[narlus]

i decide to cruise through the neighborhood a bit on the road bike, and being nosy, i head over to the nearby house where there's an open house...i check the house specs and price, and then decide to crank up the short hill...well, i was wearing sandals, and either the chain skipped or i just slipped a pedal (actually, both), but whatever the case, the end result was the same: toes folded under, dragging on the road. ripped all the skin off the top of two of my toes on my left foot, and got a good gouge on the bottom of my big toe on the other.



damn that hurt.

still does.

 

[TN]

Who do think you are, T-pirate?

 

[narlus]

dirt + flat pedals would have been a much better situation...

 

[MMcG]

ouch!

 

[Nobody]

Ow










<pic please> <=digital whore!

 

[DHS]

nope, this guy definitely beats you

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161161

 

[valve bouncer]

nope, this guy definitely beats you

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161161

 

[partsbara]

road bikes are evil

 

[narlus]

f*cking sandals are no good either...

 

[partsbara]

f*cking sandals are no good either...

hippy

 

[bluebug32]

this thread is useless without pics

 

[Changleen]

Yeah, the crowd wants to see blood.

 

[narlus]

i wanted nothing to do w/ my camera, just wanted to pedal the scant few hundred yards home and have my wife take care of the bloody appendages.

i think i fared better than stinkyboy's tangle w/ his syncros pedals though.

 

[bluebug32]

i wanted nothing to do w/ my camera, just wanted to pedal the scant few hundred yards home and have my wife take care of the bloody appendages.

i think i fared better than stinkyboy's tangle w/ his syncros pedals though.

Gotcha...might have been kinda nasty anywhere.

Heal up!

 

[Ciaran]

Yeah, but was the house cool, and in your price range?

 

[MMike]

wouldn't have happened if you had come to bromont...

 

[Mackie]

i decide to cruise through the neighborhood a bit on the road bike, and being nosy, i head over to the nearby house where there's an open house...i check the house specs and price, and then decide to crank up the short hill...well, i was wearing sandals, and either the chain skipped or i just slipped a pedal (actually, both), but whatever the case, the end result was the same: toes folded under, dragging on the road. ripped all the skin off the top of two of my toes on my left foot, and got a good gouge on the bottom of my big toe on the other.



damn that hurt.

still does.

Might I suggest.......

 

[pdawg]

I've seen some sandals with SPD cleats... wonder if those help from getting road rash.

EDIT: ha, ha... just writing this as the pic was posted.... this forum moves too fast for me.

 

[douglas]

no sandals, and bring a tube & a pump (or co2)..what will your next road bike lesson be??

 

[narlus]

no sandals, and bring a tube & a pump (or co2)..what will your next road bike lesson be??

hopefully nothing involving conservation of momentum.