Having wiped out on sealcoat myself a few times with the scars to show for it my best wishes go out to you Liesl. Growing up upstate it was always a nightmare when the decided to re-do the roads, it meant either not riding for a few weeks while the sealcoat got beat down by the cars or going 2mph, neither was fun. I wiped going down a corner around a hill where the excess chips had been piled by car tires, and then there was the barbed wire, not a fun time but I was 10 years younger so I healed fast. My brother had his arm splinted for the rest of that summer, unfortunately, though. Hang in there!
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Andy Smitty Schmidt <54ca...@gmail.com>wrote: > Never good to hear about a crash. Is good to hear the injuries were just > soft tissue. Here's to a speedy recovery. --Andy > > > On Monday, August 20, 2012 4:10:14 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: > >> I, too like Eric, have succumbed to the bad road surface. Took a right >> turn on to a side street with fresh "seal coat" which is a euphemism for >> small extremely sharp bits of gravel the consistency of crushed glass mixed >> with tar and dry dirt. Went down on the drive side on the protovelo. At >> least Erin was far enough behind me so she and the Quickbeam didn't go down >> as well. Bloody knee, bloody arm, just shy of a broken collarbone. Erin >> takes one look at my arm and sets into motion an entire day of urgent care. >> When I finally got in to see a someone who 1) was in my insurance network >> and 2) could sew stitches, the doctor went back and forth between calling >> the gash on my arm "the Grand Canyon" and "the Alps". Much scrubbing and >> senescing--in addition to chunks of stone, the even found a bug crawling >> around! Nine big stitches and 7 hours later, I am resting on the porch >> with ibuprofen and Jameson's--a winning combination. I have led a >> rambunctious life to date, but this was the first time I had to get >> stitched up. Thank heavens the Riv came through fine; just a few scratches. >> All in all, no boken bones and no broken bike. I was lucky. Advice? As you >> turn, mind the pavement for sand, leaves, and viscous nasty seal coat. >> >> Limpily yours, >> Liesl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/K4itnRxlxa4J. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
