Damn that hurts !

[VladTepes]

aka "being nice doesn't pay"

My missus is a big LOTR fan and I managed to buy some good 2nd hand books of maps of middle earth etc (used once by a small group of Hobbits evidently..)

Anyway I had to go somewhere unfamiliar to pick them up and managed to drop the bike while rolling back out of their driveway (had to brake suddenly for a car that shot out of a side street).  Anyway, I dropped the damn thing....     and landed on my shoulder.  Ouch ! 



Couldn't pick it up by myself as there was dirt / gravel so my feet couldn't get traction to push it up (yes I was using the correct technique). Anyway I got it back on its wheels with the help of a school kid there (Nice bike he reckons - good taste that kid!).

Rode home without any drama aside from extreme pain in my shoulder.  I have most of a full range of movement (not too keen to test the extremes as pain becomes a bit much). Dropped into the chemist for some codeine on the way home... had two tabs now gotta wait another 3 1/2 hours.for the next lot...

Will see how I get on tomorrow.... I think I'll be catching the train in to work.

Damage?

Shoulder - to be determined, hopefully just will be bruising / inflamation and time will heal it.

Bike - slight dent in front of exhaust (the steel ring/bracket thing at the front of the carbon fibre can), broken front indicator (fortunately I have some new ones I hadn't got around to fitting yet!) some paint off the top of the RHS engine casing... and nothing else as far as I can tell.  Bit of luck there.

Pride - Extreme Damage. 

My missus has no sympathy at all - calls me a walking disaster area, tells me I should take the bus everywhere in future instead of riding...   


Ah well, shit happens I suppose.

[Sweaty]

Damn, that sucks mate & hope the shoulder is ok. As for the unsympathetic wife   

[Endless]

Bugger. Good news is your pride will buff out! 

[KiwiCol]

Sorry to read about your off Mike. A real bummer. Hope you & the bike both heal quickly.    Mrs will get over it, probably just worried for ya.

[grog]

that is such bad luck. it always happens so un expectedly. my last 2 did. once was talking while pulling up, other was stupidity. hop shoulder comes good. neurofen a good friend.

[Mick_J]

That's bad luck, shoulder could take a while as old age slows the healing process. 

[KiwiCol]

I think the Impaler would be a bit younger than a lot of us, I'd guess he's still in his 40's - early ones too.
@VladTepes

[SheepDog]

Next time the misses asked you to through a leg  ...

Tell her that's a great idea and throw a leg over the bike and head out.   

[gsxbarmy]

Unlucky Mike - but in all honesty go get your shoulder seen to. When I "rolled over" with my 14, I had a "slight ache" in my shoulder and elbow - so thought pulled muscle. Left it for a few weeks, thought it would go away, but no, it persisted and I found I had restricted movement. Went to the doctors and apparently its what they call golfers elbow and shoulder as I had pulled / stretched all the ligaments from my elbow through my shoulder up to my neck where I had tried to hold the 14 up. 18 months on and am just recovering, still some pain - reason its taking so long is that I waited too long before seeing a doctor.

Just saying. Get it checked out buddy.

[Notty]

Bugger thats bad Luck 

[Kiwifruit]

So when you decide to visit Hobbiton give me a call. We live not far away.
Sorry about your whoops. Hope all is well soon.

[VladTepes]

I think the Impaler would be a bit younger than a lot of us, I'd guess he's still in his 40's - early ones too.
@VladTepes

Was 47 on 4 August.

[IanH]

Ouch!
Hope the shoulder heals, I could tell you a few things about operations and shoulders.....the rest is just metal (I know its special metal!) and can be repaired.

[KiwiCol]

I think the Impaler would be a bit younger than a lot of us, I'd guess he's still in his 40's - early ones too.
@VladTepes

Was 47 on 4 August.

Ok, I was out on the 'early' - fair enough. Yer still a whippersnapper though!! 

So when you decide to visit Hobbiton give me a call. We live not far away.
Sorry about your whoops. Hope all is well soon.

The Hobbit habitats are in an area of Castle Hill somewhere. (about an hour from home) There's a an outfit that does LotR tours out to it. They got a couple of 6wd (modified) Land Cruisers that do it.

[ARH]

Good advice from Barmy (unusual I know  )... we don't heal so well past 40... but we all think we do....