Jim Fails to Keep the Rubber Side Down

Yesterday we rode around Lake Sammamish.  It was a very expensive ride.  We were almost home, when Jim reached down for a water bottle, rode over a reflective dot on the road way, and slammed to the pavement in a split second.  Remember Arte Johnson on Laugh-In falling over with the tricycle?  It was sort of like that.  Anyone under 45 will probably not get the reference.  Go Google it, it was funny television.
Anyway, here is the broken helmet that had to be replaced.  Notice the vertical crack where the arrow is pointing.  It goes all the way through.

 

Additionally, the sun glasses, the bike shorts and the carbon fiber handlebars had to be replaced.  We took the bike in to get the handlebar tape replaced, and they uncovered the crack in the carbon fiber.  I'm glad it was discovered before they broke on a ride. 
This is a shop dog in one of the stores we visited yesterday.  Is he not adorable?  He's Chihuahua and Jack Russell.

 

We saw this on the way home.  It's a motorcycle with a mountain bike rack on the back.  Pretty cool.

 

Sorry about the back picture quality, I took this through the window.  The dog wanted to eat that hamburger really badly.

 

So, how is Jim, you wonder?  He's banged up some.  This was the major point of impact on his hip.  There's also road rash on his shoulder, elbow, knee and calf.  All damage is on the left, which is not the side of his pelvis he broke in 2006.  He didn't feel too awful this morning. 

Jim spent the day on The Rock, taking May back to the dentist.  I had an appointment with the podiatrist, and then I did the 5 mile walk with the giant hill.  Tomorrow we'll try riding again, hopefully with a better outcome.