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Crashed my bike yesterday, PICS + Pain

buddhabuddha Regular
edited May 2011 in Life
Let's start out by saying, I was on the road, but I do not have a road bike. Might have helped me avoid the gravel

I was just riding down this hill...

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to get back to the car after my ride.

When I got to the bottom I noticed on my computer, I had hit 59.5mph.

So I had ducklips tow me back to the top so I could try again. I wanted to hit 60mph.

Well hit that long turn near the bottom in that pic, wen't a bit wide, hit some gravel, slid into a foot deep rut, then over the 3 foot high burm.

Felt like I lawn darted head first into the sand. My left ear was completely full of sand.

Anyways, ON TO THE PICS.
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I would guess I was going about 55mph when I hit that gravel.

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This was almost healed from like a week ago...
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Yes I have a t-rex tattood on my leg.
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and the damage...

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my seat post was straight...
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ALMOST HAD IT...

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So if I buy used parts I might be able to fix everything for under $200 USD.

Sucks ass since it has been shitty weather since I got that bike and this is the first real good ride I got.

Everything broken:

Handlebars
Shimano Rapid Fire Shifter/brake x2
rear derailuer
WTB Vspeed seat
seat post
rims trued x2
headset
stem

and a bit of labor to get it all working well again.

BAH
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  • buddhabuddha Regular
    edited May 2011
    And related

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    Thanks to AlbinoEthiopian for ^^that^^ link.
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  • DfgDfg Admin
    edited May 2011
    Holy shit, congrats on surviving this awful crash but still I will not lie, I was lol'ing when I saw your picture in the sand, plus since you talked about this in IRC. It makes it lulz as hell.
    )buddha) how do you get sand out of your ear? it's in there pretty deep
(Paco) hydrogen peroxide?
(buddha) lots of it
(Paco) and Q tips
(buddha) it hurts to use qtips
(buddha) and i don't want to push it in further
(Paco) its gonna hurt even more if you leave it there and it gets infected lol
(Paco) just pour some peroxide in there for a little while, let it sit and then let it pour out
(Dfg) How about tilting your head?

    Sorry to hear about your bike, some the looks of it, it seems in pretty decent shape considering the crash. I hope you will recover will. Oh and btw watermark those images with totse.info, so they won't be used by anyone else :).
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  • DfgDfg Admin
    edited May 2011
    Sexy-Girls-Bikes-96.jpg

    OMG air cooling
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  • buddhabuddha Regular
    edited May 2011
    oh and if you are looking to buy a bike I totally advise buying one from www.BikesDirect.com

    The only people that talk shit about them are local bike shop fags who have never ridden one.
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  • buddhabuddha Regular
    edited May 2011
    Couple more pics from yesterday.

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  • buddhabuddha Regular
    edited May 2011
    And it actually looks like my rear derailuer is ok, but the rear brake caliper is fucked.
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  • buddhabuddha Regular
    edited May 2011
    Nope brake is fine also, just the damn cable got bent.

    Add one jagwire to the list of parts.
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  • GoingNowhereGoingNowhere Global Moderator
    edited May 2011
    Oof, that bike looks totaled! :P Beautiful landscape though!
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  • buddhabuddha Regular
    edited May 2011
    GoingNowhere wrote: »
    Oof, that bike looks totaled! :P Beautiful landscape though!

    It would be if every asshole and his brother didn't dump tons of trash out there.

    Fucking faggots.
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