Originally Posted by
jppe
I was riding in a group and the folks in front of me didn’t point one out. Hit it solid, flatted the front tire and took a chunk out of my carbon rim
It took a chunk out of my rim and damaged the tire sidewalls too.
Yikes.
A friend of mine hit a pothole a little over a week ago. It was in a shadow under a freeway overpass, and she didn't see it.
She broke a lot of bones, and got herself a very serious TBI. She was in the ICU for almost a week, and at one point, failed to recognize family members and was tearing out IVs and wires they were using to monitor her. She is now transferred to a rehab facility and learning to walk again. :-(
I only mention it because potholes really really suck. This sport we love can be ridiculously dangerous. You got off lucky!