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Old 08-04-09 | 10:47 AM
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arej00dazed
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Bikes: '09 Giant Boulder SE

my worst injuries happened on a bike........well falling off a bike. back in junior high, I had an old *** 10spd road bike that didnt shift. there towards the end the chain would pop off from time to time, think the derailers were slipping, dunno. anyhow, I stood up to give it some power, chain popped off and down I went into the gravel. Tore the skin off my right knee cap, could see a 50cent piece size of bone (knee cap) and I was digging gravel out of the other knee for the next week. That injury still haunts me every day of my life.

the 2nd worse was bout 2 yrs ago. out with some friends on a paved trail. Came up on a curve near a concrete "bridge" (dunno exactly what its called) which water flows over it in the spring. well there was moss, mud and gravel all over the place and I came into the turn waaay too fast. lost my balance, almost recovered but then the rear wheel slipped out and down I went on my forehead. I sat there for a minute, got up and rode the mile + back to the beginning. swelled shut eye, softball size knott and alot of pain later, I now have a new "birth mark" on my head. really its barely visible except when I get tanned and it kinda looks like a birth mark.
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