It’s sad to think that all of us have either experienced or know someone who has experienced an accident on their bicycle. Motor vehicles are often major offenders, but there are other events peppered throughout that involve another bike, a pedestrian, or something else entirely. Here at the shop we hear about these unfortunate experiences on a daily basis. You read that correctly: daily.
The hardest part is helping the customer deal with the pain of it all. Both emotionally and physically, there is a sadness that walks in the door with them. Sometimes the event has just happened, just 5 minutes before they’ve arrived. Both traumatized and in shock, we try to talk them through the process of both starting to get over it and dealing with it. Sometimes the accident happened months prior to us meeting them. They’ve come in because they are finally ready to get back in the saddle and move on again.
These moments that we have experienced have inspired us to start up a support group for cyclists who’ve been in an accident. No matter the scale or the number of bones broken or whether you’ve been given the ‘your bike is dead’ speech. Whether you’ve gotten a scratch or a concussion. Whether we’ve replaced your wheel that has been taco’ed. It doesn’t matter. We’ve opened our space to you, every Thursday night at 8:30pm, to… well… just talk about it. Meeting with other people who have been through what you’ve been through is important to the recovery process. We want to provide a chance for you to do that. People will trade stories, trade lawyer’s numbers, or just trade nods and silent support. We want all of you to come by and see and hear and relate to what others have been through.
All are welcome. See you then.