Ouch

Well, I had an unplanned dismount this morning, doing some trail riding,
other then a sore neck and a big scrape on my noggin, and feeling sore
all over at this point, I think everything is okay. I did a nice first
class face plant. Considering that they are generally forecasting rain
or snow all week, and the pre-christmas rush is occuring everywhere, I
think the season is done at this point. The bike needs the bars
re-aligned, and the front wheel trued up, and a general check up. I
think I will need a new visor for the helmet, the old one broke when it
came off.

So what happened, well you see it was muddy, and going down a bit of a
hill, the back wheel slid out, and down I went. After running through
my entire collection of expletives, which I don't use much any more, I
sat up, then after running through a check of everything, got up, back
onto the bike, and rode on, back to the trail-head.

Since the season around here is pretty much ended, I will likely take
the bike to the shop some time over the winter to give them time to
check everything, and do a couple of things I would like done (wheels
trued, bars readjusted, bottom bracket lubed, new brake pads, etc).

W

"The Wogster" wrote: (clip) So what happened, well you see it was muddy,
and going down a bit of a hill, the back wheel slid out, and down I went.
(click)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I sure hope all the sore spots fade quickly--that nothing emerges needing
medical attention. It must have been nore than a BIT of a hill. Can you
reconstruct what happened? This is usually caused by locking the rear
wheel.

Glad you weren't seriusly hurt.

Cheers, helen s

The Wogster wrote:
Well, I had an unplanned dismount this morning, doing some trail
riding, other then a sore neck and a big scrape on my noggin, and
feeling sore all over at this point {snip}

I did an "epic" mountain bike ride yesterday after road only for quite a
while, and also did an unexpected, rapid geological survey. Came down hard
right on a large rock (thankfully fairly round); back left ribcage is black
& blue (and stiff & sore). My once-decent skillz be rusty...

Bill "too old to get away with this stuff" S.

In article ,
"Bill Sornson" wrote:

The Wogster wrote:
Well, I had an unplanned dismount this morning, doing some trail
riding, other then a sore neck and a big scrape on my noggin, and
feeling sore all over at this point {snip}

I did an "epic" mountain bike ride yesterday after road only for quite a
while, and also did an unexpected, rapid geological survey. Came down hard
right on a large rock (thankfully fairly round); back left ribcage is black
& blue (and stiff & sore). My once-decent skillz be rusty...

Bill "too old to get away with this stuff" S.

I did a nice GERSPLAT! earlier this month.

Rode through a warp in the space - time continum (sp?), came out the
other side backwards and smacked myself in the arse.

" You should have seen me bounce!"
Frank Sinatra as Maggio in From Here to Eternity

"I'm getting to old for this sh*t!"
Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon IV


HAND
stay upright!

Leo Lichtman wrote:
"The Wogster" wrote: (clip) So what happened, well you see it was muddy,
and going down a bit of a hill, the back wheel slid out, and down I went.
(click)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I sure hope all the sore spots fade quickly--that nothing emerges needing
medical attention. It must have been nore than a BIT of a hill. Can you
reconstruct what happened? This is usually caused by locking the rear
wheel.


It actually wasn't that big, and my brother-in-law had just gone past
that point, not 100% sure what happened, and nobody was behid me, to
tell me what they saw...... My wife's uncle is a chiropractor, and he
took a look at things, said nothing appears broken, he did a normal
treatment on my neck and told me to take it easy for a day or two.

W