way too close

 

Yesterday I had a way too close miss of a pedestrian.

I was in S.F. visit my son. I wrong turn had put me off
in a bunch of narrow one way streets on the east end
of Chinatown.

I was making a left turn from a one way into another,
cutting close to the curb when this guy stepped off the
curb right into my path.

I stamped my left foot down, brought the bike up a little,
steered hard right and managed to swing wide around him.
I don't think I could have stopped if I'd been unable to
swerve.

Unfamiliar surroundings, way more full of people than I'm
used to. This was way too close and I'm really thankful
I was able to avoid hitting him. Resolved to be way more
cautious in seriously urban crowd settings.

 


Not a tech issue. Should have gone to reeky,
not reeky.tech. Apologies.