WARNING
Just wanted to throw a word of caution out to all of us winter cyclists and commuters. On Monday my co-worker(Scott), who is also my 24hr mechanic/pit crew member went down on the ice a few miles from work and came away with a compound fracture of his lower leg. Thankfully he had his cell phone with him as the spot that he went down at wasn't the busiest of roads. What was creepy about this accident was that as I was also commuting into work, the rescue vehicles passed me on the road as they were heading to pick up Scott. After being hospitalized for the last three days he is due to head home tonight with a long four to six weeks of recovery ahead of him. The titanium rod is 30cm x 11mm in his leg and I doubt that it will make him a better or faster cyclist, but at least now his leg is a mix of bling and bone. Remember, it doesn't matter what level of cyclist you are to have something like this happen so quickly that you have no time to react before hitting the pavement. Pedal on...
JUST RIDE…
4 comments:
Recovery is painful in many aspects! I'm about 10.5 weeks into my elbow recovery after going down on the pavement and it has been rough with a long road yet to travel. I hope his recovery goes well!
Wow. Keeps me grounded. Winter riding is a sport in itself. I have slowly collected winter gear and specific bike parts over the years similar to the way I currently collect for enduro. I would have to say winter commuting is my most fun time of the year. Why? Because it is a rush. I have found my self sliding belly-up into the middle of 4-lane 1st Street Downtown. (In slow motion) I glance over my shoulder, phew!, no cars behind. Get up and do it again.
Scott,
Recover fast and get back on that bike. You will come back stronger. Don't weigh the front and stay upright in the turns.
Itz a war zone out there!!! In Duluth, have the guyz in cars want ya dead!!!
Charlie
expo racing,
"Crash" said it best: "You've got serious thrill issues dude!"
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