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I realize this may be uncool with you bike riders, but is there any way you could be checked out for a concussion?King Boonen said:Big crash. Something stuck in my front wheel and over I went. Helmet smashed, heavily bruised hip, loads of road rash and skin lost on left hand, elbow, knee and shoulder. Kit ruined, pretty annoyed.
King Boonen said:Big crash. Something stuck in my front wheel and over I went. Helmet smashed, heavily bruised hip, loads of road rash and skin lost on left hand, elbow, knee and shoulder. Kit ruined, pretty annoyed.
Irondan said:That really sucks! I hope you're back in action soon.
ray j willings said:King Boonen said:Big crash. Something stuck in my front wheel and over I went. Helmet smashed, heavily bruised hip, loads of road rash and skin lost on left hand, elbow, knee and shoulder. Kit ruined, pretty annoyed.
Sorry to hear that KB. Hope you back up and riding ASAP
Tricycle Rider said:[I realize this may be uncool with you bike riders, but is there any way you could be checked out for a concussion?
Jspear said:Sorry man! I hate crashes. I hope you heal well.
Of course you're most important, but I must ask; how's your bike?
Oh dude, how old is you daughter? Is she tinkering with bicycles yet? (I tell ya, it's just too much fun. My dad always has me working on his bike, at any rate.)King Boonen said:I probably should have been but I had a lot to do, had to get my daughter etc. I think I'm ok and I'm taking it fairly easy. Helmet did its job and most of the pain is in my hip and my neck but they are easing off.
Tricycle Rider said:Oh dude, how old is you daughter? Is she tinkering with bicycles yet? (I tell ya, it's just too much fun. My dad always has me working on his bike, at any rate.)King Boonen said:I probably should have been but I had a lot to do, had to get my daughter etc. I think I'm ok and I'm taking it fairly easy. Helmet did its job and most of the pain is in my hip and my neck but they are easing off.
Well anyway, I hope you heal soon, and if your head doesn't feel quite right - PLEASE go see a doctor! (The brain is, unfortunately, something duct tape can't fix. Well, most of the time...)
Good man, KB, get those tykes working on those bikes as soon as they can walk&talk! (Even if it's something as mundane as cleaning and lubing a chain - as they get older we can always graduate them to something a little more complicated. [And as we get older they might help us with something as mundane as remembering our password. ])King Boonen said:4 1/2. She's interested in my bikes, likes going to watch my mates race at the velodrome. I'll get her started on them soon so she can do the easy jobs for me!
I seem to be getting better, neck and hip are the worst bits but pretty sure it's just muscular pain rather than anything more sinister. I'll go to the doctor (it's free here!) if it doesn't get much better over the weekend. Missing riding my bike...
^^^This. I hope you got checked over KB. I found out the hard way to get a checkup asap after anything worse than a light tumble. I'm paying the price now for never getting my left wrist checked out after a nasty crash in a race in my early 20's. The scaphoid bone was broken and has since died so I've now got osteoarthritis in it (at 35yo) and have poor hand strength in the cold (shifting to the big ring is a b!tch in the winter ) almost any knock to it now and it flares up.Tricycle Rider said:I realize this may be uncool with you bike riders, but is there any way you could be checked out for a concussion?King Boonen said:Big crash. Something stuck in my front wheel and over I went. Helmet smashed, heavily bruised hip, loads of road rash and skin lost on left hand, elbow, knee and shoulder. Kit ruined, pretty annoyed.
Absolutely!42x16ss said:^^^This. I hope you got checked over KB. I found out the hard way to get a checkup asap after anything worse than a light tumble. I'm paying the price now for never getting my left wrist checked out after a nasty crash in a race in my early 20's. The scaphoid bone was broken and has since died so I've now got osteoarthritis in it (at 35yo) and have poor hand strength in the cold (shifting to the big ring is a b!tch in the winter ) almost any knock to it now and it flares up.Tricycle Rider said:I realize this may be uncool with you bike riders, but is there any way you could be checked out for a concussion?King Boonen said:Big crash. Something stuck in my front wheel and over I went. Helmet smashed, heavily bruised hip, loads of road rash and skin lost on left hand, elbow, knee and shoulder. Kit ruined, pretty annoyed.
I've got a few friends who are in similar situations including a former pro who basically destroyed his back by riding on after a crash in a stage race then did some one day races straight after because he was worried about his contract. There's nothing more important than your health.
Tricycle Rider said:Btw., I'm not trying to discourage anyone from either cycling or gymnastics (both can be beautiful sports), but for the love of all that is aero...
DO get yourself checked out whenever you have had a crash.
(Your body and health will have to outlast those bikes and beams, after all.)
Good to hear, KB, glad you're gonna be all right!King Boonen said:Hi all, thanks for the concern.
I went to get checked out today as I was still in a fair bit of pain and have some bad swelling. Turns out it's a haematoma, will sort itself out in a few weeks an I've been encouraged to ride if I can as it will help it disperse. Nothing broken, seems I'm still young enough to bounce. Will check the bike out tomorrow hopefully. It got me 40km back from where I crashed but it was at a low speed. Didn't notice anything wrong with it so the wheel is likely ok, will need to check the fork and headtube joins though, just in case. I think it should be ok, my momentum took me over the handlebars and it landed on my rather than me falling sideways and landing on the bike.
Mayomaniac said:Today I climbed the Tre Cime (my first Tre Cime ride of the year, the road has just opened recently).
I didn't have great legs, but it's always an awesome climb and one of my favourite climbs.
42x16ss said:Yesterday was 80kms followed by 5 repeats of my local climb (2kms @ ~6%)
Was a nice morning for it too.
Beautiful bike!42x16ss said:Yesterday was 80kms followed by 5 repeats of my local climb (2kms @ ~6%)
Was a nice morning for it too.