Hooligans Sportsbook

Matty Rain's 2024 Near Death Experience

  • Start date •
  • Replies
    82 Replies •
  • Views 868 Views
Follow
Matty

Matty

0-fers Will Happen™
Since
Jan 26, 2010
Messages
52,534
Score
7,737
Tokens
50
Crashed my beater bike pretty good this morning. I overcooked a corner and, knowing that that bike's brakes are shit, I didn't even try to brake. Tried to bunny hop two curbs at about 20mph. I cleared the first one, hit the second one dead on and went over the handlebars. Weeeee.

Currently waiting in the ER. I don't think anything is broken and I didn't black out, but my helmet got destroyed and chest/sternum hurts along with my left thumb.

This is my best crash yet. 🥳

1000038534.jpg

1000038536.jpg

1000038537.jpg

1000038539.jpg

1000038549.jpg
 
Last edited:
Excellent graphics and photos provided, Matchew!

Glad you didn’t black out. How would you rate that helmet? It’s probably the pictures but it looks a bit shite. But glad you were wearing it!

Did bystanders help you out? Keep us posted. You gon be hurtin tomorrow.

Feel better.
 
Matty
Crashed my beater bike pretty good this morning. I overcooked a corner and, knowing that that bike's brakes are shit, I didn't even try to brake. Tried to bunny hop two curbs at about 20mph. I cleared the first one, hit the second one dead on and went over the handlebars. Weeeee.

Currently waiting in the ER. I don't think anything is broken and I didn't black out, but my helmet got destroyed and chest/sternum hurts along with my left thumb.

This is my best crash yet. 🥳

View attachment 11652
View attachment 11653
View attachment 11654
View attachment 11655
View attachment 11657
Click to expand...


oh fuck that suuuuucks
 
Helmet did its job. Kask Rapido. I had no idea it was wrecked until I pulled it off. I'm not gonna rebuy the same model simply because it didn't fit my head as well as my previous helmet, a Specialized Align II. I have a spare Specialized at home. It has the MIPS liner thing and stellar safety ratings despite being a cheap helmet.

Two people immediately came up to me. I had to ask them to wait before I could answer them, I had the wind knocked out of me. My Garmin bike computer detected the crash and texted wifey - such a neat feature. I didn't black out and I remember everything, but it was bad enough that I wasn't able to reach my bike computer within the 30-decond grace period it gives you to cancel the emergency procedure/text message.

About to see the doctor. I feel mostly fine while sitting, but getting up and sitting down takes a while. Probably gonna have to prop myself up in bed tonight, ribcage hurts. I know the drill at this point.
 
I have no idea. I remember hitting the second curb and thinking "oh no, I'm not gonna get my 90 mins of cardio in today", then I saw grass, then sky. I probably landed on my head first, hence the catastrophic helmet failure.

1000038567.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.