I was out for an annual long father’s day ride with a few buddies when my friend slowed suddenly due to a front tire flat with me on his wheel; my buddy on my wheel and I went down hard when I rode up the back of my friend with the flat.Inexplicable luck of cycling, both my shifters are destroyed (pic) yet I have only minor scrapes on my knee and elbow. Meanwhile, my buddy’s bike is undamaged, but he is in the hospital with a broken rib and collapsed lung.

No idea how I hit the deck for this to result.