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·Memorial day weekend was supposed to be 2 days of riding and one day of golf. All I got was one day of riding.
We were on mile 250 or so of 350 expected. The leader signaled Zach and I to go by him because this newbie dumb ass was in front of both of us and we weren't getting any good curves.
Zach goes around Seth and I follow Zach. Seth holds up the rest of the group. We start cutting some serious curves. 25 mph rated curves at close to 70 mph, etc.
We get behind a line of 5 cars, then we get a straight and Zach goes, I follow right on his tail. Right as I hit passing speed, the 3rd vehicle (pickup truck) decides to turn left across us into a driveway.
My insticts tell me to beat the truck to the left shoulder and slide by. Unfotunately, Zach's first instinct was to brake, so I had to brake to keep from hitting Zach, then Zach accelerates and beats the truck. I picked a line to shoot through and it was a good one, except that the truck accelerated again and hit me straight on on my right side (he t-boned me).
Being T-boned at 100+ mph on a bike is not a good thing. When the impact struck my right leg, my leg blew open and a 2" wide piece of metal went straight through my knee joint, missing everything except my PCL, which is a complete miracle.
When I went down, I fell on the bike and rode it on the ground until it hit some gravel and tossed me like a ragdoll.
1/2 the skin on my calf was dangling and my kee was really messed up, so they air evacuated me to a hospiatal for emergency surgery.
I now have 40+ stiches in my calf, I believe my ankle has torn ligaments and tendons and my back looks naaaasty.
Luckily, I was wearing riding gear. I had on a Joe Rocket Peonix 2 jacket, Alpinestars riding shoes, Alpinestars Air Carbon MX gloves, and an Arai Rx7 Corseair. Notice I had no riding pants on, they were in shipment to be dlievered today. The only thing that got hurt was my leg/ankle and a sore shoulder from when I finally landed. I wonder what would have been if I were wearing those pants.
Well, I don't have pictures yet, but I'll post them when I get the off my camera.
BULL
I haven't seen the bike yet, but I hear it's in bad shape, probably totaled.
We were on mile 250 or so of 350 expected. The leader signaled Zach and I to go by him because this newbie dumb ass was in front of both of us and we weren't getting any good curves.
Zach goes around Seth and I follow Zach. Seth holds up the rest of the group. We start cutting some serious curves. 25 mph rated curves at close to 70 mph, etc.
We get behind a line of 5 cars, then we get a straight and Zach goes, I follow right on his tail. Right as I hit passing speed, the 3rd vehicle (pickup truck) decides to turn left across us into a driveway.
My insticts tell me to beat the truck to the left shoulder and slide by. Unfotunately, Zach's first instinct was to brake, so I had to brake to keep from hitting Zach, then Zach accelerates and beats the truck. I picked a line to shoot through and it was a good one, except that the truck accelerated again and hit me straight on on my right side (he t-boned me).
Being T-boned at 100+ mph on a bike is not a good thing. When the impact struck my right leg, my leg blew open and a 2" wide piece of metal went straight through my knee joint, missing everything except my PCL, which is a complete miracle.
When I went down, I fell on the bike and rode it on the ground until it hit some gravel and tossed me like a ragdoll.
1/2 the skin on my calf was dangling and my kee was really messed up, so they air evacuated me to a hospiatal for emergency surgery.
I now have 40+ stiches in my calf, I believe my ankle has torn ligaments and tendons and my back looks naaaasty.
Luckily, I was wearing riding gear. I had on a Joe Rocket Peonix 2 jacket, Alpinestars riding shoes, Alpinestars Air Carbon MX gloves, and an Arai Rx7 Corseair. Notice I had no riding pants on, they were in shipment to be dlievered today. The only thing that got hurt was my leg/ankle and a sore shoulder from when I finally landed. I wonder what would have been if I were wearing those pants.
Well, I don't have pictures yet, but I'll post them when I get the off my camera.
BULL
I haven't seen the bike yet, but I hear it's in bad shape, probably totaled.
I'm beginning to think these forums have some kinda curse on us as we seem to be dropping like flies
