Bad Wreck Tonight

Published on October 29, 2005 By MasonM In Blogging

I rode my bike to the store tonight to pick up some food for the following week. I made a stop at the local watering hole on the way back.

In the meantime, the highway department, which had been doing some road work on my route for a whie decided to dig up a larger section of road than what they done this summer. On my way home I ran across this new section of digging, which was a good ten feet before I was used to running into their earlier work. I hit this new section of dirt and gravel that was pavement earlier today and lost it.

My backpack was loaded down with canned foods and such which took a lot of weight off of my front wheel so when I hit this new section of roughness I lost all constrol of my bke.

I am now nursing a road rash on my right knee and left elbw as well as keeping an ice pack on a badly swelling right ankle which I am really hoping isn't broken. I can't walk on it at all right now, but hopefully that'll pass.

While it would be natural to blame drinking for my current situation, I think grocery shopping is the real culprit here.

Comments

ParaTed2k

on Oct 29, 2005

Yet another testimonial of the horrors of grocery shopping!!! Stop The Madness!!!

Glad your doing well after the accident, Mason!

Manopeace

on Oct 30, 2005

Be careful!!!!
Last time I went flying off a bike I wound up with a broken shoulder. You got off easy with road burn. Thank God it wasn't worse.

Cordelia

on Oct 30, 2005

Mason I hope you feel better soon!

MasonM

on Oct 30, 2005

Thanks folks. Luckily, it doesn't look like the ankle is broken, just badly sprained.

TaBoo Tenente

on Oct 30, 2005

an interesting modern, urban development is the ordered delivery of groceries.

this way you maximize your opportunity to sip cool beechwood-aged beverages from cozies that read "welcome to moronville, population YOU" while watching the olsen twins on television. this is america, baby!

tbt

Trudygolightly

on Oct 30, 2005

Sorry to read of your accident Mason!
Hope you're doing better soon

Dr Guy

on Oct 30, 2005

How is your Bike? Sorry for the ankle! Sprains can be a real b-word! I had one! I know!

Hope all is well soon! Take care of that ankle! Mine never did get right.

MasonM

on Oct 31, 2005

I'm hanging in there. Using my crutches to allow it time to heal but still get around. I think it almost woulda been better to break it than a nasty sprain.

The bike is fine as far as I can tell, just a busted tail light. Once I am healed up enough I'll inspect it more closely for damages.

Dr Guy

on Oct 31, 2005

I think it almost woulda been better to break it than a nasty sprain.

That's what my doctor told me!

MasonM

on Oct 31, 2005

I'm not surprised Guy.

foreverserenity

on Nov 03, 2005

Gosh M, I hope you're recuperating alright. Glad it wasn't worse than what it is though!

MasonM

on Nov 03, 2005

Thanks.

It's coming along I guess. The foot is all black and blue but I think it's slowly healing up.

Dr Guy

on Nov 03, 2005

Thanks. It's coming along I guess. The foot is all black and blue but I think it's slowly healing up.

So when will you be "on the road again! Cant wait to get on the road again!".

MasonM

on Nov 03, 2005

I'm going to try to ride a little on Sunday to see if the ankle will take it. If so I'll try to ride to work on Monday.

I've felt tired and out of sorts all week because I haven't been able to ride.

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