Larry, where glad to hear that you and your wife are Ok. Most of us on this list have gone from bike to ER and have some appreciation of what your experience is like.
As i ride around during the summer I begin to memorize where all the old mufflers are but find myself angry about the failure of municipalities to clean the shoulders. I hope you take the time to let the local town manager & road manager know how road debris threatened your life in a way car drivers wouldn't tolerate. Michael Westford, Vt On Jul 21, 11:28 pm, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I dumped the tandem on the commute this morning. I caught a metal edge in > the road in the rain. We went down hard. I lead with my shoulder and then > thigh and knee. My wife hit with her elbow and thigh. Neither of us > remember hitting our heads but our helmets tell a different story. I managed > to hop up make sure my wife was OK and haul the bike to the sidewalk before I > passed out and went down for the count. Long story short we are banged and > beat up and probably won't be able to ride for 2 to 4 weeks but we should be > OK. > > I Haven't checked the bike yet but based on reports from my kids who picked > up the bike and brought it home there may be some damage. I will check that > tomorrow. > > That sounds like a tragedy not a tragedy averted? Well, when I went down for > the count my wife was smart enough to call 911 despite my protests. The > ambulance shows up and they check me over, backboard me and load me up. I > have to lay their for about 10 minutes before we get to the hospital. My > thoughts start to wander. Thank God we are OK. Hope the bike is OK. Glad I > didn't rip my Ibex shorts or my blue wool Rivendell jersey. My jersey, those > scissors happy yahoo's at the hospital are going to try and cut it off. Over > my dead body I think. > > I am in the exam room and they have checked me over including neck and spine. > Temperature was down to 94. The decision is made to get me out of my wet > clothes and into warm blankets. They manage to peel off my ibex shorts and > then I hear "How would you feel if we have to cut that shirt off of you?" I > make it quite clear that there is no reason to cut it off and that while I > have been a quiet and cooperative patient that will all end if the scissors > make an appearance. The doctor seems to have a good eye for clothes and says > it appears to be a classic shirt and there is no need to cut it off. With > some wincing on my part as I sit up and manage to get my injured arm pointed > towards the ceiling, they are able to pull the jersey off in one piece. > Tragedy averted. > > Larry Powers > > "just when you think that you've been gyped > the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. > Check it > out.http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
