Dominos

I hate it when this happens.....

We were only 8 miles into the morning levee ride with a big group.  After a few fast surges, the pace had eased up a bit to 24-25 mph. Brian pulled off and started dropping back down the right side as the speed dropped maybe another mph.  Wheels started to overlap. I was about third or fourth wheel and felt someone hit my rear tire.  I said something like "Hey!" and was about to make a comment about it when I heard the crash. Apparently Robert had hit my rear wheel and then bounced over into Brian, taking about four carbon spokes out of Brian's rear wheel.  I think Woody must have been behind Robert.  After that it was just dominos.  Most riders landed in the grass, but Woody wasn't so lucky and hit pretty hard on his left forehead. His helmet took most of the impact but he had some cuts around his eye socket.  Max rode down to his car at Williams Blvd., just past the curve in the photo, and came back (on the levee!) to pick up Woody and the two other bikes that were no longer functional.  Word is that Woody got 18 stitches at Ochsner but is otherwise OK.