So was she emergency braking because of rhe goose?

Get well soon!

Broke my pelvis when I was 11 years old - first day of summer vacation. Hurt like hell, then six weeks on crutches.

Interesting contrast in medical insurance and care standards between 1974 and today: after the accident, I spent five days in the hospital, in traction most of the time. Now they just send you home.

Cycling content: after the accident, which occurred on a construction site, we were all afraid that we'd get in trouble -- our parents had warned us not to play there. So my friends propped me on my bike, got me rolling, and I rode the three blocks home. Got to our steep driveway and tipped over.

Heal up, OP, and stay off those damned MUPS. I'm glad we don't have them around here.

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Informative report and heal fast

Sorry to hear about the accident. Regardless of your speed, it could have been 10 MPH, if someone swerves or locks up and jack knives, in your direction of travel the accident was unavoidable. There are speed limit signs on the local MUPs but they are ignored, and I am guilty when they are unoccupied. Heal quickly and get back at it.

As am I, reading this thread.

I've been riding (again) just the last couple years. Maybe 800 outside miles... so far.

Fawns I've seen maybe five times while riding my bike, country roads mostly save the one on our local MUP.
They all spooked, ran off.
I think four squirrels in all. All looking injured, not particularly 'squirrely'
Several cats, moving speedily enough not to present a hazard.
Been chased by two (at the same time) loud, aggressive farm dogs.
One box turtle.
Wouldn't want to hit a goose....

Hope your recovery goes well. My last fall was me stopping to go under some yellow tape blocking the open part of a MUP. Lost my balance and unable to unclip my foot in time. No broken bones just my pride.

ouch, always sorry to hear of an injury crash.

is it possible she was braking or maneuvering because of the same goose?

there is a route my kids and i take nearby that has a huge number of geese. they’re pretty big and seem much less avoidant of bicycles than normal urban fowl.

Sorry to hear about your injury crash, wishing you a quick and godspeed recovery.

Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, I believe she was avoiding the same goose but really overreacted. She also had a very flat, grassy area to her right about 50ft in width she could have utilized.

Thank you.

Graduated to a cane this weekend two weeks after the accident. Takes a bit of getting used to, but is liberating to move off the walker.

It's not things that you hit. It's things that can hit you.

Fawns are a problem when I don't also see the momma deer. She'll be in the brush near by. 3 times since my 2019 accident. After slowing down when seeing a only fawn on one side of the MUP. The momma dear jumped completely over the MUP from the brush to get to her fawn. Once missing me by only 10 feet. If I hadn't slowed down from the 15 - 20 plus mph I was doing, then she may have knocked me off my bike. Which probably will have put me back in the ER or at least pretty banged up.

Ooof! Sorry to hear you were hurt. I got hit and shattered my pelvis (by a large motorized 'goose'), and I can say that the two things that got me back on the bike were 1. PT sessions, 139 of them counting the at-home ones I did on my own, 2. I was allowed to spin on my stationary bike twice a day, and dozens of those sessions. My graduation was a century six months after the accident. Best of luck to you!

The verb “shattered” when referring to pelvii makes for most uncomfortable reading. Glad to hear you recovered so quickly. That’s almost 1 PT session per day?!

hmmm, no crutches?

I have a friend that semi-recently broke his hip, fractured his pelvis, and shattered his acetabulum.
He worked hard at rehab and now kind of walks with a limp but is totally back to normal, but even stronger and faster.
I hope you heal quickly and completely.

Much safer. Impossible to go over handlebars due to low CG.

Sorry to read about your accident. I hope your recovery is speedy and you can enjoy riding sooner than later!
Your incident is a reminder for me to expect the worst possible reaction by other riders, and pedestrians on a trail or on a MUP, just as I do when driving a vehicle!

Once I crashed at 40 mph on a wet mud covered downhill curve. Busted my helmet, got some road rash, that was about it. It was thrilling doing a crossed up power slide on the wet mud, until I got to the high friction dry pavement on other side.

Yep, worst accident I had as far as time off the bike was on an MUP due to a cyclist riding on the wrong side of the path around a blind corner.

Heal up fast OP.

For better or for worse there are
almost none of these paths where I live except for a small .25 mile one but I won’t ride it if I see any signs of pedestrians on it. It’s not wide enough so that unless they are walking towards you won’t get safely past them. I was in Ohio over the summer and they have a 300 mile mup system that unties the entire state. While I didn’t have time to ride it it’s mostly used by cyclists apparently. It was a system of old train railways.