I Crashed !!!

[PCeBiker]

I pulled my rotor cuff reaching up to turn off my projecter.
Its been three months, still sore

I fell asleep on my stomach with my head turned to the side.
My neck was sore for almost half a year.

 

[Chazmo]

But there never really is a Good reason??

Anything done in the execution of your hobbies or exercise regime is a “good” reason in my book. Falling over and banging the crap out of yourself on a tray table.. well, that is one of those “not so good” reasons.

Last year, I put a pocket knife blade into my hand while trying to cut off some zip-ties that were holding the power cable to my rear wheel onto the frame. 4 stitches. In this case, although the accident was in service of my biking hobby, it happened because I used the (absolutely) wrong tool to do the job. That goes in my “not so good, but teachable moment” class of reasons.

Oh, and at this moment I could post some pictures of said accident, but I will spare you all! Suffice it to say it required a trip to the ER.

 

[PCeBiker]

I fell asleep on my stomach with my head turned to the side.
My neck was sore for almost half a year.

Well, I did it again.

After my sore neck incident (30 years ago now) I couldn't sleep on stomach anymore, so I figured out a compromise by proping up a pillow under one side of my chest, to keep my neck straight enough to not get sore.

That worked great for the last three decades including the last 12 days since I fell over, until last night.
I must have bunched up the pillow right against the spot where I landed on the plastic tote.

It didn't hurt when I fell asleep, but when I woke up my chest was Sore As Hell.

I was almost healed. My finger scratch, and scrape on chest fine now, and my chest pain was almost gone.
Now my chest hurts more than it ever did.

I went for a 2½ hour ride after my Wipeout but I couldn't go for a ride today.

,.. it's always something stupid that's gunna get ya.

I was almost killed by a Stupid Duck last month !!!,..
One of these two Mallards,..

I took this picture the day before.
The next day I was approaching this same spot and a work truck was coming up behind me, so I pulled Way over to the right and into the soft gravel to let it pass.

I was beside the long grass with the truck right beside me, when one of the Mallards (that I couldn't see in the long grass) ran right out in front of me about 3 feet ahead.
I yelled "s*it" !!
The truck driver saw everything happen. He had his windows down and I could hear him react too.

Fortunately, the duck got the Hell outta the way, and I missed it by inches.

I'm pretty sure that I would have crashed if I hit the duck, and either went off the road, and into the canal or got run over by the truck.

It's the same place I've passed many times that has tame ducks, so I'm always looking for the ducks.
They were hiding in the grass this time.

This is that same place two years ago,..

I think that I may have to shoot those damn ducks regardless of the sign.
They're a road hazard.

I don't have a gun, but I've got a slingshot.

 

[PedalUma]

My friends want to do 50 or 60 mph down rural hills sided by old rusted barbed wire cheese cutter fences. Nope. I will take the climbs fast, and the descents slow. No broken bones for me.
There is a video my friend has of me being attacked by 300 ducks yesterday. Never give them a corn tortilla! No matter how cute.

 

[CanNik]

Seriously,.. look at this thing that I built,..


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My geometry is so messed up that when I set it on the kickstand, the front wheel doesn't just turn to the side, it turns around and faces backwards.

And yet I can ride it no-hands through 2" deep potholes easily.
That doesn't really make any sense.

And you are "proud" of that !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PCeBiker]

And you are "proud" of that !!!!!!!!!!!!

No I'm not "proud" of the bike, and I don't "love" it either.
I think treasuring and personifying a machine is stupid.

I do love riding it though, and I'm proud of the fact that I built it myself.
I broke all the rules of science, math, and maybe even common sense to build something that on paper, might not even be rideable ?

I am proud of the fact that I can not only ride it, but I can ride it no-hands through potholes, around corners, and in 30 kph crosswinds.

I'm not impressed by what other people own or their ability to afford it.
I'm impressed by their ability to use their machine and how they make it their own.

I'm not proud of my other ebike either,..

It's an ugly, worn out piece of crap, and it wobbles all over the road, but it's a Fukin Blast to ride !!
It's funner than a clown bike.

 

[PedalUma]

Skip to the lower left video. Never give a duck a corn tortilla.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DwmgFP3uFgFfzaHz9

 

[PCeBiker]

Ducks are fine. We used to feed them when we were kids. Feeding frenzies are fun to watch, but they never attacked.
They're just football sized anyway.
They're good for punting.

Swans are different.
They're bigger and they'll come get ya.

If @harryS needs an excuse for his golf game, he can say he was nervous about being attacked on the ️ course.