[Let It Be]

Thank you for the kind words. My bike is totaled and one arm is not working as well as I’d like, but as soon as I feel physically capable of taking a test ride I will get a new bike and get back on the road.

As for the circumstances of the crash, I was heading east on Columbia Pike near the bottom of the hill on a section of road that is fairly bumpy because of recent construction when my handlebar broke off at the stem. I remember thinking “Oh no” and that’s about it until I woke up in the hospital. Traffic is generally heavy there during rush hour, but luckily there were no vehicles close behind me.

Columbia Pike is not my favorite. Given the volume of traffic, though, the number of times I’ve felt endangered by a driver is probably not all that high.

[Let It Be]

I crashed yesterday morning biking eastbound on Columbia Pike near the intersection with S. Quinn. I was unconscious and do not remember the encounter, but my wife has told me that a fine gentleman in a military uniform named Laurence stopped, called an ambulance, and waited with me until medical personnel got me loaded up and on the way to the hospital. She said he mentioned that he was a cyclist, so I thought there was a chance he might be a member of this message board. Thank you, Laurence, for your kindness and for handling the situation so well. Also, there is little that my wife dreads more than the thought of me crashing somewhere and lying unconscious in the street. The fact that someone already had everything under control when she drove by the scene on her way to work moments after it happened helped. So, thank you Laurence.

I sustained a concussion and am a bit banged up, but nothing broken. All in all a lucky result. Safe riding everyone.

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