I was flying down the A21 last week

Clever Pun
Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
edited June 2011 in Commuting chat
A week ago now but I'm still in pain after a holiday in france (Hellfest) and self medication with Jack Daniels.

I'm heading south on the bus lane on the A21 towards Catford I'm half drafting this chap not too close trying to make good time; as I've got to drive through the night to france when I get home. Cycling along fine then BANG the inner tube blows my front wheel is all over the place and then before I know it I'm launched forward into the air superman style I hit the ground hard, both my thighs have road rash, as does my hip and now ripped shorts. My palms/wrists take a lot of the impact but my now destroyed mitts took the being skinned out of the equation. My elbow managed to pick up a 2cm round hole which looks nasty still.

The chap in front stops and asks if I'm ok (the bang was loud & thank you), I do the usual thing of no it's ok I'll just fix the puncture and ride home, just as the pain starts to set in. I see my tyre is shredded and that I'd hit a rock (1/3 brick size) on the road that I hadn't seen. The tops of my hoods are pretty cut up but still are ok, the wheel is still true so it got away lightly. Managed to get a black cab home while still in shock

The bruising on my hands and hip are still really painful, but at least I can still ride even though I was a little nervous this morning.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Fook. Ow.
    Sounds painful, glad you're mostly in one piece.

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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Ouch! Glad you're mostly ok. Front wheel blowouts=scary.
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  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    Glad your ok and still riding!! :shock:
  • frankieh
    frankieh Posts: 85
    Ouch.

    Did you at least get the day off work?
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    FrankieH wrote:
    Ouch.

    Did you at least get the day off work?

    I was driving to France that night I was on holiday from then on...

    I did get out of driving duties so drank most of the way there....
    knocked back 2 litres of jd over the weekend... good festival that
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Ow... I've had a blowout coming onto a roundabout but no crashy crashy. I reckon it was probably as much to do with the bike being thrown off line by the wheel impact as the blowout itself.
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  • frankieh
    frankieh Posts: 85
    Oh yeah, for some reason I read it as going to work :oops:

    Did you have fun at the track induction? I can't remember when I saw you there, had I dislocated my shoulder before that?
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    FrankieH wrote:
    Oh yeah, for some reason I read it as going to work :oops:

    Did you have fun at the track induction? I can't remember when I saw you there, had I dislocated my shoulder before that?

    yeah was great.. little slow, did the basic the next week and finshed in the sprint finish... one more basic (not this weekend) and then on to intermediates

    I'm just looking forward to sleeping on my right hand side again
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    I'll bet the road came off second best though.
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Greg66 wrote:
    I'll bet the road came off second best though.

    I was about to ask had they filled in the crater and/or had the council sued for damages...
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Greg66 wrote:
    I'll bet the road came off second best though.

    Sadly not in this case, if I've had hit it more directly maybe I've have caused more damage but the cheese grater principal was in effect
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Ouch. Glad your mostly ok.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Clever Pun wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    I'll bet the road came off second best though.

    Sadly not in this case, if I've had hit it more directly maybe I've have caused more damage but the cheese grater principal was in effect

    Ok. Potentially stupid question here.

    If you graze the skin where one of your tats is, once the skin has grown back, is the tat as clear as it ever was?
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    If it is deep enough, it wipes out the tattoo.
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  • Flyingbogey
    Flyingbogey Posts: 352
    I lost a lot of palm skin, (not a euphemism) larking about while drunk on rugby tour. I was required to keep forcing open the healing scabby skin to prevent my hand 'clawing'. Loads worse than doing the original injury. Hope you heal well.
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Ouch... from one set of grazesto another... hope you're better soon...
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Ouch fella glad you're okay relatively speaking. Keep self medicating.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Sketchley wrote:
    If it is deep enough, it wipes out the tattoo.

    this... if not the scar will potentially mess it up, it can be tidied to a degree

    but until the other day it's not something I'd really considered when getting my next tattoo
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Zoiks!

    I was about to ask what state the road was in now, but see you came off second best.

    How's the wheel?
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  • HamishD
    HamishD Posts: 538
    sounds proper nasty - heal soon!
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    cjcp wrote:
    Zoiks!

    I was about to ask what state the road was in now, but see you came off second best.

    How's the wheel?

    on initial inspection it was true and the rim looked ok. Will give it a proper inspection tomorrow when I fit a new tyre
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Clever Pun wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Zoiks!

    I was about to ask what state the road was in now, but see you came off second best.

    How's the wheel?

    on initial inspection it was true and the rim looked ok. Will give it a proper inspection tomorrow when I fit a new tyre

    perhaps "The Power Awesome" needs to be relocated to its new owner. Causing a tyre to explode in envy when you apply some juice is surely the only explanation?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    You're saying the power awesome is contained in the fu<k off rock I hit?
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Clever Pun wrote:
    You're saying the power awesome is contained in the fu<k off rock I hit?

    No merely highlighting the fact I hadn't read your story properly and hadn't noticed the rock bit... was complimenting you on being overpowered but I shall now bow down and worship the rock instead.
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    This deserves to be immortalised in draw your own collisions. Once your hands feel better, obviously.

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