Trackies are hard men

bigfriendlyvegan · Postby **bigfriendlyvegan** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:50 pm

Have a look at this and this. Ow!

Here's the video.

HappyHumber · Postby **HappyHumber** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:51 pm

Bloody heck!

Uncle Grumpy · Postby **Uncle Grumpy** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:58 pm

oww...

Kind of reminds me of "Boree Jack".

Grumps

bigfriendlyvegan · Postby **bigfriendlyvegan** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:05 pm

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

oww...

Kind of reminds me of "Boree Jack".

Grumps

I needed to google that one.

How old are you Grumps? That's pre 40s

sogood · Postby **sogood** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:26 pm

Ouch of a splinter! It'd be a bugger to extract.

Uncle Grumpy · Postby **Uncle Grumpy** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:31 pm

I'm 93.

No, actually, my parents are from West Wyalong, where that happened.

Spoiler alert - watch the video before reading these comments...

Anyway, how did that track rider get a piece of timber through there? What did he hit, did a board left up or something?

Grumps

sogood · Postby **sogood** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:35 pm

Uncle Grumpy wrote:how did that track rider get a piece of timber through there? What did he hit, did a board left up or something?

Common with boards. For track riders, it's either asphalt/concrete kisses or board friction burns with splinters. I hate to think if that splinter had gone for another part of the body. Still surprised there isn't a surface modification that could have have prevented those splinters.

So what happened to Boree Jack?

bigfriendlyvegan · Postby **bigfriendlyvegan** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:37 pm

Uncle Grumpy wrote: Anyway, how did that track rider get a piece of timber through there? What did he hit, did a board left up or something?

Grumps

Chainring hits the boards when he goes down, gouges out a splinter? Dunno.

Uncle Grumpy · Postby **Uncle Grumpy** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:55 pm

sogood wrote:
Uncle Grumpy wrote:how did that track rider get a piece of timber through there? What did he hit, did a board left up or something?
Common with boards. For track riders, it's either asphalt/concrete kisses or board friction burns with splinters. I hate to think if that splinter had gone for another part of the body. Still surprised there isn't a surface modification that could have have prevented those splinters.

So what happened to Boree Jack?

Splinters I understand, but that was a freaking big splinter. I guessed the edge of one of the boards split off, just wondered what caused it to sit proud of the adjoining board or what dug into it to split that piece off. I suppose it could have been the pedal or chainring perhaps.

Boree Jack hit the end of a railing on the racecourse at full speed. Died instantly. One of those weird events that country towns cling to in their history.

Grumps

CommuRider · Postby **CommuRider** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:43 pm

But....how was the bike?!!!!

Reminds me of this

alchemist · Postby **alchemist** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:12 pm

I've seen splinters that big come off the track. Unlucky to have it go through his leg like that

Crawf · Postby **Crawf** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:13 am

Damn, I only saw it from another angle and had no idea it pierced both sides!

Postby **mikesbytes** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:15 am

I've had a similar situation with a splinter except it took the rear out of my lycra and didn't impale me

Here's the splinter

flashrider · Postby **flashrider** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:48 am

NOT the post to be reading over one's All Bran...