K8 went to the Deer Trail RR this weekend. I didn’t go… it’s an hour east of Denver and not a good race for spectating. The long and short of it is… all was going well until the second half of the race when an experienced rider (who I won’t name here but initials are B.F.) made an abrupt move swerving in front of K8 and took out her front wheel. It was a careless accident and unintentional but unfortunate as K8 went down as well as Erin who basically ran over K8. Road rash, profanities were spewed, adrenaline raged… apparently K8 road like a bleeding bat outta hell immediately after until her chain dropped than got “wanged up” and twisted. She was forced to drop out and hitch a ride back. Coincidentally her number was 13 in this race.
Anywhoo… we failed to get pics of the damage immediately after, but this one is from a couple days after <---
The following day K8, me, Erin, and Heather went and did a monster mountain bike ride to Blue Sky and back from the house. K8 with bandages and all didn't realize how messed up her knee was (probably still going on adrenaline). This ride made me cry like a baby and asking for them to come pick me up in the tuck... I'll skip that part... but by Monday, K8's knee was so bruised and swollen she was out from racing/riding for 2 weeks.
Here are a few more about 10-14 days later:
Loved the information here I’ll have this bookmarked and will be back to read more.