Bah.. Tarmac hurts :(

Oddjob62
Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
Just had a fall, my own stupid fault, forgot to retighten a bolt after playing around with it last night :oops:

Just superficial grazes and stuff, stings a lot but nothing serious. Just waiting for the Boots over the road to open so i can get some stuff.

Gonna be a long, sore day I think.
As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)

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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    ooh owch....
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Ouch. :o
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Fortunately 12 years of rugby and American football means i know how to fall, and how to take a hit.... although it's much more fun on grass.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • sharm1969ca
    sharm1969ca Posts: 136
    Pics! sounds sick i know lol. maybe we should have a weekly comp for a bit of fun worst grazes lol, ya know if the accident is serious then its a no go realy but if its something thats your own fault like not tightening up a bolt from the night before then its fair game, just a thought. And before anyone asks no i dont think its funny falling of your bike but it could be lmao.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    All patched up now. but got some pics for you pervs, i'll stick them up later.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Ouch :shock:

    I've had a few similar incidents, one priceless on my DH bike where I forgot to do all the bolts up after adjusting my forks (double crown DH forks) and they'd slipped all the way to the bottom of the stantions by the end of the run. I wondered why the head angle kept getting steaper and steaper and people were pointing :shock:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • PinkPedal
    PinkPedal Posts: 180
    Ouch :( Can you raid your work's first aid kit and save a trip to Boots?
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    PinkPedal wrote:
    Ouch :( Can you raid your work's first aid kit and save a trip to Boots?

    Yeah, i was on early shift today so had to wait for the first aiders to get in, but am now all disinfected and wrapped up :)
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    What happened, forget to re-tighten the rear axle bolts?

    Most importantly, how's the bike?
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Stuey01 wrote:
    What happened, forget to re-tighten the rear axle bolts?

    Most importantly, how's the bike?

    Nah it was a loose handebar bolt, came free totally and lost control, managed to get to the side of the road before hitting the deck.

    Obviously I gave Carly a once over before I checked my injuries :wink: Not a scratch, landed on my side and managed to protect her :)
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    What happened, forget to re-tighten the rear axle bolts?

    Most importantly, how's the bike?

    Nah it was a loose handebar bolt, came free totally and lost control, managed to get to the side of the road before hitting the deck.

    Obviously I gave Carly a once over before I checked my injuries :wink: Not a scratch, landed on my side and managed to protect her :)

    Loose bolt as in no steering, or just handle bars slowly slipping forward as you lean on them :shock:

    My favourite is forgetting to tighten the bolts on my brake hoods after I adjust them (yes that 1mm really does make a difference), only to find them slowly slipping down the bars with me assuming an ever more aggressive riding position as they do so.
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Rich158 wrote:
    Loose bolt as in no steering, or just handle bars slowly slipping forward as you lean on them :shock:

    No steering. If the bar was just slipping forward it would have been fine, after all i've only got bullhorns and a single brake lever on there.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Ouch, that sounds ugly. Good to hear yerself or the bike didn't come off any worse.

    Only thing I've forgotten to tighten thus far is the brake quick release. Fortunately it was only one of them, but it did induce mild panic when trying to stop at a junction and nothing happened.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Rich158 wrote:
    Loose bolt as in no steering, or just handle bars slowly slipping forward as you lean on them :shock:

    No steering. If the bar was just slipping forward it would have been fine, after all i've only got bullhorns and a single brake lever on there.

    Oh fun

    That feeling of turning the bars and nothing happens :shock: followed by the slowing down of time as your brain hunts for a sollution to a problem where the only inevitable outcome is you hitting the tarmac and pain :x and then blind panic as the reality of the situation sets in.

    Not that I've ever done that off course :wink:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • sharm1969ca
    sharm1969ca Posts: 136
    Rich158,
    What a fantastic description youve put forward there. lmao! I know i shouldnt laugh and i really am very sorry Oddjob62, honestly i am but i just cant get the image out my head, the look of shear panic. Thankfully though I'm glad your ok and here to tell us your tale.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Actually the funniest thing was after i hit the deck i somehow managed to yank the star nut clean out :o so if you'd seen me just after impact i would have been lying there on my side, feet attached to bike, handlebars in hands but not attached to frame.

    TBH even I wish I had a picture of that.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

    I can picture it now

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


    I had a not too disimilar situation with my first car. The gearstick had a habit of pulling clean out of the gearbox :shock: I can remember being at a junction when this happened, with the inevitable areshole behind me. The look on his face when i calmly walked up to him, gearstick in hand, and invited him to either put it in gear or give me a push was a picture.
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Fortunately 12 years of rugby and American football means i know how to fall, and how to take a hit.... although it's much more fun on grass.

    That is what I thought after many years of skateboarding.
    I found out last weekend that when it comes to cycling in clips I was very, very wrong.
    Ouch! :shock:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Ahh but in my sports you often have your feet/legs/arms/head trapped somewhere.

    Hope it wasn't too serious mate.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Ahh but in my sports you often have your feet/legs/arms/head trapped somewhere.

    Hope it wasn't too serious mate.

    Are you THAT oddjob? played for Nottingham Outlaws and sang the Japanese national athem at end of season meal a few years back?

    And I remember many times trapping people's limbs, fun of being a lineman.
    "This area left purposefully blank"
    Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.

    FCN: 11 (apparently)
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Actually the funniest thing was after i hit the deck i somehow managed to yank the star nut clean out :o so if you'd seen me just after impact i would have been lying there on my side, feet attached to bike, handlebars in hands but not attached to frame.

    TBH even I wish I had a picture of that.

    You yanked out a star nut? :shock: Fcuking 'ell!

    Glad you and the bike are ok.

    I forgot to tighten the stem to the steerer once, it came loose on Embankment... how I managed to dismount safely I have no idea, bike was 1 day old at the time. Stupid noob error!
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    hisoka wrote:
    Are you THAT oddjob? played for Nottingham Outlaws and sang the Japanese national athem at end of season meal a few years back?

    And I remember many times trapping people's limbs, fun of being a lineman.

    HAHAHA yup that would be me :lol:
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    hisoka wrote:
    Are you THAT oddjob? played for Nottingham Outlaws and sang the Japanese national athem at end of season meal a few years back?

    And I remember many times trapping people's limbs, fun of being a lineman.

    HAHAHA yup that would be me :lol:

    Sheesh, small world!
  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    Il Principe wrote:
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    hisoka wrote:
    Are you THAT oddjob? played for Nottingham Outlaws and sang the Japanese national athem at end of season meal a few years back?

    And I remember many times trapping people's limbs, fun of being a lineman.

    HAHAHA yup that would be me :lol:

    Sheesh, small world!

    Indeed
    Hi mate, Wedge from the team here.
    "This area left purposefully blank"
    Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.

    FCN: 11 (apparently)
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    The internet's a small place too. Having just about given up attempting to remove a (very) fixed sprocket last weekend, I searched the whole of google for "track sprocket removal" and the very first result was a bike radar thread in which the magical power of rotafix was suggested by none other than...

    ...Oddjob62 :)

    While this would usually be only mildly surprising, it's a bit weird to search the entire internet and find help from someone you actually know.

    It seemed to work wonders at the time, but I'm now worried that his advice may cause my rear wheel to suddenly collapse.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    hisoka wrote:
    Indeed
    Hi mate, Wedge from the team here.

    HAHA... how's it going matey? Been a while (old boys 2006? iirc)
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    hisoka wrote:
    Indeed
    Hi mate, Wedge from the team here.

    HAHA... how's it going matey? Been a while (old boys 2006? iirc)

    Not bad, and yeah 2006 sounds about right, wait maybe before. Can't remember exactly anymore, too much working.
    "This area left purposefully blank"
    Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.

    FCN: 11 (apparently)

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