Bike Crash Portraits

Cara Wiseman from London – Bike Crash Portrait 2007 - 

Photo by Cara Wiseman (via mail).
Bike Face
"I was drunk"

Jack Martinez from Costa Mesa – Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Jack a Martinez of Backward Circle Bike co.
Don't catch me riding fixie

Ashley Williams from Washington D.C. – Bike Crash Portrait 2009 - 

Photo by Adam Williams
"My sister flipped over her handlebars taking the 14th street hill in Washington D.C., NW. Made for an interesting sight when we walked her back in her business clothes through the business district at 10am. "

Daniel Lescot Bike Crash Portrait - 

aka Captain Redbeard crashed in Poland in 2009. Photo via Pristine

Arie Altena Amsterdam - Bike Crash Portrait 1994 - 

Arie crashed in front of his own house in Amsterdam, Staatsliedenbuurt. Photo via Arie Altena

Jared from San Francisco – Bike Crash Portrait 2008 - 

Photo by Cole Emde found on Flickr
Jared Marr
Black Eye from Bike Crash
http://www.cole-emde.com

Allison Bike Crash Portrait - 

Image by Allison found on Flickr

Matan from Rome/London – Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Matan Rochlitz found on Flickr. (cropped by Mediamatic)
My Narcissism Knows No Limits
Wine + Bicycle + Ice...
Only a broken nose. Had to take a pic before washing up.

Mattias Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by [ Mattias Frejd] found on Flickr:
My Biking accident
My bike's front wheel got stuck in a tram rail crossing downtown. I got a minor fracture in my right hand and some bruses, but it could've ended much worse. Now my face is almost back to normal.

Fallenidol Bike Crash Portrait - 

photo by Fallenidol found on Flickr.

Jennifer Reed Bike Crash Portrait - 

photo by Jennifer Reed found on Flickr.

Steven Caddy Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Steve Caddy found on Flickr

Edmund White’s Bike Crash Portrait - 

Image by Edmund White found on Flickr

Rhiannon Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Rhiannon Smith / Robotsarsosex found on Flickr: Pain
I got into a bicycle accident on Friday night- it hurts- but, I'll live- I must be some kind of masochist because I am sort of fascinated by the way I look right now…

Peer from Hamburg – Bike Crash Portrait 2007 - 

Photo by Peer Brockhöfer/Kibonaut found on Flickr. (Cropped by Mediamatic)
John Merrick

Allison Bike Crash Portrait - 

Image by Allison found on Flickr

Danny Bean from London – Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Danny Bean found on Flickr
Face
Bike Crash - Mystery Solved!
On Monday 22nd January 2007 I was cycling back from work, had an accident and woke up in hospital not knowing how I got there. I found out from the ambulance service where I was picked up and revisited the scene to see if I could make sense of the mystery. It seems as though my front wheel fell through a slot in a footbridge and I was thrown over my handlebars and landed on my face. In my defence, It was pitch dark at the time and I couldn't see the gaps in the bridge. Thankfully I didn't break anything and have no serious injuries. Huge thanks to the random person who found me and phoned 999, The London Ambulance Service and the nurses at The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.

Max Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Max Wheeler / Makenosound found on Flickr. War wounds
I took on a car the other day and lost. I don't really remember much, I was riding to a physio appointment and next thing I know I'm in an ambulance. Apparently I smashed into the windscreen, then went over the top of the car onto the street. There's about 20 minutes missing from my memory there. Thankfully my injuries were mostly superficial, a bunch of scrapes all over, a nice big cut on my forehead and few chipped teeth. Pretty lucky really. It could have been much, much worse w/o my helmet.

David Bump Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by David Bump found on Flickr

Fallenidol Bike Crash Portrait - 

photo by Fallenidol found on Flickr.

Nathan Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Nathan Hodges found on Flickr.

Paula Bike Crash Postrait - 

Photo by Paula Burke found on Flickr.

Reinhold Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Reinhold Stansich found on Flickr The results of my crash with the MTB that happened yesterday (June 30, 2007). Besides destroying the helmet, the glasses, the trousers and the shirt I had massive graze all over the right hand side of my body. The right glass of the glasses (Adidas Evil Eye) left me with an evil eye indeed, it cut deeply into the upper and lower palpebra and left a big hematoma. It had to be sutured with 4 stitches each. Looking at the glasses however it is clearly visible (not so clear on the picture however) that the glass kept a lot of big stones out of my eye. So I don't think I would blame the glasses (and to be honest I already bought a new one of the same kind already). So what happened? Going down from the top I came along a piece of the track with big gravel. This gravel was that deep that the front wheel went deeply into it and I couldn't steer it anymore. Even that I succeded to get it out of the gravel again and reget control it entered depely into the gravel once more and on trying to get it out once more I fell over to the other side and hit the floor with the head and elbow first. Sliding on the ground I injured the leg as well. Even that the injuries look really bad, I was riding with only 25 km/h when falling over, at least this speed is stated in the Polar S625X that recorded the tour. It as well states that after three and a half minutes (for finding all the pieces, checking if anything is broken, checking the bike and getting my breath back) I climbed back on the bike to ride it home which took another 25 minutes for the 11.5 km I had to go.

Will Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Will / askance.glance found on Flickr.

Seth Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Seth m/piglicker found on Flickr.
Zombie Shot taken last night when i got back from the hospital.
aftermath of pedestrian / mountain bike / pavement / face extravaganza. apparently, the teeth that i lost made their way out through my top lip. mmm.

Jeremy Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo Submitted by Jeremy Albert.
“bike wreck + 4 stitches. can no longer grow beard hair on my chin.”

Olaf Bike Crash Portrait - 

Submitted by Olaf Wit

Matan from Rome/London – Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Matan Rochlitz found on Flickr.
My Narcissism Knows No Limits
Wine + Bicycle + Ice...
Only a broken nose. Had to take a pic before washing up.

Aquamarine – Bike Crash Portrait 2009 - 

Photo byMiss Aquamarine found on Flickr.
alone but free
lone
alone
alone
but free I will listen to you. my hand hurts. yesterday I've had a little bicycle accident, nothing that bad, but I wasn't able to lay on the right side at night, because my leg hurt. and my hand feels like an old man hand.
hope you all had a better day than me!

Matt from San Francisco – Bike Crash Portrait - 

Photo by Matthew Thompson/mydumbpics found on Flickr.
Bike crash, face smash – All closed up
luckily, i have a lovely wife to document the ordeal... big up to the paramedics that picked me up and lucy and lois in the ER at san francisco general hospital

Peer from Hamburg – Bike Crash Portrait 2007 - 

Photo by Peer Brockhöfer/Kibonaut found on Flickr.
John Merrick
http://www.reportage-photos.de

Thomas – Bike Crash Portrait 2009 - 

Photo by Thomasmax found on Flickr.
2009 06 10 bicycle accident -7
i'm better now, this was taken the day after the bicycle accident. i got the cast off my arm. the elbow fracture is almost healed, and some of the bones in my hand and wrist are better, but some are not. starting physical therapy and in 3 weeks find out if i need to have surgery to remove the unhealed bones. feeling so much better now, especially with getting the annoying cast off!!!!

Richard from London – Bike Crash Portrait 2007 - 

Photo by Richard Solonke/rsolonke found on Flickr
Face plant
Landed a massive face plant on the sidewalk back on 5th June. On the way in to work at the Tottenham Hale roundabout. Cars and especially buses often ignore the bike lane, and this time i got squeezed into the curb and thrown face first to the pavement. Then walk back up to the house.

Maerten from Nijmegen – Bike Crash Portrait 2006 - 

Photo by Maerten Prins found on Flickr.
Crash test dummy (day 1)
That's what you look like when you crash your bicycle at 33 km/h and land on your face. (it's me)(and it hurts)(like hell)

Maerten from Nijmegen – Bike Crash Portrait 2006 - 

Photo by Maerten Prins found on Flickr.
Day 4
They took the tube out of my nose!

Tobias from Berlin – Bike Crash Portrait 2007