since this seems to be CRASH day!

[Trek420]

Glad you're ok! So tell us...cause we all gotta know...and someone's gotta ask.....HOW'S THE BIKE!!??

[caligurl]

the bike appears to be fine! phew! the shifter was moved and scratched more (yes.. more... since it was already scratched from previous crashes)

hubby thought the front wheel was bowed (not sure that's the word he used) thought it looked like it wobbled a bit???? but didn't rub on the brake... i gotta remind him to check it out again!

my little bar end light thingy got twisted a bit.. but it still works!

my handlebar bag moved down and needed readjustment!

i'm sure my poor baby has additional scratches to go with its other crash related scratches... i'm such a bad bike-mom.. crashing my poor baby

and to think.. the 2 top bikes on my wish list are a custom luna or a full carbon roubaix pro... like hubby will let me get either.. just so i can crash on it! *sigh*

[betagirl]

Glad to hear you're ok. And your bike. Were the paramedics or firemen hot? No pun intended

I've only had an interaction with paramedics (not biking related) in Phoenix, and man it looked like they just walked out of a calendar. I immediately felt better!

[caligurl]

sadly.... no..... not hot.. just very nice!

(i think if they had been hot.. i woulda been more embarrassed than i already was!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm kinda glad they weren't hot! ya.... glad they weren't! ok.. maybe not.. hot woulda been good!)

[nuthatch]

Glad you survived! Ever think about a rear-view mirror? I love mine because where ever my head turns, my front tire follows. I can't tell you how many times I've found myself crossing the road unintentionally when I looked back to check out the rear!

[bikerHen'sChick]

Glad you're okay! I thought I had a good audience for my crash, but your's sounds much better. I got my front tire caught in some train tracks and flung into the road in front of two VERY large logging trucks. I don't know who was more scared, me or them! Anyways, as I was sitting on the side of the road at a busy intersection, crying and generally looking pathetic, this motorcycle cop pulls up and is all ready to call an ambulence and fire truck and god knows what else (the fire/ambulence station was right up the road) but I convinced him I was okay. But afterwords, my mom said I should have let him call, in hopes of meeting a hot fireman! It's good you were able to keep going. I was banged up enough to merit stopping the ride, going to the doctor, pain killers and two day of couch rest. Glad your baby wasn't hurt worse. I just got a new one and am dreading ever crashing him.

[annie]

What a story!! So glad you made it out, not unscathed, but not terribly "scathed1" Very scary, knowing you are going down and you can't do a da** thing to prevent it.
I've had numerous crashes, too, in the last 3 1/2 years. Broken pelvis, two concussions, major road rash on my face, bad ankle from a hit-and-run driver. But that last one was ALMOST a year ago and so far, so good! Crash-free and loving it. I rode for 15 years with nary a bad crash till these past years. I intend to ride the rest of my years crash-free. Got to keep a positive attitude. You, too, can be crashless. And then you can get that new bike...

annie

[oph4887]

speaking of mirrors? Does anyone have suggestions if they like the handlebar or helment mirror better? I've got to get better at seeing behind me somehow and my bike goes where my head does.
Hang on in there with the crashes, in the past 2 weeks I've had 2 substancial crashes - bruises, cuts, xrays for the knees, antibiotics for the cuts(so what else would I want to spend money on?)
Remember how brave you are that you get back on and ride again. I know it's tough, you need to pat yourself on the back (not with the injuried hand).
My daughter is a firefighter and a EMT, they like helping people out, it's in their nature.
Take care
Writing from hotter than all get out
Memphis,TN

[SimpleCycle]

Aren't Lunas steel frames? I think it would be a perfect bike for crashing! You can fix steel.

I'm glad you're okay. If you're going to have an audience, at least you got one with medical training!

I've only really crashed once, and fallen over oh, maybe seven times learning to use clipless, so my poor components are pretty scuffed too. The good news is they still work fine with scratches! The brake levers, left pedal, rear derailleur, and right crank are all scuffed. I bent my frame a little too, when I'd only had the bike for three days. Luckily they could bend it back and there was no real damage to my frame. The guys at my local bike shop joked with me that you could tell I actually rode my bike. I told them it would probably be better for me to spend more time on the bike and less on the ground.

[nuthatch]

speaking of mirrors? Does anyone have suggestions if they like the handlebar or helment mirror better?
Memphis,TN

I tried helmet mounted and I knocked it cockeyed every time I ducked into a porta-john during a ride. Within two weeks it was hanging off my helmet at a 90 degree angle...so I switched to a bar end mirror (blackburn) that swivels everywhich way. I can push it completely in against the inside of the bars when I'm loading it into the car and then swing it back out when I ride. I thought I'd hate looking all the way down to the bottom of my road bars to view the mirror but I really LOVE it and adjusted to it right away. I'm just too goofy/dizzy to turn my head backwards and I really want to see what's coming up my backside. Some of those imported cars have such quiet engines, I don't hear them until they are upon me!!

[emily_in_nc]

speaking of mirrors? Does anyone have suggestions if they like the handlebar or helment mirror better? I've got to get better at seeing behind me somehow and my bike goes where my head does.

I tried a helmet mounted mirror, and it jiggled too much, easily got knocked out of place, and the stickum (which was supposed to last FOREVER) simply didn't. I polled a few folks in my bike club, and all recommended the "Take-a-Look" glasses mounted mirror. I got one and absolutely love it. I believe they're still available right here on Team E! It never moves around and provides a large field of vision. My husband could never get used to it visually, but then, he can look behind himself very nicely without swerving or veering into the road at all. I can't always do that. I am usually the first to see someone coming up behind us, though, because he doesn't look back nearly as often as I do with the mirror. I think it's a wonderful safety device!

Emily

[trigurl]

I too was going to ask about the mirror! I need one too, thats next on my list.

I have been afraid of going fast down hills on the parkway b/c my DBF mentioned deer running out in front of me, like i needed that picture, but I am now going fast and trying not to think about it, until today, one of my client's girlfriends called and said they were riding a motorcycle and a deer ran right out into the front tire!!!! he is alive but still doesn't know what is going on around him so there goes my carefree flying downhills! I can't imagine what would happen on a bicycle if a deer hit you. We rode last night and after we got back one girl asked if we saw the deer ? I am glad I didn't, i think.

[LBTC]

a deer! yeah, that would be something

one of the local goons was tearing through the bush near my house, on his way to work. he'd already nearly taken out a couple of the guys walking to work on previous rides....
so he whips around a corner and there's a huge buck standing in front of him. the buck really didn't care that he was approaching at mach speed, and the goon apparently didn't have the reflexes to steer around him. Nailed him at full speed! The buck didn't even flinch. The goon was limping and carrying on for a good week or so, and had to ride some decrepit old jalopy of a bike instead of his full on downhill race bike.

I guess it wouldn't be fun at all, but I think it's probably survivable. whew! be careful out there!

Namaste,
~T~