Hi, guys! I'm doing just fine right now. Thank you all for the kind words. I fell off my bicycle by locking out my front brake. I was going very fast downhill while pedaling. I grabbed the brakes hard when I approached the bottom of a hill where I needed to make a right turn. I skidded and all of a sudden, my bicycle went up and I flew forward off of it. No cars were involved. I knocked out three teeth, chipped a bone in the top of my left arm, broke my jaw in two places, and got a deep cut right above my upper lip. I don't know how I cut myself, but I couldn't get myself to stop bleeding. If I wasn't wearing my helmet, I probably would have scraped my forehead too. Always wear a helmet when you ride a bicycle, TDIRunner! A properly fitted helmet can prevent a brain injury by 80%. I'm so thankful you didn't have to learn the hard way. I was in the hospital for five days and my jaw was wired shut for five weeks. They also had to put a titanium plate in the bottom of my chin. I also had to have 12 stitches. I learned a hard lesson. Now I let the bicycle coast and grab the brakes very lightly when going downhill. That way, I won't fly forward off my bicycle again. Once I got my bicycle down to REI in August for a tuneup last year, they found out that my rear brake was completely shot. I didn't have good braking power that day when I fell.
