joejeweler

Well folks,.... you've witnessed an epic battle between Man and Machine, ....ending suddenly in a "TKO"! ( "Taco Knock Out" :-) The strange part for me is the feeling of "déjà vu" to me. Back in 1987 I bought my first serious MTB (to me at least),...a Red Schwinn Cimarron. With rear rack and small set of panniers,...was around $800.00. (a fair chunk of change at that time for me) It was also the first bike that had such a low gear it was SO easy to wheelie. Unfortunately, I was not well versed in that "procedure" back then,.... especially the "landing" part,..... and on my FIRST ride out on the bike,..on the 2nd or 3rd wheelie and feeling invincible on a "New Bike High",.... ....... I land with the front wheel WAY sideways,... and go over the Handlebars and hit the parking lot pavement. Ummm,..a very humbling and grumbling experience :-( But I got off lucky with just scrapes and bruises,..some scrapes on the thumb shifter, and kept all my teeth too. More importantly, I learned an important physics lesson..... Namely, ....."an object in motion (me) tends to stay in motion, with the same direction and speed." Amen :-)