No We Didn't

It’s true.

I SO wanted to ride a friend’s bike, with nifty hand brakes. I was young and had no experience with hand brakes.

You know what’s coming.

To this day I don’t remember what happened, this was the only time I’ve been knocked unconscious. Apparently I didn’t navigate a curb very well and woke up in the emergency room. Who rides down a straight, flat street, turns to ride the other direction, and takes out a beautiful concrete curb? I wear the scars to this day.

And to this day, I’m mindful of handbrakes, physics and all.