That's my last ride for a bit.
Managed to come off the bike today. Not on ice or anything like that, but a product of my own choice. I'd got to a long queue of traffic at some lights, so I decided to filter along the inside of it. Normally I don't bother, but it was a long queue and I know that there is an advanced stop line at the lights. Now there wasn't a lot of room, but there was enough. After a bit the traffic started to move so to distance myself from it I thought I'd move over into a bust stop. That's where things went wrong, the kerb stones at the edge were a bit higher than expected and there may also have been a bit of a gap in front of them. Whatever my back wheel caught it and I went over like a sack of spuds.
Landed heavily on my left hip which now has a huge bit of road rash on it, one of my fingers was also at a funny angle, but that may have been from looking at the finger on my glove which had torn and was displaces. The finger still worked, but when I got back home it was a bit white and when I held my hand flat the end of it pointed upwards. Mrs S suggested I put it in some warm water and massage it, I did and it clicked a bit. No more pointing upwards.
I'm now feeling very sorry for myself with a stiff and sore hip and very sore and stiff swollen finger plus my best bib tights now have a hole in the knee
Managed to come off the bike today. Not on ice or anything like that, but a product of my own choice. I'd got to a long queue of traffic at some lights, so I decided to filter along the inside of it. Normally I don't bother, but it was a long queue and I know that there is an advanced stop line at the lights. Now there wasn't a lot of room, but there was enough. After a bit the traffic started to move so to distance myself from it I thought I'd move over into a bust stop. That's where things went wrong, the kerb stones at the edge were a bit higher than expected and there may also have been a bit of a gap in front of them. Whatever my back wheel caught it and I went over like a sack of spuds.
Landed heavily on my left hip which now has a huge bit of road rash on it, one of my fingers was also at a funny angle, but that may have been from looking at the finger on my glove which had torn and was displaces. The finger still worked, but when I got back home it was a bit white and when I held my hand flat the end of it pointed upwards. Mrs S suggested I put it in some warm water and massage it, I did and it clicked a bit. No more pointing upwards.
I'm now feeling very sorry for myself with a stiff and sore hip and very sore and stiff swollen finger plus my best bib tights now have a hole in the knee
Having a new front door fitted and the temperature is plummeting already.
