Bike accident today...ugh

mca47

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.

It's the damnedest thing. They actually brought the bike to the ER with me. When I was all scanned, stitched up and ready to go, I realized they rested the bike up against the wall next to my gurney. Got done, pushed it out through the hospital and loaded it up into a friend's truck. On the way to the hospital in the ambulance I asked them (amid drugs and just waking up from my fall) where my bike was. They said, oh, we've got it. I tried to hug the female EMT but my head and body was restrained pretty good at that point.

elvistheking44

Glad u are OK, were you on a bike path or on the side of the street path?

I will say this though, if your riding on the street path and you are NOT following the rules of the road I cant feel for you. Biggest problem with biking in the City is that you are supposed to share the road and follow the same rules as the cars.

Few small details bike riders in the city seem to forget...

- Stop signs are for cars AND bikes
-The yellow line striped in the middle of the road is NOT the bike lane
-If Im making a right turn, I am NOT looking behind me to see if a bike is coming up on the right side of the car.

Like I said, Im very glad you are OK, just dont see cyclists being all that careful in the city

Peace

Sian-of-the-dead

Riverrunner wrote:

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?

No, he hit a brick wall at 34mph.

He is still recovering now really... it was a horrible time, 128 facial stitches (90 odd of those were internal) and years of therapy... But! he's back on the bike and doing over 900 miles per month again

Thanks for asking

Riverrunner

mca47 wrote:

It's the damnedest thing. They actually brought the bike to the ER with me. When I was all scanned, stitched up and ready to go, I realized they rested the bike up against the wall next to my gurney. Got done, pushed it out through the hospital and loaded it up into a friend's truck. On the way to the hospital in the ambulance I asked them (amid drugs and just waking up from my fall) where my bike was. They said, oh, we've got it. I tried to hug the female EMT but my head and body was restrained pretty good at that point.

That's funny. Reminds me of an accident we witnessed while in Ft. Myers on vacation a couple of years ago. We saw a guy on a Harley get hit by a car. He had no helmet on and went flying off of the bike. He was unconscious lying in the road. My husband is a First Responder where he works so he went to him. Right before the ambulance got there he regained consciousness - somewhat. He wouldn't let the ambulance take him though until somebody got there to take care of his bike. I think a wrecker arrived and he finally allowed them to take him. Before he was loaded onto the ambulance though he said he wanted to see his bike so they pushed him on the gurney to where his bike was laying.

mca47

I'm really amazed at how many f'ed up spots I have on me. Ugh!

Wobbie

Your Cubbies won!

Travelar

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

Riverrunner wrote:

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?

No, he hit a brick wall at 34mph.

He is still recovering now really... it was a horrible time, 128 facial stitches (90 odd of those were internal) and years of therapy... But! he's back on the bike and doing over 900 miles per month again

Thanks for asking

Holy cow. He sounds like a trooper.

Glad to hear that nothing permanently bad came out of it.

Riverrunner

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

He is still recovering now really... it was a horrible time, 128 facial stitches (90 odd of those were internal) and years of therapy... But! he's back on the bike and doing over 900 miles per month again

Wow, that is an impressive amount of mileage, especially after going through such a terrible ordeal.

Thunderclap

Riverrunner wrote:

My road bike is a Serotta Fierte Titanium

Mmmmm.... Serotta 8-). I'm in the market for a new road bike and I've been looking at a few in the Heritage collection, but I'm probably going to get a Cannondale Carbon Six-1. Serotta's are great looking bikes though.

mca47 wrote:

I'm really amazed at how many f'ed up spots I have on me. Ugh!

How are those meds treating ya? :P

mca47

Thunderclap wrote:

Riverrunner wrote:

My road bike is a Serotta Fierte Titanium

Mmmmm.... Serotta 8-). I'm in the market for a new road bike and I've been looking at a few in the Heritage collection, but I'm probably going to get a Cannondale Carbon Six-1. Serotta's are great looking bikes though.

mca47 wrote:

I'm really amazed at how many f'ed up spots I have on me. Ugh!

How are those meds treating ya? :P

Mmmmm...meds!



Sucks though, I hurt more today than I did yesterday. I suppose that's how it usually works. The 2nd day is always the worst.