Sitting in the er right now. Mounted some nice new high roller II's and of course I was excited to see how nice they looked so with my bike upside down I gave the wheel a nice big spin and with the caliper out of view I put my finger in the perfectly wrong spot. Almost sheared it off. Not sure how to ad a picture but I took some. No clue after years of riding that this injury was even possible. Better keep my kids away from the discs. Bad owwy!!!
Thought I'd join the crew,,just got out of ER getting my finger tip sewn back on,,swapped forks on my wifes bike and was adjusting the caliper,,then Blam
just fitted new front disc brake and new rotor turned the bike upside down spun the wheel the pad was catching on the disc slightly stupidly forgot the wheel was still spinning and went to adjust it ever so slightly and my thumb got caught in the disc large chunk of nail missing and chunk out of my thumb didnt bother with A+E normally very busy dont want to be wasting there time just some ice and a bandage and few painkillers and lesson learnt.
Can't say I've done it with a disc but I've got a good one.
Always wrenched on my own bikes, even as a kid. When I was about 12, just got done changing a tube in the rear of my bmx bike. Well... hopped on the bike and realized I forgot to check my chain tension.
Reached down and felt the chain while ratchet pedaling. Damn good thing it was loose, because I still had half of two fingers hanging on instead of laying on the street.
I blamed the wife...Not sure what she said because I have a selective hearing problem. But I was actually listening for some reason and turned my head...and this happened
So I figured I'd post in here so you can all laugh at my stupidity. My wheel locking mechanism on my bike had come loose while riding and being the genius I am I decided to try and tighten it while biking because I was too lazy to stop. Needless to say even though I was going slowly this was an awful idea.
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I joined today after getting out of ER. Thankfully, only my index fingertip was cutoff and not my middle finger or I would be able unable to communicate. We are the (amputated) tip of a large and dangerous iceberg. SHAME keeps most people from talking about what happened. There are many thousands of victims. There will be way more victims as disc brakes proliferate in the lower-end mass market bikes.
My tire was rubbing the fender so I stopped and turned it over to adjust it. I was turning my bike upright and the front wheel flopped unexpectedly as a mother talking on her cellphone while pushing a baby carriage walked in front of me. I instantly and instinctively reached out a hand to stabilize it. Not harming the inattentive mother or her child was my only concern, my own safety meant nothing to me.
The doctor at the ER concurred with the extent of the danger and commented that most victims were kids and senior citizens who for some reason stuck their finger in the disc brake hole while the wheel is turning. He appreciated my heroic explanation (see above). He was so moved he chuckled and rolled his eyes.
Manufacturer Alert: holes in disc brakes s/b too small to fit a finger especially in sub $1,000 dollar bikes that are mass marketed. It could be almost all of such wounds are from the FRONT wheel and if confirmed that part could be changed out in new production and sold as 'after market part' which would sell well just looking at my finger.
Facts: The wheel was barely rotating but the disc is so sharp it instantly severs the finger. Getting a finger stuck in the chain is trivial. Disc brake amputation is a run to ER with a serious and slightly disfiguring wound for life. Somebody will sue over it so it is best to make only small holes in disc brakes.