Eina

I went for a ride with my mate Seb last week – the 2 gorges. About 30k down and we started the descent down into Berowra Waters. I’ve been riding bikes for 20 years, and as an experienced rider I don’t expect to make stupid beginner mistakes. Sure I wipe out going for stuff on a Mountain bike, but not on a road bike – on bitumen, on a straight road. But I did – I touched Seb’s wheel and went down – hard. Seb’s GPS tells us that I was doing 62kph at the point of impact – collar bone broken, some ribs and a few bruises. My first words were ‘hospital’ as I could hardly breathe and was in a world of pain. On the bright side: a) I was damn lucky – at that speed your organs can rupture and then it’s another story. b) 60mg of Morphine was interesting! Bike is trashed, glasses trashed and helmet trashed. Time for some new goodies!

2 Comments to “Eina”

  1. Shayne Phillips 28 August 2007 at 12:21 am #

    Maaaaate….crikey… you need to pay attention… oh and watch out for those drop bear koala’s when they hit you randomly you think it is like clipping wheels with your riding partner..!!! ;-)

  2. Koekie 3 December 2007 at 7:49 pm #

    Crapsticks – just reading back through your posts now. That is, like, one helluva bruise… bru!


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