Ouch!

[Freewheeler]

Ouch - 6 to 12 weeks argh.....
Bad luck fella - any time off work....?

I'm lay on the settee watching CBeebies with my two year old today. I work on a tech service desk and can connect into work from here. I'll probably do that from next Monday (it's still a bit painful to be working for 8 hours at the moment). Otherwise, work are welcome to provide a cab to and from work, and they might well end up doing that.

I'm at the fracture clinic on Monday so they'll provide a proper sick note for the remainder of this week.

 

[AdamBlade]

Bad luck! I know exactly how you feel after coming off mine breaking and dislocating my thumb. I ended up 7 weeks off the bike but 5 weeks off work over Christmas Got back on this week and there's bloody ice everywhere!! Like others, I've been walking side roads until I get to main roads.

I thought I'd be off for 2/3 months so 7 weeks wasn't to bad. Hope you're back on sooner than expected.

 

[Old Walrus]

I had the same on 11/1, body battered but intact and a couple of scrapes on the bike. Back to work today cycling both ways, slightly nervous of the black ice I encountered but survived.

Heal soon and get back on the bike as soon as your body lets you. I found it a lot more comfortable than normal sitting/walking!

Avoid 'Zapain' if you are prescribed it, bungs you up something chronic.......

 

[Berger and Chips]

Slid off on black ice this morning,right at start of ride on left hand junction, I was going really quickly not expecting any ice and the bike slid for many metres I regained balance momentarily then it went again. Bike landed down the road from me by about 5 to 10 feet and I landed on my side, slightly bruised in the left hip area.
I ride to work nearly every day and have not encountered this ever before.
I was on a GT mtb with slicks, I only ride drop bar bikes in summer.
To be honest at first my biggest worry was I might have smashed my new watch but I had not.
The whole corner was covered in this fine, black, shiny glaze of almost invisible (unless you are specifically looking for it at the correct angle) fine, black ice, like an invisible skating rink on the road, probably 20 square metres of the road had this fine black ice glazing...

 

[Downward]

Ouch get well soon - It was pretty bad this morning wasn't it ?
I had a few people at work comment on ice on local roads around work - Luckily I can cut through but I can't believe in 2009 how we (councils, highways agency etc) fail to cope with roads in the cold weather

 

[Freewheeler]

Avoid 'Zapain' if you are prescribed it, bungs you up something chronic.......

They've given me paracetamol and codeine. I expect the codeine will bung me up a bit, but since getting upstairs to the little room is difficult that might not be such a bad thing...

 

[boydj]

That's a tough one, FW. Wasn't it just yesterday that we were saying just how safe cycling is?

It's funny just how luck comes into it too where similar falls can have varying levels of injury - and you have come at the bad end of the spectrum. I came off on diesel back in November on a corner and broke bones in both hands. I came off on ice this morning too. Travelling in a straight line on a main road at about 17 mph and went down in a flash, and slid along for about ten yards - no pain, no injury (apart from small graze on my hip), no damage to bike or clothes. Guess it was my turn to be lucky today.

 

[Neddy]

Ever considered handcycling?
I had a knee injury last summer and was told by the doctor to rest it for 10-12 weeks. (This turned out to be a mis-diagnosis, but that's another story.) Anyway, after a couple of weeks off the bike I could bear it no longer and hired a handcycle. This was great fun and meant I could still get my cycling fix until I was well enough to ride a 'normal' bike. It also meant my puny arms could get some exercise for a change!
It was a bit scary being so low to the ground and I was worried about (not) being seen, so on most days I ditched my regular road route for the alternative National Cycle Network route.
That aside, it was a shame to have to take the handcycle back and it's something I'd gladly do again. I also found that drivers were generally (but not universally) more courteous to me (even WVM!).

 

[Freewheeler]

Ever considered handcycling?

Hmm, nice idea but I'd be too scared of falling off and making my injury worse. Also, when I was driven home the other day, it bloody hurt every time we went around a corner because my I was automatically shifting my weight to compensate for the forces. On a bike the forces would be balanced in a corner though.

I did daydream about using the spill as an excuse to buy a nice recumbent trike for next winter, but I couldn't justify spending the cash (and my wife thinks having two uprights is one too many already...)

 

[BentMikey]

It was a bit scary being so low to the ground and I was worried about (not) being seen, so on most days I ditched my regular road route for the alternative National Cycle Network route.
That aside, it was a shame to have to take the handcycle back and it's something I'd gladly do again. I also found that drivers were generally (but not universally) more courteous to me (even WVM!).

I'm about as low as a hand cycle on my lowracer, I find it's probably safer than an upright. 10 times more people see me on it than on the upright, plus it puts the fear of God into car drivers and they pass me with miles of space.

To Freewheeler, you'd be afraid of falling off a handcycle? But they are usually trikes.

 

[Freewheeler]

To Freewheeler, you'd be afraid of falling off a handcycle? But they are usually trikes.

I didn't realise that, although it stands to reason that someone without use of their legs would need a trike. I saw a guy on a handcycle doing the Liverpool - Chester - Liverpool ride a few years back. It's about 70 miles with a couple of sharp hills on the return so much respect to that rider.

To be honest once I can drive again I'll use the car for the next few weeks' commuting. If the consultant gives the ok I'll probably do a couple of sessions swimming per week to stay fit.

 

[Neddy]

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I did manage to roll it over. Took a left turn too fast whilst the cycle path was coming down off the pavement and onto a side road. Adverse camber and all that...

 

[BentMikey]

I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I did manage to roll it over. Took a left turn too fast whilst the cycle path was coming down off the pavement and onto a side road. Adverse camber and all that...

Wooohooo! Now that's proper use of a trike. Here's some more -


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONAdwLc-gfc