I can ride forward fine and turn and juggle while riding ... but I can't
idle or free mount consistently (I can get one every now and then). I know
this is a common problem so I haven't been freaking out. But I ride my 20"
to Biology every Mon,Wed,Fri around 9 am. So this particular morning, I
was running a little late as happens. I had my book bag full and my body
set to go. I took my wheel and tried to hop on in the hopes of being
successful. I missed. No problem because I know that happens. I tried
again and proceeded to worsen rapidly. My self-anger rose and by the
sixth or seventh try, I was determined to be successful. What I was
successful at was planting my whole face on the cement sidewalk, while
bruising my shoulder and shredding on palm. It learned my lesson
not in the actual fall, but in the weeks following when I had to baby my
dominant hand because of my own stupidity. This is when I finally
acknowledged to myself that to hurt myself on the wheel, I had to commit
on of the fatal errors of not paying attention to what I was doing.
But hey, now I know. I think everybody has to have at least on serious
fall before they really internalize that concept.
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* O * Jonathan Perry *
* . . * Emory Univ. *
* O * ATlanta, GA *
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* * JIP *
* WW WW * Juggle In Peace *
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