home and get a new tire. This time, I crashed. Next time, someone’s getting run over.