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Bicyclette
09-27-2006, 02:55 AM
So - I've fallen once again - and am waiting for my husband to get home to take me to the ER - I couldn't get clipped out in time and went down - something caught the back of my leg ( below the calf) and laid it open pretty good - so now I have my first real battle scar :D

Think I'll go for a ride when I get home to celebrate!! :D
pooks
09-27-2006, 04:56 AM
OUCH!!!

And after that celebration ride, drink a nice strong "something" to take off the edge!
KnottedYet
09-27-2006, 06:11 AM
Congratulations?

Remember: scars are tattoos with better stories. (I saw that on a t-shirt)

We should start a "Show us your biking scars" thread. Bike-related surgery scars would count.
Bicyclette
09-27-2006, 07:00 AM
And after that celebration ride, drink a nice strong "something" to take off the edge!

Good idea!


We should start a "Show us your biking scars" thread. Bike-related surgery scars would count.

You go first :D

Well - 8 stitches later - came home - and went right back into battle - took the bike out for a test run with her new Continental Gatorskins... WOW!!! What a difference - I went from 700x35 to 700x25 - I think I'm going to like these :D
KnottedYet
09-27-2006, 07:04 AM
I just did! It's in the Open Topic - cycling related!

Post those scars!
BleeckerSt_Girl
09-27-2006, 08:33 AM
Yikes. I know lots of you on the forum love using clipless, and they seem like they'd be pretty necessary for racing or competing, but....every day that goes by on this forum, I get more and more glad that I use PowerGrip straps instead of clipless! :cool: I can always count on my foot coming out when I turn my ankle and withdraw it. For myself, I can't imagine using clipless in high traffic with frequent unexpected stop & start situations.
Very sorry to hear about your gash! Hope you heal soon. And I hope you don't fall anymore! :o
CyclChyk
09-27-2006, 02:06 PM
WOW 8 stitches!!! you got me beat by a mile!

I'll let you have this win tho...... I kinda think if I never fall again it will be a-o-k with me!!

Glad you are ok and back in the saddle!! Was your bike hurt at all??
Bicyclette
09-27-2006, 10:36 PM
...... I kinda think if I never fall again it will be a-o-k with me!!

Glad you are ok and back in the saddle!! Was your bike hurt at all??

Yeah - you and me both CyclChyk!! :D

The bike is fine - it suffered more damage from the wash I gave it over the week-end than this!! :rolleyes: