[nickcarraway]

Now this is good, old-fashioned British stiff-upper-lippedness.

Remember when Chevy Chase ran over John Cleese on his bicycle?

[Autonomous User]

What a dumb ass.

[Yo-Yo]

If only there were a small, portable communications device that he could have used to summon help instead of having to ride nine miles back to his home.

Such a device could be called, oh, I don't know, maybe a mobile phone?

#okdumbassboomer

[GreenLanternCorps]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A38_road

[sphinx]

Four broken ribs? Well, maybe, if they were just cracked. A bleeding hole in the head? Ok, he's a tough guy cyclist. But riding nine miles with a fractured hip? That's a bit above and beyond.

I suppose the broken hip was, like the ribs, probably just a hairline fracture with nothing displaced. If the bike was rideable, he couldn't have been hit very hard. He was bumped and knocked down. My guess is that the ground, not the car, caused most of the injuries, and if he's a veteran cyclist, he's taken falls before. But still …

[sphinx]

FYI

[LouAvul]

Was he on a road for cars? Was he dressed like these spandex laden attention whores here in Tulsa?

Sorry, not much sympathy here. If I build a house next to a gun club, I can't whine when the occasional bullet hole shows up.

[SES1066]

He added: “I suppose it was shock but the adrenaline kicked in and I got back on the bike and did nine miles home.

Many a super-human deed was accomplished under the influence of adrenaline. Many valor awards come and many rescues done as well. HOWEVER, there is also a loss of clarity and reasoned thinking outside of the focused task at hand. As a fellow aged bicyclist who has been in a similar problem, I know that I had an absolute fear of what would happen to my bike if I had to take an ambulance. Irrational in hindsight but very real at that time.

An aside for my fellow US bicyclists here, my local AAA Auto Club now gives roadside assistance for bicyclists at no extra charge. That would be a good thing for something like this situation, IF YOU CAN THINK IT THROUGH!

[Getready]

Probably got confused after the trauma. Probably didnt feel much pain when extra adrenalin and endorphins kicked in. One “lucky” (?) guy.