rustbucket49
Well-known member
I have to share my New Year's Day experience with the clan....
My son got a new bike for Christmas so I figured I'd adjust the front brake, right? It has a disc brake on front - not the old traditional pads. So I was going to turn the bike upside down to work on it. I grabbed the front fork where I would normally grab it on a bike w/ the conventional pads and proceeded to turn the bike over. The front wheel was spinning a little, but not real fast - no big deal, right? So I thought also - but I was wrong. Apparently, the index finger on my left hand got wedged in one of the RAZOR SHARP slots in the disc. HOLY MOTHER OF PAIN !!!!!!! Next thing I know, I'm in excruciating pain, rolling around like a tumbleweed in West Texas with a blood sprinkler painting the inside of my house.
My wife hauls me to a little local minor emergency clinic. I had cut through the finger nail all the way through the finger bone, fractured the end of my finger bone and had about 3/8" of skin holding on the end of my finger. I got a tetnus shot in my arm, the "antibiotic shot from hell" in my butt, about 5 shots of deadening in my finger, the doctor ripped off my fingernail and it took 10 stitches to sew my finger back on..... A great way to start the year - plus I missed the Rose Bowl....
So if you happen to notice my "quote" down below the attached photo on my signature line - I can definitely answer that - YES, it is painful...... Hope your day was better.
My son got a new bike for Christmas so I figured I'd adjust the front brake, right? It has a disc brake on front - not the old traditional pads. So I was going to turn the bike upside down to work on it. I grabbed the front fork where I would normally grab it on a bike w/ the conventional pads and proceeded to turn the bike over. The front wheel was spinning a little, but not real fast - no big deal, right? So I thought also - but I was wrong. Apparently, the index finger on my left hand got wedged in one of the RAZOR SHARP slots in the disc. HOLY MOTHER OF PAIN !!!!!!! Next thing I know, I'm in excruciating pain, rolling around like a tumbleweed in West Texas with a blood sprinkler painting the inside of my house.
My wife hauls me to a little local minor emergency clinic. I had cut through the finger nail all the way through the finger bone, fractured the end of my finger bone and had about 3/8" of skin holding on the end of my finger. I got a tetnus shot in my arm, the "antibiotic shot from hell" in my butt, about 5 shots of deadening in my finger, the doctor ripped off my fingernail and it took 10 stitches to sew my finger back on..... A great way to start the year - plus I missed the Rose Bowl....
So if you happen to notice my "quote" down below the attached photo on my signature line - I can definitely answer that - YES, it is painful...... Hope your day was better.