I was riding up to work this morning and was along the usual route. My rout passes though downtown and with all the construction going on now, the roads are merging and splitting at odd locations. I was pedaling hard after a bus gave me room and wanted to get away from a particularly messy junction. Just then, I had a distinct sound of something metallic hitting the tarmac and I looked down to see something shiny fall off my bike. I managed to get to the side of the road and I wanted to check what dropped off my bike. I looked at the bike and everything seemed intact. So I had no choice but to se what actually fell off.

Luckily for me, the signal went red and I could go over to lane 2 to look for my stuff. As I was busy looking, I did not realize the lights changed and I was left stranded in the middle of the road with a flood of traffic heading my way. I almost bumped on an SUV and mildly shocked the driver. Well I managed to get to safety and saw the shiny metal piece in the middle of the road. I waited till the next red and ran over to pick it up and realized I had risked my limb for this.

A hook I was playing with over the weekend on a domestic project. Darn these bits and pieces. I suppose the lesson is that I should not leave things hanging on the bike. Everything needs to be fastened and strapped in. More importantly, I should not be foolish enough to jay-walk up and down busy downtown streets with high traffic volume. At least, if I have to do it, I should pay better attention to the traffic situation. Oh well, we live and we learn.

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5. Cycle lanes in Beijing

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