A eye-watering reminder why you need bar end plugs.

[tom73]

sure is the bmj write up is even worse.
One lucky lad to have been patch up and recovered only time will tell if what the real damage is.

 

[Drago]

I'm sure the whole incident will stiffen his resolve.

 

[mjr]

It's news because it's rare. Yet you never see horrible motorist injuries reported...

 

[IaninSheffield]

To describe this as a freak accident might be somewhat of an understatement!
"Oxford teen’s penis ‘degloved’ by his bike’s handlebars in freak crash - doctors urge ensuring bars have grips to avoid similar cases"
Or is it?

 

[Slioch]

Oh dear god.......



I'm going to fit drop-bars to my mountain bike.

Hope he makes a full recovery.

 

[Drago]

Its groundhog day!

 

[Randy Butternubs]

"De-gloving" sounds like it's meant to be a euphemism, but actually makes it so much worse.

 

[Dirk]

According to the article, it appears that he fell off his bike and peeled a carrot.
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/teenager-degloves-penis/

 

[fossyant]

A jeweler friend said she didn't like titanium wedding rings because of the 'greater' risk to a finger. Erm, any metal ring will damage your finger !! I shudder when I see open bar ends.

 

[Threevok]

The trouble with titanium rings is they are harder to cut off in an emergency

 

[fossyant]

The trouble with titanium rings is they are harder to cut off in an emergency

Oh well, I'm stuffed.

 

[Profpointy]

regarding rings: I went on a fairly serious first aid course years ago and there were a lot of very grim picture of "ring injuries". I'd never worn jewellery of any sort, and neither my father nor grandfathers had worn wedding rings, so eschewed a ring when I married, in part as a result of said pictures, but also a "wedding rings for blokes ? I'm not an American you know" sort of thing. Having married a second time, neither of us were fussed on rings, just as a "stuff and nonsense" kind of attitude. I still recall the picture. Whilst I don't work in engineering and am a shiny arsed IT consultant, I still do the odd job in the house and go caving and such, so no rings for me.

And back to the OP, whilst a freak accident, kinell, that is horrific and I hope the lad recovers.

 

[Globalti]

Dont worry they recover fast at that age. It won't be long before he's back on his bike and pulling like a proper schoolboy.

 

[Threevok]

Oh well, I'm stuffed.

Our local shopkeeper had an accident wearing his and his fingers swelled.

He still has the ring. His finger, not so much 😢

 

[Drago]

A jeweler friend said she didn't like titanium wedding rings because of the 'greater' risk to a finger. Erm, any metal ring will damage your finger !! I shudder when I see open bar ends.

I damaged my Ti wedding ring quite badly - they're not especially tough.

My new one is tungsten carbide, which is very tough indeed.

When I was a kid my mates Dad was working on his garage roof. As he jumped down his wedding ring, which would likely have been gold, caught and tore his finger off. I prefer to learn from other peoples mistakes rather than my own, so the moment I do anything physical or involving tools the ring comes off.