I think Philip's takes the cake, yikes. I went over the handlebars going downhill last year (Tunnel Rd in Oakland for you Bay Area folks), not sure what happened but the caliper brakes on my Frank Jones Sr. got caught in the spokes of the front wheel and locked it, face planted the pavement, wasn't going super fast, but easily 15-20mph, I had to brake hard the turn before to avoid a squirrel so maybe something shook loose then. Ended up with 8 stitches on my chin and 6 on my upper lip that scarred pretty bad, I'll pretty much always have a beard now, I was just thinking of shaving it off right before the accident. Ate through a straw for 2 weeks my mouth was so busted (miraculously did not even chip a tooth!). The whole thing shook me up pretty bad, I'm just now starting to ride a little bit again, but it'll never be like before. Previous accident was a skid and sideways fall, also on pavement, ended up with a grapefruit size hematoma that took me out of commission for 2 weeks as well.
I'm amazed at the number of people that will pass you on the side of the road all bloodied up (it was pretty gnarly) and barely slow down, continuing to ride. I'd say 10+ people rode right on by. One guy said 'oh, that will hurt, you'll never be the same', and kept riding. Luckily someone did stop and hang out with me until my wife came. Who knows, maybe I would have been one of those non stopping people if the situation was reversed, not in the future though that's for sure. Stay safe out there folks. Check your brakes every now and then, make sure they're on there tight. And don't go too fast. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f79d9113-454b-4e73-9e34-928ad7366923%40googlegroups.com.
