Originally Posted by
Ray9
On Aug. 14 I approached road construction on my 50 mile ride-scarified pavement. There was room on the right hand side to avoid it but the city had placed barrels and barriers there to prevent this. Not blaming the city because I made the decision to ride on it. I increased my speed to 27 mph because I thought it would be easier to maintain control. As soon as I entered the scarified surface my front tire went into a groove and it and my rear tire exploded simultaneously. I went down like a stone. Concussion, broken collar bone, three broken ribs and a fractured pelvis. I'll be out of work for three months. I have short term disability insurance that gives me half pay and five vacation weeks left that I can take at half pay to cover 10 weeks. Because I was knocked out I was transported 70 miles to Dartmouth Medical Center in Hanover NH where a CAT Scan showed very minor bleeding in the brain. I spent one night there and was released the next day. I run my tire pressure at 110 PSI.
The road rash is healing and so are the broken bones. I am already riding my indoor trainer. My wife and kids are telling me to give up cycling and I understand their concern but I will continue to ride because I am in great shape for my age- BP= 116/53, resting pulse= 43, Height 5'5, weight 136. I ride and keep up with the B group= 18+average speed. Crap happens, I made a bad decision, everything has a risk. What do you think?
Shlt happens. Don't change anything. It was an error in judgement, obviously, but get back on your bike as soon as you are able and don't make that mistake again. Don't listen to the softies who are pushing their drama about bike types and balloon tires.
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