Show us your biking scars! [Archive] - Women's Cycling Discussion Forums

mimitabby

09-27-2006, 06:35 AM

riding with my husband and two sons about 10 years ago. They all took a sharp turn over rough pavement on spokane street under the bridge. I followed and somehow i disconnected from my bike. I did a dive roll and landed on my ribs! crack!!!!

After I caught my breath, DH said he could go home and call a cab or I could go home with them. (this was before cell phones) so I got back on my bike and rode the last 5 miles...

That night, my ribs sprung. OOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

it was so much worse after that.

No photos, sorry.

GLC1968

09-27-2006, 06:36 AM

The only one I have so far is not in a location that I can safely photograph! :eek:

The only true scar I have so far (from biking...I've got some doozies from the treadmill, rock climbing and bartending!!) is on my torso right between my boobs. I cut myself with my own fingernail while trying to get my HRM chest strap to send a signal to my bike computer about a year ago. For whatever reason, it never healed right and there is a little white scar there now. :p How utterly un-glamourous, huh?!

limewave

09-27-2006, 07:38 AM

GLC--that's funny :)

I have a gash across my knee from mountain biking. I came around a bend into a steep, sandy climb. "I think I can, I think I can, Maybe I can . . . " I uttered as I cranked my legs around, and then 'thwop'--My front wheel jarred into a tall root. I managed to unclip my left foot, then fell to the right--right onto a tree stump.

Of course I didn't have a first aid kit with me. Blood dripped down my leg for most of the ride until I fell into a sandpit. That clogged it up pretty good.

DebW

09-27-2006, 07:41 AM

My right collarbone looks wonky because the bone grew back together with an overlap after my one and only cycling accident. Not sure I want to post a pic of that. I do have the x-rays though, when the bone was in 4 pieces. Maybe I could scan the x-ray...

I've got other scars from Earth Day 1975, glissading down Mt. Ranier in 1982, and a stupid game of photon ball on a winter campout a few years ago. Also a surgery scar by the left eyebrow to fix my broken xygomatic arch (table saw accident). I think I used to have some chainring gouges that got grease in the cuts and remained visible for years but can't find them any more, so they must have faded away.

Bicyclette

09-27-2006, 07:57 AM

Mine hasn't reached scar status yet - it's still in the fresh wound category - too gross to post a pic of ;)

DeniseGoldberg

09-27-2006, 09:02 AM

My first memorable biking scar was from my first self-supported tour. It's really dumb to try an catch a loaded touring bike when it decides to fall over. I was just about to get back on my bike after a short rest stop. I grabbed the bike to move it away from the tree it was resting against, and it moved away from the tree but then decided to fall. Dummy here tried to stabilize the bike instead of letting it land on its side (on the panniers, there would have been no damage to the bike!). Instead, the chaing ring put a long and deep gouge into my leg. Ouch! That mark stayed for quite a while, but it eventually disappeared.

My other biking scars are still with me, although they are definitely smaller and more faded than they were originally. They are from my stellar crash (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/denise2004crash) back in 2004. Pictures? If you want to see a healing progression, there are photos in this gallery (http://denise.smugmug.com/gallery/280177). Note to self: it's not a good idea to flip a bike over and land on your head.

--- Denise

BleeckerSt_Girl

09-27-2006, 09:09 AM

Mine hasn't reached scar status yet - it's still in the fresh wound category - too gross to post a pic of ;)

Did you need stitches? :(

Bicyclette

09-27-2006, 09:15 AM

Lisa -

Unfortunately - yes - 8 of the little suckers in fact - but I am none the worse for wear and now I have my first cycling battle scar :D - gotta love it!! I will conquer those freakin' clipless pedals if it kills me!!!

xeney

09-27-2006, 11:03 AM

I have a couple. I have three parallel lines on my right shin from a fall I took last year when I rode over some wet leaves and my bike slid out from under me -- I think I must have landed on the pedal. I should have had stitches for that because it took forever to heal and it left a pretty bad scar. I normally don't care about scars and wounds and looking pretty, but it happened right before our "wedding" (the party we threw five months after we got married), and it was still a little bloody and gross on the day of the party, and it showed below my knee-length dress. My niece gave me some princess bandaids to put over it, but it was still not the look I was going for!

My knees have a bunch of little scars from a mountain biking trip we took right around the same time. I fell constantly that day and I kept managing to find rocks with my knee. My right knee has had a big lump on it ever since, and that was over a year ago. I also now have a purple spot on the inside of that same knee, from falling with my clipless pedals. Those are more noticeable than the actual scars.

velocilex

09-27-2006, 11:31 AM

I ripped up my right knee good and proper thirty years ago. One summer day, 10-year old me and my best friend were riding our bikes around the neighborhood, heading home to grab our towels and go to the pool. As we passed the basketball court, I spotted my big brother sitting on top of a 12-foot fence-- something he was forbidden to do. I hollered, "I'll laugh if you fall and break your neck!" Then I went home, grabbed my towel, and sassed my older sister (who was in charge of my brother and I while our mom was at work). I hopped back on my bike and charged down the driveway-- the steepest one in the neighborhood-- smarting off to my sister on the porch the whole way.

When I got to the street, she yelled something and I turned around to say, "What? I can't hear you! Neener!" Big mistake. The neighbors across the street had their 1969 Mustang -- you know, the kind with the big round, glass headlights?-- parked on the road facing the wrong way. The next thing I know, there was a crash and I just stopped because I hit something. I laughed and then looked down to see that I had put my knee right through the headlight. :eek: Then I cried. It took ten stitches to sew up the right side of my knee and the left side had to be scrubbed with a little brush to get all the glass out. My poor sister fainted and wet her pants as they were stitching me up. I think I thoroughly deserved what I got for being such a brat! I call it my scarma episode.
http://www.hollyism.com/knee.jpg

margo49

09-27-2006, 11:38 AM

1968 - broke left arm when I fell off on the way home from school trying to ride cross-hands (left hand on right handlebar and vice versa)
1977 - cracked ribs after falling off in a black frost on a sharp corner after descending (Tinakori Rd for those who know Wellington, NZ)
1982 - broken nose while messenger-ing in London (Soho Square). Raccoon face for 3 weeks in an English winter. Permanent kink. (See below)
1985 - tore up entire right forearm and nearly dislocated shoulder in Brisbane (The road to the University) when a milko opened his truck door as I was approaching at speed.Total endo with no helmet. Was I lucky!!
1996 - mastectomy ( cycle related, just not bi-cyle cycle) ;)
2003 - compound crush fracture of upper right arm and network of scars on inner elbow and a long surgical one (22 cm = 9") where they did the reconstructive metallica (2 plates and 12 screws) but that was a tractor
2006 - the nose broken again when I fell off on an agricultural trail. Straightened out the permanent kink mentioned above.
Also a scar on left knee and 2 not-healed-straight fingers (left hand)

Great idea for a thread!

light_sabe_r

09-27-2006, 12:08 PM

Mine aren't pokey outty kinda scars just discolourations... Right leg and knee and right elbow where I hit the pavement three months ago.

ClockworkOrange

09-27-2006, 12:11 PM

Hi Knotted

Good thread, if u want advice on putting up pics just PM me and I'll try and help.

Some of you guys have done some really nasty stuff.

2003 March - Skidded on some oil or something while cycling along an underpass (where I should not have been riding), swerved to avoid a group of youngsters and hit the deck. Just badly bruised my leg, not a pretty sight!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/Missbe/Igottheblues.jpg

2004 October - Cycling home in the dark, misjudged a dropped kerb and fell off, two fractures in wrist, one a scaphoid fracture.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/Missbe/Bustedwrist.jpg

Unfortunately, after each accident, it really has taken me a long while to get my confidence back. :(

Sally

jobob

09-27-2006, 12:44 PM

My two front top teeth are shorter than they were before I hit the back of a station wagon, went over the handlebars and landed face-first on the rear door. :p

It happened when I was around 15, riding back home with my friend Linda from tennis lessons across town . I had looked back to say something to her and didn't notice the car in front of me had stopped.

I wound up with a lovely inverted V-shaped chip on the bottom of my 2 front teeth so my dentist filed away at the bottoms so that the chip wasn't so noticeable. It doesn't look too weird anymore.

bikerchick68

09-27-2006, 01:25 PM

ummmmm... can't post my pic either due to location... minor compared to some of yours :eek: but mine is about 2 inches long and the result of surgery in July and another in late Aug for sebacious cyst removal... saddle was rubbing them... ow.

Hoping to ride for the first time THIS weekend... fingers crossed. I'm strangely nervous and in some trepidation about performance... sigh...hoping I can still ride 20 miles without too much suffering. Hills... well, those are gonna have to wait for now til I find my legs again.

7rider

09-27-2006, 03:29 PM

Here's are some pictures that is are a 2-for-1 special!
Sorry they're so small, but I had to load the "email sized" as the regular setting on the camera is too large and I don't have a program on this p.c. that I can figure out how to use to re-size pictures!
First scar is the small, roundish dot in the middle of my knee of the first picture. That was the bolt from the front wheel of my old neighbor Scott Cleary's bike. He and I were playing "Chicken" on our bikes..and neither of us chickened out! We crashed head-on and that was my proof that I'm no chicken! :rolleyes: At least I wasn't when I was, oh, about 10 when this happened.
Second, long scar was from surgery. In 1997 I was chasing my ex (not-so-affectionately known as @sshole!) down a railtrail, of all things. Managed to launch myself into the air and into a tree at a shallow angle. Bike stopped dead against said tree, and I continued head first, straight down the trail.
In ripping my feet from the clipless pedals, I tore my lateral collateral ligament and medial meniscus. Damaged, but did not totally destroy, my ACL too.
So the long scar and slightly deformed thigh come from them taking a tendon from my hamstrings and rebuilding my LCL.

Xrayted

10-22-2006, 09:17 PM

Well, this is a thread I can unfortunately relate to. Do motorcycle crashes count? :o Actually, I've previously been IM'd about this subject since I've alluded to some scars I've acquired over the years. It was a kind, caring inquiry and I appreciate the concern. ;) I know it took me a while to do this. Some sides of me are just harder for me to show. But thanks!

OK. This happened in 1991 when I was 21. While riding my Harley, I was hit by a car and pretty much lost the entire day of memory. I woke up with the cycle on top of me and the pipes burning into my calf. I was missing about 3" of tibia that never resurfaced. I'm only about 3/4" short now. I ripped off my heel when it went through the trans cover so they reattached that too.
I think I had 9 surgeries total. (so far :( ) Bone grafts, skin grafts, lots of hardware, daily debridement for months, stim treatment 10 hours a day for a year. I was in casts for 2 1/2 years and then it took me about a year to learn to walk and lose most of my limp. Getting my ankle to move was the hardest b/c my achilles was totally shot. Lost the soleus muscle and most of the gastrocnemius. (sp?) I ended up teaching other muscles to compensate.
These are just from the knee down. I've got some more scars higher up from skin graft and bone graft donor sites. They don't show up too well though.
It kinda presents a problem going up hills b/c it still doesn't pull it's own weight yet. But it's getting there. Cycling has really helped my lower leg strength and coordination a lot. Well, here goes. (just breathe...)

Kitsune06

10-22-2006, 09:22 PM

oh, wow, X. And you're still a cyclist (but I take it not a motorcyclist...) My hat and helmet are off to you, for picking up and continuing, healing and kicking as$. You go, girl.

HipGnosis6

10-23-2006, 04:20 AM

I have the MRSA spot from the last accident.... it's smallish but fairly gory yet. It's like.... a 2x3 cm spot where I simply don't have any skin, surrounded by what looks like a large bruise. It's ugly and WILL leave a scar. Hopefully with the debridement and meticulous care it won't be too bad, though.

Velobambina

10-23-2006, 05:10 AM

X---Your photos are just incredible. You must be a very strong lady! Keep biking!!

BeeLady

10-24-2006, 06:52 AM

My only scar so far is about 2 inches long down my knee. I was about 10 and had someone on my handle bars so when we went down we went down hard. Thats was in the old days before people ran to the doctor for stitches or tape or whatever just due to childhood accidents. Matches my ankle scar from riding bareback along a barbed wire fence (horse).

Anyway, mine are minor. I vote that Margo wins for most scars/accidents and Xrayted for nicest toe nail polish.

KnottedYet

10-24-2006, 07:17 AM

That's some nice nail polish there, Xrayted!

And I would say, fascinating leg, but that's the healthcare provider in me talking. The TE'r in me says, "Wow, X, you are amazing!"

(but I still wish I could play with your leg a little. Very cool that you compensate and very very cool that you ride.)

spokewench

10-24-2006, 08:57 AM

:)
I'm sure I have small scars on my legs and knees, etc. But I really don't pay attention to scars that much so . . .

The only half way decent scar I have is from a ride I was doing with my girlfriends up in Show Low Arizona. Every year, they put on an endurance mountain bike ride up there - it is the most beautiful scenery, you always see HUGE elk, and wildlife and there are creeks/great riding/sometimes a little technical

It think we were doing the 55-60 mile route (somewhere in that range) and we had gone about 15-20 miles into the ride when we were descending a rocky, drop off, section and I planted my front wheel right on the wrong place on a rock that was slanted towards me and over the handle bars I went. I landed on my side and my elbow and tore all the skin right off the elbow. It was pretty gross! My friend, Leslie, was prepared and had some guaze in her bike bag (leave it to Leslie to be prepared) We had an ER physician with us but OF COURSE, she doesn't carry anything like that with her! Well, we wrapped that baby up and off we went. Got to the next food stop and the people there tried to talk me out of riding the rest of the way and OF COURSE, there was NO WAY I was bagging out on that great ride with my 3 best riding buddies, so off we went and finished the ride! It was spectacular.

Then when we got back to camp, everyone again was trying to get me to go get stitches, but I had cleaned the elbow off and it was probably too many hours after the injury anyway, so I just let it heal up. It did, but it was slow cause it had to knit back on, so that is my biggest scar! Very Memorable mostly cause it was an epic ride, with an epic crash with all my best riding buddies present!

Cali Sunshine

10-24-2006, 09:56 AM

LisaB

10-24-2006, 02:56 PM

has anyone here crashed and ruined their cycling garments (shorts, tights, etc)? i have seen pictures of cyclists after a tumble and their cycling shorts will have big rips and holes in them. cycling shorts are expensive (to me), so how common will this happen and can they be patched/repaired? :confused:

Ha. No. :) I "lost" a pair of UltraSensor shorts and a pair of AmFib tights when the ER cut them off me. Funny, they never gave them back ... I think that was the same wreck that gave me five stitches across the bridge of my nose that never healed well. I did learn two things from that wreck, at least - don't use the front brake when spinning at 35 mph down a hill in the rain and a car pulls out in front of you, and don't wear glasses (they're what gave me the sliced up nose).

I think I've learned something from every wreck ... what can I say, I learn from experience. :)

SadieKate

10-24-2006, 03:06 PM

. . . and don't wear glasses (they're what gave me the sliced up nose). So a non-sliced up nose is preferable to permanent eye damage from debris or glaucoma from the sun? Ooookaaaay.

LisaB

10-24-2006, 03:11 PM

So a non-sliced up nose is preferable to permanent eye damage from debris or glaucoma from the sun? Ooookaaaay.

In the dark, in the rain? Yeah, I'll take the chance. :)

SadieKate

10-24-2006, 03:19 PM

I wear clear or yellow glasses. There is still a huge amount of crap flying around in a rain storm. I'll go with my ophthalmologist's recommendations.

7rider

10-24-2006, 03:20 PM

has anyone here crashed and ruined their cycling garments (shorts, tights, etc)? i have seen pictures of cyclists after a tumble and their cycling shorts will have big rips and holes in them. cycling shorts are expensive (to me), so how common will this happen and can they be patched/repaired? :confused:

OMIGOSH, X. You "win"! Amazing collection and even more amazing that you're still riding. You ROCK!

RE: Ripped shorts. I got taken out in a fast paceline by someone who grabbed a handful of brakes and zigged around a pothole rather than bunnyhopping it (and warning those of us behind him). Ripped my (then) brand new favorite pair of Hind shorts on the thigh. I was majorly bummed (and plenty sore from the road rash). The rip was not on a seam, but I stitched them anyway. I still wear them occasionally, but they are primarily my "under tights" shorts now.

DebW

10-24-2006, 03:41 PM

Here's the x-ray of my right collarbone when it was broken. Notice the 2 small pieces where the big pieces overlap. Wish I could see what it looks like now.

chickwhorips

10-24-2006, 03:45 PM

i can't believe the leg x! wow. but i do like the nail polish. i think i have the color.

deb ouch! that looks painful. thats a break!

BleeckerSt_Girl

10-24-2006, 07:37 PM

Xrayted

10-24-2006, 07:53 PM

Actually, I think margo wins hands down. Now that girl sounds tore up! :D

I love my sapphire blue polish. Indigo, sapphire, any dark blue just does it for me. We're not allowed to wear any polish on our fingers at the hospital due to bacteria so I overcompensate on the toes.
Tough? I'm actually quite a softy. ;) My progress is solely due to those who were there for me, especially when I needed a good swift kick in the, um, shin. (the other one :D ) (And to the one who left me when this all happened... thank you very much. I couldn't have done it with you.)

KnottedYet - (sorry, still can't call ya KY, it makes me lose my train of thought ;) ) This is gonna kill ya but... I went to physical therapy ONE time when going through this. I didn't like their attitude of "there's not much hope but the insurance is paying so try this". I got them to send me home with some big rubber bands, (sorry, I don't know the right term) some basic moves and a lot of my own determination, creativity and good sense. My orthopod agreed with my philosophy (LOVE YA Dr. Alfred Cooke! - aka pops) and trusted me not to do damage. In the end, he thought I had much better progress because I wasn't held back by that group of PT's. (only ones my insurance paid for then) 15 yrs later, I'm still looking for a PT that shares my thoughts on "alternatives". I don't think they exist in this conservative area, however.
I may have to move. Or at least, fly to Seattle every now and again so you can "play with my leg a little". **Ahem. I can pay in lentils. :rolleyes:

To all of us who've lived through life's scars (of all kinds) and came out better than before. And thanks everybody for not going "Gasp, how horrible!" That always just knocks the life out of me.

-X.

Xrayted

10-24-2006, 08:00 PM

Kitsune06

10-24-2006, 08:05 PM

I may have to move. Or at least, fly to Seattle every now and again so you can "play with my leg a little". **Ahem. I can pay in lentils. :rolleyes:
-X.

*covers her ears first, then her eyes* OH MG. giggity giggity legumes. :p

Aggie_Ama

10-24-2006, 08:12 PM

I don't have any photos of my cycling scars. I did crack my tailbone mountain biking back in 2004, but no X-ray for that. My normal injury is to bruise my calf badly when I try to get going and hit it with my pedals. :o

TerraNik

10-24-2006, 11:42 PM

I don't have any scars (yet) though my current injuries from my most recent accident might turn out to leave some scars... I have some lovely pictures of my wounds while still healing *mmmmmm*!

This was only 2 weeks ago when I was riding my brand new bike (!!) up in the mountains (mtn biking)... I don't remember the accident but basically I must have been going too fast and got caught in a water groove and overcorrected and just slammed myself into the ground. That's all I can imagine happened.

Anyway, I ended up with a concussion + mild head injury (don't remember the accident and had a couple of minutes of lossed consciousness). I also had a nice bruise around my eye where my sunglasses slammed into my head! I fractured my radial head (elbow) and cut up my legs (as you can see from the pics). The x-ray for my arm is pretty boring, so I won't bother putting that on.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6029/octobertheoakstrailouch018ht4.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1756/octobertheoakstrailouch005ki8.jpg

DeniseGoldberg

10-25-2006, 04:38 AM

has anyone here crashed and ruined their cycling garments (shorts, tights, etc)? i have seen pictures of cyclists after a tumble and their cycling shorts will have big rips and holes in them. cycling shorts are expensive (to me), so how common will this happen and can they be patched/repaired? :confused:
In the overall scheme of things, your health is a lot more important than keeping the clothes you crashed in. If you end up in a hospital it's likely that your clothes will be a total loss since they will be cut off of you (at least that's what happened to me after my own crash (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/denise2004crash). The only things that were returned to me in one piece (and still usable) were my shoes, sunglasses, and gloves.

I wear clear or yellow glasses. There is still a huge amount of crap flying around in a rain storm. I'll go with my ophthalmologist's recommendations.
I'm with you - my eyes are too valuable to me to risk riding without some protection. They are always covered with glasses when I'm out on my bike, clear lenses in low light - but lenses that still have UV protection.

--- Denise

DebW

10-25-2006, 05:00 AM

DebW - one word

Ouch!!

Ok, I lied, here's some more... That is a very nasty clavicular fracture. I can only assume they went in and screwed a plate on there. Those are some of the most painful fx's to have too. There's just no way to completely immobilize them until healed. Now look who's tough! ;)

Nope. No surgery. No plates. No screws. It's healed in that configuration, though the sharp edges have rounded themselves off. Actually, the doc told me that it would heal better because it was so smashed up - something about pulverized bone working like a graft. He actually said to me "The only reason you would want to have surgery on this is if you are a big-time backpacker." I let the collarbone heal as it was and modified my backpack (sock on right shoulder strap to hold some foam that evens out the offset in the bone). The collarbone healed up fine, my torn deltoid still bothers me, and recovering from frozen shoulder sucked big time. Recovery was 5-6 months with PT. Sounds small compared to what Xrayted went through.

BleeckerSt_Girl

10-25-2006, 05:59 AM

And thanks everybody for not going "Gasp, how horrible!" That always just knocks the life out of me.

-X.

Horrible? No, it's wonderful and admirable how you have worked your way out from under from this major injury and are riding again!! You are some woman.

Lenusik

10-25-2006, 07:18 AM

Maybe I will be an exeption, but I hate my scars. I still have my scars from the first crash that I had in March. It is only left shoulder and elbow. I can deal with the one on my elbow, but that shoulder pink bright thing is just horrible. I live in Phoenix and could not wear tank tops or any open shoulder dresses the whole summer. I can show off my scars in front of the cycling crowd, but not anywhere else. I've been always proud of my skin, but now I just get upset when I see this scar. I hope that it goes away one day.

LisaB

10-25-2006, 02:57 PM

I'm with you - my eyes are too valuable to me to risk riding without some protection. They are always covered with glasses when I'm out on my bike, clear lenses in low light - but lenses that still have UV protection.

--- Denise

Let me clarify something here: I said I'd never wear glasses on the bike and I put it badly, because I meant prescription lenses - I too wear sun glasses and Sliders with clear or yellow lenses - but there was something about waking up laying on the ground after my first major crash, with an ambulance, paramedics, and a crowd surrounding me and not being able to see anything clearly because my glasses had broken when they hit my nose that was really frightening. No matter how early I get up to ride these days, I'll always put my contacts in. I never want to be in that situation again.

Now, back to scars ... :)

emily_in_nc

10-25-2006, 06:21 PM

Fortunately, the 5-6" scar left on my right hip from surgery to repair my broken ilium (cycling accident in April 2005) is now, just as my orthopod promised me, a thin little white line. If I wore bikinis at the beach (which I don't), it wouldn't even show. I'm less pleased with the large numb area on my upper thigh below it where a nerve was cut during surgery. Surgeon warned me this would probably occur. Kind of a bummer.

I do have one particularly heinous picture I had DH take while my surgical incision was healing, at a lawyer friend's recommendation. It shows butterfly bandages (complete with dried blood) from one end to the other, along with a nice red incision. I won't subject y'all to that one! :D

Emily

margo49

10-26-2006, 02:05 PM

Just came back to this thread only to find that I had missed my (Warhol-ian) 15 minutes of fame.

Meaux

10-27-2006, 03:37 AM

I have my one and only cycling scar on my right calf. I fell on a path that was like riding on a cheese grater (DH got a flat!) and road rash-ed a good 6 inch patch on my leg. I wore skirts and gauchos to work all week so I could show it off. It's like my badge of honor!! I fell again last week (stili getting used to those new clipless pedals!) and re-scraped some of the old rash and got a heart-shaped bruise on one heiney cheek and a bow-tie-shaped one on the other. Tee hee! My bike has scars from that first crash too.

kaian

10-27-2006, 04:44 AM

I rode my bike a lot when I was a kid. When I was 7, I thought I would get fancy with my riding and try riding really fast while zig-zagging (turning the handlbars right-left really fast). I ended up turning the front wheel too far one way and basically crashing face first onto the pavement. When I got up, one of my front teeth (a permanent, adult tooth) was knocked out, but still hanging by a nerve. :eek: A neighbor lady was kind enough to get my mom and my mom and aunt drove me to the dentist. I remember my mom telling me to hold my tooth in, so the dentist could re-attach it.

The dentist was able to re-attach it by wiring it to the tooth next to it until it could grow back in place. I had to eat through a straw for a while! :D

More recently while MTBing, I was flying down a trail (too fast) and came up upon the gravel section. At the last minute I realized that new, loose gravel had just been put down. I tried to slow down, but my front tire hit it and just kind of sunk in causing me to fly off of the bike, roll/skid down the gravel hill and then roll into a bunch of pokey sticks/brush. I had a huge gash on my back from sliding down on the gravel. The shirt I was wearing still has the blood stain. hahaha.

BleeckerSt_Girl

10-27-2006, 04:57 AM

I've had a couple of little bloody scrapes on my legs so far, but they have healed with no scars.
I'm kind of envious of some of you! (but I hope I don't get any really serious injuries, of course)

silver

10-27-2006, 05:37 PM

I just have a couple of small scars. The first is from a slow motion fall over due to user error

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/100_0487.jpg

This other is the imprint of my big chain ring. I don't know how it happened. I was racing my first tri and someone told me while I was running that my leg was bleeding.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/100_0482.jpg

cosc

10-27-2006, 07:03 PM

I never had any bike scars till last season. A teenager was skidding past the stop sign,turning toward me, so I turned right and laid the bike down. My hybrid bar went in to my breast. I still have the imprint and bruise of the handlebar end. Glad the worst of that is over. This season I scraped my knee when I couldn't get my foot out of the clip (new shoes) that still give me problems getting clipped in and out. I adjusted the spd pedals as loose as I dare. I just went back to wearing my old shoes. I think I will try filing of some of the treads around the cleats before I give up on them. What wonderful, strong women we have to learn from at TE forum!