Friend crashed today :(

[luvmypwds]

I'm so glad your friend is ok. What a scare.

[DebTX]

What a blessing that she's all right!

Just last week I read an article online that reviewed how a helmet "should fit" -

Turns out I was wearing mine too loose. The website said to wear it low on your forehead and tight enough that you can't push it up. I had to tighten it because mine pushed up easily. My chin strap was also too loose. I was an idiot - wasn't even thinking that the helmet serves no purpose if it's not in place when you fall!

So glad your friend is recovering well.

[Mr. Bloom]

Turns out I was wearing mine too loose. The website said to wear it low on your forehead and tight enough that you can't push it up. I had to tighten it because mine pushed up easily.

Properly fitted, it should not fall off if you bend over before you snap the chin strap.

[spindizzy]

oh, poor girl! But she does want to be careful - being unconscious sounds like she could have had a concussion. When my dh got a concussion he was ordered flat on his back for a week with no reading, no computer and no tv

Lph raises some good points about concussion. My DH, a physio, is big into sports medicine and recently was at a conference by one of Canada's leading experts on concussion, Dr. Karen Johnston. Health professionals used to grade concussions on severity of fall, length of unconciousness etc. Current theory relies on symptomology (dizziness, headaches, nausea etc.) post injury, and there does not need to be a loss of consciousness. If the symptoms are persistent, the brain needs to be protected against further insults by totally resting the brain..and that means no TV, no computer, no reading.

http://athletics.mcgill.ca/sportsmed...rticle_id=2756

[bikerchic]

Oh how scary for all of you!

I'm glad your friend is alright and it's a darn good thing she had her new helmet on they don't call 'em brain buckets for nothing.

Sorry for the visual but please everyone remember to check your helmets and wear them correctly!

Consumer's Guide

Be safe out there!

[Jiffer]

Jiffer, I hope your friend is ok. That is pretty scary.

I also asked you this question on my new bike thread, but were you riding the Santa Ana Trail today? I saw a bike exactly like yours with the pink handlebar tape and saddle over by the rest stop at the ocean...

Yes, that was me. I posted on your thread.

[Jiffer]

Thanks so much for all your replies everyone. Jenny was just here for our Labor Day party. She is DEFINITELY feeling the reality of what happened to her yesterday. In a lot more pain and definitely realized getting in the pool would be so not good for her road rash (right arm, knee and hip area, and left hand). She was in great spirits, though, so thrilled to be alive and well. She refereed our volleyball game. Brought a pink whistle and everything!

I sent her the link to this thread last night, but she didn't get a chance to read it yet, so I read all your posts to her (and her husband and other friends). She thought you were all so sweet and took your advice to heart.

We looked over her bike more thoroughly (because it was here from dh picking up the bikes). The only obvious scrape is on the right brake and a teeny bit on the front fork, but amazingly, it looks great. I told her that her bike is okay because she broke its fall with her body! She's SO glad the bike is okay.