safety warning: do not insert your brake lever into your thigh
07-28-10, 08:58 PM
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khatfull, it depends on your taste. Music lovers lose their time to youtube. So do others.
Andrew F, you reminded me of a crash I had a couple of years ago:
I'm not normally afraid of bees. I was riding along, and a bee got in my [strike]bonnet[/strike] helmet. I quickly ripped it off without stopping the bike. I crashed into a parked minivan. I didn't get hurt, so I kinda chuckled at my silly panic. The bee was gone. I went into the luncheonette I was heading for and told the owner my silly story. She said, "You ran into my gold minivan!?" Luckily, no hard feelings, and she's a super-nice lady.
Andrew F, you reminded me of a crash I had a couple of years ago:
I'm not normally afraid of bees. I was riding along, and a bee got in my [strike]bonnet[/strike] helmet. I quickly ripped it off without stopping the bike. I crashed into a parked minivan. I didn't get hurt, so I kinda chuckled at my silly panic. The bee was gone. I went into the luncheonette I was heading for and told the owner my silly story. She said, "You ran into my gold minivan!?" Luckily, no hard feelings, and she's a super-nice lady.
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07-28-10, 09:12 PM
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Andrew F, you reminded me of a crash I had a couple of years ago:
I'm not normally afraid of bees. I was riding along, and a bee got in my bonnet helmet. I quickly ripped it off without stopping the bike. I crashed into a parked minivan. I didn't get hurt, so I kinda chuckled at my silly panic. The bee was gone. I went into the luncheonette I was heading for and told the owner my silly story. She said, "You ran into my gold minivan!?" Luckily, no hard feelings, and she's a super-nice lady.
I'm not normally afraid of bees. I was riding along, and a bee got in my bonnet helmet. I quickly ripped it off without stopping the bike. I crashed into a parked minivan. I didn't get hurt, so I kinda chuckled at my silly panic. The bee was gone. I went into the luncheonette I was heading for and told the owner my silly story. She said, "You ran into my gold minivan!?" Luckily, no hard feelings, and she's a super-nice lady.
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It's on my "to maybe do" list of ways to reduce brush-passing in traffic.
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So was this on a drop bar or flat bar? Did she go over the bars? Fall to the side? I'm having a hard time imagining what would have happened for a brake lever to lodge in her thigh.
07-28-10, 10:39 PM
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Flat bar. I don't understand how it happened. She was a few yards behind me. I think she just wobbled for no apparent reason. I don't understand how her leg ended up beyond the end of the handlebar.
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07-28-10, 11:46 PM
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Which lever? Which leg? Which part of thigh? Inquiring minds want to know.
In my mind's eye: Left lever and inner left thigh, in a failed attempt to brace her fall with her foot as the bars spun quickly at impact. Ouch. Cringe.
Best wishes to the student.
In my mind's eye: Left lever and inner left thigh, in a failed attempt to brace her fall with her foot as the bars spun quickly at impact. Ouch. Cringe.
Best wishes to the student.
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07-28-10, 11:59 PM
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I'll post pictures of the handlebar tomorrow. I'll be putting the bike back together. I'll put the brake lever on top of my own thigh to show you the point of penetration. (Ew)
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07-29-10, 12:14 AM
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were they hope hydro brake levers by any chances, there were a couple people impaled by their brake lever on mtbr.com
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Before you touch that bike, read up on blood borne pathogens.
In training motorcyclists, every once in a while we get a student that cannot ride in a straight line, and we wash them out at that point. A lot of it is about keeping their head and eyes up, looking forward.
In training motorcyclists, every once in a while we get a student that cannot ride in a straight line, and we wash them out at that point. A lot of it is about keeping their head and eyes up, looking forward.
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wrk101, I don't follow.
The hospital staff cleaned the handlebars thoroughly.
The hospital staff cleaned the handlebars thoroughly.
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07-29-10, 03:17 PM
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I would suggest you read up on blood borne pathogens. Unless I witnessed their cleanup, I would not trust it.
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Therein lies the problem with road bikes in particular, you're oriented in that "head and eyes down" position. When I first started riding them, I thought I had it all figured out...then you stop paying attention for .01 seconds and that twitchy racebike is on its way into a dodge caravan. Often times when I'm super wiped out on the bike I have to be very cautious. The other week after a killer ride I dumped the front wheel off the side of the pavement, luckily catching myself, but it doesn't take much.
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My thigh and a similar brake lever.
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Not enough. When I was 12, I went hill-climbing on a Honda 125. A large-ish rock rolled in front of me, on a descent, and I wiped out. The tip of my clutch lever (that ball) broke off, and the lever went into my wrist a couple/few inches. Just missed the veins & arteries, and turned out to only need 3 stitches. A close call, that didn't really register at the time. 🤔😉
