Author Topic: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.  (Read 153455 times)

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #450 on: 03 April, 2018, 07:36:47 pm »
Yebbut it's braking with the toes that is... striking.
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #451 on: 03 April, 2018, 08:21:02 pm »

Just ripped off a large amount of toenail after catching it on a brake lever.
I know, I know...

How the hell did you manage that?(!)

Bike upside-down on the floor whilst I changed tyres over. Barefoot.


Yebbut it's braking with the toes that is... striking.

Not as much as braking with the nose.

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Do try and keep up...




Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #452 on: 03 April, 2018, 08:32:12 pm »
Brains for dinner!
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #453 on: 03 April, 2018, 08:37:29 pm »
That's the sort of tertiary ablative braking system injury that makes me feel better about losing all the skin off my arse.   :hand:

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #454 on: 03 April, 2018, 09:15:18 pm »
Blimey !  I remember when all the girls wore make up like that !
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cygnet

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #455 on: 26 April, 2018, 01:00:51 pm »
Ouch by Alcedoatthis, on Flickr
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #456 on: 26 April, 2018, 01:38:04 pm »
Very ouch!
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #457 on: 26 April, 2018, 03:58:01 pm »
Ow!
Sam- is that really a blue lights selfie??

cygnet

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #458 on: 26 April, 2018, 05:04:11 pm »
Yes, before they started cleaning it/me up!
(It's from 12 days ago, not another injury -  just got round to downloading photographs)
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #459 on: 26 April, 2018, 06:29:07 pm »
Ough!  Is the bike okay?

cygnet

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #460 on: 26 April, 2018, 09:40:28 pm »
I'll find out next week. (busy bike shop now that the weather is nice for commuters)
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menthel

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #461 on: 27 April, 2018, 10:35:55 am »
Even earlier than my A&E resus selfie, nice work!

Heal up soon.

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #462 on: 27 April, 2018, 02:38:14 pm »
Ouch!
Mend well and fast!

Am I correct in thinking there is Much Blood and comparatively small wound?

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #463 on: 27 April, 2018, 03:04:33 pm »
Ouch!
Mend well and fast!

Am I correct in thinking there is Much Blood and comparatively small wound?
A friend was first on the scene of Sam's little incident. If I understood correctly, there was a busted coke bottle involved, so Sam appeared to be lying in about 3 pints of blood from a head-wound. Luckily things weren't so bad  :thumbsup:
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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #464 on: 30 April, 2018, 09:19:28 pm »
That is true although everything on my face is/was blood. When I opened my eyes I couldn't see out of that one. Fortunately that was just because of the blood covering it..

Matt; many thanks to your friend BTW.  Of the three that stopped the only one who's name I got was Vicky?
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zigzag

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #465 on: 18 July, 2018, 04:37:14 pm »
my legs/feet after falling off-road a dozen times, riding through brambles and nettles in wet shoes&socks full of sand for four days solid. is there a way to get rid of "old mop" smell from the shoes?

Nick H.

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #466 on: 18 July, 2018, 05:24:41 pm »
I'm afraid I didn't get an X-Ray or a scan of my fractured skull and brain damage. It would have been a bit rude to ask when I was legging it out of the hospital to avoid the bill.

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #467 on: 18 July, 2018, 05:28:56 pm »
my legs/feet after falling off-road a dozen times, riding through brambles and nettles in wet shoes&socks full of sand for four days solid. is there a way to get rid of "old mop" smell from the shoes?


It's enough to put you right off cycling, isn't it?

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #468 on: 18 July, 2018, 05:37:06 pm »
my legs/feet after falling off-road a dozen times, riding through brambles and nettles in wet shoes&socks full of sand for four days solid. is there a way to get rid of "old mop" smell from the shoes?


Yes. Some washing machines have a sports shoe cycle.

Then...fill a sock with Bicarb of soda, stuff it in shoe and leave for a few days

zigzag

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #469 on: 18 July, 2018, 06:10:02 pm »
my legs/feet after falling off-road a dozen times, riding through brambles and nettles in wet shoes&socks full of sand for four days solid. is there a way to get rid of "old mop" smell from the shoes?


It's enough to put you right off cycling, isn't it?
too right, it is. for three days.

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #470 on: 19 July, 2018, 07:56:18 am »
I'm afraid I didn't get an X-Ray or a scan of my fractured skull and brain damage. It would have been a bit rude to ask when I was legging it out of the hospital to avoid the bill.

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Nick H.

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #471 on: 19 July, 2018, 11:55:32 am »
That was in San Francisco. But I'm a London resident.

Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #472 on: 21 July, 2018, 10:07:42 pm »
Came off on a junction today. After the fact was a flat front tyre, so I'm guessing that as a cause as the road surface wasn't that bad. Grazed knee and elbow, feel a bit bumped and cross, but so far not too sore.

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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #473 on: 07 November, 2018, 08:43:50 pm »
Elbow first at A&E, then a few days later, bruises developing.

Not broke, luckily, haven't got the pelvis pics yet.




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Re: Cycling injuries- the gorier the better.
« Reply #474 on: 18 November, 2018, 05:39:31 pm »
Ouch!
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