Ouch, that's an ugly looking face plant. No doubt the pain of the damage to your beloved ride will last longer than the face pain. Heal, be well, and get back on a bike. The most dangerous seat at our age is the sofa.
Michael On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 12:52:57 PM UTC-4, Mojo wrote: > > Accidents happen. This one though freaked me out just a bit. Maybe a lot. > > It was last Friday, my 58th birthday. Family and work responsibilities had > kept me off the bike for over a week, so I wanted to ride & there is a > local century ride looming. After work I did my favorite Grand Junction > ride up the east, steep side of the Colorado National Monument and was down > heading through the downtown area to have dessert with friends and family. > A stick got caught in my front wheel and slammed me to the ground in a very > low risk riding environment, except for automobile hazards. Read about it > and see some pictures here on my FB page > <https://www.facebook.com/joe.ramey.90/posts/10204848501951609>. > Here is the bike in its unbent mode. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/79695460@N00/6897752730/> > > I suppose the moral of this story is please be careful and attentive. My > faith in my abilities are somewhat shaken. Or at least I am strongly > reminded that small mistakes can have big consequences. Even relatively > slow, flat cycling can damage us very quickly. A friend broke her spine > when her carbon fork blades were sheared off in a similar (but faster > speed) accident. > > Now the front fork is bent on my much loved 2001 Rivendell Road custom. > This frame is just a tad quirky with the rear triangle accepting a 33mm > Jack Brown tire (without fenders), while the fork has subtly less clearance > and can't quite clear that tire. I am considering having a local shop see > if they can straighten the fork, or perhaps take this opportunity to buy a > new fork that will accept 33mm with clearance. This is my last 'skinny' > wheel fast road bike though. Other bikes have larger tires and I like to > ride 28mm tires on this one. I think I will likely keep this fork if it is > safe. Any thoughts on the fork are appreciated. > > battered Joe in western Colorado > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
