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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #375 on: 06 June, 2016, 10:28:59 am »
Dropped a chip on it?

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #376 on: 06 June, 2016, 01:45:26 pm »
Somersaulting bikes and I guess your bars smacked the chip out the top tube.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #377 on: 06 June, 2016, 05:00:13 pm »


It was more impressive yesterday when, despite the relatively small damage, it bled enough to fill the well in my sandal with blood quite quickly.

How?

Sock-free, sandal-shod fettling: I dropped a rear wheel (no tube/tyre) on it.

Okay, maybe not strictly a cycling injury...
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #378 on: 12 June, 2016, 12:42:14 pm »
Wiped out last night avoiding some dozy pedestrains.

I am now minus one pair of dark blue trousers...


... and a bit of blood.


Above is my left knee.  Other injuries include bruised right knee, scraped right elbow, bruised right hand (base of thumb).  None of these others are really worth photographing.  My shirt maybe still be OK - will see what it looks like after a wash.  The bike seems fine.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #379 on: 12 June, 2016, 12:57:51 pm »
Oh, dear, Andrij.  I hope you're not too hurty.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #380 on: 12 June, 2016, 01:03:19 pm »
Oh, dear, Andrij.  I hope you're not too hurty.

Other than the four contact points, I'm OK.  This comes as a pleasant surprise - my back has been giving me problems, on/off, for ages, so fully expected to be close to immobile this morning.  Thankfully, as is (relatively) well. :)
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #381 on: 12 June, 2016, 04:33:46 pm »
the tyres skidded on a wet super smooth descent into amalfi and i came to stop by sliding on my hip before the hairpin. lucky escape as other rider broke his femur..


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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #382 on: 13 June, 2016, 01:47:02 pm »
the tyres skidded on a wet super smooth descent into amalfi and i came to stop by sliding on my hip before the hairpin. lucky escape as other rider broke his femur..



The road rash looks sore but just look at what has happened to your John Thomas :o

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #383 on: 10 July, 2016, 07:21:49 am »
Diesel and wet roads



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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #384 on: 18 July, 2016, 08:27:58 pm »


Not gory but fecking painful.

The mark on my knee is the exact profile of a Shimano SLX shifter lever. When negotiating a narrow gap, my right pedal hit the end of a board and stopped the bike briefly. My forward momentum and pedal action caused my knee to impact on the underside of the handlebar.

Ouch, ouch and fecking thrice ouch!

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #385 on: 18 July, 2016, 09:23:56 pm »
In a couple of days that will be much more impressive.  You need to photograph it again when it's finished.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #386 on: 18 July, 2016, 09:26:23 pm »
I could put up a photo of my sore arse from the Dun Run, but I don't think you would thank me. I will leave it to your imagination.

Edit: I should add that such a photo does not currently exist.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #387 on: 19 July, 2016, 12:18:24 am »
I fell down 7 stairs last Monday.
I have some seriously unimpressive scuffs and bruises.
They are not worthy of a picture.

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #388 on: 19 July, 2016, 12:21:45 am »
Are the stairs ok?  (Sorry, but it seems de rigeur!)

Hope you're not too sore, Helly.

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #389 on: 19 July, 2016, 01:38:17 am »
Stairs are fine.
I am not sore.
Thanks!

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #390 on: 19 July, 2016, 01:47:13 pm »
No further steps required, then.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #391 on: 26 July, 2016, 12:32:06 pm »
I'm not grumpy, I'm bloody surly.


What a waste of iron!


The ouchy bit (biggerer and purplerer now)
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #392 on: 26 July, 2016, 01:09:01 pm »
What happened? And what part of your anatomy is that? It must have leaked a bit to get blood all over the bike like that.

Hope you haven't done any lasting damage (to self or bike). A scar would be nice, though. I always feel cheated if I go through the pain of injury but don't end up with a decent scar.

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #393 on: 26 July, 2016, 03:51:17 pm »
That's my left hip, on which I landed. The blood is from my right index finger, which got trapped and cut between brake lever and car door. I suspect it was the car door handle that did the actual cutting (which doc says was technically shearing; the skin has been removed widthwise so a little flap is missing, as opposed to a clean cut from eg a knife). Not long, only four stitches, but nice and deep. I think I saw a bit of bone in there.  :thumbsup:

As for the important stuff, there's a buckled front wheel, which is annoying cos I built that wheel myself, though less annoying cos it was a fairly old rim anyway. And it's not obvious in the photo but the r/h shifter is twisted on the bars; I'm hoping it's just twisted round not bent. Have to get it all checked out and consider whether it's worth claiming from the driver.

I already have a scar so I'm ok without one this time.  :D
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #394 on: 26 July, 2016, 06:02:33 pm »
Cudzo, your bike is the correct colour - well done!  And get well!

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #395 on: 31 July, 2016, 02:23:02 pm »
Lost today on my drive, one helping of dignity.

Managed 80km on the new recumbent with no incidents, no launch failures, then turning into my drive at the end of the ride, failed to unclip in time. A combination of hearing down, braking, steering and avoiding the old boy walking down the lane towards me.

Fell off right in front of him "I guess that's harder than it looks" he says.

Bike undamaged, elbow slightly grazed, and angry mark where the bar end caught my inner thigh.  Now more yellow and purple than the photo

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #396 on: 06 August, 2016, 01:02:41 am »
Rabbit's posted a gut-wrenching video on Facebook. I don't think the victim is of this parish but it's pretty gory...

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #397 on: 06 August, 2016, 09:27:41 am »
Rabbit's posted a gut-wrenching video on Facebook. I don't think the victim is of this parish but it's pretty gory...

He has done an Audax once or twice though  ;)

I've put it on youtube. Warning graphic content!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs2Mnl-v3zY

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #398 on: 15 August, 2016, 09:14:13 pm »


When I go to the Hand Clinic I'll get to see the X-Rays, something I'm very much looking forward to, as one of the 'poses' was flipping the bird.

There's a flake of bone off the joint. I got them to put the lolly stick (I think they call it something else in Hospitals) in the strapping so I could still use STIs.

This is the same finger I broke in 1997. The other 9 have remained intact, seems quite unfair on the poor digit. I now have to decide which is the sacrificial pair of mitts...

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #399 on: 15 August, 2016, 09:17:38 pm »
Oh, well done that fboab!  What better way to celebrate your hyper-randonneur year?   :thumbsup:   :facepalm:
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