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Cratoni mountain bike helmet after crash. |
This Sunday I went out for an easy 1 hour ride in the Ben Shemen forest not far from our home in Modiin. You don't have to get into the car, it's about a 15' ride to the entrance to the forest - and you then have an infinite variety of circuit trails, singles and cross-country rides of all levels of difficulty.
I chose a path I've ridden many times - from the entrance to the forest across from the Ligad office park into the Neot Kedumim Biblical Landscape Preserve and back. Coming back, down the first hill - I went up a small dirt ramp at the entrance to a path. The front wheel went up, I went over the ramp, flipped over in mid air and made a two point landing on my head and right shoulder.
It's one of those situations that happens in a split second - your brain registers that it is not going to end well, but it's too late. The next thing you know - you are flat on your side and picking dirt out of your ear, and looking for your glasses.
In my case, I got up and felt blood on my face and ear - I spent the next 15' looking for my glasses. Just as I found them - another rider came by and asked me if I was ok - to which I smiled and said - "of course not!". He gave me a Wet ones he had in his backpack from Turkish Airlines and I wiped down my face. We rode back to the exit from the forest together and I rode home. Oren from Kfar Oranim - you're a Good Samaritan man - thanks!
Got home, took a hot shower, soaped down the scrapes with antiseptic soap and iced the bruises. Went over to the doc in our local medical service (Kupat Holim Clalit). After a neurological exam and x ray he gave me a clean bill of health (no breaks, no concussions) and remarked that I was the third rider he'd seen that morning and by far the ugliest crash victim of the three.
I'm not going to post any pictures of myself after the crash - because this is a family blog and the pictures are too f-g scary.
I landed on my head, chipped a tooth, and 5 days later - still have a black eye and sore shoulder - my Cratoni Heli helmet saved my life.
To the good folks at the Cratoni factory in Germany - thank you.
