Went on a ride to Torrey Pines this morning, but unfortunately at 12 miles the bottem bracket broke as I was accelerating across the intersection at Mission Bay Drive and Seaworld Drive against the red light. The left crankarm and pedal went flying, I did a face plant (actually, a left hip plant) on the asphalt in the middle of the intersection. Kinda scraped up my hip a bit, it's pretty sore. Oddly, my right leg is sore too, but no wound. My helmet has a little crack on the cop but I can't see how I hit that! A guy on a bike right behind me had a cell phone so I called my wife who called my son and he came and picked me up. While I was waiting I used my trusty first aid kit to wash the arm wound with Betadine. A homeless-type guy on a bike helped me wraped the bandage around my arm. Went to urgent care but the line was so long and I was walking better by then, so I went back home and bandaged everything up.
I'm thinking it would be almost cheaper to buy a new bike than to replace the bottem bracket, crankset, and of course I really needed a new chain and freewheel. All that stuff would cost about $250.00, and I could get a great new bike for $500.00. At any rate, I don't have the moola, cash-wise, so I guess I won't be riding for a while, unless I ride my wife's crummy bike around the neighborhood.
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