Wipeout

Well I had my first significant accident today with the e-bike. On my way to school I picked up a thorn that caused my front tire to slowly lose pressure. I didn't notice it and everything seemed fine until I got to the last turn at school. I took it a little fast and didn't have enough pressure to maintain traction. Basically my bike flew out from under me and I went down... hard. The impact was enough to cause deep bruising in my shoulder and I broke my helmet. I was dazed.

Even more amazing is that the 3 or 4 people that were in the immediate area didn't even come over to ask if I was OK. Here I was, lying in the road after a major accident, and no one bothered with me. It was like I was invisible. I could have had a concussion or broken neck but that obviously isn't more important than waiting for your bus. People these days have no decency it seems.

So I got up, brushed myself off and got out of the street. After leaning my bike against a pole I took an inventory of my bodily state and was relieved to find no broken bones. I took of my helmet and thats when everything started going white. I knew that there was the possibility that I either had a minor concussion or was going into shock so I laid down and put my feet up on my backpack. After about a minute or so my vision returned to normal and the roaring in my ears went away. At that point I was able to get up and assess the damage to the bike.

The motor was fine, thankfully, and my handlebars were tweaked. But, probably the worst damage was to the seat. It was bent at an angle on one side so unless I can somehow bend it back I'll have to buy a new one. Still, worst case being out $20 for the seat and $4 for the new tube isn't half bad for that level of accident. I had already purchased an extra helmet when I couldn't find my original one(that I found a day later) so I have a spare and don't factor that into my damages. Another thing that broke was the wooden enclosure I made for my battery. It shattered into four different pieced but did it's job. My battery was unharmed and fully functional.

Here are some pics of the damage: