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My worst bike crash was when I was pedaling at full speed. A car coming close forced me further to the side of the road. I hit the RR tracks and did a barrel roll landing in the gravel of the tracks. I was just a couple of feet from the road edge. I just lay there trapped under the bike figuring someone would stop and help. After what seemed a lifetime I gave up on someone helping me and struggled to get up. The handle bars were bent and one pedal was way bent. I just pedaled to the base hospital and walked in dripping blood on the floor. The hospital was closer than my house. My parents had just returned home so they were called by the hospital. The hospital gave me a piece of wood to bite down on as they scrubbed the wound with what felt like steel wool and iodine. I still have many scars from that crash.
Yea, get ready for lots of cuts and wounds. I had a broken collar bone, broken arm, and smashed my big toe and broke it in 6 places. Countless bike crashes, and other doctor visits.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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