Stupid cycling injuries
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Can't think of any stupid ones.
Plenty of painful ones, though... nearly all caused in crashes.
The SPD remarks hold true for LOOK style cleats, too.
Even though they SAY that the red cleats are for beginners, the extra 5° to twist out takes too long to save yourself from.... ouch!
Just go straight to the black cleats. They're better. And safer!
Plenty of painful ones, though... nearly all caused in crashes.
The SPD remarks hold true for LOOK style cleats, too.
Even though they SAY that the red cleats are for beginners, the extra 5° to twist out takes too long to save yourself from.... ouch!
Just go straight to the black cleats. They're better. And safer!
1. Not me but an old Army chum who was taking his SLR (quite a long rifle) back to the armoury, he had it slung across his back, and he decided to cycle through a narrow gate opening, resulting in him lying flat on his back winded, with a bent shooter.
2. I was about 15 and was bombing along on my old drop handlebar bike, when the entire right hand side of the handlebar snapped off, throwing my straight onto the road.
I had fallen off loads of times before and just bent the bars back into shape, and in my youthful stupidity didn't factor in metal fatigue in aluminium.
2. I was about 15 and was bombing along on my old drop handlebar bike, when the entire right hand side of the handlebar snapped off, throwing my straight onto the road.
I had fallen off loads of times before and just bent the bars back into shape, and in my youthful stupidity didn't factor in metal fatigue in aluminium.
Got to the final of the Sky Ride like a Pro event in 2014 which was a time trial on a closed circuit. First little section was technical before getting out onto the main course. Nailed the technical section, and massively underestimated the cross wind, getting onto the main circuit and front just got caught completely and washed out with me sliding across the circuit. Managed to get back on eventually after reseating chain, thinking I had thrown it away. Managed to finish 3rd overall and beat the nearest guy by 0.04 of a second and won a trip to Majorca!
Had road rash for about 4 weeks on my hands, elbow and legs, still slightly odd coloured skin to this day.
Had road rash for about 4 weeks on my hands, elbow and legs, still slightly odd coloured skin to this day.
Went to Dalby alone back in August 2014, well on my way around the red route when I somehow lost track of the waymarkers. Slightly concerned I bumbled about until picking up a route which I hoped would eventually lead me back on course. Previously to my visit I'd had a dropper stem on the bike which had had to be replaced with the original rigid post due to it no longer working and so the seat was quite high up. Anyway I approached a section of the trail where the black run I was on, crossed the red run, a good place I thought to stop and take stock of where I was. Unfortunately, the combination of height of the seat (which I'd been raising and lowering manually as and when) and the slight rocky incline I was on caught me out and launched me down the foot or so drop on to the red path, my left arm out to break my fall, trapped under the front of the seat, shattering the end of my radius. Ride over. After eventually flagging down a couple of other riders (who had to ride off to find phone signal), they called me an ambulance and I was whisked off to Scarborough General. I am now the proud owner of a titanium elbow joint, a permanently bent arm and a reduced ability to count out change from my left hand in shops.
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