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Commiserations
Pete, know how it feels, got my front wheel whipped away by two young Spaniards
who came hurtling out of a side road in Muro, similarly whisked away by
ambulance and spent the night and much of the next day in hospital discharged
in time to catch the plane home, fortunately no broken bones, but pelvic
bruising and lacerations etc. etc. so again back to hobbling around – not much
fun. Hope the recovery is
speedy. Thanks for the info on
armchair cycling, will now be able to put it to good use.
Cheers,
Gill
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From: SouthLeicsCTC@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:SouthLeicsCTC@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of Peter Witting
Sent: 12 April 2006 07:23
To: PKW@Tiscali
Subject: [SouthLeicsCTC] Over the
Handlebars Club
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Last Sunday I became a member of the
“Over the Handlebars” club, joining Nick “Fatnick” Rosenthal and Max Scott to
name but two recent additions. Like them, I ended up in hospital with no
other vehicle being involved as far as I can tell (Nick could blame the
diagonal temporary traffic lights cable in the road, while Max had a front
lamp lodge in the front wheel). Best guess at present was that I was out
of the saddle accelerating downhill, when the gear jumped (possibly at the
end of the micro-adjuster limit). As the pedal dropped from under me, I would
have been pitched over the bars with hands behind me, so unable to prevent
the inevitable! But still subject to confirmation by the Police whether
any other vehicles involved. Luckily it was on the A6 at Kibworth,
and a passing ambulance stopped. I came to while they were dressing my
wounds. After transfer to another ambulance, I was taken to LRI where I spent
the night under observation – that means having a light shone in the eyes
hourly – for which I was very grateful! Despite an 8 cm gash down the left side
of the forehead, I suffered no headache; “Where there’s no sense, there’s no
pain”. X-rays did however reveal several hairline fractures of the pelvis,
which is why I am using crutches to hobble around; I can confirm that a groin
injury is painful! The bruise on the thigh is testimony to the strength of my
femur. I’m hoping to get going on the rollers
when not too painful. But expect it will be May before I’m out on the bike
again. Thanks to those who have offered their
comiserations. Regards, Peter Witting
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