I finally got to get out and ride again after having a bad case of the flu for three weeks. Since one of the guys recently had knee surger and I hadn't riden in three weeks we decided to take it easy and have a low key ride. We got geared up, I hooked up the helmet cam and off we rode into the woods. A couple of miles in we approached a suspension bridge... nothing new, we had all passed through the suspension bridge sussport cables and supporting columns many times over the years. As I set up for my approach I must have been off line a bit, because as I approached thesuspension cables my hanble bar clipped the left cable and threw me off line and right off the bike into the suspension bridge column.
I impacted on my right shoulder first, then my neck and head smacked the column... during which I blacked out for a moment. It took me about 4 or 5 minutes to collect myself and get back on the bike. Later that day I began to feel dizzy, was having trouble talking, had an unbearable head ache and difficulty just standing at times. Turns out I got a concussion from the impact, not to mention my entire right side of my body is beaten up. I was surprised my right shoulder didn't hurt anymore than it did from the impact... I know why now, I had some nerve damage and the feeling is finally coming back where I hit my shoulder. I've had shooting pains all through my arm all day.
But the good news is that my bike survived untouched and the POV.1 Helmet Cam can with out a doubt take a real beating! The POV.1 was mounted on the right side of my helmet and also took a serious blow from the wreck. At the time of the wreck, checking the cam was the last thing on my mind. But about 3 miles later I finally checked it and it captured all the wreck and continued to capture video afterwards without any issues. I'm really impressed that it could have taken such a beating and continued to keep working. I've posted the wreck here: http://mtbpath.com/riders/videos/id_162/ The video quality seen in the link above does not do the POV.1 justice what so ever.
The wreck didn't bother much at the time... sure I was in pain, but it's definitely not my first wreck and I shook it off pretty fast so we could continue the ride. What I didn't know then, is that I wasn't thinking too clearly either. I realized that yesterday after watching the videos I captured with the POV.1, because shortly after the wreck I reffered to my handle bars as a steering wheel, I mentioned that I was sleepy and I was talking slowly at times. I really don't remember much of the ride from Saturday at all.
Tags: POV1 Helmet Cam
