Hey guys, It has been a LONG winter for me and i just barely got the bike out on the road. I rode it to work twice this week and only rode it back once:spank:.
I was on a straight road at about 8pm, 40 degrees out and for the life of me i don't entirely know what happened. a car in front of me pulled into my lane and i hat my brakes and felt the front tire start to slide (not sure if it was just cold road or if there was something on it...) next thing i know i am on the ground with someone telling me not to get up. did a quick check on my extremities and they were all there and all moved on their own. So i got up and ran over and picked up my bike to assess that. Just as i picked it up a police officer showed up on scene and did the requisite questions and check if i was ok.
Apparently i was on enough adrenalin to pass because he let me go and i rode off. and only got a couple blocks before pulling over to actually look over the bike for myself out of traffic. some people i work with has been following me as they saw the whole thing and they tried to convince me to put my bike in their car (still not sure how they thought that was going to happen, but it was a nice gesture). We compromised and they convinced me to call Keira (wife) and that i should only ride it 3 miles back to work instead of 40 miles back home.
in the 1 hour wait for Keira to get me i sat in their car and the pain started to set in and i was glad i wasn't riding. on the way home it got to the point that i told Keira to detour to the ER to get checked out. and found this:
Probably have some broken ribs too, but can't X-ray those without raising my arm, and nothing they can do with broken ribs anyway, so i said skip it...
Gear saved my noggin, face and rash on my arms and torso:
But the bike certainly held up better than i did
I was on a straight road at about 8pm, 40 degrees out and for the life of me i don't entirely know what happened. a car in front of me pulled into my lane and i hat my brakes and felt the front tire start to slide (not sure if it was just cold road or if there was something on it...) next thing i know i am on the ground with someone telling me not to get up. did a quick check on my extremities and they were all there and all moved on their own. So i got up and ran over and picked up my bike to assess that. Just as i picked it up a police officer showed up on scene and did the requisite questions and check if i was ok.
Apparently i was on enough adrenalin to pass because he let me go and i rode off. and only got a couple blocks before pulling over to actually look over the bike for myself out of traffic. some people i work with has been following me as they saw the whole thing and they tried to convince me to put my bike in their car (still not sure how they thought that was going to happen, but it was a nice gesture). We compromised and they convinced me to call Keira (wife) and that i should only ride it 3 miles back to work instead of 40 miles back home.
in the 1 hour wait for Keira to get me i sat in their car and the pain started to set in and i was glad i wasn't riding. on the way home it got to the point that i told Keira to detour to the ER to get checked out. and found this:
Probably have some broken ribs too, but can't X-ray those without raising my arm, and nothing they can do with broken ribs anyway, so i said skip it...
Gear saved my noggin, face and rash on my arms and torso:
But the bike certainly held up better than i did