Last
weekend I finally picked up my bicycle from the bike shop in Boston where it
was delivered from Kailua-Kona.
This was also the first time I was able to thoroughly inspect it following the
crash. Despite having high hopes for finding out what had happened it still
remains a mystery to me. The only clue appears to have been provided by the
shattered left side of the front tire (about 20 cm long), as if it were caught in a
narrow pavement crevice, which would have forced me to loose balance and fall
to the left side. But I can only speculate that. Other than that, the bicycle
sustained a minimal “trauma” with no paint scratches or structural damages to
the frame, wheels, or any other components. The only other visible and obvious
blows seemed to have been absorbed by the left handlebar and the left elbow pad.
