Great Lakes - Broken Collarbone

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ColorChange
06-07-08, 03:59 PM
I'm out for a while! My own stinking fault.
I plan to show Tuesday night and Plan to buy beers. Show up for the details.
PS.
This really hurts.:injured:
CyLowe97
06-07-08, 04:08 PM
:eek:
Son of a freakin' bizniatch. Hate to hear bad news.
Do you seriously think you can keep it under your hat until Tuesday? This should be interesting.
Heal up, CC.
cyclpsycho
06-07-08, 04:15 PM
Oh NO!!! :eek::eek:
You know Tyler would still ride :D
Maybe a good upgrade for your ride would be Zipp training wheels? :roflmao2:
Heal up quick bud!
merlin55
06-07-08, 04:18 PM
Get the expensive deluxe sling with a foam block between your arm and side, it does a much better job of holdng your collarbone in alignment,
DONT run or ride for at least 3 weeks or until xrays show that is is healing. The 5 dollar sack sling that I got in the ER didn't help, not did running after 1 week. Long story short it never healed and required an expensive surgery with an amazingly painful bone graft taken from my hip and a metal plate...after 4 month of pain.
ColorChange
06-07-08, 04:48 PM
Meriin, I'll try to find one.
Thanks guys. First my knee and now this. Grrrr.
garysol1
06-07-08, 05:33 PM
Details Details!!!!!!!
I am sorry to read about your collarbone, I hope you heal up quickly.
Kimbercop
06-07-08, 07:04 PM
Sorry to hear about the injury Colorchange, Heal quickly
colorchange, Soooo!!! You had to one up me today!!!!! Go to the did you ride thread and see a nice picture taken by gary1 right after my little accident and if you scroll down I give you a little detail on how I managed to tear myself up.
BTW, good luck with your recovery, hope all goes well. Leinad
John Wilke
06-07-08, 08:11 PM
My philosophy is that if you're gonna get hurt, and perhaps you have to be off work ... do it when the weather is nice. :)
Heal well.
SmokinMiles
06-08-08, 07:42 AM
I'm out for a while! My own stinking fault.
I plan to show Tuesday night and Plan to buy beers. Show up for the details.
PS.
This really hurts.:injured:
OH...NO! Could this be bad juju from ditching the BFNIC group at Cross Plains!!!!!:D;) Just wondering since I dissed the Swedish Days ride and then got the worst stomach virus ever.
Seriously, I am sooooo sorry. I'm not sure what this means for your riding season but I hope you're not out all summer. :(
I won't be there Tuesday but maybe you'll spill all the details after then.
Flywolfs
06-08-08, 08:47 AM
Sorry to hear about your injury ColorChange, hope you heal up fast.
CyLowe97
06-08-08, 01:52 PM
Almost a full day since ColorChange reported his misfortune and no one has asked the most important question of all....
HOW IS YOUR BIKE?!?
:(
Kimbercop
06-08-08, 05:49 PM
Almost a full day since ColorChange reported his misfortune and no one has asked the most important question of all....
HOW IS YOUR BIKE?!?
:(
I almost typed that yesterday instead of my sympathy's for his collarbone. I just didnt want to seem inconsiderate. But what the hey.
Hows the Bike?? and what happened??
ColorChange
06-08-08, 07:03 PM
OK, this is damn funny (now). A little preview. After it happened, I end up standing in the ditch. I then realize something is not right. I sit down and look over at my left shoulder,, then my right shoulder. My right shoulder is sitting like 3" below my left and I look at the ground to see that I am level. ... Uh oh... then I see about a 1/2 inch protrusion out the front of my jersey. Then I know ... Damn@!
My next question to the guys gathering ... "How's my bike?"
I don't know for sure till I partially dissasemble and ride it but so far, scratched the RD (the only RED component I have yet to mount). :)
I'll do a full dump after my penance on Tuesday night.
garysol1
06-08-08, 08:05 PM
After it happened
Any info before the "after it happened" part? Were you racing or riding or?????????????
Psimet2001
06-08-08, 10:36 PM
Sucks about the collar bone :(
...and you were afraid of criteriums. See...it can happen anywhere.
If you end up working on the rig before Tuesday just make sure you don't wash it....
recursive
06-08-08, 10:46 PM
Heal fast.
I heard the best recovery is lifting heavy weights above your head.
Ok, don't do that. I was kidding.
Sixty Fiver
06-08-08, 10:59 PM
I can feel your pain... my collarbones have not matched since '71.
From the "damn that must have hurt" file...
http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/awkwardbod2.jpg
On the bright side, everything works and my right shoulder actually has more mobility than my left.
Cycling Jester
06-09-08, 11:08 AM
I'm out for a while! My own stinking fault.
I plan to show Tuesday night and Plan to buy beers. Show up for the details.
PS.
This really hurts.:injured:
I'm sorry to hear about your collarbone. Heal fast and get back out on the roads.
Awesome, welcome to the "golf-ball" in my collarbone club. get better!
Sixty Fiver
06-09-08, 12:20 PM
I can catch rain water with mine... :D