Randomly, in the spirit of Halloween, I figured I’d share my mostly minor mishap today. It happened on my spare junker BMX bike today while doing front end spin around sort of balance tricks.

Apparently I need to get some end caps for my handlebars, the sharp uncapped handlebars are what cut me. ☹️🤦

Edit: Don’t mind the wristband, that’s a 1.5 pound sandbag weight to help exercise my left arm.

  • horse@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    There’s a reason road races won’t let you start without bar end caps. It’s a safety critical part and actually quite dangerous to ride without them. Consider yourself lucky you only hurt your hand and didn’t take a core sample of yourself.

    I hope you heal up quickly and stay safe!

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      Thank you for that! I should be good fairly soon… 👍

      Check my other comments, you’ll see my old BMX bike, which was totally set up with everything necessary for my riding style including metal bar caps.

      My old bike was clean, everyone called it Silver, and rightfully so. Sad thing is half the parts are installed so tightly, they can’t be removed anymore, and the frame has stress cracks now…

      https://youtu.be/sP2ZRLeRdR0