I remember somewhere along the way, I saw a quote that went something like, "Stupidity is not trying and failing, but trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."
After today's Down Town/ Balboa urban ride, I looked down at my shins and the song by Roger Alan Wade, "If you're gunna be dumb, you better be tough" comes to mind. A brief history:


Calaveras January 2009, went over the bars on a rock roll on the south 40, tried to bail and my pedal grabbed me and took me along for the ride

Damage: 6 stitches and a cracked radius in the wrist. $60 in doctor/prescription co pay.
Lesson learned: Buy knee/shin guards


Beer run September 2010, jumped a curb wearing sandals, slipped a peadal

Damage: 15 stitches. $112 ER/prescription co pay
Lesson learned: Sandals are not good riding foot wear


And today's Down Town urban, slipped a pedal screwing around on a block wall(shin guards sitting in the bike room)


Damage: 9 band aids, and counting. $6.75 for said band aids, medical tape and napkins from a Shell station down town




Lesson learned:.........If you're gunna be dumb you better be tough

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"When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure it's fun to watch" Unknown

You have some carnivorous platforms, for sure. We need to find you some vegan ones. I'm glad we got you patched up and stoked you finished out the day with us!

I didn't see the bill for replacing all the blood stained socks in there. Whats that running you these days?? I hope your dad bought you one of those scooter bikes with no pedals for christmas. Heal up and hope to see ya soon Eric!

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I want my Mtb!!!!

Dang, ever thought about going clipless?

I see you switched from DC shoes to Five Tens, which should have helped a lot in sticking to the pedals. You should now be able to switch from aggressive platform pins (allen heads or pointed pins) to flat-topped pins -- then if you do slip a pedal now & then, it won't do so much damage. With the Five-Tens I rarely slip even on the flat-top pins.

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Thus, if we are to understand the world, we should live somewhere between judgement and amazement — Alfredo Lopez Austin

or shinguards? That looks painful dude.

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"We'll ride it until they pave it."

-Big Clyde