ed-r6
8th April 2009, 23:42
Well it was a month ago to the day that I had my accident and I just wanted to say a huge thanks to all who stopped to help, hope some of you are reading.
It was Sunday 8th March, had been out for a ride with a few others, had a brilliant day, beautiful weather, countryside etc. Just on the way back to Wellington coming over the Rimutakas, approaching the last corner before the summit on the Martinborough side, I saw what appeared to be gravel or loose debris on the road and ended up overcompensating for this by not leaning into the corner as much as I usually would, this had the knock on effect of pushing me wide on exit which is where I came off. By this point I'd slowed the bike up a fair amount but I skidded along for a bit and the bike came to rest on my left ankle. I tried to push the bike off but honestly you don't stand a chance :)
Thankfully another biker pulled over and set about getting the bike off my leg, it was at this point that I realised my foot was pointing the wrong way but thanks to a healthy dose of addrenaline it didn't feel too bad, just numb. He then helped take my helmet off and straighten out my leg, generally making me as comfortable as possible. By this time there were two or 3 others offering help and making sure I was ok, a woman came and sat with me and kept me talking which was a welcome relief to the gradual onset of pain. People were running up the hill trying to get a phone signal to call the ambulance.
The ambulance turned up after about 45 minutes which wasn't a bad time considering where I was. I've had a pin and some screws put in the align the bones and a month on everything feels pretty good. Looking forward to getting back out there, I've been riding for 5 years and not so much as dropped a bike before so I'm not going to let this put me off. Luckily a couple of friends who i was out with that day (we were heading home separately hence they weren't with me when I first came off) saw what had happened and arranged for my bike to be picked up. I've not seen it since as it's being stored about 30ks away but apparently it's just a bit scratched up, no real damage so hopefully won't need too much cash throwing at it.
Anyway, the point of this post is purely to say a big thanks to everyone who helped me out that day, it really is much appreciated. I wish I had have taken a few numbers to thank people personally but my mind was on other things at the time :)
Cheers
Ed
It was Sunday 8th March, had been out for a ride with a few others, had a brilliant day, beautiful weather, countryside etc. Just on the way back to Wellington coming over the Rimutakas, approaching the last corner before the summit on the Martinborough side, I saw what appeared to be gravel or loose debris on the road and ended up overcompensating for this by not leaning into the corner as much as I usually would, this had the knock on effect of pushing me wide on exit which is where I came off. By this point I'd slowed the bike up a fair amount but I skidded along for a bit and the bike came to rest on my left ankle. I tried to push the bike off but honestly you don't stand a chance :)
Thankfully another biker pulled over and set about getting the bike off my leg, it was at this point that I realised my foot was pointing the wrong way but thanks to a healthy dose of addrenaline it didn't feel too bad, just numb. He then helped take my helmet off and straighten out my leg, generally making me as comfortable as possible. By this time there were two or 3 others offering help and making sure I was ok, a woman came and sat with me and kept me talking which was a welcome relief to the gradual onset of pain. People were running up the hill trying to get a phone signal to call the ambulance.
The ambulance turned up after about 45 minutes which wasn't a bad time considering where I was. I've had a pin and some screws put in the align the bones and a month on everything feels pretty good. Looking forward to getting back out there, I've been riding for 5 years and not so much as dropped a bike before so I'm not going to let this put me off. Luckily a couple of friends who i was out with that day (we were heading home separately hence they weren't with me when I first came off) saw what had happened and arranged for my bike to be picked up. I've not seen it since as it's being stored about 30ks away but apparently it's just a bit scratched up, no real damage so hopefully won't need too much cash throwing at it.
Anyway, the point of this post is purely to say a big thanks to everyone who helped me out that day, it really is much appreciated. I wish I had have taken a few numbers to thank people personally but my mind was on other things at the time :)
Cheers
Ed