Crashing sucks

First off, thanks to everyone on the ride who stopped to make sure I was okay when my front wheel caught the infamous RR tracks in Brattleboro, which was everyone because I was on the front when I went down and no one had a choice but to stop.
The thing that hurt the most about the crash wasn't going down, but rather knowing I put a damper on the ride itself.
I still don't know what happened, I'm usually pretty good about picking a line that will get me across tracks (even those tracks) without catching a wheel, but somehow the angle wasn't right and the track(s) grabbed my front wheel and put me down, hard.
It all happened so fast I don't remember what happened when I hit the deck, but I guess Tyler was holding my wheel, rode over me and went down too.
Another thing I feel really bad about, his front fork on his new Felt frame got pretty messed up in the fracas and screwed him out of finishing his first COVAC and being able to take his bike to do some more riding this week. Dude, I hope the bike shop you got the frame from (not Gear Works) does the right thing and gives you a replacement fork.

But I really wanted to thank everyone who helped me out the very bad place I was in when it all went down. I was scared shitless, when I felt my head hit the pavement I saw black, and then stars, and the next thing I knew there were a bunch of faces looking over me.
Thank God we have a bunch of really good women who ride with us (sorry guys, but the only thing I remember are the women taking charge) - Natalie checking out the gash over my eye and helping me clean it out, Suzanne calling for the support vehicle (that would be Lisa with the rescue van) and especially Elaine who knew what to look for and what questions to ask with a suspected head injury.
The guys were good too - they were all over my bike checking it out to make sure there was no serious damage other than the front wheel and some scratches to the shifters and frame. And making sure I was okay before I told them to press onward.

And a huge thanks to Lisa for driving up from NoHo and rescuing Tyler and myself and taking me to Brattleboro Memorial and to the both of them for spending 2 or so hours sitting in the waiting room while I waited to get checked out.
And to Ken for being the understanding husband when I'm sure he really wanted to get to Bertucci's for dinner, and everyone else who waited in the parking lot for me.

I heard that Elaine suffered a crash as well, right at the finish!!!!! I was really bummed about that as well, but glad that you checked out okay.

And one last thanks to Daren and GW for checking out the bike and setting me up with some replacement stuff like a helmet, bibs/ jersey, and everythinig else needed to get back on the road.

All in all I'm just grateful to have had the opportunity to ride with everyone all year, lots of great memories - especially all those HOT tuesday night rides. Already looking forward to next year.
I'll be heading to Fla next week so I'll miss the last ride of the season, the post ride dinner, Peter's homebrewed wine and the SL3 Daren will be raffling off at the end of the night.
Hope you all have a great rest of year and enjoy the fall riding.
God willing I'll be back for the winter training rides......