Crashed my folder
06-16-18, 03:44 AM
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Crashed my folder
I hit a medium size dog square in its ribs yesterday. I was on my 20" folding bike traveling at about 20mph. I spent the rest of the day in the ER. Lots of lost details after the collision. After 7 hours, I still have cobwebs on the brain. Luckily, I was wearing a Smith hat with MIPS. More of the story later with comments on wearing a helmet. FWIF, I am about to turn 69.
The bike and helmet are at the sheriff's office and I hope to recover them today. Don't know about the dog - but it was T-boned.
The bike and helmet are at the sheriff's office and I hope to recover them today. Don't know about the dog - but it was T-boned.
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06-16-18, 06:34 AM
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Wow, that's scary stuff.... glad to hear you survived - any kind of tumble in your senior years is very serious... esp at speed! I'm younger than you but at point where any injury is now turning out to be a permanent ailment.
Animals scare more than cars as they are totally unpreditable. As a motorcyclist, I've hit 3 deer and 1 dog (went down twice/stayed upright twice) and 2 yrs ago, 3 deer ran around me (2 in front, 1 behind), while riding my folder ~13mph on a bike trail in the middle of DC!
Get well soon.
Animals scare more than cars as they are totally unpreditable. As a motorcyclist, I've hit 3 deer and 1 dog (went down twice/stayed upright twice) and 2 yrs ago, 3 deer ran around me (2 in front, 1 behind), while riding my folder ~13mph on a bike trail in the middle of DC!
Get well soon.
06-16-18, 10:04 AM
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Hope you're okay fitlerbend. I had a similar dog collision 20 years ago. I ended up in the ER and my helmet had a fist-sized chunk broken out of it. The police asked if they could keep it for their school bike safety classes.
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Get well soon fitlerbend. Glad you were wearing a helmet.
