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Old 04-04-13 | 03:03 PM
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From: Mountain Brook, AL
Sorry, but I'm going to have to report a wreck as well, from back in '73.

Riding my Gitane Interclub at night, no street lights, no bike lights, up a hill on the road in my neighborhood.
Another kid - I had played b-ball w/him earlier in the day - screaming down the hill on his bike.
Saw him a split second before we hit head on - with 27*1 1/4 tires - that's hard to do even trying.
Broken jaw, nose, cheekbone. I woke in the ambulance as they were cutting my bloodied shirt off me.
Hospital for 7 days.
Jaw wired shut ~12 weeks.
5 root canals.
Had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled to reduce the pressure across the front of my mouth (the missing zone).
Initially 2 bridges, one upper 3t, one lower 3t.
My tear duct "healed" closed. My right eye cried most of my sophomore year in HS. Another surgery to open it back up.
Upper bridge replaced post B-School after it fell out. Was 3 tooth, now it's a 6 tooth model.
My lower bridge is the next to go. I may need a bone graft first as it's been disappearing around the 2 (root canaled) roots that are left.
Bicycle wrecks - the gift that keeps on giving, even 40 years later.

But I can still ride. Not everyone can say that.
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