Bike accident today...ugh

mca47

So I just got back from the hospital. My face is swollen, I hurt all over...Gonna pick up some sweet meds shortly!!

Anyways, I was riding on a bike path that I always do. Come around a corner and this older guy is swerving all over the place. I decide to hit the grass and let him by. As I swerve off into the grass, he's got within out handlebars touching, I hit the side of the path and it was lights out!
I'm woken up 20 mins later by a group of paramedics feeling like death. Get hauled to the ER, get CT scans, get the whole work up and I have stitches about my right eye. What the fuck is wrong with people. The guy who I avoided took off and someone else found my knocked out body on the path.


Ugh, what is wrong with people?

I hurt. Bad.


Good thing is my bike didn't get too messed up though.

norm

glad you're ok


glad your bike is ok


enjoy the meds

pjtradeking

Glad you are ok, bro!! Enjoy the meds! ;-) j/k....Glad you are okay!

Fifthelement

Thank goodness your okay. That other guy is an f'n dick :x I hope he gets his comeuppance one day. Take care of yourself.

Brain of J.Lo

That is so shitty that he took off and left you there! What a coward!

Glad you're ok!

g under p

What is wrong with people? Back In college I was riding to my graveyard shift at Denny's when some drunken clowns tried to run me off from a side street. They missed me fished tailed over corrected and ended up in a huge ditch. I kept going and laughed out loud all the way to work. The next morning the car was STILL in that ditch, serve them right the asses.

Peace

adropinthepark

mca47 wrote:

Good thing is my bike didn't get too messed up though.

Really, it's more important that you're going to be okay. Though, that reminds me that before getting another bicycle, I'm going to check out how the hell I can get insurance for it.

What happened to you is totally fucked up. I can't believe they just drove off. :evil:

And, what's up with getting hit in bicycle paths???

I was hit in one years ago. I was pretty much just bumped, but it was an older SOLID car. Fucked up my leg and front tire. The kicker was that the old dude that hit me started swearing at me. :shock:
I started yelling back, "You're swearing at me!!!!! You hit me and now YOU are swearing at me!!!???" :evil:
He quickly realized there were witnesses and started apologizing. 8-)

Hope whoever hit you gets his/hers.

Thunderclap

I'm waiting for something like that to happen to me. If I commuted more I'm sure it would.

I'm glad you're ok and that your bike is ok. What kind of bike do you have?

Did any of the test results come back yet? I've never had anything like that happen to me so I don't have a clue how long that would take in this case. I would hope they'd have them to you asap.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

mca47 wrote:

So I just got back from the hospital. My face is swollen, I hurt all over...Gonna pick up some sweet meds shortly!!

Anyways, I was riding on a bike path that I always do. Come around a corner and this older guy is swerving all over the place. I decide to hit the grass and let him by. As I swerve off into the grass, he's got within out handlebars touching, I hit the side of the path and it was lights out!
I'm woken up 20 mins later by a group of paramedics feeling like death. Get hauled to the ER, get CT scans, get the whole work up and I have stitches about my right eye. What the fuck is wrong with people. The guy who I avoided took off and someone else found my knocked out body on the path.


Ugh, what is wrong with people?

I hurt. Bad.


Good thing is my bike didn't get too messed up though.

OUCH!!!!!!

im curious....did ya have a helmet on????

Thorns2010

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

im curious....did ya have a helmet on????

I was about to ask the same question!

Heineken Helen

wow, that's fucked up, I'm sorry to hear that... the fucker will get his, don't worry :oops:

Thoughts_Arrive

Glad to hear you are okay, that sounds pretty bad.
I had a close call once, my godparents son was in front of me as we were going fast downhill on a bike track at a local park and he lost control and fell off and then I had no time to swerve and I went flying.
I missed hitting a wooden pillar on a footbridge by inches and wasn't wearing a helmet.
Boy did it hurt when I got up.

On a separate occasion, my bike landed on top of me, ouch, tried to do a jump and went over the bars as I went into the jump too early and my wheel slammed into the ramp. I remember lying on my back with the mountain bike coming down on me, broke my wheel and had to limp home, arrr the mischief of being a kid lol

Today on the news some cyclist got serious injuries because some asshole threw a full bottle of beer out of a car window at him, unprovoked, now he needs reconstructive facial surgery. Us road cyclists get treated like shit by car drivers.

Report: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25104205-661,00.html

Travelar

Glad you're ok. I hate assholes like that.

I ride the train and bike to work in the warmer months. Last fall I was riding between work and the train station on a trail that I usually take. Some asshole put a log at the bottom of a hill and covered it with leaves. I hit it and did a header over my handlebars. I seriously messed my shoulder up. It still hurts some depending on the motion. I probably should have went to the doctor, but I decided to tough it out.

Riverrunner

As a cyclist I have found that when on the bike paths you have to watch out for inexperienced cyclists who don't know how to ride on a path, take up the whole path, pull out in front of you, or just swerve over. They also don't teach their kids how to ride so you almost have to stop when kids are around.

When on the road you have to watch out for the crazy drivers who don't think you should be on the road and make their point by coming with inches when they pass or throwing stuff out the window at you.

If I had more mountain biking skills I would say that single path mountain bike trails are the safest. But considering I can't seem to stay upright when I am on the trail I can't say that either. Although, when I do fall it is usually not serious.

Sian-of-the-dead

Man, I hate falling off, ESPECIALLY when it's someone elses fault :evil:

Hope you're feeling better and aren't too swollen... *ahem* pictures of injuries please :P

mca47

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

mca47 wrote:

So I just got back from the hospital. My face is swollen, I hurt all over...Gonna pick up some sweet meds shortly!!

Anyways, I was riding on a bike path that I always do. Come around a corner and this older guy is swerving all over the place. I decide to hit the grass and let him by. As I swerve off into the grass, he's got within out handlebars touching, I hit the side of the path and it was lights out!
I'm woken up 20 mins later by a group of paramedics feeling like death. Get hauled to the ER, get CT scans, get the whole work up and I have stitches about my right eye. What the fuck is wrong with people. The guy who I avoided took off and someone else found my knocked out body on the path.


Ugh, what is wrong with people?

I hurt. Bad.


Good thing is my bike didn't get too messed up though.

OUCH!!!!!!

im curious....did ya have a helmet on????

No I didn't at the time (dumb!). I'm a experienced mountain biker, and I was basically out just for a cruise..."enjoy the day" kinda thing. I figured well, I'm not going off road, I'm quite experienced, there is no traffic to deal with, and it's a smooth path...
Dumb. Fortunately I never really smacked my head, more of a "face meets concrete". Looking back, it could have been much, much worse. Hell, I'm glad I didn't lose any teeth or break any bones.

To the other poster, I have a '03-or '04 (can't remember) Specialized Rockhopper. Great bike! Still in pretty good shape, but it will def. need a tune-up before I can really ride it again.

Sian-of-the-dead

mca47 wrote:

No I didn't at the time (dumb!). I'm a experienced mountain biker, and I was basically out just for a cruise..."enjoy the day" kinda thing. I figured well, I'm not going off road, I'm quite experienced, there is no traffic to deal with, and it's a smooth path...
Dumb. Fortunately I never really smacked my head, more of a "face meets concrete". Looking back, it could have been much, much worse. Hell, I'm glad I didn't lose any teeth or break any bones.

To the other poster, I have a '03-or '04 (can't remember) Specialized Rockhopper. Great bike! Still in pretty good shape, but it will def. need a tune-up before I can really ride it again.

That was extremely silly.

I had an '03 Rockhopper... damn I loved that bike... rode it into the ground though, cracked the frame and everything :oops: (I got my sites set on a Kona now ) Is your's ok? :?

Riverrunner

Speaking of the bike.......... how did you recover your bike if you went to the ER in an ambulance? I've always worried about that. That I would get hit by a car and have to be transported by an ambulance, and then somebody would steal my bike or leave it in the ditch. I guess if I was going to the hospital I might be worried about more important things, but you know how we cyclists are about our bikes. My road bike is a Serotta Fierte Titanium - bought new in late summer 2007. It is my baby.

Sian-of-the-dead

Riverrunner wrote:

Speaking of the bike.......... how did you recover your bike if you went to the ER in an ambulance? I've always worried about that. That I would get hit by a car and have to be transported by an ambulance, and then somebody would steal my bike or leave it in the ditch. I guess if I was going to the hospital I might be worried about more important things, but you know how we cyclists are about our bikes. My road bike is a Serotta Fierte Titanium - bought new in late summer 2007. It is my baby.

When my Dad had a horrific accident a few years ago and he was air lifted away, the police took care of his bike and contacted my Mum. She picked the bike and his helmet up the next day from the police station... so I guess if the police get there first (and they're not beaten to it by young hoodlums), they take the property and look after it.

mca47

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

mca47 wrote:

No I didn't at the time (dumb!). I'm a experienced mountain biker, and I was basically out just for a cruise..."enjoy the day" kinda thing. I figured well, I'm not going off road, I'm quite experienced, there is no traffic to deal with, and it's a smooth path...
Dumb. Fortunately I never really smacked my head, more of a "face meets concrete". Looking back, it could have been much, much worse. Hell, I'm glad I didn't lose any teeth or break any bones.

To the other poster, I have a '03-or '04 (can't remember) Specialized Rockhopper. Great bike! Still in pretty good shape, but it will def. need a tune-up before I can really ride it again.

That was extremely silly.

I had an '03 Rockhopper... damn I loved that bike... rode it into the ground though, cracked the frame and everything :oops: (I got my sites set on a Kona now ) Is your's ok? :?

Yeah, it was dumb. Lesson learned.
Bike should be ok, just def. needs a tune-up/some fixing. I took a look last night and it's nothing significant. Brakes, gear adjustment...not too bad.

Riverrunner

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

When my Dad had a horrific accident a few years ago and he was air lifted away, the police took care of his bike and contacted my Mum. She picked the bike and his helmet up the next day from the police station... so I guess if the police get there first (and they're not beaten to it by young hoodlums), they take the property and look after it.

I hope your dad recovered. Was he hit by a car?