A wtf moment
- Thread starter Trekrules
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Eeek! You, mate or just a random?
So wait.. the whole lever is embedded in his leg?
OUCH
OUCH
Hayes it is. I wonder if this is coved under warrenty?
The key to less brake fade with hayes:
Bleed the lever with blood, preferably pressurized via gravity from one's leg.
In all seriousness, healing vibes! That thing looks massively painful.
Bleed the lever with blood, preferably pressurized via gravity from one's leg.
In all seriousness, healing vibes! That thing looks massively painful.
I really want to make a bad bleed job joke, but I will refrain.
magura blood has nothing on this
Oh well, discipline was never my strong suit. Apologies in advance:
Brake a leg...
Is Butch working on brakes now?
Well, at least its not that tacky purple ano color they used to have.
Brake a leg...
Is Butch working on brakes now?
Well, at least its not that tacky purple ano color they used to have.
that looks very soothing......
Holy ****!
That is a super random injury, how do you even crash like that? Pinwheeling with the bike I suppose. I hope you heal quickly.
That is a super random injury, how do you even crash like that? Pinwheeling with the bike I suppose. I hope you heal quickly.
In this instance, I wonder what is worse: splintering carbon or sharp fancy CNC aluminum?
I'd take that over a similar impalement with splintery carbon EASY.
Carbon in worse, that stuff's like fiberglass only carcinogenic. I'd much rather have some regular old alloy that shows up on x-rays.
Also, reminds me of Nina B's Brake lever incident.
http://ninabuitrago.com/bio/
Reminded me of this...
This would be the THIRD time I've seen this happen. The other two times have been to chicks tipping over the bars in a switchback, and impaling the lever into their inner thigh. Both V-brake levers. Same deal, had to leave the lever in to be extracted at the ER for fear of it having hit the femoral artery. One girl had the whole handlebar sawed off the bike and taped to her leg as she was transported on a stretcher.
Weird sh!t.
Weird sh!t.
After I fell off a skinny log-ride, pushed the bar and brake lever a few inches into the topsoil, and thereby bent one of my brake levers, I bought a pair of XC bar ends. They're mounted pointing downward, so they will protect the brake levers the next time I fall off that log-ride (and there will be a next time, no question). It hadn't occurred to me that they could also protect ME from the levers.
