Tuesday, November 27, 2012

IT IS STILL A MYSTERY TO ME

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.