Ouch

[bike4ever]

I took a yukky spill today. I was scoping a paved trail that I plan on taking some new women cyclists next week. I was on my way back, feeling strong so I picked up my speed. Slid down on a corner covered with a thin layer of mud & wet leaves. We had some strong storms through here last night.

My outcome was quite lucky - just a lot of road rash and soft tissue damage. I have a nice swollen left cheek & a pretty black eye. Both forearms are wrapped in gauze for the road rash. Very sore left wrist & hand - not broken, just terribly bruised. (Definitely harder to type one handed ) Also a bruised hip - at least there is extra padding there.

Don't think my Buenos Aires is too damaged. Need to true the front wheel and clean it up from the mud. I did find a nice crack in my Bell Sweep helmet! I pretty much landed on my face sideways.

So the moral of this story --- always wear your helmet. My 3 boys each asked me about the helmet when they saw me all bandaged up.

Ride safe.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Healing wishes are heading your way...
And I'm glad you were wearing your helmet too!

--- Denise

[Lise]

Whew, boy. Thank goodness for the helmet. It is amazing how a little water + a bit of leaves or mud + a slight turn of the wheel can = disaster for a bike. I am sorry to hear of your injuries, and so glad they're not worse. Take your time to heal up well. All best wishes, Lise

[Running Mommy]

~~~~~~ warm fuzzy healing vibes from sunny AZ~~~~~~~~

heal up quick! OUCH! I hurt just reading about it!!

[allabouteva]

Ouch! I sympathise.

Hope your wounds heal very quickly. But, I bet your boys are pretty proud of their mom who's TOUGH!

Take care.

e

[mtkitchn]

Double warm fuzzy healing vibes from Arizona!
Glad you're not seriously hurt! Get well soon!
Sue

[bikerz]

Hey Bikemom - Owiee!

Take very good care! Glad you had the helmet on!

It seems to me there were some good detailed threads here about treating road rash ...

[Grog]

Oh sorry about that!! Glad nothing's broken.

There is a return policy on the Sweep. If you don't have the papers anymore send me a private message and I'll try to dig them out for you, there's an address in just about every country and the details to send it back and get a new one at a discounted price.

I'm glad you had it on. I hate it when people say 'I'm just riding the bike path/trail, I don't need a helmet'...

Take care, heal well!

[bikergal]

I'm glad things weren't more serious. Sending you happy healing thoughts!

Shelley

[JLD]

SO glad you had the 'brain bucket' on! Here's hoping you heal up fast and well, too!

[DirtDiva]

Speedy healing to you.

[DrBee]

Yeesh! Glad to hear you didn't break anything. I'm sending you quick healing vibes. You're a great example of why you should wear a helmet. Good job on that! Must be scary to see the crack in it, though. Good luck with the healing.

[bike4ever]

Well, very sore this morning. Slept OK - shower really hurt. I will go back through the threads about road rash. I still have the supplies I was sent hom from the hospital with for today.

Grog - thanks for the info on the helmet. I am the manager of a bike shop, so I won't have any issues getting a new one. Actually there is a very good chance my shop will get me one since I was scouting for a shop sponsored ride when it happened.

The helmet will go to the shop as a display now to prevent head injuries

Thanks to everyone for their wishes - time to slowly heal.

[Bad JuJu]

Wow, glad to hear you're basically OK--sending out good thoughts for your speedy recovery.

I was thinking, "Oh too bad she cracked her helmet," then realized that's what is SUPPOSED to happen--better a cracked helmet than a cracked head.

[Hammer]

My boyfriend wont wear a helmet... even on a motorcycle. I find it discouraging... but it's one that I wont win. Though win I'm just riding to work (less than a mile and I never get going very fast) I must admit that I'm not a poster child... I should change that.

The other day I saw a man riding his bike with a 7 yr old ish girl riding behind him on a pull behind bike thing... like a piccolo or something. They were on the street as per usual... my town's not too congested... but neither had helmets on... cringe... Children really should have helmets on, no questions asked.