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  1. #16
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    I have seen obnoxious gangs of red hat ladies, but not so much around here. To me it seems like another in-your-face display of over disclosure.

    I never made the connection until yesterday, but I do have a red bike helmet.
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  2. #17
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    AHHHH Ha, Ha, Coffee out the nose on this one. I may have to get a red bike helmet too - snort

    Quote Originally Posted by malkin View Post
    I have seen obnoxious gangs of red hat ladies, but not so much around here. To me it seems like another in-your-face display of over disclosure.

    I never made the connection until yesterday, but I do have a red bike helmet.
    Sky King
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  3. #18
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    Sky King, hope you're healing up well. I did feel a bit less stupid reading your post, though, as I just had a crosswalk button pushing crash of my own in Coeur d'Alene, ID. And no beers were even involved. I fell hard on my left side while trying to maneuver my front wheel back around to go across the sidewalk. The curb was slanted, and down I went. Of course there were several cars within laughing distance. D'oh...so embarrassing!

    I hit my left ribcage hard and could barely breathe for a few minutes. Also scraped my right calf nastily on the chainring and was bleeding/hurting from that. The palm of my left hand (in gloves) stung like crazy for awhile, but that stopped very quickly.

    The ribcage pain continued for ~ 2 weeks. Hurt when I sneezed, coughed, breathed in deeply, and especially lying down in bed. I would wake up early in the morning in pain that radiated all over my ribcage and back. Since we're traveling, a visit to the doctor would involve finding a facility and going to someone unknown...and probably paying way too much for x-rays that would only reveal that nothing was broken, just a strain or something. So I just hung in there. Interestingly, it really didn't bother me when I rode, so I continued riding after only two days off the bike.

    Fortunately, it went from moderately painful to basically fine all of a sudden, yesterday. Yippee! I definitely learned a lesson about crosswalks and button pushing, though. If I do it from now on, I will unclip with BOTH feet. I fell because I unclipped only on the right, while the left remained clipped in, so I lost my balance when I leaned too far to the left. I've been riding clipless pedals for decades, so I certainly didn't expect a fall like this!
    Emily

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  4. #19
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    Ouch, and tough when you are traveling. I think I have to get off my bike completely to push any buttons from now on Still fighting the knuckle, suppose I should break down and get an xray...
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  5. #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky King View Post
    Ouch, and tough when you are traveling. I think I have to get off my bike completely to push any buttons from now on Still fighting the knuckle, suppose I should break down and get an xray...
    Sorry you're still hurting! I'm basically about 95% healed up; just an occasional twinge if I stretch funny around the left side of my ribcage. I am glad I didn't spend the money to go to a doc, since I have a high deductible. Back when I was working and had health care that covered most everything without a deductible, I would have totally been in the doc's office the next day. Fortunately it looks like not going worked out fine in this case, just took time to heal up.
    Emily

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  6. #21
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    Yeah, I figure if the intersection is busy enough to need to push a button for the light, it's too busy to be close enough to the curb to reach it ...


    Hope you both heal up fast!
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  7. #22
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    well my injury is a month old, still swollen so I broke down and went to the ortho. Good news - it's healing, Bad news - I did break the end of the bone off... More Good news - The woman who made my hand splint is a cyclist so she designed it to immobilize the bone but I can still ride and brake. Will have it checked in two weeks.
    Sky King
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  8. #23
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    So sorry Sky King, but it sounds like you found the right help!

 

 

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