Let me set the background that led up to this tragedy. Okay, Sarah has been doing this triathalon training with her freinds and she wanted a new road bike so that she could train on a bike. The night that we picked the bike up from REI we took it for it's maiden voyage on the canal path behind our house. We had traveled like 7 miles up the path and it was getting dark so we turned around and were hustling back to the house when I noticed something running towards the path. As we got closer I realized that my little running friend was actually a SKUNK coming towards the bike path. I perceded to slamb on my breaks, but Sarah didn't see it in time and ran right over the center of the little guy with both tires. The skunk decided that it was necessary to spray at this time and covered the bike and Sarah's leg with pungent skunk juice. We did not realize the magnitude of how much got on Sarah and the bike until we were riding again and I could smell it wafting off of her as she road in front of me. Luckily when we got home Sarah had some salt scrub that she used to take off all affected layers of skin and she was allowed to sleep inside that night.
