16 November 2025

Arm of man who fell off a bicycle


Note that not only are the radius and ulna broken, but the metal plates inside the bones (from repair of previous fractures) are bent at a 90 degree angle.  The victim explains:
Was on a nice leisurely bike ride - shoe laces got stuck on my bike pedal and wrapped around multiple times over. Fell off as I was braking to get them unstuck. I never want to get on a bike again 😫
Embedded image cropped for size and emphasis from the original at Reddit, via Neatorama, where the appropriate advice is offered: "Always double tie your shoes before riding a bike, and tuck the ends into the shoe."

3 comments:

  1. BulletholesNovember 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM

    I learned that about the shoelaces when I was a kid. It didn't cost me that much.

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    1. MinnesotastanNovember 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM

      And I learned about it as an adult after falling down after stepping on the dangling end of an unnecessarily-long (tied) shoelace.

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  2. Miss CellaniaNovember 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM

    This guy later updated and told how he lost his pulse in that arm- the bend that couldn't be straightened until he got to the hospital had pinched his arteries and cut off blood flow. Glad they were able to fix that.

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