Be careful

I figure you haven't seen a pic of me in about two days so here's one from yesterday's commute. Enjoy.



On yesterday's commute I also spied this little gem on a dead end road I was checking out for the first time. Its the mailbox of none other than mister Bikeman himself. I guess now I know where to go when its 2am Sunday morning and I need new brake housing.

In other news, Monday morning while watching the news as I was getting ready, the local news station (STORM TEAM 13! ALL EXCITING ALL THE TIME!) was running a story about a cyclist who was involved in a hit and run by a car on Sunday afternoon. Apparently the cyclist was badly hurt and sent to Maine Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition. News 13 was doing 5 minute updates on the rider's condition which consisted of a reporter standing outside of the hospital saying "the cyclist will be waking up in Maine Med this morning..." They said the same thing in the same dramatic tone each time as if they were telling us something new. Being a cyclist I was, in fact, interested in what was happening but it annoyed the hell out of me that they built it up each time and told us nothing. As it turns out (at least according to what I've heard) the cyclist had been released from the hospital the night before so the major drama was for nothing. Actually, I guess it was for ratings and secretely I'm sure they were hoping the cyclist would die so that they'd have a REALLY good story to run with. Anyway, thankfully, it appears the cyclist is basically fine, pretty banged up but ok. Yesterday, I found out that the injured cyclist was a teammate's ex-husband. A guy that I've seen at many races and on some group rides. Hopefully Mike T. makes a speedy recovery and they catch the douche bag who hit him and then ran away like a chicken shit pus.