Spokes of a sweet Yeti 575 1, Reesha 0

[Reesha]

So I went today and test rode a Yeti 575... with my new FAVORITE LBS. It's just one guy and he's so amazingly awesome a shop owner that he wanted to take me out for a 3-5 hour test ride on a really pricey bike that I'm thinking about building with him. Anyway, it pretty much ruled. The bike was *amazing* and I was taking corners faster than ever before, and generally having more fun. The full suspension ruled.

I did crash majorly once and my leg is all chewed up. Ugh it hurts. I was riding in some tall grass and hit a hole and my right hand flew off the handlebars and I lost control at high speed, pitching forward and riding out a dozen or so more feet with my right leg dragging against the spinning spokes. My knee caught the spokes above the hub and my lower calf got the spokes below. My ankle caught the tire itself. Owwww. Here's the visual rundown:



1. That red streak is not smeared blood. It's road rash where the spokes did the most damage.

2. Bruising all over my leg. My knee hit the spokes above the hub and my calf hit the spokes below it.

3. Road rash from the tire when I came to my final resting place.

Here's today's development:



Turns out one of the things I circled was actually just chain grease. Whoops!

While I think I'll have to keep clear of running for a while, I am fairly confident that I'll be able to road bike today after work. Battle scars! Yeah!