So I work a weekend shift which has some pretty weird hours. We work 5 to 5 friday and saturday and 12 noon to 12 midnight on sundays.
Well it was too beautiful outside yesterday to NOT take the bike to work and I was right. It was a nice ride! So anyways we finish up work and a co-worker and I stop at a buddy's for about an hour after work. When we're ready to leave I ask my co worker if i can follow him home, because I'd much rather follow a car in the middle of the night than be out by meself (or so i thought).
So we take off and about 5 miles from town I'm riding about 500 ft behind him give or take. And he dries over a huge dead raccoon! He went right over, didnt hit his brakes or swerve or signal in anyway and by the time that i saw the coon in the road it was too late to swerve so I grabbed on tight. I've never hit anything that made me bounce like that before i swear it felt like the front wheel came off the ground.
Anyways it just made me think about how easy it is to wreck on a bike. If i would have tried to swerve or have been on a smaller bike I probably could've went down. I decided after that to let him get a quarter mile ahead of me and just rode home that way. Turns out following a car and trying to use his headlights just doesnt work very well.
Anyways i havent looked at the bike in the light yet, but if there's any damage i'll let you guys know:fingers-crossed-emo