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05-13-12 | 11:27 AM

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Tom Stormcrowe

Out fishing with Annie on his lap, a cigar in one hand and a ginger ale in the other, watching the sunset.

Joined: Mar 2006

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From: South Florida

Bikes: Techna Wheelchair and a Sun EZ 3 Recumbent Trike

War Story: Cat IV Criterium Race, riding in a tight paceline descending a small hill coming into a curve
Location: Lake Wawasee
Bike: 2007 Specialized Allez

In the curve is a "Delta of Death", it had rained the night before, and the sweepers missed this in the final course prep, cleaning off the sand washes.

The riders in frot of me had several go down and we had no place to go, and I wound up in a multibike crash at 30+ MPH.

Results:

Road Rash
Fractured distal collarbone end in a lengthwise split (Exquisitely painful, I can assure you
My front 12 teeth embedded in another riders CF handlebar, and the rest of my teeth's roots so fractured that they all had to be extracted
Concussion
Ruined shorts and my butt hanging out of them, bleeding from the road rash
I couldn't remember the day or my name

So off to the hospital I went, via ambulance.

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