[NMCycling] Head on collision in South Foothills Friday.

[Rich Capener via Bike-racers]

    Had a head on collision Friday in the South foothills around noon. I was climbing to get back to 365 and this guy comes flying around a blind corner and slams into me. It wasn't real bad but my sunglasses broke from the impact. He was kind of nice at first, apologizing but when I told him he needs to slow down around blind corners he didn't want to accept fault, even when I pointed out his 10' skid mark. He said he didn't want to argue and took off. 

He looks really fit, around 6’ tall, 40ish, Sport System jersey and was on a Lefty (I think Trigger, black frame with green lettering) MTB. At first impact I thought it was Nate Berg or Rich Walters because they have a Trigger with a Lefty fork but luckily it wasn’t them. 

So whoever this guy is and they want to make things right, they can pay the $50 to have my glasses repaired. 

Everyone needs to remember that there are other people on the trails and need to control their speed around blind corners. 99.9% of the people know this but apparently some don’t.  


Thanks for hearing me vent. 


Rich Capener