Funny, when it happened, my first thought was to go see the medic to check if I could keep riding. My second thought was to invest in body armor. Allie had lent me a full-face helmet that day, so of course I took it in the chest, not the face. I went down on terrain similar to this, I messed up at the bottom of a small rock drop:
Besides the usual checks of temperature, pulse, and blood pressure, I received tender compressions all over my chest, comparing the pain in my right breast to my left (that's a visual for Jimbo in case he stops by), stuff stuck to my chest, arms, and legs for the EKG, and a chest X-Ray. I have never seen my ribs, lungs, and heart before. It was pretty cool. Unfortunately, It looks like I swallowed my Heart Rate Monitor:
Turns out it's just soft tissue damage. It hurts like a !^%$*( &^$%*!, though. I'm not supposed to fall down until it's healed. I am also supposed to do deep breathing exercises so my lungs get some action. Each breath hurts. A lot. So does laughing. I guess I need to stop being funny for a week or two and make an effort to only hang out with really serious people. And I plan to be just on the road bike for at least this week. Poor Stumpy isn't made for Northstar. Her Matchmaker got cracked. Any day now the part that keeps the shifters and brakes on could go. Sigh.
I want a bigger bike. The spending never ends, does it?
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"spending never ends" ... that's the truth, but I'd rather buy bike parts than pay doctors. Get your body armor and get back to being crazy on your bike.
You are always tweaking yourself. :)
Hope you heal up quickly. I wanted to be a breast checker growing up, but decided go into chemicals instead. HA!
Nice x-ray! Did you swallow a sprinkler head? That might cause chest pain...
Northstar is just up the road from me, but I've never been. I think I enjoy pedaling up as much as down, so I've never really wanted to go that bad.
They have a big rental fleet there I believe. You could just rent a freeride bike for the day and save the $$$.
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