LAJ

Yes. That's my camera. I had it under control, but slowed down too much and got body slammed from the rear.

Velo Vol 

Nope. And definitely not on a garbage road.

MoAlpha

I got punched in the thigh once. Scared the dog **** out of me, but nothing happened.

Another time, I was run into the curb and four teens got out and started hitting me. Fortunately, another driver stopped.

datlas 

Dooo eeet!

MoAlpha

I have had a string of painful skeletal injuries, extensive skin donations, and a concussion that say otherwise.

MoAlpha

Yet another reason to take the inside.

In sailing, you have to give room if the other boat establishes an inside overlap before you're within three boat lengths of the mark (usually a 180 degree turn). That would be useful for bike racing.

datlas 

Hey @MoAlpha I have a neuro case that is tough. 40-ish year old female who had cerical myelopathy with spinal cord compression s/p Fusion 2013. She did well for several years, but now has worrisome symptoms including episodes of SOB with "swallowing paralysis" where she feels she cannot swallow anything. I sent her back to neurosurgeon who said all is well. She has ongoing symptoms with major weight loss and inability to swallow well. An esophogram showed normal UES and LES but zero peristalsis in the esophagus.

I think it's a neuro problem and am guessing related to her previous surgery/cervical disease but maybe it's vagal dysfunction? I am really confused and patient is frustrated. She cannot get into a neurologist easily, has been trying for months. Ideas?

rjones28 

Sand is tricky.

Mojo31

On the road, I carry a small canister of Halt in my jersey pocket. Works on more than dogs.

LesterOfPuppets

Bring the fat bike next time, float right over that

rjones28 

Many of my cycling friends are also motorcyclists.

big john

Sorry

datlas 

fixed

Velo Vol 

That's why you don't ride on it.

big john

It seems you've had the worst luck of anyone in this thread.
A few of my clubmates were riding along and an idiot got out of his car and started swinging a cane at them. Unfortunately for him, one of the riders is a martial arts expert who is good enough to have records in the Guinness Book. He neutralized and subdued the attacker until the cops showed up. My favorite cyclist vs idiot story.

LesterOfPuppets

Sand is an excellent substrate for crashing

Eric F 

Ouch.

My one and only crit crash was my last year of racing (2004). My front wheel slid out on a turn in the last couple laps of a State Champ race. I managed to take out a teammate, but he used my body as a soft place to land. No structural damage, but I lost some skin.

Earlier that year, I was second wheel going into turn 1 on the last lap of a crit, and the first guy lost traction and slid hard into the curb, directly in front of my wife, daughter, MIL, and SIL. They were horrified, and so distracted that they didn't see me win the race.

MoAlpha

That's interesting and unfortunate, as they say.

From what little I remember, this is a common problem with no clearly established cause. I just looked at a review and it confirmed that and said female sex, advanced age, and multiple level surgery were risks. I would look for the swallowing therapist in the area and make it her/his problem.

I have a cervical compressive myelopathy and a fusion and can't swallow worth ****, myself, but we think it's due to the back of one of the prosthetic discs protruding into my esophagus. My surgeon told me if I were "better nourished" there would be fat back there and it wouldn't be a problem.

Velo Vol 

What did you do to them that caused such a response?

MoAlpha

After that one, I started carrying pepper spray, but eventually figured I was more of a danger to myself with it.

MoAlpha

I rode a bicycle in the dark on a public street, as remember.

datlas 

This is a pretty serious case. She might need a PEG tube if she can't improve. She also has episodes of accelerated heart rate so I am thinking her Vagus nerve is messed up. But she needs a smarter doctor than me. Her GI doctor sent her to rheum to evaluate for scleroderma due to the esophageal findings. I told them it's a neuro problem but obviously I don't know anything. Sad!

MoAlpha

I would assume any nerve issues related to surgery would present immediately. There are ascending brainstem presentations of neurodegenerative diseases, e.g., Parkinson (Lewy body pathology), which can present with dysphagia/achalasia. It's too bad you can't get a neurologist to take a critical look at her.

Velo Vol 

Troublemaker.

WhyFi

wtf.