In 1997, I was riding the All-Rounder with mustache bars down to the LBS for a cable. It was only 2 miles, so I had no helmet. Up the road was a rather attractive-looking female. I accelerated. She turned into an apartment complex that I could still take through to the LBS. My hands were resting lightly on the brake hoods. Bam! the unseen speed bump. My hands flew off and forward. I skid on my left elbow, shoulder, and hip; impacted with the right hand. Big pain, but not in the left road rash, but right arm. Top tube was dented, damn. Leaned the bike dizzily against a rock wall. It slid down a bit and took several paint chips off the side of the fork blade. After about 10 minutes, I gingerly climbed back on and rolled home with just the use of my left arm. After attempting a cleaning, I layed on the couch until I couldn't stand the pain anymore. Off to the hospital where I found out I had cracked the cups on both ends of one of the fore-arm bones (the front of the wrist bone). To this day it will pop! occasionally when I straighten it, perhaps some calcification on the elbow cup.
My mustache bars had lost some luster for me before that ride. They were an interesting alternative, but were quite uncomfortable on longer rides. But my riding habit of just resting my hands on the tops of those bars added to the broken bone incident. Soon after the All- Rounder got a Dream Bar that has been there ever since. On Jul 22, 3:42 pm, avillage <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, I'm glad everyone was ok. > > Helmets work, I see. 6 years ago when I was riding my Serotta, I was > riding through a parking lot carrying a birthday card to a friend. I > took a left at the end of a line of cars and, wham, I hit something, > went over the bars, hit on my head and shoulder, broke my collarbone, > ribs, and punctured a lung. I thought I'd be ok and I thought my > breath would get better. Then, my vision started to pixelate and I, > too, relented to an ambulance. My friend kept my Serotta for me; it > had virtually no damage. I personally believed my helmet kept me from > a much worse head injury. Turned out my doctor was a rider; he had his > arm in sling from a bike accident. > > Turned out that I hit a speed bump, the only one in the lot. Still, > gotta keep my eyes down. I thought I had thoroughly gotten the message > and, then, late last year on my maiden ride on my new Bleriot, I hit > something hard, went over the bars again, slid down the road and gave > myself some pretty goopy road rash. The Bleriot? I destroyed a Cane > Creek brake lever, tore up the handlebar tape and scraped the rear > derailleur. The rest of the bike was unharmed. I still don't know what > I hit. > > Gotta watch the road (I write 100 times). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
