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ofofhy
12-13-04, 08:39 AM
So I figured this was the best forum to post this in. I found this on photosig.com, it's not me. It's what happens when your front tire fails going around a corner.

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1404049&forward=browse


Anybody got any others they want to post.

bandregg
12-13-04, 09:38 AM
I had my front tire blow out on a corner at about 18 mph. My left cheek looked pretty similar when it happened, in May. The wound is down to about a silver dollar sized stain 7 months later. I learned not to try and read a hand held cue sheet, while cornering, through gravel, in new shorts.
cyclingshane73
12-13-04, 12:22 PM
That looks like it freakin hurt! I got the gravity test once this past summer when my back tire slipped on a wet street car track. I had a bruise the size of my hand on my ass in almost the same place as our friend there. All black, purple and blue but nowhere near a big and ugly as that one.

DieselDan
12-13-04, 05:20 PM
That looks like a fracture. :eek:
orguasch
12-14-04, 07:33 PM
I hope your okay, when did this happen
Pat
12-15-04, 01:44 AM
It is also a good reason not to use tubulars unless you know how to put them on and take the care to do it right each and every time.
jasonsan
12-15-04, 02:25 PM
Yikes! Nice wound! Those are referred to as a "hippers" in skateboarding ( shiver) . Sometimes they fill up w/ fluid and make it difficult fit into clothing. g'luck and speedy recovery.
FLBandit
12-17-04, 07:16 AM
Must be something, our firewall here at work (shhh!) wouldn't let me see it!
bac
12-17-04, 07:28 AM
Must be something, our firewall here at work (shhh!) wouldn't let me see it!

You, my friend, are the lucky one. :)