Lucifer Caitiff
Junior Member
Monday I went out riding with my friends, we hit mulholland drive, rode the snake, then out to encinal canyon towards the beach. We go to stop at a turn out, I may have been going a tiny bit faster than I'd like but I was still confident that I had it. At the last second, just as I was coming to a stop, the front brake locked, I slid MAYBE 2 inches, but that's all it needed to come out from under me. I went down with the bike, but the bike went down on my left leg. As soon as I hit I knew something bad happened. I felt my leg twist in a way that it shouldnt have.
My friends lift the bike off me immediately, I try to move and my foot just kinda flops. Yeah. It's broken. Then the shock begins to wear off. Yeah..it's definitely broken.
I debate on whether or not to call an ambulance or call someone for a ride, but as the pain starts to get worse, I relent and say "yeah call an ambulance". The fire department shows up, put me in a splint and they take me to west hills hospital. After an xray and plenty of morphine, they splint me. The doctor there was really cool. I told her that I don't have insurance, she said that the best thing to do in this case is to leave against medical advice....and have somene take me to LA County at USC, but be ready to wait around a LONG time.
So thats what I do. I have no insurance. At the end of the day, I broke both bones in my lower leg, tib and fib. Surgery is scheduled 2 weeks from yesterday, they tell me it will speed up recovery.
I'm not going to stop riding, as soon as I can walk again, I'm getting back on the bike. Of course I'll take it slow, shake off the rust and regain my muscle memory and all that....but I'm going to ride again. My bike is fine, clutch lever is bent. Basically, for such a minor spill, it's the worst thing that could have happened. It was just one of those "**** happens" moments, I think, because I could have just as easily slipped on an oil slick while i was working on the car, or tripped on a crack in the sidewalk and done just as much damage. Of course it will still make me a better rider. Street tires don't do well on dirt, I think next time I'll make sure I'm at a power walk speed before I even make the turn out.
At least I got some bad ass pictures, inspiration to get my ass back out there
NOTE: I wasn't wearing gloves because I was cleaning my Knox Handroids. Otherwise I always wear them.
BTW...how bad ass is it that I used my motorcycle jacket to prop up my broken leg?
My friends lift the bike off me immediately, I try to move and my foot just kinda flops. Yeah. It's broken. Then the shock begins to wear off. Yeah..it's definitely broken.
I debate on whether or not to call an ambulance or call someone for a ride, but as the pain starts to get worse, I relent and say "yeah call an ambulance". The fire department shows up, put me in a splint and they take me to west hills hospital. After an xray and plenty of morphine, they splint me. The doctor there was really cool. I told her that I don't have insurance, she said that the best thing to do in this case is to leave against medical advice....and have somene take me to LA County at USC, but be ready to wait around a LONG time.
So thats what I do. I have no insurance. At the end of the day, I broke both bones in my lower leg, tib and fib. Surgery is scheduled 2 weeks from yesterday, they tell me it will speed up recovery.
I'm not going to stop riding, as soon as I can walk again, I'm getting back on the bike. Of course I'll take it slow, shake off the rust and regain my muscle memory and all that....but I'm going to ride again. My bike is fine, clutch lever is bent. Basically, for such a minor spill, it's the worst thing that could have happened. It was just one of those "**** happens" moments, I think, because I could have just as easily slipped on an oil slick while i was working on the car, or tripped on a crack in the sidewalk and done just as much damage. Of course it will still make me a better rider. Street tires don't do well on dirt, I think next time I'll make sure I'm at a power walk speed before I even make the turn out.
At least I got some bad ass pictures, inspiration to get my ass back out there
NOTE: I wasn't wearing gloves because I was cleaning my Knox Handroids. Otherwise I always wear them.
BTW...how bad ass is it that I used my motorcycle jacket to prop up my broken leg?