Turbo Club - Meet Ups / Events

[<Tommy>]

Bit of a mixed bag today.


Chugging along with the whippet

Enjoying the veiws from the summit

Getting my X-Ray results at the hospital after coming off on the decent

Fractured one bone in my wrist and one in my hand.



On a positive note the bike’s got a clean bill of health. And I did manage to get my meal in Italy before my lift arrived .

And yet again Lee shows me what a good friend I have.

(That’s him cutting up my steak for me)


See you in a couple of months fellas.

 

[Randyberlin]

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Bit of a mixed bag today.


Chugging along with the whippet

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Enjoying the veiws from the summit

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Getting my X-Ray results at the hospital after coming off on the decent

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Fractured one bone in my wrist and one in my hand.



On a positive note the bike’s got a clean bill of health. And I did manage to get my meal in Italy before my lift arrived .

And yet again Lee shows me what a good friend I have. View attachment 473673

(That’s him cutting up my steak for me)


See you in a couple of months fellas.

That’s terrible. Hope you have a speedy recovery. And it looks like your right hand too.

 

[<Tommy>]

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That’s terrible. Hope you have a speedy recovery. And it looks like your right hand too.

Thanks Randy that’s very kind. It’s ok to be honest. I’m feeling fairly philosophical about it. It is my right hand. But luckily I’m a lefty. And Lee’s already offered to go on back scrubbing duties right Lee?

 

[bobinski]

Thanks Randy that’s very kind. It’s ok to be honest. I’m feeling fairly philosophical about it. It is my right hand. But luckily I’m a lefty. And Lee’s already offered to go on back scrubbing duties right Lee?

Lee, don’t do it. Slippery slope mate. Or at least slippery soap

Heal quickly Tommy.

 

[berty bassett]

Deep down I think I always knew this was some kind of weird grooming site

 

[CXRAndy]

Glad it was only a small-ish injury

Has your riding been cut short Tommy? How did this happen? Where?

Are you in isolation in Italy?

Edit- you've lost your thumb




or you're a four toe sloth

 

[Whorty]

Not good @TurboTommy . Glad the bikes OK Your hand will heal, but you don't want a cracked frame

GWS mate. Guess you'll have to ride in the virtual world until your hand is strong enough to get back outside?

 

[Whorty]

Deep down I think I always knew this was some kind of weird grooming site

You wait until Andy asks you to comb his back hair ..... that's a weird kind of grooming

 

[bobinski]

Deep down I think I always knew this was some kind of weird grooming site

What happens in Bourg stays in Bourg

 

[bridgy]

Bit of a mixed bag today.


Chugging along with the whippet

View attachment 473666


Enjoying the veiws from the summit

View attachment 473667





Getting my X-Ray results at the hospital after coming off on the decent

View attachment 473668

Fractured one bone in my wrist and one in my hand.



On a positive note the bike’s got a clean bill of health. And I did manage to get my meal in Italy before my lift arrived .

And yet again Lee shows me what a good friend I have. View attachment 473673

(That’s him cutting up my steak for me)


See you in a couple of months fellas.

Nightmare! So what happened exactly? I've just looked at your ride on Strava and it looks like you'd only just started descending - and that you came off at about 30mph - ouch!! Any other injuries as well as the wrist/hand? I imagine you're a bit bruised up aren't you?

On a slightly more positive note, when you get back, riding on Zwift is of course the perfect way to keep in shape while your wrist and hand heal - just ask Mat Hayman

 

[CXRAndy]

Nightmare! So what happened exactly? I've just looked at your ride on Strava and it looks like you'd only just started descending - and that you came off at about 30mph - ouch!! Any other injuries as well as the wrist/hand? I imagine you're a bit bruised up aren't you?

On a slightly more positive note, when you get back, riding on Zwift is of course the perfect way to keep in shape while your wrist and hand heal - just ask Mat Hayman

Picturesque part of the world Tommy will elaborate

https://goo.gl/maps/jYFzen2wLMYiKSHB6

 

[<Tommy>]

Nightmare! So what happened exactly? I've just looked at your ride on Strava and it looks like you'd only just started descending - and that you came off at about 30mph - ouch!! Any other injuries as well as the wrist/hand? I imagine you're a bit bruised up aren't you?

On a slightly more positive note, when you get back, riding on Zwift is of course the perfect way to keep in shape while your wrist and hand heal - just ask Mat Hayman

My initial thought was I must of been going 30mph plus before I tried to take the corner. Looking back there was a chain of events that led to it. But long story short I was carrying way too much speed going into the corner. I tried to overcompensate by grabbing a fistful of rear break and then the rear wheel locked up. I started going sideways and got flung forward to the floor. I’ve got bashed up a bit on all the contact points on my right hand side. Foot, knee, hip, shoulder, and wrist of course. Smacked my head off the floor too but the crash helmet took the brunt of that! I went down so quick I didn’t get that everything happening in slow motion thing. I just smacked into the ground.

It was nasty really. Not so much in the resulting damage but just in that if I saw that happening to someone else I’d assume it was going to be a lot worse than what I came away with if that makes sense.

So I’ll take it to be honest. I’ve been training for this trip for a while, felt I was in good shape by my standards, and I’m gutted because I love climbing the hills with Lee. It’s also put a bit of a dampener on things for him too which I feel bad about. But I just have to say to myself how lucky I am I didn’t come away from it worse when it was totally self inflicted.

But yes. Clip on aero bars are on order in preparation for a lot of Zwift in my near future...

 

[CXRAndy]

You sound quite beaten up Tommy. High speed crash/rash can be nasty. Like you say, not as bad as it could of been. Gws- take it easy

 

[<Tommy>]

Picturesque part of the world Tommy will elaborate

https://goo.gl/maps/jYFzen2wLMYiKSHB6

Looks familiar but from a slightly different angle

 

[<Tommy>]

You sound quite beaten up Tommy. High speed crash/rash can be nasty. Like you say, not as bad as it could of been. Gws- take it easy

Thanks mate