Glad it was just some road rash. Remember Gandalf's advice for road rash:

"Keep it secret, keep it MOIST!"

Damn.  Heal up.  Um. . . how's the bike?

@ErikPfiffner feel better soon man

@GregoryDonovan team medic!

Thanks all! @Bruce van-Schalkwyk
The bike is actually fine.  Little bend in the handlebars - I fall gracefully 

Oh no! Feel better. 

ErikPfiffner said:

Thanks all! @Bruce van-Schalkwyk
The bike is actually fine.  Little bend in the handlebars - I fall gracefully 

That's a nasty rash, doc told me once Neosporin every two hours at the start. Works a treat. 
A little bend in the handlebars sounds benign, but if you bend it back they may snap at some inopportune time, say, when you're full on sprinting out of the saddle. #Aluminiumalloy

Hey all. Does anyone have recommendations for an orthopedist in the BK/ Queens area?

 I’m all healed up but I’ve lost a bit of range of motion (tough to make a fist for example) after finger-magedden and it was recommended that I see a hand specialist. 

Good news is there’s no signs of infection which is a concern for us diabetic folk. Just a pretty rad scar  👍🖕

When I broke my thumb I saw Boris, and thought he was really good.

https://parksportspt.com/staff/boris-gilzon/

Everyone loves Boris.

Hmm seems like they don’t take my insurance /:

Anyone got recommendations for travel insurance (travelling to Europe) avec velo?

Do you have AMEX ?

Unfortunately not...also my work insurance was bought by someone who wasn't paying attention and excluded personal travel....

Listen to Your Bike

Thought i'd take a different approach to talking about a spill I had on the bike yesterday. Its important that we learn from each others mistakes so that they aren't repeated.

So, I'll start with the opportunity I did NOT recognize and share the resulting crash.

On a group ride this past Sat I felt my chain slip on the way to the GWB. I lost my balance slightly, but was able to shift my weight and regain my balance (narrowly avoiding a crash). During a training ride in Prospect Patk last night, i was not so lucky...

It was supposed to be a 'typical' night of interval training on a steamy, crowded summer week night in Prospect Park. But...I crashed...it happens to everyone, right? This crash wasn't in a race though and was 100% avoidable had i listened to what my bike was telling me. 

I was making the turn at the bottom of the hill @ 90% gas and was about to start a 2min AC interval. I got out of the saddle to start off the interval at power when my chain slipped. I quickly lost my balance at 30+mph, and went down HARD. Must have slid 20 or so feet before I got up and picked myself and my belongings up off the ground. I was going so fast that the lenses in my POC glasses came out of their frames after they flew off my face. Garmin came right out of the mount, kit (not KCC kit thankfully) all torn up, helmet has seen better days, etc. 

Damn, John, sorry to hear it.  It sounds like a nasty fall.  Heal up.  And I hope the bike is ok.
I've found my bike suddenly switching from one gear to another can mean either a cable adjustment, or more severely, a frayed cable getting ready to snap, which has happened to me twice while riding, but thankfully not while I was putting a lot of pressure on the pedals.  Good advice to listen to the bike and fix it before the next ride.

Sorry to hear, John. Thanks for sharing and wish you a speedy recovery

Sorry to hear John, very glad you could "walk away" from that one. A crash at that speed could have been way, way worse. Double so for an out of the saddle effort on a slight turn.

Keep an eye out for concussion symptoms which can be sneaky. Emotional volatility is a dead giveaway, fwiw.

Needless to say - after the adrenaline has retreated make sure to do a second check (or get Redbeard to) of everything on the bike. A crash like that can leave sneaky damage.

Some unexpected things I've seen cracked or broken that I never would have thought to check:

• the front derailleur hanger/frame attachment
• seat rails
• crank spindle (yeah it was a bb30)
• seat post collar/clamp

For sure, this is the time of year when the bikes are dialed in for the season and hitting your training targets becomes the #1 priority on a ride, not pre-checking your bike.

I try to make rest days "bike wash & check" days. This only works for me when the weather is good but it's just not practical for me to work in bike maintenance on the same days I'm trying to ride hard.

Damn @JohnOlsson sorry to hear about your crash. I’m glad you’re OK and I wish you a speedy recovery.

Heard from Jules that Brian Miele head-on’d a car while they were descending in Basque country, Spain — broke “half dozen ribs”, in hospital. Eloy heard from Karla, the Basque hospital is very good and he'll be there probably until Sunday or Monday. If you're reading this Brian, heal quick! 

The car for the worst of it

OMG! Heal quick Brian.

Jules said:

The car for the worst of it

at least Brian has that going for him.

Hope the bike was a rental. I think.

I think a thumbs-up from a Spanish hospital would be breaking international ground for this thread.  Looking forward to it.  

The hospital is nicer than you can imagine; high class art, marble stairs, wood paneled walls and a cycling biomechanics and vo2 max testing lab two floors above him.

Also worth mentioning is that the police, emt, and traffic police (yes, two brands of police) were exceptionally professional, considerate and kind. The woman he collided with drove him to a local cider shop where he waited for us with Lisa, Jill and Karla while three of us got chauffeured to our rental cars by the police.

p.s. If you do decide to eat it on a lonely mountain switchback I highly recommend doing it when team doc and ER physician Lisa R is just a couple of minutes behind.

mugwump said:

Jules said:

The car for the worst of it

at least Brian has that going for him.

Hope the bike was a rental. I think.

I think a thumbs-up from a Spanish hospital would be breaking international ground for this thread.  Looking forward to it.  

It was a rental. Brian very skillfully tucked and rolled into a human cannonball/hulk fist/Thor’s Hammer so neither his bike nor his helmet have even a scratch on them. 

FWIW, my crash into the woods during the last L&C left me with a nasty case of poison ivy.  Proceed with caution if you’re riding or walking about, especially around the bottom of the hill.

Wait, "crash int the woods during ... L&C"???
I have questions

Jules said:

Wait, "crash int the woods during ... L&C"???
I have questions

Wanted to get a head start on cross season.  

I was at Cunningham two weeks ago on the MTB , the next day I woke with back pain ,after this weekend it rescuers , it actually seems to be more muscular , the are at the top of my buttocks,
any idea , saddle height, was a thought