And you thought that your work commute was a doozy! Last Wednesday, when school teacher Jim Litz was riding his bike through the hills of Missoula on the way to work, he had no idea he was about become a bicycling legend. As Jim topped a hill going around 25mph, he came upon a 300lb black bear and smacked head on into the unsuspecting beast.Whammy! Both rider and bear went for a tumble in what has to be one of the most spectacular wrecks in cycling history.In the process of tumbling down the road the bear managed to scratch Jim's shoulders and back and roll over his head, cracking Jim's helmet under its weight before fleeing the painful scene. According to Jim, "I didn't have time to respond. I never even hit my brakes." Luckily, Jim's wife came driving by in the nick of time and drove him to the hospital, where he was patched up.
According to the AP story, Litz planned to return to teaching science at Target Range Middle School by Friday. What a trooper.
[via Treehugger]
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