[SpuTTer916]

3 buddies and I went on a fri/sat trip to the bay area to hit up Skyline and Annadell.

Rode skyline all day, no issues, no injuries, everything was great.

Went to the hotel to chill out in the hot tub. I was opening up a couple beers for my buds. Didnt have a bottle opener, so I went to pull out my trustly Ritchey chain breaker which I had used to pop a few beers open earlier in the day.

Was having a little trouble with this Guinness, so I put a little power behind it and BLAMMO

Fairly graphic...

Here is a picture just after it occurred


and after going to the hospital

while my buddy was cleaning me up, he noticed something shiny on the wall...

hrm, what could it be, just 3 feet away??

Anyhow, after I got it stitched up we rode 30 miles the next day at Annadell. Great stuff. The doctors and nurses at Kaiser were awesome, they all rode and gave me great guidance for the Annadell trip.

 

[bomberz1qr20]

Originally posted by SpuTTer916

Anyhow, after I got it stitched up we rode 30 miles the next day at Annadell. Great stuff. The doctors and nurses at Kaiser were awesome, they all rode and gave me great guidance for the Annadell trip.

Glad you ended up having a good time.

I smell lawsuit!

Let us know what Ritchey settles for.

 

[Instigator]

That is a hit to the pride also after finding the opener on the wall

 

[SpuTTer916]

LOL yeah. It was not a good day for my ego

I had the same thoughts! Sue everyone! Faulty glass! Faulty Chain Tool! Hotel should have pointed out the bottle opener!

 

[reflux]

I've only seen it done, but for future reference, you can open a bottle using another unopened bottle. I suggest asking someone to show you how or attempting to learn on cheap beer.

 

[5cents]

Hey now, don't be blaming Guinness.




J/k - glad your okay, and only minor wounds. It could have been a lot worse that just a few stitches.

 

[SpuTTer916]

The Ritchey had never let me down before I think I was just in a little bit of a rush to get to the hot tub after a day of riding at Skyline. I think I'll be adding a bottle opener to my camelback on trips now..

Like Lance says in his book, "It's not about the beer."

or something like that....

 

[TreeSaw]

DOUGH!!!

You should never leave home without one of these:

 

[SpuTTer916]

I like how they clearly label the tool for "Bottle"

Now if only my Ritchey tool explicitly said "Chain" on it, this would never have happened.

 

[punkassean]

Damn! that Guiness RESPECTED your ass! that was it's way of telling you that there was a proper bottle opener right there on the wall the whole time. I have one of those Pedros tools just in case but Park has an older BB tool that works perfectly, not just "works" like a ritchey chain tool. Or you could be like my ex-girlfriend and use your teeth. not the best idea, especially when you don't have dental ins.

 

[Rip]

You should have used your teeth.

 

[Horrendous Hack]

Originally posted by Rip
You should have used your teeth.

I use my hands, lol.

who cares about you? Was the Guinness OK?!

 

[SpuTTer916]

Yes, the guinness was ok! My buddy drank it up. The break wasnt big enough to cause the floater ball to come out when pouring so he was golden!

 

[Clark Kent]

OW!

 

[JRogers]

Damn, chain tool. Interesting idea.

I was drinking a few days ago with some fellow students in our school's cartography/GIS lab. Just used the trusty put-it-on-the-edge-of-a-table and slam on the cap method. Works every time.

 

[VooDoo]

ah, picnic tables work good...

 

[SpuTTer916]

Where was this post BEFORE it happened? Y'all could have saved me!

 

[riderx]

FYI - Time pedals work great to open bottles.

 

[luken8r]

Originally posted by JRogers
Damn, chain tool. Interesting idea.

I was drinking a few days ago with some fellow students in our school's cartography/GIS lab. Just used the trusty put-it-on-the-edge-of-a-table and slam on the cap method. Works every time.

agreed. my friends are amazed when i do this trick. they act as though i parted the red sea or something.
another cool trick i learned in college, our windows in the dorms had a perfect lip on them to open bottles. one of the only benefits of wentworth-less

 

[-BB-]

did you get to ride Annadale?

I F'in love South Berma trail.
So smooth and FAST

 

[SpuTTer916]

Yeah I did. We got 30 miles in even with my gimp hand.

It was our first time so I dont think we took the best routes...

We rode UP south berma, but it looked like it would be sweet going the other way..

We got out to the rim trail which we assumed would be mostly downhill.... we had run out of water so were unhappy to see that it wasnt. But it did have a good downhill bomb at the end. Then we hit the downhill seciton on the Marsh fireroad... whoa nelly you can haul a$$ there!!!

Rough go was a bit of a dissapointment, but still fun.

Overall I had a great time and I'd like to go back again.

 

[toughguymagee]

I did the same thing with a Corona bottle, the edge of a metal railing and the top of the broken bottle going almost through my hand. I didnt take any photos....

Hope you heal up soon!

 

[BigMike]

Originally posted by SpuTTer916


while my buddy was cleaning me up, he noticed something shiny on the wall...

hrm, what could it be, just 3 feet away??

How is a tissue holder going to help you in this situation?










Heal up quick, its awesome you still rode the 30 miles

 

[skiba]

you can bust bottles open very efficiently with a lighter

 

[Brian HCM#1]

That sucks!!!!! Were you able to salvage the beer

 

[derekbob]

The story is they did drink the beer, I cant help but to think they also drank a little blood

 

[SpuTTer916]

It didnt bleed for at least 5 seconds afterward, giving me a great oppourtunity to see the white fatty **** in my finger.

However, he did drink the beer Guinness will cover up anything.