Broke my fibula, damaged my pride and scratched my bike
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In response to SteelerSe's question and not wishing to high jack CAPPO's earlier thread..."yes"! Bike fell on me... Mostly.
My slow speed tumble at a roundabout in Spain (front wheel washed out underneath me) meant the bike fell directly on my lhs and then the back tyre got traction and span away. If I'd been going any quicker perhaps the bike would've accelerated away from underneath me and I could've jumped up immediately?
The Daytona boot took most of the bike's weight. Whether it was my imagination or not but I thought I heard the bone snap straight away. A Spanish man stopped traffic, righted the bike and helped me to the medical centre (top man). I eventually got to a hospital and was advised to get home and get operated on. The Spanisd medics were (all) exceptional.
My biggest damage (other than pride) was a severe whack to my rhs pectoral, so much so that I couldn't use crutches properly. The second thing is the ligament damage to the rhs of my ankle. If it was just the broken bone...I'd be up and about! The ankle has a plate and seven screws and is mending v quickly.
My bike had superficial damage and is now recovered and is being assessed. A friend rode the bike to a local KTM garage for safekeeping and said other than snapped pegs and broken plastics all appeared fine My insurers flew me home the next day and straight to local hospital A&E via ambulance. I stayed in that night and was operated on the next day. The initial analysis was to send me home! My other insurer paid out on kit damage.
I've been mainly bed ridden and wearing a massive orthopaedic boot, given ankle damage and surgeon insisting on no weight bearing. I'm more than fed up at not being on the bike or out in the sunshine or able to fly (DVT threat) and missing the family holiday! This year I've been able to do a Wales trip, Le Mans and was supposed to be in Austria and was planning another Spanish trip! Oh well.
My wife and kids are ready to burn the bike when it comes back!
No idea why I fell given ideal conditions, (this is my second Multistrada), hot tyres and as I lay on the roadside I could not see gravel or diesel.
Anyway...here's a picture of my amazing crutch (iWalk 2.0) at the shops shortly before my daughter ran away from embarrassment.
My advice is keep smiling always, ride quicker and wear bigger boots.
Toot toot.
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My slow speed tumble at a roundabout in Spain (front wheel washed out underneath me) meant the bike fell directly on my lhs and then the back tyre got traction and span away. If I'd been going any quicker perhaps the bike would've accelerated away from underneath me and I could've jumped up immediately?
The Daytona boot took most of the bike's weight. Whether it was my imagination or not but I thought I heard the bone snap straight away. A Spanish man stopped traffic, righted the bike and helped me to the medical centre (top man). I eventually got to a hospital and was advised to get home and get operated on. The Spanisd medics were (all) exceptional.
My biggest damage (other than pride) was a severe whack to my rhs pectoral, so much so that I couldn't use crutches properly. The second thing is the ligament damage to the rhs of my ankle. If it was just the broken bone...I'd be up and about! The ankle has a plate and seven screws and is mending v quickly.
My bike had superficial damage and is now recovered and is being assessed. A friend rode the bike to a local KTM garage for safekeeping and said other than snapped pegs and broken plastics all appeared fine My insurers flew me home the next day and straight to local hospital A&E via ambulance. I stayed in that night and was operated on the next day. The initial analysis was to send me home! My other insurer paid out on kit damage.
I've been mainly bed ridden and wearing a massive orthopaedic boot, given ankle damage and surgeon insisting on no weight bearing. I'm more than fed up at not being on the bike or out in the sunshine or able to fly (DVT threat) and missing the family holiday! This year I've been able to do a Wales trip, Le Mans and was supposed to be in Austria and was planning another Spanish trip! Oh well.
My wife and kids are ready to burn the bike when it comes back!
No idea why I fell given ideal conditions, (this is my second Multistrada), hot tyres and as I lay on the roadside I could not see gravel or diesel.
Anyway...here's a picture of my amazing crutch (iWalk 2.0) at the shops shortly before my daughter ran away from embarrassment.
My advice is keep smiling always, ride quicker and wear bigger boots.
Toot toot.
redblade said:
In response to SteelerSe's question and not wishing to high jack CAPPO's earlier thread..."yes"! Bike fell on me... Mostly.
My slow speed tumble at a roundabout in Spain (front wheel washed out underneath me) meant the bike fell directly on my lhs and then the back tyre got traction and span away. If I'd been going any quicker perhaps the bike would've accelerated away from underneath me and I could've jumped up immediately?
The Daytona boot took most of the bike's weight. Whether it was my imagination or not but I thought I heard the bone snap straight away. A Spanish man stopped traffic, righted the bike and helped me to the medical centre (top man). I eventually got to a hospital and was advised to get home and get operated on. The Spanisd medics were (all) exceptional.
My biggest damage (other than pride) was a severe whack to my rhs pectoral, so much so that I couldn't use crutches properly. The second thing is the ligament damage to the rhs of my ankle. If it was just the broken bone...I'd be up and about! The ankle has a plate and seven screws and is mending v quickly.
My bike had superficial damage and is now recovered and is being assessed. A friend rode the bike to a local KTM garage for safekeeping and said other than snapped pegs and broken plastics all appeared fine My insurers flew me home the next day and straight to local hospital A&E via ambulance. I stayed in that night and was operated on the next day. The initial analysis was to send me home! My other insurer paid out on kit damage.
I've been mainly bed ridden and wearing a massive orthopaedic boot, given ankle damage and surgeon insisting on no weight bearing. I'm more than fed up at not being on the bike or out in the sunshine or able to fly (DVT threat) and missing the family holiday! This year I've been able to do a Wales trip, Le Mans and was supposed to be in Austria and was planning another Spanish trip! Oh well.
My wife and kids are ready to burn the bike when it comes back!
No idea why I fell given ideal conditions, (this is my second Multistrada), hot tyres and as I lay on the roadside I could not see gravel or diesel.
Anyway...here's a picture of my amazing crutch (iWalk 2.0) at the shops shortly before my daughter ran away from embarrassment.
My advice is keep smiling always, ride quicker and wear bigger boots.
Toot toot.
Oh noes! Sorry to read/hear this. Lesson of the day for me, good job you were wearing decent boots. My slow speed tumble at a roundabout in Spain (front wheel washed out underneath me) meant the bike fell directly on my lhs and then the back tyre got traction and span away. If I'd been going any quicker perhaps the bike would've accelerated away from underneath me and I could've jumped up immediately?
The Daytona boot took most of the bike's weight. Whether it was my imagination or not but I thought I heard the bone snap straight away. A Spanish man stopped traffic, righted the bike and helped me to the medical centre (top man). I eventually got to a hospital and was advised to get home and get operated on. The Spanisd medics were (all) exceptional.
My biggest damage (other than pride) was a severe whack to my rhs pectoral, so much so that I couldn't use crutches properly. The second thing is the ligament damage to the rhs of my ankle. If it was just the broken bone...I'd be up and about! The ankle has a plate and seven screws and is mending v quickly.
My bike had superficial damage and is now recovered and is being assessed. A friend rode the bike to a local KTM garage for safekeeping and said other than snapped pegs and broken plastics all appeared fine My insurers flew me home the next day and straight to local hospital A&E via ambulance. I stayed in that night and was operated on the next day. The initial analysis was to send me home! My other insurer paid out on kit damage.
I've been mainly bed ridden and wearing a massive orthopaedic boot, given ankle damage and surgeon insisting on no weight bearing. I'm more than fed up at not being on the bike or out in the sunshine or able to fly (DVT threat) and missing the family holiday! This year I've been able to do a Wales trip, Le Mans and was supposed to be in Austria and was planning another Spanish trip! Oh well.
My wife and kids are ready to burn the bike when it comes back!
No idea why I fell given ideal conditions, (this is my second Multistrada), hot tyres and as I lay on the roadside I could not see gravel or diesel.
Anyway...here's a picture of my amazing crutch (iWalk 2.0) at the shops shortly before my daughter ran away from embarrassment.
My advice is keep smiling always, ride quicker and wear bigger boots.
Toot toot.
Thanks all. I'm sure others have had worse but still frustrating and boring.
Tango13...love that idea. I will ask but thought they're a bit strict these days on bits of stuff that's been in your body coming home with you re infection (even after cleaning) but you still look in one piece and healthy!!!
SteelerSE...My employer provide travel insurance as an employee benefits option. I paid for the year for the family (cannot recall amount). I think it's Chubb?
Back to physio...and arranging a safe house for the return of the Ducati that's honestly still in Spain NOT at the UK workshop, probably won't be coming back and I'm not sure why I've got a new lid and have deleted my browser history of new Dainese textile jackets.
Toot toot
PS did I I mention I was bored, I'm also in danger of breaking my ratio of 1 post per month since joining.
Tango13...love that idea. I will ask but thought they're a bit strict these days on bits of stuff that's been in your body coming home with you re infection (even after cleaning) but you still look in one piece and healthy!!!
SteelerSE...My employer provide travel insurance as an employee benefits option. I paid for the year for the family (cannot recall amount). I think it's Chubb?
Back to physio...and arranging a safe house for the return of the Ducati that's honestly still in Spain NOT at the UK workshop, probably won't be coming back and I'm not sure why I've got a new lid and have deleted my browser history of new Dainese textile jackets.
Toot toot
PS did I I mention I was bored, I'm also in danger of breaking my ratio of 1 post per month since joining.
I don't trust tarmac in Spain.
I went to Jerez last year for the GPlegends meeting and rode from France. Once we got SW of the centre of Spain the roads were worrying. They looked alright but grip was a gamble. The dodgy ones tended to be on roundabouts and the surface had a shiny look to it. I had both wheels go on one roundabout at fairly modest speed and pulled over to check if I had oil on the tyres. I had a camera on at the time and looking at the video it's surprising I didn't throw it down the road. My mate that was following behind didn't see what happened and made it through the roundabout (different line I guess) without issue. Unfortunately for him he didn't stop where I was parked up looking at my tyres, and turned around further down the road. Instead of pulling across to me he decided to go back around the roundabout to reach me. Second time not so lucky. He did throw it down the road.
When we got to Jerez, the trips to and from the circuit had road surfaces much the same. That glossy look about them and slippery as hell, a modicum of throttle would have the rear spinning up coming off roundabouts. I was nervous all week until we got back into France.
I went to Jerez last year for the GPlegends meeting and rode from France. Once we got SW of the centre of Spain the roads were worrying. They looked alright but grip was a gamble. The dodgy ones tended to be on roundabouts and the surface had a shiny look to it. I had both wheels go on one roundabout at fairly modest speed and pulled over to check if I had oil on the tyres. I had a camera on at the time and looking at the video it's surprising I didn't throw it down the road. My mate that was following behind didn't see what happened and made it through the roundabout (different line I guess) without issue. Unfortunately for him he didn't stop where I was parked up looking at my tyres, and turned around further down the road. Instead of pulling across to me he decided to go back around the roundabout to reach me. Second time not so lucky. He did throw it down the road.
When we got to Jerez, the trips to and from the circuit had road surfaces much the same. That glossy look about them and slippery as hell, a modicum of throttle would have the rear spinning up coming off roundabouts. I was nervous all week until we got back into France.
cmaguire said:
I don't trust tarmac in Spain.
I went to Jerez last year for the GPlegends meeting and rode from France. Once we got SW of the centre of Spain the roads were worrying. They looked alright but grip was a gamble. The dodgy ones tended to be on roundabouts and the surface had a shiny look to it. I had both wheels go on one roundabout at fairly modest speed and pulled over to check if I had oil on the tyres. I had a camera on at the time and looking at the video it's surprising I didn't throw it down the road. My mate that was following behind didn't see what happened and made it through the roundabout (different line I guess) without issue. Unfortunately for him he didn't stop where I was parked up looking at my tyres, and turned around further down the road. Instead of pulling across to me he decided to go back around the roundabout to reach me. Second time not so lucky. He did throw it down the road.
When we got to Jerez, the trips to and from the circuit had road surfaces much the same. That glossy look about them and slippery as hell, a modicum of throttle would have the rear spinning up coming off roundabouts. I was nervous all week until we got back into France.
Did a euro tour with some mates round Spain/Portugal around 5 years ago now - we came across similar issues on a baking hot dry day where fully up to road temp tyres slid on a number of spanish roads/roundabouts - again we were at touring brisk speeds so no one came off luckily but it happened to me personally and I wasn't expecting it so it s**t me up a bit. In all cases tyres were correct pressures, nothing on the tread/road surface etc. I forget exactly where but sure middle/south springs to mind.I went to Jerez last year for the GPlegends meeting and rode from France. Once we got SW of the centre of Spain the roads were worrying. They looked alright but grip was a gamble. The dodgy ones tended to be on roundabouts and the surface had a shiny look to it. I had both wheels go on one roundabout at fairly modest speed and pulled over to check if I had oil on the tyres. I had a camera on at the time and looking at the video it's surprising I didn't throw it down the road. My mate that was following behind didn't see what happened and made it through the roundabout (different line I guess) without issue. Unfortunately for him he didn't stop where I was parked up looking at my tyres, and turned around further down the road. Instead of pulling across to me he decided to go back around the roundabout to reach me. Second time not so lucky. He did throw it down the road.
When we got to Jerez, the trips to and from the circuit had road surfaces much the same. That glossy look about them and slippery as hell, a modicum of throttle would have the rear spinning up coming off roundabouts. I was nervous all week until we got back into France.
sjtscott said:
cmaguire said:
I don't trust tarmac in Spain.
I went to Jerez last year for the GPlegends meeting and rode from France. Once we got SW of the centre of Spain the roads were worrying. They looked alright but grip was a gamble. The dodgy ones tended to be on roundabouts and the surface had a shiny look to it. I had both wheels go on one roundabout at fairly modest speed and pulled over to check if I had oil on the tyres. I had a camera on at the time and looking at the video it's surprising I didn't throw it down the road. My mate that was following behind didn't see what happened and made it through the roundabout (different line I guess) without issue. Unfortunately for him he didn't stop where I was parked up looking at my tyres, and turned around further down the road. Instead of pulling across to me he decided to go back around the roundabout to reach me. Second time not so lucky. He did throw it down the road.
When we got to Jerez, the trips to and from the circuit had road surfaces much the same. That glossy look about them and slippery as hell, a modicum of throttle would have the rear spinning up coming off roundabouts. I was nervous all week until we got back into France.
Did a euro tour with some mates round Spain/Portugal around 5 years ago now - we came across similar issues on a baking hot dry day where fully up to road temp tyres slid on a number of spanish roads/roundabouts - again we were at touring brisk speeds so no one came off luckily but it happened to me personally and I wasn't expecting it so it s**t me up a bit. In all cases tyres were correct pressures, nothing on the tread/road surface etc. I forget exactly where but sure middle/south springs to mind.I went to Jerez last year for the GPlegends meeting and rode from France. Once we got SW of the centre of Spain the roads were worrying. They looked alright but grip was a gamble. The dodgy ones tended to be on roundabouts and the surface had a shiny look to it. I had both wheels go on one roundabout at fairly modest speed and pulled over to check if I had oil on the tyres. I had a camera on at the time and looking at the video it's surprising I didn't throw it down the road. My mate that was following behind didn't see what happened and made it through the roundabout (different line I guess) without issue. Unfortunately for him he didn't stop where I was parked up looking at my tyres, and turned around further down the road. Instead of pulling across to me he decided to go back around the roundabout to reach me. Second time not so lucky. He did throw it down the road.
When we got to Jerez, the trips to and from the circuit had road surfaces much the same. That glossy look about them and slippery as hell, a modicum of throttle would have the rear spinning up coming off roundabouts. I was nervous all week until we got back into France.
We complain a lot about UK roads not being great and they are often riddled with potholes, but rarely has the Tarmac been compressed in the heat and heavy use to make it offer zero grip.
Having said that, a relaxed riding style and not putting too much pressure on the front will make this go away with ease.
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