5.50 last evening, tearing down Adelaide road watching the potholes, looked up to see an enormous Freelander turning right from the oppo lane, and feet in front of me
didn't so much as twitch before piling into it just in front of the door, way over the top, somersault and landed headfirst and rotating into the gutter and across the curb, ouch
stayed down without thinking, caught the curb across my right side, stunned/shock, the happy chatter of witnesses that saw everything, a top bloke that was 'right behind you' was excellent, keep me talking, bandaged a man sized scrape down my right arm that made a frankly alarming puddle of blood in the road
started to be helped up after a while, thinking i was fairly ok. and went back down again with a yelp as something hurt big time in right shoulder
coppers and ambulances all arrived in good order
ooh there was another cyclists chattering away in the background telling me how impressive the accident had been, he's done that but nothing like as high or as far, it was superb etc
and whoever called the ambulance told them i was doing '25-30' at the time
erm thanks for that, I wish. maybe 25
four hours in the Royal Free, x-rays, all ok barring a close fracture of the tip of the Acromio-clavicular joint, top of the shoulder to us laymen
a jolly Irish male nurse scrubbed all the grit and dirt and dried blood out of the man sized scrape, ouch, and stuck great big very sticky dressings onto my hairy arm
two red and two white pills for what feels like every single muscle on the right side of my torso being strained and torn, that really hurts
erm that's it really, two- three weeks in a sling, fracture clinic in two weeks
what of that lovely four month old Cannondale you cry? Both wheels making cicus clown shapes, mudguards disassembled, the Lbs will have to assess thereafter
got drivers details from the cops, it was his mum's car and he was a100m from home, tsk
really sore but could have been shags worse so no complaints here, I realy should have seen it earlier but i think he just went for the turn without slowing to beat the car behind me
ooh and my head/helmet gave the road a firm tap as part of the landing, the liner is cracked right through for about an inch above the point of tap, nice one Giro
rest of this week off for sure, to practice wincing and yelping, won't be much getting picked up from the floor today
ooh, and the dhb 2006 bib longs that arrived during the day and were put on for testing 15 minutes prior were really excellent, and as an added bonus, nice and warm in the hossy
didn't so much as twitch before piling into it just in front of the door, way over the top, somersault and landed headfirst and rotating into the gutter and across the curb, ouch
stayed down without thinking, caught the curb across my right side, stunned/shock, the happy chatter of witnesses that saw everything, a top bloke that was 'right behind you' was excellent, keep me talking, bandaged a man sized scrape down my right arm that made a frankly alarming puddle of blood in the road
started to be helped up after a while, thinking i was fairly ok. and went back down again with a yelp as something hurt big time in right shoulder
coppers and ambulances all arrived in good order
ooh there was another cyclists chattering away in the background telling me how impressive the accident had been, he's done that but nothing like as high or as far, it was superb etc
and whoever called the ambulance told them i was doing '25-30' at the time
erm thanks for that, I wish. maybe 25
four hours in the Royal Free, x-rays, all ok barring a close fracture of the tip of the Acromio-clavicular joint, top of the shoulder to us laymen
a jolly Irish male nurse scrubbed all the grit and dirt and dried blood out of the man sized scrape, ouch, and stuck great big very sticky dressings onto my hairy arm
two red and two white pills for what feels like every single muscle on the right side of my torso being strained and torn, that really hurts
erm that's it really, two- three weeks in a sling, fracture clinic in two weeks
what of that lovely four month old Cannondale you cry? Both wheels making cicus clown shapes, mudguards disassembled, the Lbs will have to assess thereafter
got drivers details from the cops, it was his mum's car and he was a100m from home, tsk
really sore but could have been shags worse so no complaints here, I realy should have seen it earlier but i think he just went for the turn without slowing to beat the car behind me
ooh and my head/helmet gave the road a firm tap as part of the landing, the liner is cracked right through for about an inch above the point of tap, nice one Giro
rest of this week off for sure, to practice wincing and yelping, won't be much getting picked up from the floor today
ooh, and the dhb 2006 bib longs that arrived during the day and were put on for testing 15 minutes prior were really excellent, and as an added bonus, nice and warm in the hossy
. Is Giro one of the companies that offer a discounted helmet replacement after an accident?
, hope you recover soon
