[fat.tires]

The dude skips podium because of a splinter.

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http://msn.foxsports.com/cycling/st...ce-with-splinter-through-leg-021911?gt1=39002

The splinter

 

[K-max]

That's not a splinter, that's a chopstick. And it was thrown at him by a ninja, hired by a competitor to take him down. Mission incomplete!

 

[Bro]

That's faked. There's no blood! :skep: And if it was a chopstick thrown at him by a ninja, it would be at some sort of angle cause by his insane cadence as a trackie (trekkie?), not perfectly level with the ground.

What a crybaby.

Edit: Now I'm getting ads for Norcal trauma centers, all because I posted on this thread. Thanks a freakin' lot. :madman:

 

[Francis Cebedo]

I can't watch this but I will share a link

UCI World Cup 2011 - Awang's Splinter Update from British Cycling on Vimeo.

Ok, that seals it. I'm not playing on the velodrome.

 

[lassiar]

Yeah, because those roadies are sooooo wimpy. They'd like, never survive on the trail.

 

[archtop44]

oooooowwwww! Jeez, as if that sport wasn't dangerous enough. Interesting how little blood there was. Splinter must've been plugging the holes.

 

[KentM]

The "splinter" went in so fast and was so tight against the skin that it didn't bleed. I am sure it started bleeding when it was removed.

KMAX - Great Ninja reference!!!!

 

[Okie Dokie]

MRI and to the OR? Jeez someone practicing a bit of scared pansy medicine.

This happens to any of you if we are riding together you not getting that sissy stuff. I gonna tell you how bad it looks while I yank it out...then tell you to pedal your a$$ back to the car (hitting a few jumps otw) so we can wash the wound off with soap and water and I can write you a script for an antibiotic.

Oh and save you about $5,000 (or more).

 

[MTBShane]

^^^^hahahaha.....remind me to never ride with Okie Dokie!

 

[SnowMongoose]

Dude, that makes me want to ride with Dokie!
(Friends who can write scripts = always a good thing)

I'd bash roadies some more, but have seen some gnarly road-rash, so will abstain.

 

[fat.tires]

eeewww

That video sealed it for me too, I'm a velo-whimp. There's not enough medication out there to make me forget that image.

 

[grrrah]

Yeah, because those roadies are sooooo wimpy. They'd like, never survive on the trail.

whoooooosh...

 

[Francis Cebedo]

whoooooosh...

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Berkley]

'tis but a flesh wound!