Late last night my friend Sharon called to ask me if I would like to ride with her today in the Bikes for Kids ride. It is an organized ride to benefit less fortunate second graders throughout the state by giving them all a bike to ride. All of the proceeds from the ride go towards buying the bikes at cost from Costco. I know the lady that started it several years ago and she said that they have given away over 10,000 bikes since the program began.It was a nice ride except for when my friend was hit from behind by another rider. We had just passed Shawn Bradley on his huge bike and the pack that was drafting off of him and came to an intersection where the light was not being blocked off by the police escorts, as they all had been previously in Murray. This was the first light in Midvale and so we had to stop when the light changed. We had just started to slow down when the guy that was behind Sharon looked at his watch and didn't notice the light changing or the fact that we were stopping.
He plowed right into her going about 20 mph and he was a bigger guy. He injured her shoulder, elbow and hip as well as damaging her bike and ruining her jersey. Everyone behind stopped to help and the sag truck came to offer help as well. She wanted to keep riding, so Shawn Bradley fixed her chain and straightened out her wheel. The guy that hit her said he would call her to pay for everything and took down her number. But she hasn't heard from him yet.
