Had a crash

Ands

I came off my bike today. I landed on my cheek - 7 stitches round my eye, 6 x-rays on my face (as there was some debate about whether there was a fracture) but no fracture. My face looks a right mess - very swollen and a right bruiser of a black eye. Nothing else hurts - just a bit tender on my hip but it was my head that took the impact.

The front wheel just went from underneath me as I was turning. I think I skidded on some gravel. A car stopped and someone asked me if I wanted an ambulance as I was dripping in blood and all I could think about was what would happen to my bike if I got an ambulance! I got on my bike and free-wheeled 200yards to a nearby place (Gt Budworth ice cream farm) where I knew I could leave my bike if need be. The owner took me to Northwich hospital herself!

father_jack

yeah yeah. Most important though did you have any ice cream?

Ands

Father Jack wrote:

yeah yeah. Most important though did you have any ice cream?

LOL - one of the reasons I went there was because I guessed they would at least be able to make me an ice pack while I worked out what I needed to do! I'm going back this weekend as I owe the lady a bag of frozen peas (and no doubt a couple of bottles of wine) so I will have an ice-cream then.

acidstrato

one of the things that puts me most off badly crashing is having an ambulance crew decide its ok to leave my bike at the side of the road for any old scrote to take home

kudos on the decision to get back on the bike while blood poured from your face 8)

louthepoo

good man, thats your badge of honour - never leave your bike!

petemadoc

Fair play for keeping the bike safe!

petemadoc

P.S. What do you blame the crash on? tyres, leaning in too much?

tlw1

how is the bike?



joking aside glad you are ok

acebobby

acidstrato wrote:

one of the things that puts me most off badly crashing is having an ambulance crew decide its ok to leave my bike at the side of the road for any old scrote to take home

kudos on the decision to get back on the bike while blood poured from your face 8)

One of the main things that puts me of badly crashing funnily enough is badly crashing,, lol

At least you never fractured the cheek bone, that would have been a hasstle you could do without, hope you feel better and at least the bikes ok too!

mattward1979

I read this before bed last night, and had a nightmare about crashing!

I ended up in some dudes garden picking up bits of bike and trying to put them back together, but also found a tracking chip in my bike so it went off into a CIA Conspiracy kind of dream which was kinda fun...

Glad to hear you are ok, and the bike is ok! And thanks for the dream fodder =D

StillGoing

Damn! You missed a whole opportunity to open up the wearing/not wearing a helmet debate again.

In a situation where you need to go to hospital, the police have a responisbility to preserve life and property. Whether there's anyone free to turn up and collect your bike and put it into storage is the problem.

jgsi

Speedy recovery and hopefully bike not too torn up.
Reminds me when I came off earlier this year with blood dripping... walked 2 miles back to base then on to hospital rather than leave bike at the mercy of the 'streets'.
Roads are treacherous at mo with lots of grit and stuff washed on 'em... even on the main roads never mind the lanes.
Having to wash bike down after every use to get rid of it even if it is only 5 minutes .... and they havent even started gritting yet.
btw I analysed my 'mistake' and have vowed never ever ever to repeat as it does hurt like hell.

Ands

The doc asked if I had been wearing glasses (I had) as he said it was the frame of the glasses that cut me on impact. The stitches run below my eyebrow and then across my eyelid.

I went back to get my bike and amazingly it seems ok - both levers are scuffed and the left one is bent inwards (not sure how that happened as I went down on my right side and hit the floor face down on the right). The right shifter works ok but not tried the left yet. Helmet probably needs replacing, M frames have quite a lot of scuffing and lense has deep gouges in it. Woke up this morning with new aches - tooth, shoulder and knee!

As for the crash - I was turning right. I didn't notice the gravel (I didn't know it was gravel until I went back afterwards). I know I had slowed a lot as a car overtook me just as I looked over my shoulder to move over and it was a bit muddy up to that point but the actual junction is covered in gravel. I have Schwalbe Stelvios on, although my other half has now told me I shouldn't inflate them so hard at this time of year (I didn't know this before - I put 110psi in before I went out).

Aggieboy

Sorry to hear about your accident and glad you're not too seriously injured.

I had a serious accident about 5 years ago and never cycled for 2 years. All I was worried about at the scene was my bike. A motorcyclist that stopped to help, who also cycled, told me it was fine and a neighbour had taken it in. The ambulance driver at hospital collapsed in fits of laughter when I told him what I had been told. I could see why when my son brought my bike back from the police station. The frame had crumpled up so badly that the front wheel was back level with the rear one.

You're very brave to put your photo on! A suitable after photo on 'Girls in Lycra' would put all our minds at rest that you've recovered.

Ands

Aggieboy wrote:

You're very brave to put your photo on! A suitable after photo on 'Girls in Lycra' would put all our minds at rest that you've recovered.

Hmm, maybe the photo wasn't a good idea - have taken it off now!

There'a already a photo of me in lycra shorts on my profile pic Aggie

Aggieboy

Ands wrote:

Aggieboy wrote:

You're very brave to put your photo on! A suitable after photo on 'Girls in Lycra' would put all our minds at rest that you've recovered.

Hmm, maybe the photo wasn't a good idea - have taken it off now!

There'a already a photo of me in lycra shorts on my profile pic Aggie

Sorry, that could be anyone.

Ands

acebobby wrote:

At least you never fractured the cheek bone, that would have been a hasstle you could do without, hope you feel better and at least the bikes ok too!

I had to go back to the hospital today as my cheek swelled up massively 48hrs after the crash (they had previously said there was a possibility the bone would still 'pop' if I sneezed or coughed). As it was a minor injuries unit, they have now referred me back to my local hospital to be reviewed again by a doctor.

They gave me a copy of my notes. Trying to read the doctor's scrawl, I thought it said "fell off posh bike" at the top of the page.

Aggieboy, why didn't you ride for 2 years after your crash? Was it due to injury?

metalmonkey

Ouch sounds sore! Hope you feel better soon...

I came off my bike last month, I landed right now knee down first into the road which was painful the road rash has healed but got 3 scars on my knee/leg now. I want to get lazer surgery for that reason, glasses are a pain to wear.

Peddle Up!

Hope you're on the mend now. Shame about the pic - you could hear the "ah's" all over the country.

Anonymous

Sorry to hear about the off, was it Sarah from the Ice Cream Farm that looked after you?

flegghighsmells

I feel nervous using Schwalbe Stelvios. Many a wheel slip/near miss on descents with those tyres. Conti GP 4000s' sorted that problem out. Unfortunately as you found out, road bikes are unforgiving when dealing with surface changes- even with decent tyres.

I'm glad to hear there were no broken bones or serious injury. What a star for rescuing the bike too!

Ands

Peddle Up! wrote:

Shame about the pic - you could hear the "ah's" all over the country.

It's ok - I have stopped feeling so sorry for myself now!

NapD, June (the owner) took me to hosp & stayed with me for an hour - what a lovely lady. There was another lady who gave me an ice pack and one who moved my bike. They can probably remember me better than I can remember them as I was a bit dazed.

Anonymous

Aaah, June is Sarah's Mum IIRC...

If Id'v'e known I'd've contacted Sarah and told her to strip your bike, give the stuff to me and then pretend it was all damaged beyond repair and they ahd to throw it away...

izzy Eviel

Hi Everybody.

When I had my accident last month the bike came with me in the ambulance. They chained it up outside the A&E dept & was still there the next day along with a load of other bikes. It was central London to so I'm surprised it didnt get nicked. But yeah, there's plenty of space in the ambulance for a bike. It'll get knocked around but it'll be safe.

r3 guy

second "m" frame icident i have read about in two days, starting to think they may not be a good bet

Ands

From what the doc said, it's quite common for glasses to cut the face. He guessed I'd been wearing glasses from how clean the cut was. No idea if M-frames are any worse than other glasses. The lens didn't pop out of mine, although I do have two cuts, one caused by the frame (which needed stitches) and one caused by the outside edge of the lens (no stitches).