Flip flops - NEVER
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:09 am
Ok, so NO I did not wear flip flops ON the bike. But I did break one of my HUGE rules about wearing flip flops AROUND the bikes and to load the bikes in the trailer. Welp... you already know where this story is going.
It was HOT, and we needed to get the bikes in the trailer fast after our track day. So, instead of changing out of my track gear, I just took off the boots and suit, and started loading in my track slippers. Got one bike loaded and was stepping over the straps to get more stuff to load, when the strap caught between my foot and the bottom of the slipper and BAM. Head over heels, arms flailing, and I landed on the very sharp race footpeg of an Aprilia race bike. Oh. My. GOSH. Does this hurt!!!!!! It is like having a footpeg sized bleeding road rash with a giant purple bruise around it. It is so gross.
Lesson: Never wear non-stable shoes around bikes, and stay away from Aprilia footpegs.
It was HOT, and we needed to get the bikes in the trailer fast after our track day. So, instead of changing out of my track gear, I just took off the boots and suit, and started loading in my track slippers. Got one bike loaded and was stepping over the straps to get more stuff to load, when the strap caught between my foot and the bottom of the slipper and BAM. Head over heels, arms flailing, and I landed on the very sharp race footpeg of an Aprilia race bike. Oh. My. GOSH. Does this hurt!!!!!! It is like having a footpeg sized bleeding road rash with a giant purple bruise around it. It is so gross.
Lesson: Never wear non-stable shoes around bikes, and stay away from Aprilia footpegs.