So on our campus there's a huge hill that's maybe 100-150 ft. long, and it's a great thrill to get to bike down there everyday passing people up and all..and since today was Friday, it was emptier than usual, which allowed me to pretty much coast down the whole way without braking.
By the time I was near the end of the hill I was going at least 30-35mph or so, and all of a sudden my bike tumbled over, bending the wheel and the bar part of the wheel a good amount..and rolling me about 10 ft. from where the bike landed.
A few people who were around saw it and asked if I was all right, and to my own amazement I was fine. It must've looked a lot worse than it was, especially since I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. My knees were pretty much okay except for a little scrape on my left one. It was mostly the right side of my body that took the impact, with my elbow getting scraped up pretty badly, my lower right hip is also scraped up a bit, and my wrist hurting a little bit. And one of my buttons on my shorts ripped off too somehow..
I then ended up walking to class, and then with the adrenaline from the experience gone, the pain on the right side of my body started to set in in an unpleasant way. I had left my bike there, and walked it all the way back up the hill, and then another one back to my place. It was actually a rather thrilling experience, considering I'm pretty much okay.
The only thing I can speculate as to how this happened is that there's a little sewage thing that's about 4-5 inches wide that I might've hit on the way down causing the wheel to bend itself like that..which is odd and makes for a pretty crappy design if it can't withhold that much pressure. It's a nice Diamondback mt. bike too that has served me well in the few months that I've had it.
I'd take pics of my wounds, but not sure how high in demand that would be..and plus I bandaged it up already..
So, who can I sue? 🙂
By the time I was near the end of the hill I was going at least 30-35mph or so, and all of a sudden my bike tumbled over, bending the wheel and the bar part of the wheel a good amount..and rolling me about 10 ft. from where the bike landed.
A few people who were around saw it and asked if I was all right, and to my own amazement I was fine. It must've looked a lot worse than it was, especially since I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. My knees were pretty much okay except for a little scrape on my left one. It was mostly the right side of my body that took the impact, with my elbow getting scraped up pretty badly, my lower right hip is also scraped up a bit, and my wrist hurting a little bit. And one of my buttons on my shorts ripped off too somehow..
I then ended up walking to class, and then with the adrenaline from the experience gone, the pain on the right side of my body started to set in in an unpleasant way. I had left my bike there, and walked it all the way back up the hill, and then another one back to my place. It was actually a rather thrilling experience, considering I'm pretty much okay.
The only thing I can speculate as to how this happened is that there's a little sewage thing that's about 4-5 inches wide that I might've hit on the way down causing the wheel to bend itself like that..which is odd and makes for a pretty crappy design if it can't withhold that much pressure. It's a nice Diamondback mt. bike too that has served me well in the few months that I've had it.
I'd take pics of my wounds, but not sure how high in demand that would be..and plus I bandaged it up already..
So, who can I sue? 🙂
