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Bono on a bike.....

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  • #52
    Beasty
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    outfox wrote: »
    I suspect his home gym isn't a patch on yours, Beasty :pac:
    Mine didn't even exist before the crash

    If he's over here I'll let him try it out - may give him some ideas


  • #53
    tomasrojo
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    Bristolscale7 wrote: »
    Poor guy is ****ed according to the Irish Times: shatter collar bone, compound fracture of the humerus, broken finger, bruised face, fractured orbital.

    His voice box is unharmed, presumably.


  • #54
    bazermc
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    His big mouth is unharmed, presumably.

    FYP


  • #55
    a148pro
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    Seriously, that is a lot of severe injury to be sustaining from a bike crash


  • #56
    RobFowl
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    Horrific injuries, get well soon Bono


  • #57
    tomasrojo
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    Lots of detail here:

    http://mashable.com/2014/11/19/bono-injuries-bike-crash/


  • #58
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Is it wrong that when I heard this the first thing I thought was 'I wonder what type of bike he was riding?'


  • #59
    bennybrendy
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    classic


  • #60
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    bazermc wrote: »
    FYP

    :rolleyes:

    Speedy recovery Bono.


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  • #61
    harringtonp
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    As said earlier that injury list looks like something that would be sustained from a high speed collision or impact.

    Mind boggles as to how swerving and falling over can cause so much breakage.. that is of course assuming the reports are correct


  • #62
    harringtonp
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    harringtonp wrote: »
    As said earlier that injury list looks like something that would be sustained from a high speed collision or impact.

    Mind boggles as to how swerving and falling over can cause so much breakage.. that is of course assuming the reports are correct

    Mean the reporting of how it happened of course, not the injury list


  • #63
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    The worst injury I have had to date cycling involved me traveling at about 10Kmph :P


  • #64
    ted1
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    harringtonp wrote: »
    As said earlier that injury list looks like something that would be sustained from a high speed collision or impact.

    Mind boggles as to how swerving and falling over can cause so much breakage.. that is of course assuming the reports are correct

    I'd say he hit a tree or went over the handlebars.


  • #65
    Rambling Man
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    ted1 wrote: »
    I'd say he hit a tree or went over the handlebars.

    Maybe he went over the Edge


  • #66
    Beasty
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    ted1 wrote: »
    I'd say he hit a tree or went over the handlebars.
    Injuries are mainly to the arm and shoulder with a fracture to the eye-socket. Suggests to me a sideways fall. Possibly hitting his head on a wall or even a stone as he fell.


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  • #67
    outfox
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    Maybe the other cyclist was flying, and hit Bono from the side?


  • #68
    RobFowl
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Injuries are mainly to the arm and shoulder with a fracture to the eye-socket. Suggests to me a sideways fall. Possibly hitting his head on a wall or even a stone as he fell.

    Opinion based on extensive in-house research Beasty ;)


  • #69
    Beasty
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    RobFowl wrote: »
    Opinion based on extensive in-house research Beasty ;)
    If only they had been in the house! Think I now know a bit about the consequences of flying over the bars, even if I actually have no recollection of such things .....


  • #70
    W1ll1s
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    Soooo, where is the other cyclist,where are the pictures?...


  • #71
    pelevin
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    Yikes, sounds a real nasty accident.


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  • #72
    Popoutman
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    Still it was really good to see someone in the public eye out on a bike without looking for publicity for it.

    It's a bloody unfortunate outcome for the guy to sustain that level of injury. The recovery from that will not be fun given how shattered his arm is.

    Get well soon Bono, hope it's not going to be too painful a recovery for you.


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