Captain Stupid? Is this my new name? Why you may ask? Well on Tuesday night I did something I have never done before, I stacked my bike of my own accord (well apart from dropping it in the wet on corners). How did it happen??
It was a fairly standard day, I had ridden to work (minus a bit of fitness) and pushed off at 5pm to ride home. I had just crested the top of the climb which is in the middle of my ride and started the decent back to my car in Dederang. It was just before 6pm at this point and I had all lights blazing on my bike, and had cranked it up to about 50kph, loving the downhill run. At this point I got distracted by something behind, did a quick head check, and as I was turning back “BAM”!
I hit something major and suddenly I had zero control over the bike. The front end was wobbling like mad and I knew I was going down. All I thought was “Head left, head left!” as grass is softer than asphalt.
After that all I remember is lying on the ground talking to the policeman from Dederang and answering the ambos questions. The trip to Wodonga hospital seemed to take only 5 mins (it was really about 35mins), and I remember seeing the new Simpson was on when getting wheeled through the emergency dept and saying “Damn I am missing the Simpsons!” Luckily, I had no bad damage apart from a badly banged up head, so they let me out at about 12.30pm. The other bonus is the hospital is literally around the corner from my girlfriend’s house, where I had a few day of TLC. What caused me to fall?? A pothole right in the left wheel line of travel, but have a look a the following picture montage…
It was a fairly standard day, I had ridden to work (minus a bit of fitness) and pushed off at 5pm to ride home. I had just crested the top of the climb which is in the middle of my ride and started the decent back to my car in Dederang. It was just before 6pm at this point and I had all lights blazing on my bike, and had cranked it up to about 50kph, loving the downhill run. At this point I got distracted by something behind, did a quick head check, and as I was turning back “BAM”!
I hit something major and suddenly I had zero control over the bike. The front end was wobbling like mad and I knew I was going down. All I thought was “Head left, head left!” as grass is softer than asphalt.
After that all I remember is lying on the ground talking to the policeman from Dederang and answering the ambos questions. The trip to Wodonga hospital seemed to take only 5 mins (it was really about 35mins), and I remember seeing the new Simpson was on when getting wheeled through the emergency dept and saying “Damn I am missing the Simpsons!” Luckily, I had no bad damage apart from a badly banged up head, so they let me out at about 12.30pm. The other bonus is the hospital is literally around the corner from my girlfriend’s house, where I had a few day of TLC. What caused me to fall?? A pothole right in the left wheel line of travel, but have a look a the following picture montage…
Ok caption time anyone? And no, its not two face from the new Batman movie...
