Popular Post ChrisL Posted March 18, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 18, 2022 While riding on SART at about 6:30 PM some homeless man waves us (my friend, wife & I) down & says hey this girl crashed and is hurt. I thought for a minute it may be an ambush but the girl was pretty tore up & her legs & hands were bleeding. We asked the girl who was maybe 14 if she was ok and she said yeah, I live close by I’ll just walk home. Homeless guy asked if we got this and we said yeah man take off & he did. The girl said to us you can go, I’m fine and I told her there are a lot of creepy homeless guys on the trail, how about we just escort you off the trail. OK! I asked her how she crashed and she said that homeless guy that waved us down cut her off on his skateboard and she ended up in the gravel beside the trail & crashed. So we rode beside her for about 1/2 mile as she walked her bike (bike looked fine, not sure why she was walking it?). My wife offered to clean the road rash on her hands & legs with clean water from her bottle but she declined. Her older brother called her and eventually met us on the trail & escorted her home. The sad part was when her mom called her and started reading her the riot act for crashing the bike (ebike). The girl said I can’t believe you are more concerned about the bike than me & hung up on her! Damn straight girl! Anyway that was our good deed for the day. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 18, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, ChrisL said: for crashing the bike (ebike). You see how kids (and adults) ride those things! Sure, the skateboard guy probably was involved, but, as I can attest, riding too fast for conditions is also a contributor. Or not paying attention. Or not signaling a pass. Etc., etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 18, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Her older brother called her and eventually met us on the trail & escorted her home. The sad part was when her mom called her and started reading her the riot act for crashing the bike (ebike). The girl said I can’t believe you are more concerned about the bike than me & hung up on her! Damn straight girl! Anyway that was our good deed for the day. What a strange terrible thing of the mother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 18, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, shootingstar said: What a strange terrible thing of the mother. Some parents know more about their kids than the rest of us, but some parents also suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted March 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Some parents know more about their kids than the rest of us, but some parents also suck. Yeah it’s hard for me to judge other parents and I don’t know what was going on with mom. She never asked if she was OK or safe? The lower 3 miles of SART is pretty tame compared to the sections a few miles north but still. The girl had the call on speaker & I was riding right next to her so heard the whole thing… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted March 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: You see how kids (and adults) ride those things! Sure, the skateboard guy probably was involved, but, as I can attest, riding too fast for conditions is also a contributor. Or not paying attention. Or not signaling a pass. Etc., etc.. I’m guessing she panicked and grabbed a handful of brake, lost traction on the gravel and went down. About 10 minutes prior we were riding along the coast where Beanz makes his restroom stop. There is a concrete path that T’s off the path & leads you to the ocean. An older dude on an ebike was hauling ass (20+ MPH) up that path towards us and I figured we were obscured by fencing as he wasn’t slowing down & we were on a collision course. I slowed & shouted out Rider!!! And dude locked up his brakes & almost went down. Freaking nuts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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