One of the kids down the road got a new Walmart bike - "suspension" fork singlespeed. Today I noticed that he and his brother had a jump set up - a board and a cinder block.
I stopped to admire the bike and chat with his father, who had already managed to back over the cinder block once when leaving the driveway.
Anyhow, I decided I was going to take a run at the jump with my bike. Got up a good head of steam and maybe ten feet from the jump my drive chain locked up solid and I took a nice head first digger into the mud and gravel driveway.
The kids, occupied with trying to fall through the ice in a roadside ditch, didn't seem too interested one way or the other. I got back on, bumped over the jump a couple times, finished up my chat with Al, and left with various sore spots.
A little while later, mom and dad and the dogs and kids came walking down the road - Val wanted to make sure I was in one piece. While we were talking, the kids disappeared - seems that they had in fact noticed the pratfall with enthusiasm, and were headed back to practice.
I stopped to admire the bike and chat with his father, who had already managed to back over the cinder block once when leaving the driveway.
Anyhow, I decided I was going to take a run at the jump with my bike. Got up a good head of steam and maybe ten feet from the jump my drive chain locked up solid and I took a nice head first digger into the mud and gravel driveway.
The kids, occupied with trying to fall through the ice in a roadside ditch, didn't seem too interested one way or the other. I got back on, bumped over the jump a couple times, finished up my chat with Al, and left with various sore spots.
A little while later, mom and dad and the dogs and kids came walking down the road - Val wanted to make sure I was in one piece. While we were talking, the kids disappeared - seems that they had in fact noticed the pratfall with enthusiasm, and were headed back to practice.
