Man down... ME!

spasypaddy

Last night riding home from work was riding along the canal with my mate. went to over take some pedestrians, went down onto the gravelly part, then attempted to come back onto the concrete. the kerb was a lot bigger than i expected and my wheel just went along the side of it instead of over it. this then meant i went flying, and not towards the canal itself, and not towards some nice soft bushes but straight at a bridge. i managed to shove my left hand out and kind of hand off the bridge, with the aid of my left hand, shoulder and hip. this then flipped me onto my right hand side and i slid along the concrete. rear mech is pretty scratched but no major damage done to my CAAD9 thankfully.

plus point, i didnt end up in the canal.
negative point, i didnt end up in the canal

Initialised

Must be Fall, I had a minor last week, hit the back of an Astra and destroyed it's rear light cluster. Nasty bruise on my leg but no damage to the bike.

Hope you're OK and the pain fades quick. At least you didn't end up in the drink.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Ouch. That's not good. The most acute pain usually comes around 24 hours from the impact. So unfortunately the worst may be yet to come...

menthel

Ouch! My shoulder is only just feeling better after getting knocked off in July. Hope you aren't too sore over the next few days.

veronese68

Oh dear, hope you're not too battered.
Like Initialised said it must be fall. Please can we not have a repeat of the silly season we had last year.

spasypaddy

im pretty sore. its not as bad today as it was last night.

think i should be back on the bike wednesday...

spen666

spasypaddy wrote:

im pretty sore. its not as bad today as it was last night.

think i should be back on the bike wednesday...

MTFU and get back on your bike today! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

spasypaddy

i wanted to but cant put any weight on my left hand at the moment so wouldnt be able to brake safely.

Kieran_Burns

spasypaddy wrote:

i wanted to but cant put any weight on my left hand at the moment so wouldnt be able to brake safely.

That's your rear brake. Who uses their rear brake? Excuses being made I reckon. :P

walkingbootweather

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

Ouch. That's not good. The most acute pain usually comes around 24 hours from the impact when you realise that your 'mate' has posted the whole hilarious incident on YouTube. So unfortunately the worst may be yet to come...

FTFY

Get well soon

spasypaddy

Kieran_Burns wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

i wanted to but cant put any weight on my left hand at the moment so wouldnt be able to brake safely.

That's your rear brake. Who uses their rear brake? Excuses being made I reckon. :P

with london traffic? me

spasypaddy

walkingbootweather wrote:

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

Ouch. That's not good. The most acute pain usually comes around 24 hours from the impact when you realise that your 'mate' has posted the whole hilarious incident on YouTube. So unfortunately the worst may be yet to come...

FTFY

Get well soon

irritatingly he was in front and he doesnt wear a helmet cam. id love to see the accident again

rubertoe

Veronese68 wrote:

Oh dear, hope you're not too battered.
Like Initialised said it must be fall. Please can we not have a repeat of the silly season we had last year.

Last season was silly, lets all try and keep it on the tarmac, trail, gravel, etc

Heal up soon Spasy.

Headhuunter

Imagine if you'd gone into the canal clipped in, would you have been able to unclip before the bike pulled you under do you think?!

Mikey23

... Always the possibility that gangrene might set in!

Pleased you are ok

daviesee

Headhuunter wrote:

Imagine if you'd gone into the canal clipped in, would you have been able to unclip before the bike pulled you under do you think?!

Thats what you get for cheap-skating.
If he had went for carbon then it would have floated for a while before melting.

spasypaddy

Headhuunter wrote:

Imagine if you'd gone into the canal clipped in, would you have been able to unclip before the bike pulled you under do you think?!

it would have been better, at least it would have been funny!

veronese68

I once fell off on the tow path along the Thames near Kingston, the river definitely would have been preferable as I cracked a rib. Completely my fault, it was 1am and I was riding the bike I'd promised to walk home as it only had one pedal. Foot slipped off the remaining pedal, got into a rather nasty wobble, I tried to keep it in a straight line and avoid going for a swim and went down like a sack of spuds. Carried on home and tried to act as if nothing had happened. Then went out for a continuation of nonsense the following day and wondered why I felt so much worse than a normal hangover.
Not big, not clever and I still get grief off the Mrs for that.

Mark Fortesque

I once fell off and trapped Little Mark between my handlebars and the frame.

itboffin

Headhuunter wrote:

Imagine if you'd gone into the canal clipped in, would you have been able to unclip before the bike pulled you under do you think?!

until you realise the canal is in fact 2 ft deep and wade to the side and climb out

spasypaddy

so two days off the bike, rode in today, i saw rode in, i got 3miles and then this:

greg66_tri_v2.0

Hmm. Have you tried re-indexing it?

davis

I'm pretty sure there's something wrong there....

ETA: Got it. I don't think you've lined the tyre logo up with the valve hole. Amateur.

spasypaddy

actually funnily enough davis, the other logo is lined up with the valve hole

davis

Hmmm. Then I'm stumped. Can anyone else spot what's wrong?

Mikey23

It's not supposed to that is it...
That'll teach you to take your dork disc off

veronese68

That doesn't look very good. There was a thread in one of the road forums where a bloke did that to a brand new bike, no impact beforehand. Di2 seemed to not break the hanger, but left part of the mech bolted on just like yours. Doesn't look like it was the lack of dork disc as it seems to be on a small cog.

spasypaddy

i'd anticipate its all to do with the impact from sunday. as i landed on the mech

rubertoe

power awesome?

spasypaddy

definitely not

im still too tender from my accident to be putting down any power

Gallywomack

Looks like you picked the wrong week to give up smoking/drinking/sniffing glue/delete as appropriate