Fixies and Fingertips

petethedrummer

Was in a bike shop yesterday evening and the mechanic was waiting on an ambulance to take him to hospital cos he got his finger caught somewhere it shouldn't have been. I didn't probe anymore as I didn't really want to know the gory details. Just thought I'd remind the fixie owners to be careful where you poke your fingers.

There's a pertinent picture at the bottom of this page: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html

Caroline_ie

tha happened to me a couple of week while wiping the chain tyoo close to the chain ring and was traumatised for the next few days, just caugh it on time but bled a bit. Was told that there is a video somewhere that shows what happens when you don't pay attention. I refuse to see it having had a very bad fright myself... I learnt my lessons, will never wash my fixie again.

blorg

Jesus nasty, I have seen the pics before all right and am very careful any time I am working on mine. What bike shop was it?

petethedrummer

blorg wrote: »

Jesus nasty, I have seen the pics before all right and am very careful any time I am working on mine. What bike shop was it?

I'd rather not say, the guy might be embarassed. We all make mistakes in work but usually get away with it.

Chips Lovell

When I saw the title I thought for a moment that you were the one who'd defingered yourself.

kona

what the hell was he doing to cause that? ouch:o hope he is okay and didnt get the tip cut off.

Lumen

Worse things can happen.

Warning: the preceeding link may cause severe leg-crossing among male readers.

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

Worse things can happen.

Warning: the preceeding link may cause severe leg-crossing among male readers.

You're a one man compendium of painful penis stories.

kona

Lumen wrote: »

Worse things can happen.

Warning: the preceeding link may cause severe leg-crossing among male readers.

How the **** can you get your dick caught in a bikes drivetrain I know some people love their bikes, there is a line.

Lumen

kona wrote: »

How the **** can you get your dick caught in a bikes drivetrain I know some people love their bikes, there is a line.

Which some are prepared to cross.

Chips Lovell

What I want to know Lumen is where you find this stuff. Are you casually reading literature on trauma and just remembered this one, or, when you saw this, did you go "hmmm, wonder if anyone's ever got their lad in a drivetrain?" and go off and Google it. Either way, I'm worried about you.

Lumen

Ever since I first read that Sheldon article, it's seemed like an accident waiting to happen.

Naked bike maintenance is normal, right?

blorg

Lumen wrote: »

Which some are prepared to cross.

All I need is the "news.bbc.co.uk" and then "scotland/glasgow_and_west" in the URL to know what's at the end of that link.

There is a photo on your other link not immediately visible, but if you scroll up...

petethedrummer

blorg wrote: »

There is a photo on your other link not immediately visible, but if you scroll up...

hmmm to look or not too look......

petethedrummer

Holy Jesus

Wez

Some of the stuff in that book.. I feel queezy!

Jawgap

petethedrummer wrote: »

Was in a bike shop yesterday evening and the mechanic was waiting on an ambulance to take him to hospital cos he got his finger caught somewhere it shouldn't have been. I didn't probe anymore as I didn't really want to know the gory details. Just thought I'd remind the fixie owners to be careful where you poke your fingers.

There's a pertinent picture at the bottom of this page: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html

Hang on........he burst his finger and he needed an ambulance to go to hospital!!!!! Don't tell me he phoned 999 too!

Was the employer too tight to spring for a taxi?

Wez

In fairness, I wouldn't exactly be standing there twiddling my thumb, waiting for people to decide who's paying for the taxi!

Jawgap

Wez wrote: »

In fairness, I wouldn't exactly be standing there twiddling my thumb, waiting for people to decide who's paying for the taxi!

If he did his finger he probably couldn't twiddle anything.

Hopefully he's ok.

flickerx

I made a mess of my finger with a fixed drivetrain before.

Made even more a mess of it trying to fix it myself. Go to a doctor!

blorg

flickerx wrote: »

I made a mess of my finger with a fixed drivetrain before.

Made even more a mess of it trying to fix it myself. Go to a doctor!

I seem to remember that is what we all told you when you posted about it at the time

kona

Lumen wrote: »

Which some are prepared to cross.

Hope he used some wet lube:D:pac:

drcopernicus

el tonto wrote: »

You're a one man compendium of painful penis stories.

Warning - do not scroll up to Fig. 4 or you will see a "complete degloving of the penis". Stupid ****ing up-arrow. Blunt penile trauma is only one kind of trauma. There are others. *goes to a happy place. a happy place!

DirkVoodoo

Another reason I don't go fixed. I have had a few moments where the freewheel has kept all my digits intact.

The tax man

drcopernicus wrote: »

Warning - do not scroll up to Fig. 4 or you will see a "complete degloving of the penis". Stupid ****ing up-arrow. Blunt penile trauma is only one kind of trauma. There are others. *goes to a happy place. a happy place!

:eek::eek: Too late...Damn curiosity.

biomed32

Jawgap wrote: »

Hang on........he burst his finger and he needed an ambulance to go to hospital!!!!! Don't tell me he phoned 999 too!

Was the employer too tight to spring for a taxi?

i believe its a health and safety thing, insurance or somthing i was pretty disturbed by how quick my own manager reached for the phone when i burnt my arm in work last week, there was also the finger trapped in the emergency exit door in work at christmas, i refused the ambulance on both occasions, minor injuries that they are and went back to work straight away, but not after filing an incident report lol

stopped_clock

"degloving"

crazydingo

I almost messed up a finger before whilst cleaning my nice gold kmc chain. That's when I learned to just clean it by sections rather than holding a cloth there while spinning the cranks :eek: