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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
Hi there.
Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
The helmet gods have smiled on you. You must now state that your
helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 10:48*am, Big Jim wrote:
The helmet gods have smiled on you. *You must now state that your helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Hi there. Sometimes a helmet helps and other times it doesn't. I have read of accidents where two cyclist have gone down and the helmeted rider died whilst the unhelmeted rider walked away. In my particular case I know that the impact of my head with the road was very severe. Cheers from Peter |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 1:37*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Aug 5, 10:48*am, Big Jim wrote: The helmet gods have smiled on you. *You must now state that your helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Hi there. Sometimes a helmet helps and other times it doesn't. I have read of accidents where two cyclist have gone down and the helmeted rider died whilst the unhelmeted rider walked away. In my particular case I know that the impact of my head with the road was very severe. Cheers from Peter Since fewer than 1% of America's head injury fatalities are bike- related, it's time to start collecting such stories on the other 99%. We should publish them enthusiastically. Why, if only _one_ dog- walker could be saved... - Frank Krygowski |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 8:45*pm, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Aug 5, 1:37*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Aug 5, 10:48*am, Big Jim wrote: The helmet gods have smiled on you. *You must now state that your helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Hi there. Sometimes a helmet helps and other times it doesn't. I have read of accidents where two cyclist have gone down and the helmeted rider died whilst the unhelmeted rider walked away. In my particular case I know that the impact of my head with the road was very severe. Cheers from Peter Since fewer than 1% of America's head injury fatalities are bike- related, it's time to start collecting such stories on the other 99%. We should publish them enthusiastically. *Why, if only _one_ dog- walker could be saved... - Frank Krygowski Must be a long, long time since you last took a holiday from being a jerk, Franki. It shows. As does you peasant manners. Doesn't it even occur to you to congratulate Peter on his survival? Or to commiserate with his injuries? What a nasty piece of **** you are. Unsigned out of contempt |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 3:12*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Congratulations on your survival, Peter. I have no difficulty believing that your helmet very likely saved your life. That's the main thing. But, since the anti-helmet brigade have already turned a thread that should have been a celebration into a sewer, perhaps it is time sometime competent with the numbers took an interest; the last time I took an interest, I discovered Krygowski spouting gross inaccuracies about how safe bicycling is (he abused people for saying it wasn't safe, then *underestimated* how safe it is!). Even if the helmet saved you only a few scrapes on the face, right there the helmet earned its keep and repaid all the inconvenience of wearing a helmet for half a century; imagine if the "superficial" damage to your face was bad enough to require plastic surgery, or even just stitches. That, as you say, the helmet saved you from a damaging, possibly terminal bang on the temple is superb. I got blown off my bike by a freak gust of wind onto a hard road and was bruised from just above the knee to the shoulder. At first I was very ****ed off at the unsympathetic attitude of my physician but when I braced him with it, he said, 'Hey, you walked in here, didn't you?' He explained that he knew I didn't break a hip, which is very serious business. Laughter too is good medicine... Gesundheit! Besides the normal antibiotics, I find anti-inflammatories (Iboprufen is good) excellent for keeping the pain down, and a sleeping pill for the first night or two good for relaxing the sore muscles which promotes faster healing. Hope to see you riding again soon. Andre Jute Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live -- Mark Twain |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 4:54*pm, Andre Jute wrote:
On Aug 5, 3:12*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Congratulations on your survival, Peter. I have no difficulty believing that your helmet very likely saved your life. That's the main thing. But, since the anti-helmet brigade have already turned a thread that should have been a celebration into a sewer, perhaps it is time sometime competent with the numbers took an interest; the last time I took an interest, I discovered Krygowski spouting gross inaccuracies about how safe bicycling is (he abused people for saying it wasn't safe, then *underestimated* how safe it is!). Even if the helmet saved you only a few scrapes on the face, right there the helmet earned its keep and repaid all the inconvenience of wearing a helmet for half a century; imagine if the "superficial" damage to your face was bad enough to require plastic surgery, or even just stitches. That, as you say, the helmet saved you from a damaging, possibly terminal bang on the temple is superb. I got blown off my bike by a freak gust of wind onto a hard road and was bruised from just above the knee to the shoulder. At first I was very ****ed off at the unsympathetic attitude of my physician but when I braced him with it, he said, 'Hey, you walked in here, didn't you?' He explained that he knew I didn't break a hip, which is very serious business. Laughter too is good medicine... Gesundheit! Besides the normal antibiotics, I find anti-inflammatories (Iboprufen is good) excellent for keeping the pain down, and a sleeping pill for the first night or two good for relaxing the sore muscles which promotes faster healing. Hope to see you riding again soon. Andre Jute *Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live -- Mark Twain Hey there Andre. Thanks for the good wishes. If I had only struck my face I wouldn't have been so glad I had the helmet on. The area of my helmet that struck the payment was the section over my left *TEMPLE* not the face. Even had I not been wearing a helmet that temple still would have struck the payment just because of the sheer velocity of the fall and the force with which my helmeted head did strike the pavement. Yes, this was one time when a helmet was useful. There is no doubt that given the force of the impact that the blow to the temple would have been fatal to an unprotected head. I was bruised and scraped but was able to complete that section of the ride which was a 50 kilometers loop and I'm still able to ride. I have quite a high tolerance to pain. I have sleep disorders and thus am not allowed to take any sleep aids whatsoever as I'd most likely not wake up. Cheers from Peter |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:45:11 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote: On Aug 5, 1:37*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Aug 5, 10:48*am, Big Jim wrote: The helmet gods have smiled on you. *You must now state that your helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Hi there. Sometimes a helmet helps and other times it doesn't. I have read of accidents where two cyclist have gone down and the helmeted rider died whilst the unhelmeted rider walked away. In my particular case I know that the impact of my head with the road was very severe. Cheers from Peter Since fewer than 1% of America's head injury fatalities are bike- related, it's time to start collecting such stories on the other 99%. We should publish them enthusiastically. Why, if only _one_ dog- walker could be saved... - Frank Krygowski Dear Frank, No helmet, but somehow it seems important for bicyclists to see it: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1ba...mini-golf-fail Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 5:26*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:45:11 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Aug 5, 1:37*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Aug 5, 10:48*am, Big Jim wrote: The helmet gods have smiled on you. *You must now state that your helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is.. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Hi there. Sometimes a helmet helps and other times it doesn't. I have read of accidents where two cyclist have gone down and the helmeted rider died whilst the unhelmeted rider walked away. In my particular case I know that the impact of my head with the road was very severe. Cheers from Peter Since fewer than 1% of America's head injury fatalities are bike- related, it's time to start collecting such stories on the other 99%. We should publish them enthusiastically. *Why, if only _one_ dog- walker could be saved... - Frank Krygowski Dear Frank, No helmet, but somehow it seems important for bicyclists to see it: *http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1ba...mini-golf-fail His head of hair saved his life! - Frank Krygowski |
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Bicycle accident = glad i had my Helmet on this time
On Aug 5, 12:45*pm, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Aug 5, 1:37*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Aug 5, 10:48*am, Big Jim wrote: The helmet gods have smiled on you. *You must now state that your helmet saved your life at every opportunity On Aug 5, 10:12*am, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Hi there. Well, after over fifty years of bicycling I had an accident where my head struck the pavement. It was really weird; the front wheel went over some loose sand and then was deflected to theright by a raised straight-line section of asphalt. It was like the bicycle was thrown to the right. I landed on my right hip and upper rear shoulder. They both got scraped quite badly and the left elbow was also scraped a bit. The speed of the bicycle at the time was just over thirty-five kilometers per hour. The force of the impact had to be greater than that due to the way the bicycle went sideways thus giving more velocity to the downward speed of my upper body and head - much like the top of a vertical pencil does if you flick out the bottom of it with your finger. I was glad I was wearing my helmet on this ride because my head struck the pavement with a great deal of forced right where the temple is. Considering the speed and force of the impact onto the pavement there is no way that I could have prevented my bare head from hitting that pavement. One of the first things i learned in unarmed combat is that it does *NOT take much of a blow to the temple to cause death. There is absolutely *NO* way that the extra inch or so of space that I would have had without the helmet would have been sufficient to have allowed me to keep my head from severely impacting the asphalt right on my temple. Helmets can not protect from every type of impact but I truly believe that this time was one of the times when a helmet was beneficial. Cheers from Peter Hi there. Sometimes a helmet helps and other times it doesn't. I have read of accidents where two cyclist have gone down and the helmeted rider died whilst the unhelmeted rider walked away. In my particular case I know that the impact of my head with the road was very severe. Cheers from Peter Since fewer than 1% of America's head injury fatalities are bike- related, it's time to start collecting such stories on the other 99%. We should publish them enthusiastically. *Why, if only _one_ dog- walker could be saved... Screw the dog walkers. They're the people causing me grief -- but I guess that is the falacy of "mixed use" trails. -- Jay Beattie. |
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