Oh Buggrit!! Going down......

kyoukoku

Oh well it had to happen sooner or later didn't it?!

I wasn't even two minutes out the door this morning when something made me decide to take a close up inspection of the ground at 20mph+. :evil:

I'd taken my normal shortcut along a short stretch of concrete slab paved road leading up to my local park, only after yesterday's rain it seems as though the surface was a hell of a *LOT* more slippery than it has been on previous wet days. :roll: :evil:

Cue me flipping the bike sideways in mid-air then bouncing off the ground a couple of times on my right side, still clippped in to the pedals as well, before sliding to a halt 20 foot further down the road. :oops:

Lay on the ground for a few seconds while head did a mental reboot then tried to get up and couldn't cos I was still attached to the bike, hmm okay (make mental note to adjust the SPD release tension), managed to unclip my feet and stand up at which point my right hip & shoulder start screaming at me. I'm like "yeah file a complaint with the management while I check the bike".

Bike looks fine, no obvious damage to the carbon forks although the handlebars have tried doing a 360° with the brake lever taking a chunk out of the paintwork in the top tube and my ultegra rear derailleur is a bit scratched up. B°ll°cks!! :evil:

So I check myself over but can't see much wrong for all the mud covering me arms & legs. I picks up my water bottle which had gone flying out of the cage and push the bike back home round the corner.

Got back in the shower for the second time in the last hour, wash off all the mud and find that I've managed to take a chunk of flesh out off my left wrist, scrap the skin off the knuckles & along my left pinky finger (even though the gloves are fine - how's that happen?!), no cuts to the right hand but is swollen with a lovely bruise showing aleady, and right ankle, hip & shoulder are quite heavily grazed & bruised.

Rang my boss to tell him I wouldn't be coming in today as a result of trying to become a more grounded individual! :roll:

I think I'm lucky the surface wasn't too rough otherwise I might have donated more skin to the road, but then saying that if it was rougher then I might have had enough grip not to have come off in the first place :roll:.

Hopefully I'll be fine for tomorrow and if it's wet again I'll just go the long way round the park instead. That'd better had be my quota of "offs" used up, don't really want to be kissing tarmac like a Pope too often

lost_in_thought

Ouch! Good to hear you're OK-ish and have already started making jokes about it!

As Clever Pun rightly told me, it's going to hurt more tomorrow... ibuprofen is your friend.

belgiangoth

Sunday I went for a quick spin to meet some friends for lunch. 60 seconds away from my house I hit the front brake too hard (my fault, replaced break pads and wasn't paying enough attention to road) went right over. Two sprained wrists and my chin has been superglued back together at A&E.
Strangely this has only made me less worried about cycling...

Kieran_Burns

lost_in_thought wrote:

Ouch! Good to hear you're OK-ish and have already started making jokes about it!

As Clever Pun rightly told me, it's going to hurt more tomorrow... ibuprofen is your friend.

Oh well THAT'S a great post!

Laughing at the poor guy AND telling him only going to get worse. :shock:

You're an evil heartless woman.... :evil: evil, EVIL I tell you!







(for the hard of humour, the above is a complete joke and I think LiT ls lovely)



(for the worried, the above is a COMPLETELY non-squidgy, non-exchange of bodily fluids comment)



(for the SERIOUSLY worried, I am now going to shut the hell up as I can't see out of this hole I've been digging, any more)



( ...... )

kyoukoku

lost_in_thought wrote:

Ouch! Good to hear you're OK-ish and have already started making jokes about it!

As Clever Pun rightly told me, it's going to hurt more tomorrow... ibuprofen is your friend.

Cheers LiT, well they say laughter is the best medicine........ bloody sadists! :twisted:

soy_sauce

glad you are OK despit the injuries.

londonbairn

Glad you're alright and took the banter side of it!

I'm guessing it will hurt tomorrow, my last prang I felt fine then the next day...

I took codeine last time, it basically knocked me straight to sleep

kyoukoku

Kieran_Burns wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Ouch! Good to hear you're OK-ish and have already started making jokes about it!

As Clever Pun rightly told me, it's going to hurt more tomorrow... ibuprofen is your friend.

Oh well THAT'S a great post!

Laughing at the poor guy AND telling him only going to get worse. :shock:

You're an evil heartless woman.... :evil: evil, EVIL I tell you!



(for the hard of humour, the above is a complete joke and I think LiT ls lovely)


(for the worried, the above is a COMPLETELY non-squidgy, non-exchange of bodily fluids comment)


(for the SERIOUSLY worried, I am now going to shut the hell up as I can't see out of this hole I've been digging, any more)


( ...... )

do you need a rope?.....





....to climb out of the hole that is, not do a Hutchence/Carradine! :roll: :twisted:

Kieran_Burns

do you need a rope?.....





....to climb out of the hole that is, not do a Hutchence/Carradine!

ARMAGEDDON!!!!

biondino

Kieran_Burns wrote:

(for the hard of humour, the above is a complete joke and I think LiT ls lovely)



(for the worried, the above is a COMPLETELY non-squidgy, non-exchange of bodily fluids comment)



(for the SERIOUSLY worried, I am now going to shut the hell up as I can't see out of this hole I've been digging, any more)

Are you calling LiT ugly? :evil:

Kieran_Burns

biondino wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

(for the hard of humour, the above is a complete joke and I think LiT ls lovely)



(for the worried, the above is a COMPLETELY non-squidgy, non-exchange of bodily fluids comment)



(for the SERIOUSLY worried, I am now going to shut the hell up as I can't see out of this hole I've been digging, any more)

Are you calling LiT ugly? :evil:

can you read? :P

jimmcdonnell

>>ARMAGEDDON!!!!<<

Christ almighty it's been a while since I heard that, just had to listen to it again and - as usual - very nearly had a seizure from laughing. The only thing that's ever come close for me was a) 'Unclefucka' from South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut', and b) Peter Griffin's 'Dueling Banjos' fart contest with Michael Moore in Family Guy.

jedster

Ouch.

And to make it worse you feel a bit of a tit dont you? Been there done that.

Sounds like you managed the "jam your hand between you and the road" trick - always good for knuckle shredding - gloves or no gloves.

Just to complete the medical advice (trust me I'm not a doctor or anything remotely resembling one):

1. Ibuprofen is your friend - it will really help. My GP told me I could take double the daily stated dose for 4 days without any worries. That's a good start.

2. Codeine is your slightly dubious mate with access to all the good gear. I'm always surprised it's available over the counter. Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Paracetemol all do a decent job of relieving symptoms. Codeine actually makes you feel great. A bit spaced and don't go using a chain saw but you will feel a WHOLE lot better. Of course that's because it's a close relative of morphine and heroin* - junkies don't take that stuff because it just takes the edge off a headache.

* when my other half was in labour with our first child she tried the whole NCT, no epidural/gas and air thing. After bloody hours of pain and exhaustion it was too late for an epidural so they gave her diamorphine (AKA medical grade heroine). Suddenly the world was a much better place. To quote her "this diamorphine is good stuff". Yes, that's why they pay £50.gram for low grade stuff on the street thinks I.

On a slightly serious note - codeine is addictive so best not overused.

Get well soon,

J

biondino

Codeine also gives you terrible constipation if you take it more than a couple of times in a short period of time.

itboffin

jedster wrote:

On a slightly serious note - codeine is addictive so best not overused.

So is crack! or so they say :roll:

Kieran_Burns

jimmcdonnell wrote:

>>ARMAGEDDON!!!!<<

Christ almighty it's been a while since I heard that, just had to listen to it again and - as usual - very nearly had a seizure from laughing. The only thing that's ever come close for me was a) 'Unclefucka' from South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut', and b) Peter Griffin's 'Dueling Banjos' fart contest with Michael Moore in Family Guy.

for those from another planet / reality who HAVEN'T heard the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Jt_g10Jug

don't be drinking / eating when listening to this

d21dga

Kieran_Burns wrote:

jimmcdonnell wrote:

>>ARMAGEDDON!!!!<<

Christ almighty it's been a while since I heard that, just had to listen to it again and - as usual - very nearly had a seizure from laughing. The only thing that's ever come close for me was a) 'Unclefucka' from South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut', and b) Peter Griffin's 'Dueling Banjos' fart contest with Michael Moore in Family Guy.

for those from another planet / reality who HAVEN'T heard the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Jt_g10Jug

don't be drinking / eating when listening to this

Jeez how have I not heard that before?! My stomach muscles are still recovering from the convulsions! Easily the funniest thing I've ever heard

Kieran_Burns

Jeez how have I not heard that before?! My stomach muscles are still recovering from the convulsions! Easily the funniest thing I've ever heard

the thing is: you will never be able to hear Armageddon without laughing ever again.