Gebroken Neus
Door Zal ≺ 20 mei, de Categorie ≺ van 2008: Beklimt, Het cirkelen
Eerst, laat duidelijk me zijn, ben ik fijn (hoewel u zult opmerken dat mijn zonnebril niet gelukkig was). De arts zei dat het voor mensen O.K. is me nu om te bespotten.
Deze post was verondersteld om over hoe te zijn I gemakkelijk sla veel sterkere Barry omhoog één van de steilste wegen in Frankrijk (hij testte super zware Paniers voor zijn aanstaande Reis door Zwitserland).
Maar zoals gebruikelijk, is het allen over me!
Laat duidelijk me zijn, is deze neerstorting volledig de fout van ERIC (die niet zelfs daar) was en BARRY. Omdat:
- Zoals gebruikelijk, betaalde ik voor de koffie van Barry.
- Onlangs, bevestigde Eric mijn remmen zodat zij eigenlijk voor een verandering werken.
Na het beklimmen tot de bovenkant van Col. de la Croisette, hadden wij voor een koffie in Croisette opgehouden. Aangezien wij weggingen, zette ik de fiets op en lummelde rond, zettend de verandering in mijn achterzak (als Barry, geen verandering! betaalde). I
gehad terug nog niet aangezet de helm en ik had mijn andere hand op mijn voorzijde remmen.
Plotseling merkte ik op dat ik vrij snel ging, zodat drukte ik de rem verwachtend veel niet, maar zij werkten volkomen (Eric fout!) en ik ging net over de bovenkant.
Gelukkig brak mijn neus de daling.
Toen de arts eerst mijn neus bekeek, raakte zij een buil en zei „gebroken.“ Ik moest verklaren dat die bepaalde buil dankzij een stempel van Bouncer terug in mijn jeugd was. Maar dat is een ander verhaal.
I zeer daalde shakily dit monster beklimmen en wij dreven aan mijn Zwitserse Clinique/Noodsituatie. De god zegent Zwitserse gezondheidszorg. In niet veel meer dan een uur, maakten zij me schoon, onderzochten me, namen Röntgenstralen van schouder en de neus, onderzocht Röntgenstralen, geboekt volg benoeming, enz. Groot!
Netto, heb ik een gebroken neus en een gespannen schouder - die zeer pijnlijk is maar ik niet denk te ernstig.
Col. de la Croisette zal de eigenschap beklimt op één stadium van het aanstaande ras van Dauphinée Libére op 12 Juni zijn. Zie hier voor meer details.
Hieronder: Barry met Paniers
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Will, I warned you not to beat me up the hill
Sorry Will, but if I would have been around, this would most likely have happened a couple of 100 meters higher up, with a few meters of snow under our feet. You would have crashed with a soft landing, we would have laughed and continued. And oh btw, I want to remind you that you still have to sign the disclaimer sheet that I gave you after I fixed your front brake. And of course there is the “Now that Eric fixed my brake, I swear on my nicest bike´s frame that I will take 2 days of cycling school before HITTING THE ROAD AGAIN”. That last part was not to be taken literally.
So time for 2 new rules: 1) STOP SCARING DOREEN 2)STOP SCARING ALL THE REST OF US.
Happy you are OK and TG Barry was around!
That sucks Will. Hopefully the pain will subside soon. I hope they gave you some good Swiss pain killers too.
Glad it wasn’t worse. Heal up fast!
Martin
PS - Glad to I see I escaped any and all blame in this one.
PPS - How is the bike?
Ouch ouch ouch ouch!!!
Will - I’m glad you’re OK and could smile for the camera. What more can I say but “sorry about your nose and shoulder”, “hope the Swiss doctors prescribed good pain-killers” AND most importantly, “speedy recovery”. Good that Barry was with you and accompanied you to the hospital…naturally, as you claimed he was partially at fault.
I guess this means:
1) “Forget” to bring money next time and make Barry pay for your coffee
2) Get to know your bikes again after Eric fiddles with them
3) Buy a better pair of sunglasses as this one seemed to not have been strong enough to withstand the fall and protect your nose.
Martin, I forgot:
It was also your fault as well as your new sexy Pinarello made me ride a little crazier.
Bike is OK - just the old hybrid.
PS - Being a stud, I turned down the offer of painkillers (you guys know my addictive personality)
No painkillers…you went right up in my esteem again. OK, you can’t handle a bicycle, but at least you are a tough wreck
PS : Let me know if you need help fixing the bike after the crash.
Just noticed : you actually look better after, than before. Doreen, what do you think???
Will, clearly the bump on your head has made you delusionary. That wasn’t coffee… it was milky water
http://www.gps-sport.net/trainings/It-was-a-cold-misty-mornin_21901
All, I’d been meaning to compliment Will on his last post re: Martin’s new bike — so funny and you guys all crack me up….but he’s given me something new to write about. Here’s how the phone call went:
Me: Hello
Will: Uhm, do we have any disinfectant?
Me: No. Why?
Will: Uhm, well, I had a bit of a crash.
Me: WHAT?!?! Are you ok? What happened? Where are you? Are you ok?
Will: No big deal, just thought I’d ask.
Me: Shall I come home? (asked anxiously)
Will: No, no, I’m fine. And if you come home, I won’t be here. I might go to Emergency. It’s ok, Barry’s here. Bye (hangs up)
Me: Hello?!
So I race home from work and find soggy bloody paper towels strewn around the house. But there’s a fresh pot of coffee in the living room so maybe he is ok after all?
Anyhow, he seems ok now (tough guy that he is) and on the plus side, the big bump on his head gives him almost an extra inch of height.
Doreen
Hey Slogfester
I forgot about those kids (convicts on work time) fixing the potholes atop Croisette for the Dauphinée perhaps.
I’d send you the other photos but it also died in the crash
Doreen, you are the true hero here. Men could not be men without women like you. (And my apologies to you for the brake.)
“So I race home from work and find soggy bloody paper towels strewn around the house. But there’s a fresh pot of coffee in the living room so maybe he is ok after all?”
The guy invites me back and I have to make my own coffee (something about “I’m bleeding”, yeah whatever) and its got chicory in it for C#$%^s sake!
Barry, if you ever want to find “true love” you can keep thinking the same, but don’t say it (LOL).
Not so much I can add to the comments already here except for a call for the bouncer story.
I only say: get well
At least you could put on a brave face. So another bump to go with the bouncer’s gift?
OUCH! Well that is a beauty. What a badge of courage you have now. I love the story… but sorry that you have a broken nose. By the way, whose idea was it to stop for coffee? Did I miss that? I hope it was a damn good coffee.
Incredible Will’s stories
I wish you a good recovery (again !)
Ouch! looks like it was a painful day all around.
Very, very steep climb and a broken nose.
I hope it has stopped hurting!
As an after thought, if like those terribly sensible Brits and their Ozstralian bretheren, you’d have had your back brake on the left, this may not have happened?