>I never heard (before now, that is) of shattered ankle..... I'm not aware of the correct medical terminology for his condition, but I know several bones involved in ankle articulation were fractured & required the insertion of metal pins.
I think if he would have just fallen over he might have incurred less injuries, but he faught like hell trying to get out of his clips. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxime Thériault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Slow bike I never heard (before now, that is) of shattered ankle but definitely heard of shattered egos. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Waller Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Slow bike >I fell, once, when stopping. I leaned on the wrong side (the one where I >wasn't clipped out) and that was silly. I have a friend that did just that & utterly shattered his ankle doing it. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxime Thériault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Slow bike I fell, once, when stopping. I leaned on the wrong side (the one where I wasn't clipped out) and that was silly. If you fell doing what you just said, would it be as silly? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:14 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Slow bike One of these days I should learn to ride the fixie backwards. And learn to trackstand with either foot forward, and one-handed (so I can indicate while balancing). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
