Two Wheel Blogs

That is what they always told me. It is not "if" you will crash, it is a matter of "when" you crash. Simply put, if you ride a bike long enough, eventually you will find the pavement with your flesh.

I have to tell you. I have ridden many bikes for many years. I started on BMX, eventually I got into MTB, and road bikes. I have even played with unicycles. I have crashed many times in various manners. I have broken bones, had concussions, crashed off of my rollers (many times), been knocked down at low speed on the road, even been hit by a few cars (all low speed encounters down town), but until yesterday I never had a high speed road bike crash.

I think that the pain and expense of this crash trumps every prior crash experience. This was a surprise to me. Road rash on top of deep bruising seems to be far worse than a broken bone. That is probably owing to my age when I broke bones (11, and 13 years old). Older bodies seem to suffer pain more than younger bodies, I guess.

Here is a fuzzy picture I talked someone in the ER into snapping for me. I fear the repair bill on my bike...I asked someone to take it to the LBS for repairs (I cannot walk due to the hip trauma...typing is a one-hand effort too).

Crashing sucks, avoid it if you can.