This blog is becoming more about flat tires and injuries than it is about actual mountain biking. Tonight when I came home from work I was tinkering with my bike before tomorrow's ride. I took it for a quick spin around the neighborhood and continued to make adjustments. Then as I was swinging my right leg over the bike my left foot slipped off the pedal, and my right shin came crashing down on the rear brakes. The little nozzle for adjusting the hydraulics sliced my leg right open. As you can see in the picture the cut was about 2-inches long and went clear to the bone.
Fortunately we had some friends over for dinner and they were able to watch the kids while my wife drove me to the ER. Surprisingly it didn't bleed or hurt very much. Also surprising, despite a waiting room full of people, we were able to get right in at the ER.
I got 4 stitches on the fascia (which is under the skin), 10 more on the outside and a bottle full of Vicodin.
Unfortunately, I don't think I will be riding tomorrow.
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