Out a few days ago on a new route, early in the morning. Sun just risen over a nearby hill to the right of me, just left the cycle path??? and riding along a road doing about 15mph, pavement to the right.
Next thing BANG!!!!. Remember some guy running up to me asking if I am alright, can't remember if I did answer him and my memory of what happened for next couple of minutes is blank.
I had just ridden straight into a gate positioned right across the road.
Can remember the same guy then saying that you are bleeding from somewhere and it is everywhere. Hands were cut up pretty bad.
Then led into a local leisure center alongside this road to have first aid. Very vague recollection of what had happened.
This is when I found my phone in my chest pocket bent like a banana and it dawned on me that I am really hurt here!!. The guy giving me fist aid said that a motorcyclist was fatally killed a year previously at the same gate and his own son had broken his jaw cycling into it previously, great to know.
Anyway ended up in A&E within half hour, urine sample, xrays on both wrists, fingers and chest. Then sent to an A&E department at another hospital as there was no one suitably qualified to read the xrays(unbelievable).
Ribs either cracked or badly bruised on left ribcage, two sprained wrists, multiple lacerations on hands and a badly bruised lower back where I must have eventually fell back.
Unbelievable the bike is undamaged, just handlebar knocked out of alignment slightly and a scuff on the saddle. Looks as though the bike went straight underneath and i went straight into it hitting my hands first then the left upper side of my body/chest.
Thinking now very lucky to survive that, even though my chest and wrists are killing me.
Been up to have a look at the road last night and it looks like a service road with a proper junction but no signs warning of any gate in the way. Hard to say why I did not see what is a swing barrier with roughly painted light yellow and silver stripes. Could have been the bright sun, who knows?
Just wish these ribs would heal, agony as my lungs keep trying to take a deep breath every 5 minutes, paracetamol or ibuprofen are not working very well.
Next thing BANG!!!!. Remember some guy running up to me asking if I am alright, can't remember if I did answer him and my memory of what happened for next couple of minutes is blank.
I had just ridden straight into a gate positioned right across the road.
Can remember the same guy then saying that you are bleeding from somewhere and it is everywhere. Hands were cut up pretty bad.
Then led into a local leisure center alongside this road to have first aid. Very vague recollection of what had happened.
This is when I found my phone in my chest pocket bent like a banana and it dawned on me that I am really hurt here!!. The guy giving me fist aid said that a motorcyclist was fatally killed a year previously at the same gate and his own son had broken his jaw cycling into it previously, great to know.
Anyway ended up in A&E within half hour, urine sample, xrays on both wrists, fingers and chest. Then sent to an A&E department at another hospital as there was no one suitably qualified to read the xrays(unbelievable).
Ribs either cracked or badly bruised on left ribcage, two sprained wrists, multiple lacerations on hands and a badly bruised lower back where I must have eventually fell back.
Unbelievable the bike is undamaged, just handlebar knocked out of alignment slightly and a scuff on the saddle. Looks as though the bike went straight underneath and i went straight into it hitting my hands first then the left upper side of my body/chest.
Thinking now very lucky to survive that, even though my chest and wrists are killing me.
Been up to have a look at the road last night and it looks like a service road with a proper junction but no signs warning of any gate in the way. Hard to say why I did not see what is a swing barrier with roughly painted light yellow and silver stripes. Could have been the bright sun, who knows?
Just wish these ribs would heal, agony as my lungs keep trying to take a deep breath every 5 minutes, paracetamol or ibuprofen are not working very well.
All the best for a speedy recovery!
