Crashed Again!
First time in a while. It was very wet, the rain came bucketing down all of a sudden. The road was being resurfaced and I lost it. Role call this time: grazes to leg, shoulder and arm, bruises to thigh, arm and back, busted helmet, bad limp as my right leg is pretty much in agony whenever I try to walk.
The point of this post (apart from a blatant attempt to gain sympathy! ;-) ) is this. The side of my head hit the deck very hard. My helmet took the impact, all I have is a mild headache. If I hadn't been wearing the helmet my head itself would have hit the road and I'd have been knocked out at least - bearing in mind my temple would have been the impact area maybe it would have been worse. If you cycle - WEAR YOUR HELMET. They are not simply an accessory - they can prevent injury. Mine has - twice.
The point of this post (apart from a blatant attempt to gain sympathy! ;-) ) is this. The side of my head hit the deck very hard. My helmet took the impact, all I have is a mild headache. If I hadn't been wearing the helmet my head itself would have hit the road and I'd have been knocked out at least - bearing in mind my temple would have been the impact area maybe it would have been worse. If you cycle - WEAR YOUR HELMET. They are not simply an accessory - they can prevent injury. Mine has - twice.