Had a big wreck on October 1, 2001. Took on a parked truck at about
10:30 at night (don't ask....I don't remember it or about a week after it). As I
am told, I was hitting about 40 MPH, and hit the truck totally with my knee,
sending me over 10 feet in the air only to land on my face. $800 of damage
to the truck, an expensive ambulance ride, hospital time, and much time
afterwards. Torn MCL, concussion, time on crutches.....and that took up
October. Still in recovery, as my knee tends to have about 1/2" of
slop now. Had to steal a wheel off my Mesa GSX to get the Homegrown back
in working order, other than that it didn't see much damage.
I used to only
bike for speed, but am getting very interested in trials and stunt riding. We
have some really nice trails in Winona-- the Holzinger Trails. It's all bluffs
and water around here, I love it.