Back in July I was a half a mile away from my house, headed to work on my Specialized Diverge, as i have done regularly since 2018, when a distracted driver in a pickup truck turned left without looking at the opposing traffic lane. Sent me flying and made for a weird strava trip. Spent two weeks in the hospital with two broken legs and a broken hand, and then a subsequent eleven weeks unable to walk following surgery on my shattered right ankle. I am now finally recovered just enough to start getting back out there on a bike just a bit, so I replaced my 2018 Diverge (RIP, she pedaled across the rainbow bridge to live on a farm with other bikes after the accident) with a Cannondale Topstone. Plan to use this to commute, take on social rides and maybe bike back to DC from my hometown of Pittsburgh, which I did on that Diverge in 2021.
Gonna be a while until I have the strength to really handle hills around town again, probably not until spring, but I’m just stoked today.
by livefast_dieawesome
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Congratulations!! On the bike, not the truck…just wanted to be clear.
Glad you’re still on the right side of the dirt.
Lose those wheel reflectors….they won’t stop a truck.
Smart looking bike though. 🤙