Tom planned a 300 mile day trip riding all the twisty back-roads of southeast PA.
Tom, his buddy Kevin from Connecticut, me, and Justin went to it. There was a good chance of rain all day, but we said fuck-it. All brought our rain suits. I still heavily recommend the $20 Coleman rain suit from Walmart. It’s pretty much amazing. I forgot my bubble-shield, fuck. The day started out dry, but continued to get gross and wet the longer we went on.
At one point I rode Justin’s Speed Triple. I did a hundo on it. Felt like I was going 40mph.
So, I basically cheated death.
20 mins after the below pic was taken, we’re cruising some twisty’s, and the roads were real wet. Looked like glass in some spots. I run the Avon RoadRider tires. I guess my rear tire is pretty bald in the middle. We came up to an opposite banked left sweeping turn. Everyone in front of me leaned into it, so I also went to lean and instantly felt the bike sliding. I slid right off the road. Basically, I guess my rear tire didn’t hold and I just slid straight. I put my left foot down to try and counter-balance the slide. I slid off the road into the dirt bank on the right. I monster-trucked through it, and held on. Fortunately I held on and got back on the road, but if there would been a ditch, or gaurd-rail there, i’d be fucked. It was pretty scary. I’m ordering a new rear tire first thing tomorrow.
Pretty sure if I hadn’t riden bmx for the past 17 years I would dumped it in the dirt because it got pretty sketchy. BMX skills son.
-Ed
