Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - saddest day of my life

The colnago is toast... those of you who have met me have seen the colnago. Well it's done... gone... dead. In an accident that I don't really remember much of, but I'm pretty sure it was my fault. My face is ****ed. I'll post back with pictures and more details later.

worst day EVER!

oh **** henry... i hope you're alright. that ****ing sucks a lot.

damn, sorry to hear that

That's terrible news.

Sucks that the bike is trashed- tho I'm really glad that you're well enough to post about it, rather than in the ER somewhere.

Sorry to hear that another sleek machine has gone to Fixed-Gear Heaven. I'm glad that you are doing moderately well and it pains me that such a fine bicycle as a Colnago has left us. Accidents are absolutely zero fun.

Which makes me think...along with Fixed Gear Gallery, maybe we should have Fixed Gear Gallery of Deceased Bicycles Killed by Automobiles & Dangerous Drivers, as a sort of public service announcement and a place to mourn our lost loves. Just an idea.

Again, sorry to hear about this WithNail!

^^ that's really not a bad idea
I know nothing of web design or programming, so it's a good idea for someone else to partake.

The bike will be like jesus and rise again once Jacob is done with it.

Crappy luck, dude. Are you still in Boston? I'll buy you an effing drink to make up for it. I'll buy you two.

unfortunately no I'm in chicago now but thanks anyway.

by the way, come and visit when you get the chance.

wow henry, really sorry to hear that. glad you're well-ish. school is different when i lock up next to a bmx instead of one of your bikes hehe. i hope you get things taken care of soon. good luck

Ahhh... That's horrible! I hope you find a bike that makes you feel the love again. We (paul and pista) are going to visit Chicago sometime this year. You (and some others) will have to hook us up with some good places to eat. Good luck, and I hope you are well!

Meh, screw the bike. Bikes are junk if youre dead. Thankfully youre well enough.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=2471236#post2471236

is this the one your talking about?

I glad your ok and it's steel so you will ride again.

S/F,
CEYA!

Dude, so sorry, heal up quickly. That was my favorite bike in Boston, very sad, but at least you're alive. I'll buy you a drink next time I'm back up.

Jeff

Oh man, that bike was like every kid's wet dream. If you were a foot taller, I would have seriously considered jumping you for your bike when I met you.

So sorry for your loss, and I'm glad your at least partially alright.

damn dude, i sure know the feeling.

noooooooooooooooo!

sorry to hear about that, not cool at all. like has been said, glad that you're alive and well enough to be posting on the forum about it. nice to hear that you're going to have Jacob fix it.

at least I got to ride it once .::wipes tear from eye::.

all of these offers to buy him a drink? it sounds to me like that's how this happened in the first place...(forgive me if i'm wrong, i really don't mean any offense)

all of these offers to buy him a drink? it sounds to me like that's how this happened in the first place...(forgive me if i'm wrong, i really don't mean any offense)
I can't think of a more apt reason:

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Nope, actually I was dead sober on my way to ride northbrook velodrome for the first time.

I was hoping that since I'd been racing in the Class B races in NH all season, then they would let me ride the Cat 4 race (it was the last night of the season) even thought my license says I'm a Cat 5. Either way I was going up early to at least get a couple of hours of practice in because I didn't see much hope of them letting me upgrade anyway.

I don't really remember much of the accident but it was in a construction zone where they were guiding the cars to weave in and out of the baracades. I was coming arround this SUV when it stopped short and I slammed into the back corner of it. My face (I was wearing my helmet) and shoulder hit the corner of the truck, pushed my helmet up my head and spun me arround. I landed on my face and my knees and when I came to I had gotten the wind knocked out of me. The couple in the SUV were working class immigrants driving a '93 explorer. They stuck arround even though they didn't speak any english, but luckily I speak fluent spanish. They were genuinly worried about my well being and didn't care about any of the dammage that had been done. The paramedics were the only people who were hostile in the situation, insisting that I make a decision that second if I wanted to go to the hospital (I don't have insurance). I didn't want to make a fuss because it was my fault... had I been in a car it would have been my fault... I'm on a brakeless track bike. Plus I don't want to cause a sweet couple like them any sort of trouble. The cop gave me a ride home and was very understanding, then later that night Ben/Cardstock and Chimbly had me over for some beers and took this picture of my face.

http://static.flickr.com/85/237437639_4af8a10a1f.jpg

thanks for all the good words

People offered me beer and booze because I drink a lot. They know I would appretiate that... but assuming I was drunk, come on.

wow you look like withnail. heh. glad youre alright.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=2471236#post2471236

is this the one your talking about?

I glad your ok and it's steel so you will ride again.

S/F,
CEYA!

Yep that's the one. It'll be alright once I get a job up here and save up enough I'll send it to Jacob to fix it.

It is a sad day

ahhh XstraightXedgeX kids.

glad you're doing relatively well. sucks about your bike, but at least ya got all your teeth... and your life.

i only assumed he was drunk because he said he didn't remember. ( i was pretty adamant about that not being mean) I agree that it sucks. even if he were drunk that still sucks...and if i weren't a "XstraightXedgeX" kid and i said the exact same thing, would you have said that? it goes both ways. I'm sorry about the situation and the bike, that thing was gorgeous.

-jason

While I never thought that you were trying to be mean (the 'come on' would have been followed with a friendly shove and a giggle in real life) I do feel that the comment was inappropriate.

i only assumed he was drunk because he said he didn't remember. ( i was pretty adamant about that not being mean) I agree that it sucks. even if he were drunk that still sucks...and if i weren't a "XstraightXedgeX" kid and i said the exact same thing, would you have said that? it goes both ways. I'm sorry about the situation and the bike, that thing was gorgeous.

-jason

If you weren't an XstraightedgeX kid and/or you were a more exerienced biker you wouldn't have jumped to the unlikely conclusion that he was drunk. Pretty much any time you bounce your head off a car, concrete or something else hard your not going to rememeber what happened and that happens in alot more accidents then the cyclist being drunk.

first off, withnail, i apologize. sometimes my sarcasm and poking of fun gets the best of me. and dutret, i didn't realize that being an experienced bike rider meant you had to bounce your head off something...the only time i bounced my head off anything was the concrete on my bmx bike...i remember exactly what happened (and am thankful i still have all of my teeth.) I'm not on here for drama. I was poking a bit of fun to lighten a situation and (once again) the internet has sucked all emotion out of everything. I'm out, and i'd appreciate it if we could leave it at that.

-jason

i just think i remember you getting kinda preachy about drinking on here before, but i might be thinking of lumendras er whatever, but that's why i assumed you were serious as opposed to joking. use the emoticons man! i don't really care one way or another, i just roll my eyes.:rolleyes:

Is anything on the bike salvageable? The componentry must have cost a mint! Glad you're alright and still smiling in any event.

Yep that's the one. It'll be alright once I get a job up here and save up enough I'll send it to Jacob to fix it.


in the mean time you can catch me on the street and I'll let you ride my bike. if you dont look down I bet you wont know the dif. ;)

Damn, all these good bikes getting trashed. I feel your pain man (I destroyed my sloping top-tube bike on monday in a race, along with a tooth and a helmet).
Get well soon.

damn judah, that really sucks! You get well soon too... was that the KHS? sorry my memory is horrible.

damn judah, that really sucks! You get well soon too... was that the KHS? sorry my memory is horrible.

Don Walker:

http://static.flickr.com/86/234322735_277e81c64e.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/86/234322744_9ff13e9a38.jpg

Can/will DW fix it?!