One of the drivers destroyed his wheel in a head-on accident with another bike today. I knew there had been an accident as soon as I saw the bike outside the store. The rim was beyond warped, bent over like a Pringle.
“I like your front wheel modification,” I said to Aaron, the bike’s owner. The only other time I’d seen a wheel like that is when I got pushed over by a car leaving a garage. “When that happened to me the guy gave me 200 bucks!”
“Yeah, I got hit by a homeless guy,” Aaron explained. He was threading an alley into the Epicenter, rounded a corner and came crashing into the other bicycle. Or, more likely, the other bike crashed into his. “Did his bike get messed up?” I asked. “Nah, I’d kinda feel bad if it did, but his bike was totally fine. His wheel must’ve just rolled over mine.” It’s just another day at the shop.