This is probably the most uncommon fall you will ever hear from this part of the wine valley which was dangerous and the most painful one ever. This may be sensitive to readers and I do recommend that no one must try this in public roads if you do not have the experience of bike handling skills.
One day I was doing my final preparations for the Individual Time Trail Champs and while I didn't think back to the piece of road surface that's worked on that's wet and sand lying all over the road, I came around a traffic roundabout in Van Zyl street where the back side of the hospital is then you're back on climbing a short climb, on the opposite side of the road in front of the hospital, I did n bunny hop over the wet road surface to miss it from getting the wet tar stuck to my wheel. Unfortunately it didn't go well according to the timing. My front wheel slipped on the sand causing me to fall in front of a other vehicle.
One of the sister who's on duty at the hospital was walking on her way to the hospital and saw what happened. Everyone got out of their cars to come and help me get out of the road while I was in pain. My knee was full of tar and a glass cut my knee as well. My jacket back side was ripped off with a black mark all over it. The person of the hospital checked out my shoulders and knees to see if there are any damages. With a little bit of help, I was getting up walking with my broken bike on my back all the way back home.
To be honest I felt so embarrassed on what happened and everyone asked me if I'm ok. After that fall I broke my bike into pieces. I got back home and my parents was cleaning my legs etc and wash off all the tar and blood from my body.
A couple of days later while out training, a cop from the traffic department gave me a warning. Worst thing of all is that I stopped at every stop street but when a other guy with a bike rode over a stop street, he had no problems at all. I felt like I was treated unfairly that the other person got away with everyone just cos he had a other skin color doesn't mean it is right of him to do it. We sent a letter in for the mayor of the town to place signs on our roads and yellow lines for our cyclists on our public roads. I was invited to attend a sport and recreation meeting, I told him what we as cyclists need from the government in order to have safer roads for us. Unfortunately till today nothing came up.
From this I urge people especially primary kids to not try anything like bunny hops or riding their bikes without helmets or hands on their handlebars on public roads where its unsafe to do so. Motorists don't respect us when we use the roads so obey all traffic roads and always stay on the left side of the white lines at all time and make use of the yellow lines.
Have a safe ride.
Till next time.
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