Rider Down!!!

Shayne jumping the Little Missy on a recent outing.

Our Manager/Fitmaster flex/Keiser/general store guru, Shayne Alexander took a spill on Monday. Details of the crash will be left up to him to explain to all you curious types, once he'll get back. But we'll disclose that the crash was on the road, after the group road ride and only a couple of blocks from his home. He went down hard and suffered a number of fractured ribs, and fractures to the scapula and other related injuries. This obviously put him in the hospital, and his injuries left the Rider's cycles team with a broken wing. He will be out for a while, but is in the capable hands of the hospital staff so he will be fine...in time.
Get well Sanchez!

Fixed gear revenge

I came across this video at the good folks of Raleigh Commutes. Seems like I was not the only person to take a bad spill this weekend. Mine was an exceptional art of fixed gear revenge as I tried to throw down a fat skid with my left leg as the brake (I'm much better at using the right.. but even so I'm a beginner with this fixed gear stuff). the Bianchi revolted and my left thigh hit the bars and I soon found out that my eyebrow and chin are, in fact, not tougher than your average Victoria pavement. So after riding home, wiping the blood of my glasses every once and awhile so I could see, I was forced to pay my good friends at Royal Jubilee Hospital a visit and they stitched my face together with great skill and swiftness. Ahh...the joys of the school of hard knocks. Perhaps I'll learn one day, but I'm not sure. You learn by doing, and my doings tend to be a Little on the crazy side. Two injuries in four months is a little too much though and I hope this trend is over with...
But since these bruises are only cosmetic, they won't be standing in the way of me going nightriding on Tuesday, so I'll see you there.
Selah,
H.