I went for a long ride today... I wanted to check if a retailer across town was still stocking refurb weed eaters. I also wanted to take the bike on a longer run. I carefully plotted my course along the residential streets as opposed to the main road out there. That was my first mistake.

I think the road crews are a lot less careful with their patches on the side streets. The ones I hit shook my teeth and more. As i tooled along quietly keeping one eye on the rear view, and one on the side streets for cars running stop signs, I hit a huge crack in the road.

It was so bad that it knocked the little basket right off the handlebars. The basket went forward not beside me. it hit right in front of me. I could imagine me hitting the darn thing and what it would do the the bike and subsequently to me. It was just by the grace of god that I avoided it and kept the bike upright.

Of course the basket came apart and things went everywhere. Since I didn't have anything in it, I didn't even stop. I just kept on going and thanked the good lord that I didn't hit that basket. When I got to the store, I tried to lock my bike only to discover that the lock and the cable were part of the pile of twisted metal on the side of the road. It was nowhere to be found and I looked on my way home.

If you have one of those easy on and off baskets on your bike, make sure they aren't too easy on and off. Wire those lil mothers down.

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