I'm still cracking up imagining a passerby yelling Tiesto at you!

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Originally posted by Lira Nothing short of that, yeah. It's been a week now and she's already having strolls around her hospital room. She sometimes forgets a word or two, but yesterday she was already asking the nurses what the menu was, and she broke into a song for no good reason, so she's pretty damn back to her normal self, heh.

That's great news, mate.

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Originally posted by Lira On at least one occasion a passer-by yelled "TIESTOOOO" at me. I lol'd.

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Originally posted by Lira Holy-- you mean, just recently? Or on the topic of riding bikes? I don't recall reading about it before.

No, no, not recently; it was around 15 years ago. Thought I'd mentioned it before, but just thought it was relevant here to the horrific bike accident stories!

It was basically a freak accident. He was riding alongside the truck and they both hit a spot of black ice whilst going over railroad tracks

They both spun out and he slid under the truck and went under the rear wheels. No one's fault.

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Originally posted by Lira Does indoor biking meet your training needs though? The guy who sold me my bicycle in Brasilia would often explain he'd rather train on the road because the dedicated bicycle lanes we have there couldn't recreate the competitive conditions he needed. I wonder if it's the same.

I'd argue almost certainly. The difference between competitive cyclists and competitive triathletes lies within the difference between the events themselves. Road races and crits involve practicing riding within the confines of a group, working on drafting tactics with your teammates. Triathlon is (almost always) a completely individual sport, where the courses are generally flat and you're usually by yourself. There is increasingly less and less need to be practicing in a variety of different routes and traffic conditions. However I should be able to do a handful of rides outside, but I'll be picking more boring neighborhood routes, with wide lanes and little traffic.

The situation I was in was where I was crossing a bridge with no shoulder and a tall curb, while I was riding in aero position. A truck was driving from the opposite direction, and in an effort to give him as much room as possible (and to ironically make me safer) I attempted to move over a little more to the right. Being in the aero tuck, however, I have very little control and my wheel clipped the curb and sent my body flying like a rag doll at 22mph. Very painful as I hammered the concrete at full speed and dragged my shoulders knees and right hand along the curb. Pretty sure I saw my hand bone. Brutal.

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Originally posted by planetaryplayer I feel blessed that my hobbies include getting hammered and sitting down

I retract this statement after a wicked hangover

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Originally posted by planetaryplayer I retract this statement after a wicked hangover

Hubris, old boy.

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I'd rather be super duper hungover than the pain I'm enduring right now lol.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I'd rather be super duper hungover than the pain I'm enduring right now lol.

I think I know a way to achieve this...*call me*

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Originally posted by Lews No, no, not recently; it was around 15 years ago. Thought I'd mentioned it before, but just thought it was relevant here to the horrific bike accident stories! It was basically a freak accident. He was riding alongside the truck and they both hit a spot of black ice whilst going over railroad tracks They both spun out and he slid under the truck and went under the rear wheels. No one's fault.

Well, I've had something of an on and off relationship with TA over the years, so maybe it's on me and I wasn't around when you mentioned it.

Wow, I had no idea, sorry to hear that.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I'd argue almost certainly. The difference between competitive cyclists and competitive triathletes lies within the difference between the events themselves. Road races and crits involve practicing riding within the confines of a group, working on drafting tactics with your teammates. Triathlon is (almost always) a completely individual sport, where the courses are generally flat and you're usually by yourself. There is increasingly less and less need to be practicing in a variety of different routes and traffic conditions. However I should be able to do a handful of rides outside, but I'll be picking more boring neighborhood routes, with wide lanes and little traffic.

I see, I had never thought about it like that.

The guy who sold me my bicycle also mentioned he felt a bit more protected cycling in groups, but accidents weren't unheard of even then...

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Originally posted by ziptnf The situation I was in was where I was crossing a bridge with no shoulder and a tall curb, while I was riding in aero position. A truck was driving from the opposite direction, and in an effort to give him as much room as possible (and to ironically make me safer) I attempted to move over a little more to the right. Being in the aero tuck, however, I have very little control and my wheel clipped the curb and sent my body flying like a rag doll at 22mph. Very painful as I hammered the concrete at full speed and dragged my shoulders knees and right hand along the curb. Pretty sure I saw my hand bone. Brutal.

Ouch. Curbs are no joke! Take care!

The worst I had was damaging my rotator cuff, but the consequences didn't last too long. A couple of months not being able to raise my arm, I think? It's all good now...

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