Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - A word of caution...

http://www.zweknu.org/blog/index.rhtml?s=p@602&c=T&ft=T#p602

Don't take your eyes off that chain, not even for a second :)

:eek: *glurk* *heave!*

Don't blame Rumsfeld....

That is why the chain comes off first, then gets cleaned. Then replaced. Then celebratory beer(s) is/are consumed.

Well, Rumsey would have you think he had nothing to do with it...

At least he wasn't cleaning naked, else the tip of something else might have gotten removed...

i have the same pump that he has!

Man!!!, that is F*&$ing nasty.

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Fi.....what the...where did go !?!?

Hmmmm ... who took the pics?

Ouch!

daaamn that's brutal.

http://www.zweknu.org/blog/index.rhtml?s=p@602&c=T&ft=T#p602

Don't take your eyes off that chain, not even for a second :)


There is an old urban myth about being able to tell if somebody is a long time track racer by the lack of the ends of one or more fingers that unfortunately is often true. It also,unfortunately, applies to butchers and carpenters and all other power tool users. Get well.

fixedgearhead

..so how exactly did this happen...I"m pretty squeamish..so as soon as I saw the first pic..I closed it...fill me in ;)

i keep accidentally almost chopping off the end of left index finger while cooking.

it's one of the hazards of compulsively sharpening my knives.

one day this is really going to suck.

fssb
sparky

i keep accidentally almost chopping off the end of left index finger while cooking.

it's one of the hazards of compulsively sharpening my knives.

sparky

You're more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife, in my experience. If you do it while chopping, try crooking your index finger so the blade get supported by your second knuckle on the index finger. That way, your finger tip is always out of the way. If you almost chop off your finger using a measuring cup or grinding pepper, your'e on your own.

Cheers

Cam

Don't blame Rumsfeld....


Ah, come on! Why not? It was alsmost as gross at the beheading!

Ah, come on! Why not? It was alsmost as gross at the beheading!

What beheading?

" hey ma whats for dinner? "

Heh, I just sold that guy a pair of pedals last week, said he was doing well. His doc gave him the go ahead to ride.. so he rode over to pick up the pedals... so at least he's back on the saddle..

So one average, one out of twenty people on this board know that bloke. That means he know roughly 300 million poeple. Popular guy :D

here (http://www.zweknu.org/pics/gal.rhtml?alb=hand) are more pictures of the missing digit...slightly more gruesome.

You're more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife, in my experience. If you do it while chopping, try crooking your index finger so the blade get supported by your second knuckle on the index finger. That way, your finger tip is always out of the way. If you almost chop off your finger using a measuring cup or grinding pepper, your'e on your own.

Cheers

Cam

More cuts with a sharp knife, messier and harder to stitch up with a dull knife.
P.S., p3ntuprage, finger tips grow back, usually.

p3ntuprage, finger tips grow back, usually.

I think that depends on what you mean by "tip" -- I've met several people
who have done the kind of damage this thread is observing and never
grew any of it back. If you're just talking about slicing a little of the skin
off, I suppose it's possible.

Damn it's gross though!

What beheading?

Nick Berg

i have the same pump that he has!

Why don't you start a club?

here (http://www.zweknu.org/pics/gal.rhtml?alb=hand) are more pictures of the missing digit...slightly more gruesome.

I don't wanna look, yet I looked.

Sure puts chainring marks on your calf in perspective don't it...

Why don't you start a club?

why don't you start a club!?

what about a clubbing club?

[and i don't care about fingertips growing back. it's more about having to pick bits of me out of my lunch. raaaank.

right now it's only limited to bits of fingernail, but one day...]

fssb
sparky

Nick Berg

Oh yes, I heard about that incident conducted by those sub-human savages.

My cable was out all week, therefore got most of my news through the main stream media......you know, the major networks and local newspapers. All I overwhelmingly heard or saw mostly was that prison scandal.

what about a clubbing club?

[and i don't care about fingertips growing back. it's more about having to pick bits of me out of my lunch. raaaank.

right now it's only limited to bits of fingernail, but one day...]

fssb
sparky

And after that one day, trust me, you'll do you're damnest not to let it happen again.

You're more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife, in my experience. If you do it while chopping, try crooking your index finger so the blade get supported by your second knuckle on the index finger. That way, your finger tip is always out of the way. If you almost chop off your finger using a measuring cup or grinding pepper, your'e on your own.


Yeah have to second the dull knife being more dangerous. If you have to press with great force to cut through something, if you miss you could cause more damage. I keep my knives which I bought in Osaka super sharp, and only ever slice through part of my fingernail. Really it is like I fillet it off, lots of time just shaving a thin slice, not even drawing blood. Also I use my knives 12+ hours each day...

And them pictures be nasty.