Resurrecting this in hopes of finding out what happened. What the hell happened?
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Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [racin_rusty]
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Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [Tri0014]
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It has been answered indirectly by me and directly by the attorney. Slowtwitch has not been paying attention. My attorney posted elsewhere what happened and then.........silence, not even crickets chirping.
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Once, I was fast. But I got over it.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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Yawn
"4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul"
"4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul"
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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Link?
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [Triagain2]
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http://txbra.org/forum3/index.asp?page=loader&forumID=19
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Once, I was fast. But I got over it.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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From that link...
"Exploding Trainer Flywheels posted by shirer on 1/25/2015 8:06:00 AM. Is anyone aware of a flywheel exploding on a trainer (Compu-Trainer).
I have been contacted by a person who had this happen. The flywheel just disintegrated. A piece of shrapnel went into him (surgery required). Pieces lodged in the wall, and a piece bent the trainer stand.
If you like you can send me an email or call me.
Thanks."
"4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul"
"Exploding Trainer Flywheels posted by shirer on 1/25/2015 8:06:00 AM. Is anyone aware of a flywheel exploding on a trainer (Compu-Trainer).
I have been contacted by a person who had this happen. The flywheel just disintegrated. A piece of shrapnel went into him (surgery required). Pieces lodged in the wall, and a piece bent the trainer stand.
If you like you can send me an email or call me.
Thanks."
"4 wheels move the body, 2 wheels move the soul"
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [warwicke36]
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Holy shit!!!!
Now I am extra glad I use rollers
Now I am extra glad I use rollers
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [warwicke36]
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http://www.saferproducts.gov/ViewIncident/1237585
warwicke36 wrote:
From that link... "Exploding Trainer Flywheels posted by shirer on 1/25/2015 8:06:00 AM. Is anyone aware of a flywheel exploding on a trainer (Compu-Trainer).
I have been contacted by a person who had this happen. The flywheel just disintegrated. A piece of shrapnel went into him (surgery required). Pieces lodged in the wall, and a piece bent the trainer stand.
If you like you can send me an email or call me.
Thanks."
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [windschatten]
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windschatten wrote:
http://www.saferproducts.gov/ViewIncident/1237585
warwicke36 wrote:
From that link... "Exploding Trainer Flywheels posted by shirer on 1/25/2015 8:06:00 AM. Is anyone aware of a flywheel exploding on a trainer (Compu-Trainer).
I have been contacted by a person who had this happen. The flywheel just disintegrated. A piece of shrapnel went into him (surgery required). Pieces lodged in the wall, and a piece bent the trainer stand.
If you like you can send me an email or call me.
Thanks."
Wow. But that doesn't quite correlate with this.
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The accident happened about 6:25PM Tuesday November 25, 2014. The footprints on the kitchen floor were taken by my daughter with her cell phone. The garage pictures by me after coming home from surgery a few days later. My wife cleaned up the house, I get to clean the garage. As I was alone, I went inside to get my insurance card. No idea why I went to the kitchen sink. The dog did lick some of it and then tracked it over the house also! The accident happened on the trainer, I called for help using the cell phone, walked inside for insurance card and to put up the dog. Walked back outside, closed garage door and waited on front porch. EMS arrived 11 after my call.
Story forth coming at a latter date.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [downesy]
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If the flywheel blew up, why isn't there a pic of that? Where are the pix of the "Pieces lodged in the wall, and a piece bent the trainer stand?"
I'm sure those would have been pretty spectacular as well
"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin
I'm sure those would have been pretty spectacular as well
"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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So you post a link to another forum when everyone has been questioning this specific thread on Slowtwitch. Even the thread on TXBRA is lacking any picures of what can actually back up any claims. Where are the pictures of the broken flywheel, where is the damage to the wall, where is the bent trainer?
I'm sorry, but this seems like a big lie to me.
I'm sorry, but this seems like a big lie to me.
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Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [bricklayer]
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bricklayer wrote:
Where are the pictures of the broken flywheel, where is the do damage to the wall, where is the bent trainer? I'm sorry, but this seems like a big lie to me.
Like I said ...
My personal theory is that daughter was doing some sort of crating project when she and hblake noticed that whatever red dye/paint she was using looked a LOT like blood, so they said to each other "Let's make a crime scene!"
They faked up some blood splats, made a trail of bloody footprints [since hblake is one of those who rides a trainer without sox] and ... presto!
"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [windschatten]
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It seems like this story and the one from safeproducts.gov are separate incidents, indicating that there are at least 2 poorly documented occurrences of computrainers exploding.
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Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [bricklayer]
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I sooooo want you to be wrong (which is kind of morbid) but this smells fabricated to me too.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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It looks like beet juice to me.
Walked to the sink, I don't think that's where people keep insurance cards but its where most people would dispose of a leaking bottle.
Walked to the sink, I don't think that's where people keep insurance cards but its where most people would dispose of a leaking bottle.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [Rover24]
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First post to these forums for me, but this thread has always intrigued me. Looks like the original post is legit. See these couple of tweets from DC Rainmakerhttps://twitter.com/...s/674346439397478400 and https://twitter.com/...s/674347334231318528
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [ms6073]
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ms6073 wrote:
I suspect the OP got a nasty gash when the flywheel of trainer disintegrated, ejecting a large chunk of jagged steel at a pretty high velocity.First person to guess right?
I wrote this, you should read it:
https://www.slowtwitch.com/...n_Swimming_6700.html
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [tallswimmer]
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Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [tallswimmer]
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The flywheel is cast iron though. A terrible material for flywheels.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [Sausagetail]
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The blue ones were cast Magnesium. Or at least mine was.
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Once, I was fast. But I got over it.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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Given the time thats elapsed there must be a nice scar you can show us now? Make sure you include an 'OK' hand sign in the shot to confirm :)
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [gunsbuns]
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Sorry, butt that area of my anatomy is only for my wife to see.
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [hblake]
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So did you get a nice settlement from Computrainer?
Re: Removing Blood Stains (Somewhat Graphic) [owen.]
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owen. wrote:
So did you get a nice settlement from Computrainer?I think he got a great laugh at our expense.
Check this out guys. Look at the dent on the trainer tubing. It looks like a bullet hit it. Scary stuff!
http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/32627/should-flywheels-on-stationary-trainers-be-replaced-periodically-to-avoid-catast
http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/32627/should-flywheels-on-stationary-trainers-be-replaced-periodically-to-avoid-catast