I Ate It On My Bicycle Today

[JimGinPA]

I wish I'd have had a helmet on. I've got about an inch & a half gash through my eyebrow, road rash down the right side of my face and more contusions, abrasions and sore parts than I care to think about. I guess the worst part is how clumsy I feel now. I hadn't wiped out on a bike since I was about 8.

[Hoyt]

1. Glad you are OK. That road rash can be really painful. I finally started wearing

a helmet, it saved me a couple of times. Hate to mention some of the clumsy stuff I've done on bicycles and even hiking.

[Warpy]

3. Yeah, it was always a rush to try to pick the gravel out before the poor bugger woke up

I started to wear a helmet in my early 30s after a friend wiped out drunk on his bicycle and helmet saved his drunk butt. He had a concussion but that hemet was split open against the curb. That would have been his skull without the helmet.

[Backwoodsrider]

2. hope nobody else saw the wreck because they probably wont let you forget it

I know this 1st hand.... glad you aren't hurt

[whistler162]

9. Here you go

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[MLAA]

4. Take care and hope all those sore parts heal quickly

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Ouch! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[Thor_MN]

6. Feel better.

Helmet might have helped, but it won't do much for a face plant.

Regardless, buy a helmet, one saved the life of a former coworker.

[panader0]

7. Road rash--

When I was a kid, about 16 (1966), we would skateboard when the waves
were small. I lived on Oahu and there are many steep streets. One was
nicknamed "Black Junction" because it was long and steep. The three of us went to
conquer it. Chuck made it down and I went next. Back and forth, side to side
until I was going too fast and had to just hang on as I sped down the road,
skateboard shaking. I made it. Then came Hubie. He got about half way down and
face-planted. We had to take him to the hospital (Tripler). He had road rash
all over the front of his body. Face, hands, chest, legs--ugly.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. So sorry!

Hope everything is superficial and you're back in the saddle soon!