Had my first crash earlier

[rexob]

Hi all. I had my first crash earlier, luckily I'm okay and so is the bike. I had to go to work right after, I had a pretty bad headache and I guess a bit of concussion cause I can only remember bits and bobs. My hand is scraped a little bit just below my knuckles where my gloves have no padding and my leg is pretty sore (I'm sure that'll feel worse in the morning!), but I was wearing all my gear so I'm in pretty decent shape.

Basically I was coming off an A road approaching a roundabout, which wasn't clear so I had to break. I should add that you can't see what's coming around the roundabout until really late on because there's a wall in the way. What I didn't see, however, is two small circle's of paint (maybe around 5-8 cm wide) right in the middle of the lane. They weren't marking's, they were just there randomly. Anyway my front end just went and I skidded a long with the bike which ended up landing on my leg. Luckily it's pretty light. Okay so, the bike has a scratched bar end and one of the rear indicator's is very loose. There's also a small scratch near the front set.

One very helpful person stopped to help me, and another stopped to ask if I was okay. For some reason (I guess shock?) I didn't think to ask for the guys number, so I can't prove I had an accident. Anyway I'm gonna call up the council to let them know that there's paint there cause I doubt I'd be the last person to do this.

[-Matt-]

Worth going down the hospital and getting checked over if you experienced memory loss or headaches and concussion after mate - just to be safe

Good to hear you and the bikes alright though

[rexob]

Thanks. Yeah, a lot of people at work were saying I should too. I can't think of anything worse than waiting around A&E for 3 hours or something stupid. I dunno, I just hate hospital's.

I think I'm fine, my headache has gone and I've just eaten a fucking MASSIVE pizza.

[-Matt-]

I'd go tonight, probably won't be too bad a wait. If there is anything up the last thing you want is to be down there friday or saturday night instead

[petechett]

What bike were you on bud? Good to hear you're all in good nick, nothing serious

[rexob]

[G]

Ok, head aches last a while longer and I don't have a glass jaw etc... but only time I had concussion coming off a bike, I fell off the back of a wheelie as the bike went vertical at 60-70mph.
I then rolled on my head and shoulders in a not-perfect fitting helmet.

To be fair, I only had it checked out because the head aches were going on for so long and I wanted an MRI - they gave me an XRay, when I already knew my skull it's self was still in one piece.

If you don't get concussed particularly and have memory loss, it probably is worth getting it checked out, though they'll likely just say "sure, it's fine".

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[G]

Sorry, edited to say "sure, it's fine", which I meant to say... they will take it seriously, but hopefully will give a clean bill of health, which as above, is much better than not going and finding there's a problem.

Only time I haven't been taken seriously by A&E was when I went in with signs of DVT. Doctor wasn't convinced but did tests on me anyway. Went back to work or whatever, when I got home found an apologetic message on the answer phone asking me to call them urgently - as it turns out I was right and the tests confirmed what I thought.
The proper ultrasound I had off the back off that showed it wasn't anything to worry about in the end.

[Rogerborg]

You can report it online, and I would because I'd expect there's less chance of the report getting "lost".

[1cyl]

Glad to hear your ok OP and your gear did its job. Hope you make a full recovery. I think the odd spill is almost a necessity on two wheels. The hardness of Tarmac has sure bought me down a well needed peg or two over the years. Just try to keep them small. Don't let it knock your confidence and use any nervousness you've gained to your advantage when riding.

Just out of interest. How far into your journey were you? Feel free to bump the 2014 spill counter:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=3792204&highlight=#3792204
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Good to hear that you ok mate and it's a bonus with the gear and a bike however it's well worth going down A&E just for a check up plus you get to perve on all the Portuguese nurses
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