I was on my way home, had just gotten back onto the protected trail and my pannier bag (timbuk2 lightweight pannier - with the velcro fasteners, not clips) shifted and caught in my rear wheel. I had managed to brake a little bit before bailing, and my right hand and left knee got the worst of it. Like a silver dollar-sized abrasion through a layer of skin just below the kneecap. Nobody said a word when I walked in the CVS to get some supplies and clean up though. Which is . . . off-putting.

Had to reset my headset over the weekend as the fall pushed the handlebars all the way around and then some. And damn if I wasn't bombing around today heading to the dentist's office.

Also, now that we have both kids at the same school, it's quite freeing to not have the child seat on the back (using a burley-style Xterra trailer that mounts to a hitch on the axle) for the post-dropoff commute.