Nothing like biking into work on a nice day and ending up going over the bars only like 25% of the way there. My palms and my elbow are destroyed. Skin hanging off and dripping blood. My elbow soaked through my shirt and started dripping in about 20 seconds, and I'm pretty sure my palms have a good amount of gravel in them. Oddly enough the one that hurts worst is the tiny scrape on my side. Worst part of it all? It was my first day of work Not a thing I can do either. No ones picking up the phone and they probably went out at about 8:45. So I better just hope they see my wounds tomorrow and let it slide. I cant even bandage them, and they keep weeping.
Show them your wounds tomorrow and hope for the best. But show up on time, don't even call and explain until you see them in person. That sucks about the crash. Definitely been there before...
Is that your only mode of transportation? I mean, people usually drive their first day Sorry about the crappy situation.
Correct Yeah, that or bus. And its a 20 minute bike ride or a 40 min bus ride I knew I was going to go down eventually. Just sucks that it was today
You're not canvassing for Greenpeace are you? Last time I was in Portland I had a buddy that tried invited me down to the HQ.
oh man, thats sucks ass. you shoulda went on into work bleeding like a stuck pig and using your blood for print material.
This has definitely bumped gloves up on the list of necessities. Its amazing how limited my hands have become
pics or ban Edit: I posted these years ago when the crash happened, but here they are again. From the time back in high school when I went head first into a fence. I literally flew 10 feet in the air, over the handle bars, head first like a missle into a fence post. Totally broke the helmet. The worst of the road rash. And some how I got my ear too. Without the helmet, I probably could have broken my neck, I have no doubts about that.
Ah, i remember that. As much as my friends think it's faggy, a helmet will be bought soon too. The thought of slamming my head into the curb or getting hit by a car was enough to sway me buy one. The worst is my hands, Its kind of hard to get a good shot of them, but thats the jist of it. My elbow has a deep gash that I know will scab too, but I cant get a pic of that at all. Also the puss coming out is a bit unnerving thus far. But I assume its just trying to get the gravel out. Plus the bit of road rash on my side. But, on the flip side getting around on a bike has been very fun and rewarding thus far. I like that each day I'm a bit more in shape.
Anyone who makes fun of helmets is an idiot, simple as that. And when they crash and hurt themselves, I have no pity for them.
Thats essentially my growing opinion. And one of them is all about brakeless fixie. I can't imagine the outcome will be good.
Any gash on the hand is enough to warrant pity. I have a tiny cut that runs up and down my index finger from the 1st joint in the finger to 1cm into my palm and I think it's quite possibly the most inconvenient thing ever.
I ride a single speed and kind of want to get a flip flop hub to tool around with on weekends, but I just do no understand the whole fixed gear attitude. It's pretty strange. My friend will have bingo in the 'I' column once he gets his risers. Not to mention the other scattered hits. Down the line though I want to build a decent geared road bike so its not like going for a jog after a night of drinking I couldn't even wring out my shirt after trying to soak the blood out edit: oh, and I can just go back to work monday apparently. Which works out great cause now I have time tomorrow to apply to every coffee shop downtown.
