Personal Narrative: The Bridge Pedal With My Dad
It was a beautiful warm sunny day in August and I went on the bridge pedal with my Dad. The Bridge Pedal is a 33 mile bike ride that rides over 10 bridges in Downtown Portland and when we finished I wanted to ride my bike somewhere. Well when we left is when the incident happened and changed my day from good to bad. I had to go to the ER and get stitches. It was a good day and here's my story that changed my day.
To begin the day we got up a 6:30 am and rode our bikes down the hill to get breakfast at subway. After we ate we rode down to the waterfront where the beginning of the bridge pedal was. The bike ride was good, and we finished in about 4 hours and they gave us popsicles at the end. We headed back to my Dad's apartment building to …show more content…
Then we started down the steep hill and my bike speedometer said I was going 40 mph. I was looking ahead to see if any cars were coming and I came up on the turn to fast and I was braking in the corner which was a huge mistake. My back tire slipped out and I hit the pavement and started sliding but miraculously managed to jump on my bike when it was on it’s side and ride it into the curb. BANG! As soon as I hit the curb I jumped up and looked at my Knees which were a little bloody but I didn't think it was too bad so I got my bike to continue the ride and I felt a bumping when I was riding and realized my tire was flat so we pulled over to look at it. That's when we realized I had a bigger gash then we thought so we went to the fire station which was a few blocks away to get some hydrogen peroxide and they said I needed to get stitches. Unfortunately we had to headed back and dropped off our bikes so we could ride the streetcar to the hospital. While we were waiting I was walking back and forth and I walked like a zombie when I saw this guy walking in my direction. He got freaked out and ran the other
To begin the day we got up a 6:30 am and rode our bikes down the hill to get breakfast at subway. After we ate we rode down to the waterfront where the beginning of the bridge pedal was. The bike ride was good, and we finished in about 4 hours and they gave us popsicles at the end. We headed back to my Dad's apartment building to …show more content…
Then we started down the steep hill and my bike speedometer said I was going 40 mph. I was looking ahead to see if any cars were coming and I came up on the turn to fast and I was braking in the corner which was a huge mistake. My back tire slipped out and I hit the pavement and started sliding but miraculously managed to jump on my bike when it was on it’s side and ride it into the curb. BANG! As soon as I hit the curb I jumped up and looked at my Knees which were a little bloody but I didn't think it was too bad so I got my bike to continue the ride and I felt a bumping when I was riding and realized my tire was flat so we pulled over to look at it. That's when we realized I had a bigger gash then we thought so we went to the fire station which was a few blocks away to get some hydrogen peroxide and they said I needed to get stitches. Unfortunately we had to headed back and dropped off our bikes so we could ride the streetcar to the hospital. While we were waiting I was walking back and forth and I walked like a zombie when I saw this guy walking in my direction. He got freaked out and ran the other