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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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That sucks... get better soon! On the topic of helmets... the only people wearing helmets while cycling here tend to be foreigners, or people on a race bike. Mind you, cyclists are probably better off in terms of roads and rights here than most other places, which I'm sure helps. I've slipped a few times on my bike, once when it was raining (my front wheel got warped in the fall), once when there was ice on the road (no damage, but the person behind me slipped too when she needed to break) and I got my front wheel stuck in the track of the tram twice as well. Oh, and I once ran into a car that didn't give me right of passage. The car lost its hubcap and drove on without slowing down, I had nothing. EDIT Quote: It's annoying considering my girlfriend has a case of hemophobia (is that even a word?). I'd expect it to be spelled haemophobia, but I don't know. It's clear what it means though. Being a girl with haemophobia has to suck badly at least once per month. |
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Michael Faerber
Member #4,800
July 2004
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Thanks for all kind replies! I see people here have had lots of accidents too, so I don't feel alone. About the "drive" vs. "ride": I found it strange to write "I rode down the street", because, as Tobias said, you say it differently in German (but I knew that "drive" wasn't the right word). After reading your helmet-related replies I will now really consider to wear such a device, but it will take some time to get on a bicycle anyway, so I will have plenty of time to buy a helmet. Thanks again for your replies, they mean a lot to me! -- |
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Goalie Ca
Member #2,579
July 2002
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Holy shit dude! Glad to hear you're at least good enough to write. The worst bike accident i had was similar but i was going much slower and i sacked myself on the handlebar. ps: ------------- |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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For starters, sue Goalie Ca and Evert. |
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Dennis
Member #1,090
July 2003
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Michael Faerber said: Wish me good luck! Good luck and Gute Besserung!:) --- 0xDB | @dennisbusch_de --- |
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Michael Faerber
Member #4,800
July 2004
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Do the american thing and sue somebody He .. we're already planning to find out who owns the street and get some money from the responsibles. Quote: Good luck and Gute Besserung!:)
Thanks, heute hab' ich eh schon wieder Würsteln essen können - ein Genuss nach drei Tagen Brei und Spinat! -- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Quote: A helmet protects your head quite nicely. I'm sure you'd be a lot better off had you been wearing one. Your arms would still be broken, of course, but you might still have your teeth. I disagree. Helmets do diddly-squat to protect your teeth (I can't think of any bicycle helmet design that sticks out enough in front to prevent your teeth from hitting the ground). What they do is protect old people from cracking their skulls. That's it. -- |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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When I made that post I was referring to a motorcycle helmet. |
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piccolo
Member #3,163
January 2003
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30km/h Ive had a lot of bike crashes at nothing under 75km/h i never broke any bones i almost got impaled but it got stop about an inch in. i got hit from the side by a women who ran a light in a grey car. my helmet saved my life that time. i felt the impact on the back of my head. if i did not have my helmet i would have had a soft spot in the back of my head. [edit] i just saw the pic. it looks like your healing up pretty fas:ot. wow |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Ouch! With my luck, I could come off things like that without much damage, maybe just a bruise or something. I should be dead considering how many times I hit my head alone actually. --- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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SonShadowCat
Member #1,548
September 2001
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How are you typing?!! |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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With great difficulty. -- |
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Michael Faerber
Member #4,800
July 2004
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Quote:
30km/h Haha ... if you knew how much milk I usually drink, you would not have written this statement! Quote: Ive had a lot of bike crashes at nothing under 75km/h i never broke any bones i almost got impaled but it got stop about an inch in. i got hit from the side by a women who ran a light in a grey car. my helmet saved my life that time. i felt the impact on the back of my head. if i did not have my helmet i would have had a soft spot in the back of my head.
75 km/h? You usually only get this when the street is very steep ... Quote: i just saw the pic. it looks like your healing up pretty fas:ot. Yes, I'm pretty happy about that. Quote: With my luck, I could come off things like that without much damage, maybe just a bruise or something. I should be dead considering how many times I hit my head alone actually. I thought that too .. until now. @Thomas: That's great stuff! Quote: How are you typing?!! See Gnolam's post. I can move my fingers quite well, but most of the arm is covered with bandages. -- |
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manjula
Member #3,569
June 2003
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CursedTyrant
Member #7,080
April 2006
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Riiiight --------- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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A bikini accident would be more like -- |
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Lucid Nightmare
Member #5,982
July 2005
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Well, dae ja vu, had an accident myself on 26th of July... Got 23 stitches, dissolvable and non dissolvable, both... Had the accident exactly the same way u had except that it was raining and as it was 4 in the morning there was no one and had to walk around 1.5 kilometres to reach the hospital by myself... feel low at times but then, its k, i just cant turn the clock... and in any case, its good to have a scar before u die... Here's a pic in the attachment of me two weeks after the accident... I recovered and healed real fast... Two Golden Rules of life- Firstly, I'm always right and secondly, if you think otherwise, slap your face and read rule number one again! |
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Michael Faerber
Member #4,800
July 2004
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Haha, Manjula, that's nice! Quote: Well, dae ja vu, had an accident myself on 26th of July... Got 23 stitches, dissolvable and non dissolvable, both... Had the accident exactly the same way u had except that it was raining and as it was 4 in the morning there was no one and had to walk around 1.5 kilometres to reach the hospital by myself... feel low at times but then, its k, i just cant turn the clock... and in any case, its good to have a scar before u die... Here's a pic in the attachment of me two weeks after the accident... I recovered and healed real fast...
That sounds damn hard - why do you ride your bike at 4 AM?? -- |
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CursedTyrant
Member #7,080
April 2006
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Quote: but maybe you can't see the wounds because of the bad picture quality
It's gotta be the damned JPEG compression --------- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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I fell when I was rollerblading in July. My shoulder still hurts, but that was nothing compared with what you've been through. And what's wrong with me? I had no problem reading 'biking' as 'biking' the first time, but since someone mentioned bikini, every time I see this thread topic, I read bikini. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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Marcello
Member #1,860
January 2002
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I'm starting to wonder what's wrong with me. I never read it as bikini. Marcello |
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CursedTyrant
Member #7,080
April 2006
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You're not alone there... --------- |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Consider in one event I had hit my head twice in the course of one fall (the first time took a 2 by 4 board out of this 4 by 4 post it was nailed to). I think that fall is the reason there's a dent on the back of my head. --- |
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Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Wow... I hope everone(s) feels better soon... (AKA, less broken bones, bandages, and stitches.) |
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wow you should drink more milk. and alway where your helmet
I often had to think of that song since my accident.
