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Saturday, September 10, 2005

"We got a Bleeder" II

And if one crash test dummy isn't enough (ref: "We Got a Bleeder") Lever has to go and copy Jim two days later...

This time it wasn't dark, it was daylight, on the South Downs, just north of Chichester... everyone went tear-arsing down this chalk track and the last in line is Lever. He puts on a dig of speed and overtakes Jamie and is catching up with Jim, bouncing off the hard-packed chalk ancient trackway.

*Bounce* Bloody hardtail! *Bounce a bit more* Fuck me! That's quite vicious. *Bounce once last time*... CRASH!!!

Bloody Lever - just got back on after the crash!I SMASHED the bike into the deck, flew in some crazy trajectory over the frame, catching various appendages on the way and end up facing the way I came, on my back with a rucksack to break my fall. I'm winded. I can't breath. Not for a minute anyway.

Jamie is concerned at the comedy Tom & Jerry lump on my right shin to go with the grazed & bloody leg, dodgy left knee, grazed arm and bashed ribs...

Eventually I get my wounds washed and bandaged and get home eventually to do copious amounts of painkillers and place ice on swollen wounds. Looks like you'll have a black & blue Lever tomorrow, good people :)

Right - talking of painkillers, where's the beer? I fancy a pint of Wychwood Hobgoblin...

Oh, and maybe I should change the front tyre? Somehow I don't like this "Tioga Psycho II" right now...

22 Comments:

  • At Sat Sep 10, 09:09:00 PM, Anonymous piniyini said…

    oh no! C'mon Lever, you guys are meant to be riding these bikes and not flying 'em. Putting me off getting one now.

    Oh well, more of a reason for a beer ;-)

     
  • At Sat Sep 10, 09:57:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Piniyini: LMAO "flying them" LOL You should still get a bike, dude, just don't try any of the stupid shit that I do. I should know better, as should Jim who's nearly twice my age!!

    But hey, it's good fun; you've gotta have had some fun and have the marks to show for it so your kids can grow up in awe of their dad's utter stupidity LOL

     
  • At Sat Sep 10, 10:18:00 PM, Blogger superfan said…

    LOL wychwood hobgoblin

    aww poor lever :( all battered and bruised...

     
  • At Sun Sep 11, 12:42:00 AM, Blogger rebekah said…

    ooh you could be a stuntman by now ... helloooooooooooo lever ... that's hollywood calling ...

    your scrapes are cool to look at ... would you like a bandaid too?

     
  • At Sun Sep 11, 04:15:00 AM, Blogger BeckyBumbleFuck said…

    Really babe, this post just PAINS me, on so many levels! Your poor boddd-dy. Oh, dear.
    Please come here, so that I can kiss it better...

     
  • At Sun Sep 11, 07:15:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Superfan:Yeah, good name for a beer innit? :)
    THx Sef, yeah, I'm a mess this morning :(

    Rebekah: LOL Lever the fall guy huh? If I'd done more of thi years ago then maybe... I'm just not into those breaks and things...

    As for bandaid - ouch! The thought of having to peel sticky plasters off hairy legs... *shivers & winces*

    My BBFK: Oh baby, I'm sorry. I'm OK though, nothing broken - no broken ribs, no cracked kneecap :) Just grazes, that massive "sharkbite" bruise on my bicep and some aches...

    I'd love to come over for some of your special cures =) When you want me to head up, dear?

     
  • At Sun Sep 11, 03:53:00 PM, Anonymous restless angel said…

    The bike got it's revenge for you doing such silly things... it told me so, all the way here in New England, LOL.

    But really.... take a couple beers and call in the morning.....

    Oh, I linked to you over at my blog :)

    Awesome stuffed animal story! Someone video-taped it, right? *laughs*

    Have a great weekend... well, what's left of it, LOL

     
  • At Sun Sep 11, 04:48:00 PM, Blogger rebekah said…

    bwahahahahaha that's why bandaids for you would be kind of funny ... in a sadistic sort of way ...

     
  • At Sun Sep 11, 11:21:00 PM, Blogger Keeefer said…

    Ow, unlucky. Still the healing powers of the wychwood will soon have you right as rain.........or too pissed to care

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 05:56:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Restless Angel: You don't wanna listen to my bike, my bike's a bitch.

    The beer seems to have helped, for one day at least :)

    And those animals? Nah, they just kept getting un-arranged, re-arranged, un-arranged, re-arranged... when boys like stuffed toys you gotta be concerned for them... :S Shoulda video'd my crash - that woulda been fun :)

    Rebekah: I had to soak in the bath until the original bandages came off... no way was I ripping out any hairs to add to the scraped skin, blood and bruises... now I know why cyclists shave their legs, but I'm not doing *that*! LOL

    Keeefer: LOL yeah, the Wychwood, the London Prode, the Batemans and the ESB certainly dulled the pain for a little while - now that I'm up & sober again it hurts.

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 09:20:00 AM, Blogger davinian said…

    ooh, is the bike ok?

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 09:37:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Davinian: LMFAO Yes, the bike is fine ;) Just a couple of scrapes on the bar-ends and some strips of bloody flesh hanging off the pedals... a quick clean and buff-up and it'll be back to normal :)

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 05:53:00 PM, Blogger superfan said…

    strips of bloody flesh! mwahaha!

    why is it, that i pick up little bits of things lever says that no one else seems to find amusing, and laugh hysterically for hours on end?

    its because im dudey. thats why. ;) ;) ;)

    *types peohf.....et voila!* LOL

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 05:55:00 PM, Blogger superfan said…

    ps. ahem lever, you've been wearin' that KP top waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long ;)

    im just sayin', maybe time for a change? ;D

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 09:10:00 PM, Blogger Brom said…

    Seee... that's what you get for nicking the ketchup sachets from McDonalds.

    I WONT go down the avenue of suggesting something concerning the breaking of a curry sauce recepticle... if you see what I mean.

    Hope you are OK ! Cheers

     
  • At Mon Sep 12, 10:36:00 PM, Blogger davinian said…

    good, as long as the bikes ok then every thing is fine and dandy :)

    p.s. there is a giant fly buzzing around my bedroom - if the fucker doesn't settle down i will have to take action...!!! night...

     
  • At Tue Sep 13, 12:59:00 AM, Blogger Jay said…

    Ouch!! Did you cry a lot?

     
  • At Tue Sep 13, 06:50:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Superfan: LMAO - 'sos you're cool, Sef ;) Great minds think alike, or is it twisted minds? Oh, I dunno *shrugs*

    Yeah, that KP shirt needs a wash, can you smell it from there? I been slack on TSOTD the last couple o' months so let's do this now huh? OK... Metallica European tour '88... ;) Cheers for the REmind dudette :D

    Brom-man: Ooh, ketchup karma aye? LOL

    Were you refering to me smashing my baltis perchance Brom?

    Yeah, surviving thx, BBFK's keeeping an eye on me ;)

    Davinian: LOL Well that's sorted then :)

    Get that fly, dammit, don't want it landing on you when you're asleep...
    morning :)

    Jay: Nah, d'ya think it woulda helped? I think other people react worse to wounds, I saw one of the guys looked visibly shaken by my controlled bleeding...

     
  • At Tue Sep 13, 06:56:00 AM, Blogger [-o-] said…

    Nice one dude. Far more impressive than any stack I've ever accomplished. It just goes to show what full-body protection can be worth, even if you end up looking like a bit of twat. Better a live twat than a dead Lever.

     
  • At Tue Sep 13, 07:15:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    [-o-] : Ah dude - exactly! LOL When I got home I dusted off my 661 knee-and-shin pads... didn't expect to be doing crazy downhill on an XC excursion so I (thought I) didn't need 'em... that'll learn me.

    And I'm glad the word twat is alive and well in you country too, dude, that gives me great comfort :)

     
  • At Sat Sep 17, 05:44:00 AM, Blogger alekkomar said…

    Hey Lever - take it easy - our mutual Big Green Buddy - HULK can take a pounding, but us Puny Humans aren't quite as tough.

     
  • At Tue Sep 20, 09:06:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    AlekKomar: Hey Alek, LMAO, yeah, I wish I had been the Hulk... don't think he'd have had any cracked ribs either... or at least he wouldn't have given a damn...

     

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