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@MaxC
before i had a chance to say oh shit (because i wasn't paying attention to the road like an idiot) i hit a ridged bit of road that was parallel to me.. so i sort of "rode the wave" until one wheel got stuck on either side of this pretty big ridge in the road, stopping the bike and sending me flying over the bars, onto my head then have the bike fly over me. i am very sore.
got up and everyone around me, pedestrians, drivers were all asking me if i was ok, i was thanking them and saying yeah yeah BUT AM I BLEEDING, they didnt even pay attention IS MY HEAD FUCKING BLEEDING thats all i seemed to care about.. anyway it wasn't bleeding but its a bit swollen (thank fuck).
basically i have now been scared into wearing a helmet more often. falling on your head in the middle of the road in shoreditch at 20+ mph is NO fun. i think i was pretty lucky i came out ok!
damage to the bike: FUCKED saddle rails, saddle was bent completely to one side but i managed to pretty much completely straighten it out with some adrenaline, muscle and HTFU. saddle also ripped on the corners but thats fine.
stem wasn't tight enough so bars/stem and wheel misaligned themselves, thought that was pretty funny. and last but not least my bars are nice and bent. good job i happened to be coming back from buying new ones..