Oofyah!
Bit wet this morning, bit of a shower. Decided to put a coat on. Good idea too, after 5 minutes it started coming down reasonably hard. Ten miles later it had stopped though so I unzipped the useful underarm gaps to let some cool air in, that’s nice. Little did I know I’d be letting a whole lot more in.
Finish through sankey Valley park, just a mile of road now. It’s cobbled here and as I’m riding along at a whole ten miles an hour or so, the front wheel hits a bump, I lose grip on the right hand side and off we go into the bushes. Unfortunately, because I’m now riding one handed and I’m slumped over the bars it all goes horribly wrong. Bike hits the ground, I land on top of it, with the bar end pointing upwards. SLAM!! Right onto the bar end on my chest, damn that’s painful. DAMN it’s really painful!!! There were a whole load of other noises when I hit the ground but I’m sure I heard a crack.
I lie in the bushes for about 5 minutes going ‘arrgh’ ‘ooorrgghh’ and ‘gaaahhh!’ until I finally recover myself enough to get up. Bike looks fairly broken but lets examine myself first. Serious pain in my chest, shortness of breath, both knees scuffed, right forearm pouring blood. The bar end went right through the underarm gap I opened and tore my jacket right off my body on one side. Feck! That’s an expensive jacket gone then.
The humu isn’t looking too good either, bars pointing the wrong way, wheel is fairly badly buckled, one of the v-brake pads has SNAPPED it’s mounting bolt, WTF!!!?
Bit of jumping on the wheel and some tuning with allen keys and spoke key and I managed to get to work. Can’t lift my arm up above my shoulder now. Shortness of breath has gone but my chest still feels like I’ve been shot.
All i can feel is pain in my chest, knees and arm. He he, look at my colleagues, they don’t even know. Fight club.
Not looking forward to riding home, only got a back brake, got no coat and moving about makes things hurt. Bet today is the day some fat commuter fancies his chances for a race too.
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June 10, 2009 12:33 pm
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By Simon, June 16, 2009 @ 7:58 pm
Ouch!
By D0NK, June 23, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
Owww – cracked ribs?
Haven’t you had crashes coz of your hand slipping off the bars before? Firm grip in future.
By samuri, June 23, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
I have, yes. I’ve got a pretty strong grip normally but a few months ago I did start to get tendonitis in my right forearm for reasons unknown. I thought it had gone but maybe not. I’m putting this one down to not paying attention but it’s worth bearing in mind for the future.