Random Thread - April 2009

**jjeling** · 04-20-2009, 12:56 AM

Party in the park!

**AntZ** · 04-20-2009, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by raiven

Uh oh! Sorry to hear that. I had a bit of a fall down a cement back stairway at work. Landed on my tailbone and hit my right arm which was painful enough but to add insult to injury I slipped down a further step and landed on it again. I have a huge bruise on my right forearm no comment on the other.

No photos either huh?

I have to admit mine is self inflicted. I train hard and ride hard..and today was too hard.

**Greg_Nuspel** · 04-20-2009, 06:40 AM

Worst self inflicted cycling last year was when I was pushing hard leaving a stop when I discovered my right shoe didn't clip in properly. With full downward thrust my foot made contact with the road effectively coming to a full stop. The chain wheel came in contact with my calf, now my left foot was in the power stroke position. Chain wheels are sharp so it had no problem finding good purchase in my tender flesh. This help it climb up my calf tooth by tooth. now essentially my bike was supported in the air by my leg. Gravity and momentum now worked together to help force my front wheel back down unfortunately due to a distraction occurring I had inadvertently turned my front wheel enough for it to cause a pull to the right so when it bounced I corrected for this but to an extent that was rather adverse since it now came in contact with the ground at a greater angle. Two more bounces like this each with a greater oscillation was too much effort for the front wheel so it decided forward motion was out of the question. Inertial came to my rescue and restored the balance to the physics problem this had created by allowing my body to continue over the handle bars. At this time my body proved that it could stop my forward motion by the use of friction on the pavement. I am happy to say the bike and the road were not damaged during this event.

**Gem** · 04-20-2009, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by jjeling

Party in the park!

Oh...wait....

Still got two more finals. Damn.

That sounds nasty, Greg! But, good thing the bike and road weren't hurt. That'd be a real shame

**Gem** · 04-21-2009, 09:21 AM

I officially finish today at 5pm Mountain Time! WWOOOOOOTTT

**kat** · 04-21-2009, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Gem

I officially finish today at 5pm Mountain Time! WWOOOOOOTTT

Yay!

**casil403** · 04-21-2009, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by kat

Go NUCKS Go!

Gosh...the Flames actually played pretty good last night!
I still say Chicago in 5 though!

**casil403** · 04-21-2009, 10:46 AM

I was in Grade 8, riding my bike home and was being chased by some kids on their bikes. We lived at the bottom of this big hill one street over so I decided to get away from them I would pedal in 10th gear down the hill as fast as I could. at the bottom of the hill I had to make a 90% turn to make the corner but I missed the road and ended up riding in the ditch. In the middle of the ditch was a stone bridge type walkway across the ditch so I slammed into that head-on at full speed, instantly stopping the bike. I remember being catapulted over the handlebars, flying in mid-air, seeing the walkway below as I'm shooting over it and landing well on the other side of the ditch on my left shoulder (which I ended up dislocating). The bike was now turned into a side by side 2-wheeled unicycle to which I quietly got up, and pushed home. When I got home I remember sitting on the basement step and just losing it! My Mum thought I had been molested or something because I was so distraught and couldn't talk. I was more worried about getting in trouble for breaking my bike!

Btw,I got a round of applause from the 2 boys chasing me who were suitably impressed and said they had never seen anyone fly like that!
My Dad also managed to straighten and fix the bike too!

**kat** · 04-21-2009, 11:01 AM

Well, I'm gonna add to the list of injuries this week (btw-hope everone is recovering well). My wrist is bruised and sore. I can move the thing up and down but not left to right. To add insult to injury, I don't even know how I hurt myself....

Either way this gal is sucking it up and still doing my weight training! Unless I'm dragged to the doctor by my husband who is threatening me if I don't stop complaining.. ha ha..where is the joy in not bugging him

Have a great day everyone! Off to play group!