Late last night they wheeled a new patient into my room. I met him this morning. Seems was just riding his Guzzi around the block yesterday afternoon when it began to shudder and the next moment he was sliding down the road.
A police car was following and the officers stopped to help. They said that his back wheel had come off. Seriously. They retrieved the wheel, complete with the broken wheel studs.
Perplexing. The bike is religiously serviced so either the mechanic has over-tightened the nuts or the owner has bought a “Friday” bike.
In any event, he’s here with a broken shoulder and concussion and he’s going to be missing the Steve Walter.
Somedays it just doesn’t pay.