Ouch, you win!!
Dave
I will say that to this day I am still gun shy on my bike. It’s gonna take time for me to get over it.
I understand. When I got back to riding, I was scared to death of the road paint lines,
since that may have been a possible cause of my crash. Even now, 3 year later, I feel
weird riding around paint lines.
Seems so far that once a person has had a big crash, riding the bike is never the same.
Maybe more respect is a good thing. I know I will make sure my front skewer it on tight.
Dave
Yeah. Maybe it is a good thing. I wish I could get comfortable again but maybe it’s just like it is with a motorcycle. If you aren’t scared, you’re bound to have an accident.
ouch that looks like it hurts. I have very little skin missing, which is a good thing I suppose.
Nobody cares about you…show us the bike!
I’m so glad you’re ok!
Toasted front wheel (It was lodged between the frame and the right crank)
Banged up shifter (the other one matches)
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How dare you scar up that carbon lever like that?!?
I crashed hard when I was 17, resulting in that same AC injury, but on my left shoulder. They put in a screw down through the clavicle into the top of the scapula for about a month, severing some nerves in the process. 33 years later I still have a dead spot on the top of my scap, just behind the scar and I lack innervation to the left rhomboid, so I have a “wing scapula” on that side. The arm was completely paralyzed for almost six weeks, but being young and stupid, I never thought about it being a problem (it was a bitch to drive my stick car, though). It was at least a year before I got most of the strength back in the arm, but I’ve never been able to get the left arm to work as well as the right even with some serious weight lifting.
Eric
I had a near crash a few months ago- i heard a funny rattle (mine was in the back). Thought it was something in the derailler or a stick in the spoke. Pulled to the side of the road, went to life the bike up to look at it, and the rear wheel fell out.
Moral of all these stories- if you get a new rattle, stop and check quickly!
Information that would have been useful YESTERDAY!!!
I will never again wait for a convinient spot to pull off when I hear strange noises coming from the bike.
Sorry to hear about your crash. I hope you recover quickly.
Dr. Ronald Lederman is an orthopod right near me. He is an avid biker also. (248) 669-2000.
I deal with doctors every day as a worker’s compensation magistrate.
For shoulders, your best bet is one of the following:
Paul Schreck - he’s a grosse pointer, super nice guy, and an avid cyclist so he’ll know what you’re going through.
http://www.biomet.com/...amp;s=Michigan&f=
He rides on Saturdays with the BikeGP group
http://home.comcast.net/~bikegp/
Paul Shapiro - does nothing but shoulders. Does a ton of sports medicine with pro sports teams (his brother Jeff does nothing but knees)
http://www.shoulderandhand.com/
Jerome Ciullo - excellent shoulder guy - maybe the best - but has a long waiting list (for a reason)
http://www.healthgrades.com/...ullo-MD-6AFF7247.cfm
http://www.humankinetics.com/...m?isbn=9780873226516
I’m not going to dis Ronald Lederman. He’s good, too. But I’d feel more comfortable with any of these three because they specialize more with shoulders.
Good luck.
Thanks Eric. I was looking forward to going head to head with you some time this summer, but it looks like I will have to wait another year to get smoked by you! I hope to come and volunteer at a couple more events before the summer is out, good luck with defending your title!
WOW thanks!
I have an initial consult today with a Dr. Jeffery Zacharias - he was the on call doc for my ER visit so he had to get me in today. once I get a prognosis I’ll be sure to look up those guys.
Thanks again,
Peter
About 3 weeks ago I was talking to my friends about how ridiculous it was for NJ to propose a law that would ban the sale of bikes with quick release wheels that didn’t use some sort of supplemental restraining system for the wheel.
Last week, on the maiden voyage of my shiny new road bike, after pulling my front wheel up about a half an inch to clear a curb cut, I noticed my speed sensor was no longer working. I immediately pulled over to check out the spoke magnet. To my shock, noticed the quick release lever just dangling there and the fork basically just balancing awkwardly on top of the wheel axle about a cm higher than it should have been if everything were in the proper place. Sure enough, when I lifted up the front of the bike a smidge, the wheel falls off. Guess I just didn’t tighten the lever enough. Used the same tension I’ve always used with my old bike, but for whatever reason just didn’t cut it with my new bike. Maybe the fork was a bit more “springy”?
Karma - thankfully it didn’t feel the need to inflict physical pain and destroy my new ride. But quite a scary moment nonetheless. One more half inch wheelie and I would be right there with you.
Best in your recovery.
Brave of you to pose in a pink bathroom. Sorry to hear about your pain and suffering. Get well soon!
Sorry, man, that shoulder look fugly! The road rash will be a distant memory in two weeks, but the shoulder/clavicle is gonna be a many-month ordeal before it’s “good as new.”
I just had collarbone surgery two weeks ago, thanks to a high-speed crash that also broke two ribs. Doc said it looked like if you take a chicken bone and smash it with a hammer, then spread the pieces all around (I wish he would have compared it to the femur from a bull being hit by a mack truck, but I digress). Now I have a titanium plate and six screws holding my clavicle together. I was gonna do IM Louisville, but now that’s out. If you have to undergo surgery, you will be lucky to be back on track for Florida, but be optimistic!
Oh, another thought - did you check your fork out real well? Seems like if the wheel came off and you crashed, there may be some fork damage. Even a little crack in the carbon is bad news.
Best of luck to you in your recovery!
- Tom