Cycling in Waterloo Region

[Canard]

I've seen that video, too!

I (stupidly) crashed yesterday on the Schneider Creek Greenway/in Homer Watson Park.  I had left really early for work (6am?) and it was still pitch black out.  I hadn't ever gone through the forested MUT's that early before, and didn't realize just how pitch black it was.  I was overriding my headlight (dumb dumb dumb) and thought someone was chasing me (realizing later it was the leaves crunching under my wheels, behind me).  Laid my bike down at a good ~30 km/h on a sharp curve I forgot about until the last minute and smashed my head (helmet) and jaw off the pavement.  I reluctantly let my coworkers take me to the hospital to get checked out when they realized I wasn't following what they were saying and I couldn't read anything on my computer screen.  Moderate concussion, they tell me.

So, learn from my stupidity:  Don't override your headlights, don't get freaked out in the dark woods, and be careful on wet leaves!  I was looking for an excuse to get a better/newer helmet (maybe one with MiPS?), anyway!