Extra buttock

jedster

I'm writing this at home with a back of frozen peas on my thigh. It's on a swelling that is (and I just measured it) 18cm long, 15cm wide and stands 8cm proud. The A&E doctor said I definitely won this weeks haematoma prize.

So I was cruising along at 22 mph on the flat entering a really gentle right hand bend and I just lost the front wheel for no apparent reason. BANG.

I had a little lie down in the road while I recovered my senses (such as they are). A couple of cars stopped. The road was a little damp and I found a patch of diesel. Complete and utter b@stard.

Run down of the damage is:

cracked helmet, slight headache
snapped glasses, cut above eyebrow as a result of said glasses, superglued together in A&E (the cut not the glasses)
grazes to knee, elbow, hand
sore shoulder
oh and a 3rd buttock sticking out sideways from the side of my thigh

Bike got away with a twisted brake/gear lever and ripped bar tape. Didnt even scrape my new chain set.

Not wanting to restart a debate but I've always been a helmet agnostic (not going to save your life in a bad smash, should help in minor accidents, careful about risk compensation, definitely shouldnt be compulsory). I wear one 95% of the time.

I have to say that in this case, the helmet did its stuff. I came down hard on the right temple area, hard enough to crack the helmet and smash my glasses. I got away with feeling slightly dazed and a slight headache (touch wood). I think without the helmet this one would have been quite nasty.

I really dont think this fall was my fault - it was the most gentle of bends, not off camber, I wasn't going that fast. I didn't ride over a paint line or ironwork. I don't see how I could have avoided it.

I'll always wear my (new) helmet in future.

Be careful, it's quite slippery out there!

J

dirk_van_gently

Glad you're OK (relatively)

However you did mention the "H" word, shame on you!

There now follows N to power of N pages of responses, some for and some against "H" :roll:

cjcp

jedster wrote:

I'm writing this at home with a back of frozen peas on my thigh. It's on a swelling that is (and I just measured it) 18cm long, 15cm wide and stands 8cm proud. The A&E doctor said I definitely won this weeks haematoma prize.

So I was cruising along at 22 mph on the flat entering a really gentle right hand bend and I just lost the front wheel for no apparent reason. BANG.

I had a little lie down in the road while I recovered my senses (such as they are). A couple of cars stopped. The road was a little damp and I found a patch of diesel. Complete and utter b@stard.

Run down of the damage is:

cracked helmet, slight headache
snapped glasses, cut above eyebrow as a result of said glasses, superglued together in A&E (the cut not the glasses)
grazes to knee, elbow, hand
sore shoulder
oh and a 3rd buttock sticking out sideways from the side of my thigh

Bike got away with a twisted brake/gear lever and ripped bar tape. Didnt even scrape my new chain set.

Not wanting to restart a debate but I've always been a helmet agnostic (not going to save your life in a bad smash, should help in minor accidents, careful about risk compensation, definitely shouldnt be compulsory). I wear one 95% of the time.

I have to say that in this case, the helmet did its stuff. I came down hard on the right temple area, hard enough to crack the helmet and smash my glasses. I got away with feeling slightly dazed and a slight headache (touch wood). I think without the helmet this one would have been quite nasty.

I really dont think this fall was my fault - it was the most gentle of bends, not off camber, I wasn't going that fast. I didn't ride over a paint line or ironwork. I don't see how I could have avoided it.

I'll always wear my (new) helmet in future.

Be careful, it's quite slippery out there!

J

Glad you're ok. Good that some motorists stopped as well.

On the bright side, does this mean that you'll be able to loaf on the sofa watching sport all weekend and be brought beer and food?

jedster

On the bright side, does this mean that you'll be able to loaf on the sofa watching sport all weekend and be brought beer and food?

here's hoping but the missus is not feeling to good - I sense sympathy is not unlimited.

On the plus side, the cut above my eye looks like the kind of thing the victor at a world middle-weight title shows of at the next day press conference.

The spare buttock is less appealing

J

lost_in_thought

Eeek! Glad you're OK... cooling compression elevation and all that! Hard to elevate your thigh all the time though.

At least no broken bones to contend with, and you've got the weekend to chill out.

Clever Pun

ouch, glad you're okish

il_principe

Nasty. Hate it when the bike goes for no apparent reason. Same thing happened to me on the Etape, that was a month ago and I'm still not fully healed! I had shoulder, hip and elbow tarmac burns. No idea what did me but I suspect Diesel as I saw 4 other riders go down in the same spot.

Hope you heal quickly and glad the bike aint too messed up!

knight2k

That's bad luck Jedster. The same thing happened to me last year whilst out with the club.

We were riding down a straight country lane after a short rain shower in a two line formation, there was about 15 of us out. I was at the front and made a very small course correction and went down like a bag of spuds. As we were going at quite a lick I took out about half a dozen people behind me. Most people were fine, minor road rash etc. I later found out I'd cracked a bone in my wrist and was off the bike for a few weeks. A patch of diesel was to blame.

Good luck and get well soon.

ride_whenever

a quickie, not being a car person, how does diesel get out of cars?

Greg T

jedster wrote:

IDidnt even scrape my new chain set.

Well that's all right then.

Did you ask the Dr if you'd play the violin again?

Also

a swelling that is (and I just measured it) 18cm long, 15cm wide and stands 8cm proud

Was a good start but the ditty tailed off after that.

victor ludorum

yowch!

I've hit diesel too, it seems to be catching.

glad to see you lived to tell the tale.

nwallace

ride_whenever wrote:

a quickie, not being a car person, how does diesel get out of cars?

Possibility 1: Leaking tank (but woudl have left a trail rather than a patch)

Possibility 2: Tank Burst (Particularly from lorry tanks if a car skewers into them)

Possibility 3: Overfilled tank, fuel escapes either by overflowing the filler cap or escaping through a breather in the filler pipe. Particularly with lorry tanks where the cap is on a hort neck from the tank, fill up to just below the end of the neck (ie as full as is possible) and first time the movement results in fuel going higher than the neck will result in an overflow

Non-possibility 4: Overflow from carburettor.... Diesel needs injection.
But a non-competition carburettor will overflow rather than force excess fuel into the engine (which causes the fuel to go out the exhaust and burn in there which is what makes rally cars spit flames so much). What would be being spat out a spark ignition engine (rather than compression) that woudl be slidy like diesel I don't know.

cjcp

Jedster - how are you healing up?

boybiker

I am surprised that anyone can afford to overfill their tanks in these times of credit crunchyness.
Bad luck anyway hope you recover soon.

Littigator

Hope you mend quickly, diesel is nasty smelly slippy stuff...but they make quite nice jeans though

...eh?

jedster

First day back on the bike(s) today and all is good!

The extra buttock has diminshed to the size of the palm of my hand and about twice as thick. It's been quite entertaining, the whole of my thigh went purple but has now faded and blood has tracked all the way to halfway down by calf. Got a bit nasty around my knee (swollen etc) which was the main reason the physio told me to keep off the bike.

Turns out I've probably got a stress facture in a rib too. Still a bit sore.

Road rash and cut head all healed up well.

Really great to be cycling again. Thought I might feel a bit cautious but not really.

Thanks for asking

J

lost_in_thought

Great!

Congratulations on your recovery, and take it easy until you're sure you're fixed.

cjcp

Yep, glad you're up and running (erm, cycling) again.

Bassjunkieuk

Glad to hear your back up and riding! I remember the first time I got back on my bike after my accident 2 years ago - I'd been off it for 3 months due to the hand injury I sustained and not being able to use the hand for any sport's activities.

Felt fantastic to be riding again and gave me a chance to check the bike over for how it rode! As if happened I had a buckled rear wheel - which I spotted as the ride didn't feel quite right! Can't say it's stopped me though and I've only had a couple of minor off's since then. One being cut up (again) and another with an incident similiar to yours where I hit an oil patch coming round a tight corner. Thankfully I escaped with just a cut chin (royal pain for shaving!) and a slightly twisted gear/brake lever which was soon corrected!

biondino

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

not being able to use the hand for any sport's activities.

I hear that if you use the other hand it feels like someone else is doing it.

Bassjunkieuk

biondino wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

not being able to use the hand for any sport's activities.

I hear that if you use the other hand it feels like someone else is doing it.

Ah yes the "stranger" technique, enhanced, so i've heard, by sitting on your hand first to make it go numb :-P

biondino

How's that supposed to help my badminton? :shock:

Bassjunkieuk

biondino wrote:

How's that supposed to help my badminton? :shock:

Stronger forearm?? :shock:

biondino

Does anyone here play badminton, actually? I love it but never play but would be well up for a game...