Yes, only my third ride on my new F4 and anoter one of my riding buddies goes down(see post titled crash in this forum). We were on the annual Pitkin ride and a deer jumped out in front of my friend's Superhawk.
He has a broken tibia/fibia, and many lascerations on his body from sliding across the pavement. Another bike is totaled and the deer is dead.
His helmet probably saved his life. The doctor in Canon City told us that some blood vessels were damaged and he has poor circulation in his leg. So they just got done transporting him to Penrose hospital in Colorado Springs.
I was less than 100 yards in front of him when it happened. 3 of us got ten miles down the road and waited for the other 2 to show up....we turn around and find him lying over 200 feet away from the bike and the deer another 300 feet behind him. The last guy in our group saw it and stopped, so did some other kind people. The ambulance came about 10 minutes after we got there. He said the deer jumped out of the ditch without him even knowing, so he had no time to react.
This same thing happened to my parents when they were driving home from gunnison to pick my sister up from college.(In a car)
Please be careful when you are riding! I have had two heads ups in the last week. I can't believe that all my friends are getting injured when all these squids can ride through Canon City "poping wheelies" and doing nose wheelies with girls on the back without helmets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Aaaaaggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!
The other post is right "Squids Want to die".
By all means, my friends nor I am a squid. We are all experianced riders with no intentions on doing stupid or crazy things to harm ourselves or others. We always wear all safety gear weather it be on a long ride or to the grocery store.
P.S. Watch out for deer and wear all your protection!!! I can't say it as often as it is needed.
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He has a broken tibia/fibia, and many lascerations on his body from sliding across the pavement. Another bike is totaled and the deer is dead.
His helmet probably saved his life. The doctor in Canon City told us that some blood vessels were damaged and he has poor circulation in his leg. So they just got done transporting him to Penrose hospital in Colorado Springs.
I was less than 100 yards in front of him when it happened. 3 of us got ten miles down the road and waited for the other 2 to show up....we turn around and find him lying over 200 feet away from the bike and the deer another 300 feet behind him. The last guy in our group saw it and stopped, so did some other kind people. The ambulance came about 10 minutes after we got there. He said the deer jumped out of the ditch without him even knowing, so he had no time to react.
This same thing happened to my parents when they were driving home from gunnison to pick my sister up from college.(In a car)
Please be careful when you are riding! I have had two heads ups in the last week. I can't believe that all my friends are getting injured when all these squids can ride through Canon City "poping wheelies" and doing nose wheelies with girls on the back without helmets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Aaaaaggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!
The other post is right "Squids Want to die".
By all means, my friends nor I am a squid. We are all experianced riders with no intentions on doing stupid or crazy things to harm ourselves or others. We always wear all safety gear weather it be on a long ride or to the grocery store.
P.S. Watch out for deer and wear all your protection!!! I can't say it as often as it is needed.
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