Hit the back of my head, elbow and wrist. No head injury due to helmet but neck is sore. Deep road rash on right elbow. Sprained right wrist. Also: Miscellaneous scrapes and bruises but no leg injuries that I've noticed, which is great.
This was my first race-related crash this season.
Crash stats for the last 4 weeks (500 mi ridden, 80-150/week):
- Hit the ground 3 times (1 caused by car, 1 caused by bikes, 1 caused by slippery railroad tracks)
- 2 serious wrist sprains (left then right), 1 minor sprain (right)
- 1 bruised right knee
- 5 major patches of road rash: shoulder, hip, elbow, hands, knee
- 2 trips to Kaiser, getting 2 sets of Xrays and matching left and right wrist braces
- 2 cracked Bell Sweep R helmets
- fastest crash speed: 26mph during Henleyville
Crash stats for previous 12 months (8000 mi ridden, 150-250/week typical in season):
- Hit the ground 0 times
- 6 - 7 close calls in races involving direct body contact
- 3 - 4 near misses with cars making surprising / unsignaled moves
1 comment:
Yea I was in that crash too. I was about the 5th or so guy to go down. It was really unfortunate especially with so little distance to go.
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