It is said: "There are two kinds of cyclists. Those who have fallen and those who have not fallen...yet."
Today I joined the ranks of those who have fallen. My elbow is messed up and I just noticed the bruise and scrape on my shoulder. There is also a scrape and bruise on my knee (all on the left side).
My bike: the handlebars are twisted a little bit. In the fall the chain came off and that's the bright side!
I am getting more mechanically independent. I put the thing back on by myself.
I am very glad that nobody was around to see me. Especially the part where I got my shoe lace wrapped around the brake lever and was laying face down on the bridge, not able to get loose from my bike...
Miles logged...37.
Eloquorius
Sorry you wiped out, but I'm proud of you anyway!
Moonshadow
Reading of your fall reminded me of my own worst fall: I was running fartlek which is a speed-up, slow-down type of workout and on a speed-up interval, I fell and twisted both ankles bad. I was five rural miles from home in the days before cell phones but, no matter as I lived alone anyway.
Once I got to a main road, I would have accepted any ride from anybody but no one even saw that I was struggling. My ankles swelled so much I couldn't walk the rest of the weekend but I forced myself into high heels for work on Monday.
I still have trouble with my ankles to this day, 'though I was able to get back to running.
So, I hope you can get your bike repaired reasonably well, mend your body and keep going. 🙂
Ellen
50 miles today!