Got off early from work, so I thought I'd try to get in 45 miles this morning. Trinity Trails from Gateway Park to Benbrook and back again. On the way out, I rode a few miles with a nice guy on a ICE trike. I told him all about the club and he said he'd love to come out and ride some time.
Nice weather, and everything was perfect until I got to the river crossover heading back to Gateway. There was water on the concrete, and three large white birds blocking the way. I went wide to avoid the birds, and accelerated to go up the ramp when the bike slid out from under me.
I slid about five or ten feet, skinning my arm pretty bad and bruising my left hip as well as my pride. This bummed me out to no end, because I'd just replaced my tires with something much more grippy, so to be sliding was not in my plans. Took about five minutes for me to extricate the chain from the front chain wheel where it looked like the bottom bracket tried to eat it. Oh well, things were going so well...
Putting bandages on my arm and pricing out a Catrike 700 as I speak.