First off today

jagx400
jagx400 Posts: 132
edited November 2012 in Road general
Came a cropper today, don't know if I was hit or fell, I have no recollection. Just got my Bryton 50 back and it happened on a straight piece of road.

Fractured wrist, badly swollen hip and cuts and bruises to my face. Scary thing is, I cannot remember cycling the remaining two miles to work. I went down a road I wouldn't normally use.

Oh well a few days off the bike, which incidentally has no damage

I ache :cry::cry:

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  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Mark this FAO ALIHISGREAT
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    Mark this FAO ALIHISGREAT

    I tried to warn people...

    Sounds bad though.. if you came off that badly on a straigh piece of road it would suggest you were hit? (unless it was downhill?)
  • mtbboy101
    mtbboy101 Posts: 62
    diesel spill?

    Hope it heals quick

    Impressed if you back on the bike after a few days with a broken wrist
  • mbthegreat
    mbthegreat Posts: 179
    mtbboy101 wrote:
    diesel spill?

    That can be a killer, even in a straight line.
  • elderone
    elderone Posts: 1,410
    sorry to hear this,hope you get well soon.IF you can,t recall maybe you hit your head,which you should get checked.
    Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori
  • jagx400
    jagx400 Posts: 132
    I cannot remember the route I took to work, so must have had a good whack on the head. They did do a head scan at the hospital, all must have been clear. If I had been knocked off I wouldn't have remembered as all is still blank. Weird when you cant remember.

    I certainly ache this morning, my hip is still swollen, lucky I never broke it. Crazy thing is, cant wait to get back on the bike.
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    jagx400 wrote:
    I cannot remember the route I took to work, so must have had a good whack on the head. They did do a head scan at the hospital, all must have been clear. If I had been knocked off I wouldn't have remembered as all is still blank. Weird when you cant remember.

    I certainly ache this morning, my hip is still swollen, lucky I never broke it. Crazy thing is, cant wait to get back on the bike.

    Helmet?
  • dee4life2005
    dee4life2005 Posts: 773
    Mud on the road left by a tractor and a slightly off camber road and it can cause the back wheel to step out on you - nearly caught me out a couple of times on straight roads. If you're riding at a fair pace this twitch of the back wheel can be enough to throw you off the bike - happened to a mate.

    Riding in the dark you don't tend to spot mud on the road easily until you're on the slippery stuff, by which time it's like riding on ice.
    http://app.strava.com/athletes/307297
  • jagx400
    jagx400 Posts: 132
    DavidJB wrote:
    jagx400 wrote:
    I cannot remember the route I took to work, so must have had a good whack on the head. They did do a head scan at the hospital, all must have been clear. If I had been knocked off I wouldn't have remembered as all is still blank. Weird when you cant remember.

    I certainly ache this morning, my hip is still swollen, lucky I never broke it. Crazy thing is, cant wait to get back on the bike.

    Helmet?

    Yup and it has a slight split, so it did the job. Probabley save me from a fractured skull. Learned from my Motorbike days, after a bang, bin them and get a new un.

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