son went down

[Desert viper_imp]

Glad he’s ok Mickey

[4 Paws_imp]

As frightening an email as possible to receive.
Best wishes to all.

[Stichill_imp]

Holy smokes that's scary, ferret! Glad it was a lesson learned instead of a life-altering split second in time. I've never been down but I've heard it can happen on a slick surface with absolute suddenness. I got a little scare the other day when I went around a tight right-angle I've ridden dozens of times, when the front tire stepped out what felt like three inches. I stayed up but went back to see what it was because it felt like a patch of oil. Turned out to be about a three inch wide curved patch of tiny round rocks that must've spilled out of a trailer or pickup truck. They were the same color as the road and virtually invisible. It was like riding on BBs.

I gear up for my 13-mile work commute every single time. Sometimes I'm tempted to skip it if I'm short on time, but I just decide to either go ahead and get in the gear or bail on the ride and just take the car. It reminds me to get going that extra 5-10 minutes early so there's no excuse for no gear or no ride. Yes it's a hassle to get out of when I get to work and put it on/off for lunch and then on/off again for the ride home. But I am convinced that the day I tempt fate without full gear is the day I'd probably go down.

[the Ferret]

Thanks guys, he was here with the family for dinner tonight and his left hand is swollen a bit but nothing seems to be broken and it works just fine, just a little puffy. I got him to start icing it.

He is planning to ride to work everyday this week that it doesn't rain, but says he thinks it will be a little scary at first. I told him most everyone who rides goes through this. I did, his uncle did,even his grandmother did, and it's just something you have to put out of your mind and realize it was just a weird circumstance that happens very rarely, after all, it hadn't happened to him for 20 years before now.

We will fix what little is broken on the bike without involving insurance.

[Offroad]

So sorry ferret!

My only crash was from an unseen road hazard (sand) and they are constantly on my mind.

[Retsel_imp]

Glad to hear it was not more serious. The thought of hands hitting pavement, unprotected, is really scarry. Hopefully a quick recovery!

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[Capo]

Thank goodness he’s OK, and this is just a valuable and relatively benign lesson.


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[F800GT_imp]

Glad to hear your son is ok, that's all that matters.

[Rocky_imp]

I've been away for a week and only just now catching up.
Sorry to hear the bad news, but very glad it wasn't any worse that it was.

[Perry_imp]

Glad to hear he's ok. I got that call at work a few years ago and it is a gut-wrenching feeling. Unfortunately, even after some broken bones and nasty road rash, my kid doesn't do ATGATT. He's getting better, but he's not there. Then I remember what I wore when I was 24 - I didn't wear a helmet until the state made me - and I can only hope he gets smarter than me and sooner than me. And you're right, he's always going to be my little boy - even at 6'4" - and I'm always going to worry about him. That's what we do.