Broken Nose
Feel free to mock me:
After a coffee atop one of the steeper climbs in France, I got on my bike - and was putting stuff in my back pocket.
I suddenly realized I was going pretty fast, used left hand on front brake and went right over the top.
X-Rays showed broken nose. My VERY sore shoulder is not broken or anything so hopefully OK.
What an idiot. :)
So sorry to hear
So worry to hear about this unfortunate happening, Will!
I suppose you can call it a character builder. To mock you though? Out of the question. I'm sure you're getting enough of that at home. Ah, but then, chicks dig guys with scars, right?
Good to see you're smiling about it.
Oh, and you forgot to link to your full article. It's here.
And at some point in the future, not too far in the future, we want to hear the one about the bouncer punching you. :)
Poop happens
You learned a lesson I am sure.
In the end a broken nose is minor (it will not likely keep you off a bike). Good luck on a speedy recovery.
Tame Bouncer Story
I was at a bar with a few rowdy friends celebrating something.
I saw some old friends in the corner and visited. Meanwhile the rowdies got kicked out. As they were yelling at me the bouncers came for me - I said i was staying and was pummelled by two weightifter bouncers just itching to punch.
The "funny" part of the story: it took over a week to get a surgery appointement and the procedure to set my nose was truly horrific as it had started setting.
ouch!
Narly
That'll leave a mark. You sure you didn't have any of that "special" coffee that they have over there. Maybe that's just Amsterdam. Glad everything else is good though. That's why I run my brakes at about 30%. No way are these things gonna stop so fast as to throw me. Then again I'm not blazing down sweet mountains like you. I really don't ever use my brakes come to think about it. Damn flat county...