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.
It’s a sign that you need road-rash-resistant gloves!
Yeah, I hear you there. 👍
But for real, more-so its a reminder that I need some protective end caps on the handlebars. This wasn’t a pavement injury, it was literally the unprotected end of the handlebars that stabbed into my palm.
At least it was only a first layer skin injury, not down to the meat and not much blood, but of course its gonna need some healing time…
Is the handlebars edge sharp or something?
Yeah, apparently so. I’ve only been practicing on this junker/fixer-upper bike since the 10th, I’m still noting a number of fixes and upgrades it eventually needs…
Ugh man that’s terrible. We call that getting cored. Get some end caps. Ow.
That looks painful 😨
You can deburr the edge as well
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!
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…
