Came off my bike - again!

[Vikki]

Well, I came off my bicycle again today. I'm starting to think it's becoming a habit. Some grass took my front wheel from under me and I got ejected out the side (as usual). :hurt:

Nothing hurt as I'm getting pretty good at coming off now. 3 times this year if I recall correctly. I landed full on my front at 12mph (usually I'm near stopped when I come off) and slid a little distance. Only tummy and boobs hit the deck, head and face missed the planet.

Good job I don't have silicone implants or I'd have been flip-flopping forward and back all day!

Got to work and look at knee. Jesus but it's a mess. Then I see it's just graze damage (luckily my slacks were between me and the cycle way). There's was blood, not much, it had oozzzzzzed out of the graze.

So, a graze the size of the Isle of Wight and a bruise half the size of Nebraska. Great. And it hurts. I can feel it hurting. I'm not happy that I can feel it hurting. I can still walk. That's a good sign - I guess. Gonna start piloting my trike. Build up the stamina. I hate it when it's half wet as it seems at its most slippery. Leaves all over the place. :numbness:

Nowhere near as bad as the poor guy who got highsided, Gixxer, remembered (hope you are healing ok).

Anyway, knee cleaned up and a dressing and bandage on it. Bummer.

[ianmat]

What sort of bike do you ride? I know that when I swapped my mountain bike for a road bike, I really had to watch out for slip hazards on the road, and very nearly came off a few times...
Hope you recover quickly.

[Vikki]

Thanks, Ian. It's a hybrid. I took a flash of sunlight to the face reflected from a windscreen. Didn't see the grass clump and was turning slightly at the time. Turning+blinded+grass clump = Rudely ejected from bicycle. That's gonna smart for weeks now.

[tourerjim]

I think you need to put them staybalizers back on.!!!

[Spanner]

Too much Gin for breakfast.........

[Delarado]

yep, this is the worst time of year for bikes, leaves everywhere. Hope you feel better soon!

[psychosaffa]

Re: Came off my bike - again!

[QUOTE=tourerjim;924162]I think you need to put them staybalizers back on.!!![/QUOTE]

I've never got to taking mine off

[QUOTE=Spanner;924168]Too much Gin for breakfast.........[/QUOTE]

You can never have too much gin with your shreddies.

Hope you heal soon vikki, I prefer to drive my double cab Hilux with 33" tyres to work, that way I don't need to worry bout grass, leaves or Nissan micras.

[Vikki]

Me and Trikey, we gonna be good buds, oh yeah, we're gonna be like two peas in a pod. Now where can I get it electrificated? Next time I come off I might not be so lucky as the last 7 times. That's over 4 year period. Two (three) were due to stupidly steep cambers. Stop, put foot down, no ground, waggle foot - already off balance and going over, splat!

Another time, bramble hanging down from a tree and heading straight between my fingers. Hit the front brake only to realise it's a stone path. Front whell bye-bye, hello ground.

A ramp, for cyclists to get up on to the cycle way. Wet with diesel. Didn't see that coming either. Ejected out the side to land on all fours. Knees taking the brunt of it. Left knee took close to 5 months before it quit bugging me.

Farlington Marshes car park. 40mph winds. Got blown into a rut which grabbed front wheel. Ejected out the side again.

I have yet to come off my trike (recumbent). Now I have the trailer there's no reason I can't use it when I go flying. It's not hard to pedal, I can maintain 10+mph and that was when I was smoking.

Yep, getting nervous about damp to wet roads again.

[meggark]

Re: Came off my bike - again!

I put skinniers tyres on my mtb last winter and it was treacherous at times, the worst bit was the wheels getting g stuck between ruts in the paving (cycle route).

Don't have to worry about that now as I no longer have a bike after getting spanked by a car back in march that decided not to give way at a mini roundabout and hit me side on as I was halfway round. That one hurt and my back still gives me problems. Still waiting on insurance claim coming through for that, hoping it'll fund a new heli!

[danep]

ouch hope you feel better soon Vikki
My road bike is a nightmare this time of year so back to mtb but as above I run fairly skinny tires (1.85) which are not much better lol

[trexamanic]

Came off my bike - again!

Ouch and a graze on knees always rakes longer to heal and hurts more die to the skin movement.
Hope it mends soon.

[Vikki]

Don't it just. As the day has wore on I also have a stiff shoulder and a stiff thumb. Nothing broken, just strained. It takes a lot of power to stop my weight from crashing into the deck :hororr: Strained quite a few muscles :(

Got a big wound dressing and bandage on my knee but Brian has got me some spray on plaster at home.

The first time I came off, 3-4 years ago, I got very timid about riding my bike. Over timid. Then I came off again and each time it bothered me less but I'm getting older and more things hurt each time I come off. I'm going to break something soon :hororr:

I got my trike to get fitter and lose some weight. I've put on a stone since stopping smoking so maybe I ought to take Prowler out for a spin rain or not. Three wheels, hmmmmmmmmmm. Comfy, too.

[LaurenceGough]

I've fell off too many times to remember! Best thing to do is get back on your bike and try to figure out how it happened and how to avoid it (seems you know in this case).

Perhaps shades may help if you don't wear them already (half tinted perhaps)? Also I found running a lower front tyre pressure helped in the cases where I've had the front slide out, especially at this time of the year!


I hope the pain goes away soon!

[pgkevet]

They should put a health warning on pushbikes... I bought one some years ago thinking I ought to get a bit fitter... Second day out hacking up a hill and a nasty tearing sound wasn't my trousers :-( Once again grateful for private insurance for the rupture op..

[LipolyGone]

What worries me more about recumbents is being seen viki. It's one thing to hurt your knee belly & boobs but being run over the top of by some Chelsea tractor mum taking the kids to school is going to ruin your life.
So be careful out there please, me I'm sticking to my MB with 1.5" slicks lucky for me it's a straight downhill ride to wwork then a comfy slight incline up the cycle path home worst thing I have to dodge is dog mess :(