So you all know what's up, I am copying what he sent your moderator guys.
"Basically we were riding out towards the coast when a jerk decided to swerve and throw something at our lead rider. Both me and two others were right behind, drafting and when he went down and b/c of the truck, and the bottle the a-hole threw, we all went down hard. Asphalt, broken glass, easily 30mph, you know, just not as glorius as the Tour crashes.
The lead rider got the worst of it, scrapes, bruises, concussion, stitches, broken wrist. I anded up with a light concussion (helmets do work) and stress lines in the x-rays of my thoracic and cervical spine along with damaged trapezius and scalene muscles in my left shoulder and neck b/c of landing/crashing. The other guy used the first rider as a forced cushion and walked away w/ only a scraped leg. me and the lead's helmets protected up, and were in pieces, man, what if we hadn't had them on, I don't want to know.
I'm lucky to be in this shape and can't keep craning my neck or straining, so please give me a week, who knows maybe I'll have some better points by then.
Lesson, don't ride an expensive road bike near equestrian red-neck fucks. Oh, and wear a helmet, always.
Shane"
His neck's really stiff, he (of course) has two black/darker eyes..hee-hee, looks like a raccoon, and is up for a little, trying to eat, but mostly is "waiting for things to settle back in, sort of like when Fred Flinstone gets hit on the head and it takes a whole episode to become himself again..."
He asked me to go ahead, since they're now cleared to share this publicly, so you all can drool over some cool pictures since he isn't going out any time soon to take any. "The link's related to the new stuff they're chatting about."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotausa/
The Wife.
p.s. I will check in every other day or so while he heals up, and tell him your replies. I don't know how he's going to deal with athletics and school right now, but we'll see what the doctor says.
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and yeah, little banged up and two shaded eyes to show for it. Neck's really sore and stiff, and I am trying to go with just advil for now, we'll see how I do. Slept fitfully last night, had to keep being woken up so I could be monitored with the concussion. Biggest thing is the searing pain in my neck and the popping vertebrae that is scary, but it's just things getting back into line. 
