Show us your biking scars!

[KnottedYet]

Injuries, surgeries, any biking related scar!

Stories, too!

So many TE'ers mention their scars, y'know, we oughtta show 'em off. Who would better appreciate them than other bike-crazed chickies?


As soon as I re-remember how to put pictures on the computer I'll post one.

[mimitabby]

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]

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

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. How utterly un-glamourous, huh?!

[limewave]

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]

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]

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

[DeniseGoldberg]

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 back in 2004. Pictures? If you want to see a healing progression, there are photos in this gallery. Note to self: it's not a good idea to flip a bike over and land on your head.

--- Denise

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

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]

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 - gotta love it!! I will conquer those freakin' clipless pedals if it kills me!!!