[Closed] Brake discs hurt

Ouch!

However, this thread is worthless without pics.

Ouch indeed! Hopefully no permanent harm and a lesson learnt. Reminds me of the time I decided to grab my discs after a very long descent to see how hot they were 😳😀

Been there, done that. Lopped a chunk off the end of the finger, but doesn't sound anywhere near as bad as your one.

Ouch! I was listening for the brake sticking point, so span the wheel very slowly and caught the skin on the end of my finger when holding the fork lower. My nail prevented a really serious cut but it was still about 3-4mm deep and clean at 45 degrees to the end of my finger.

Bleeding the brakes❓ 🤣 🚑 🤕

Ooh, that sounds nasty! I for one am perfectly OK with the absence of pics! Heal up quickly. And no more sticking fingers where they ain't supposed to go 😉

Ouch!

I remind myself of this every time I remove those dorky little orange stickers from Shimano rotors.

Get well soon!

Noooo, I am now wincing and pulling odd faces.

Ohhh, that’s going to need a sticker.

Heal quick

My Dad did something similar happen in his youth with a spinning fixed drivetrain.

He's spent the last 60 odd years with one gnarly looking index finger with a wierd stumpy nail, the tip of it was reconstructed from a bit of his fore arm (still has a scar from where they took the graft). His nose is bent sideways too from an old rugby injury that was never set properly, he barely ever talked about these things...

It's just dawned on me, my Dad is hard as nails and has had a few knocks. I think I'll call him later...

Healing vibes OP...

Edit: sorry OP that wasn't helpful, I was trying to explain that my dad's injury was successfully repaired using 60s medical technologies and he had a pretty good outcome and went on to lead a happy full-fingered existence for many more years. I'm sure they'll do an even better job for you today...

Further healing vibes...

ouch! did similar years ago when I first had discs but not as bad by the sounds of things.
Was out riding and had a noise coming from the front caliper so when I got home first thing I did was turn the bike upside down, spin the front wheel and take a look. Noise goes ching, ching , ching as the wheel turns. So I'm staring at the brake caliper and then for some unknown reason stick my finger through the disc rotor to point at where the noise is coming from! lol-not. Claret all over the garden and spend the next two weeks with my finger bandaged up.

I did similar 20 years ago, sliced the tip off my left index finger. Drove myself to minor injuries to get it dressed.
Mrs H got home from work to find blood in the hall and husband nowhere to be found.
She was not impressed!

Pics not required! Been there, got the scar. Not quite as bad as yours sounds but still makes me wince thinking about it.

Bike upside down (I know, deserve everything I got!), grabbed the fork and chainstay to flip the bike over and knocked the crank which turned the back wheel. Guess where my finger was?!
Almost peeled the nail off my little finger!

I still want to see pics

Ouch. Bit like don't go wiping the chain of a fixed gear at high speed. It will take your fingers between the chain and sprocket, and well, no fingers.

Lol so not just me then.
Now home and the wife is in nurse mode.
No pictures sorry.
Can confirm that the surgeon has removed all hanging off and any other flesh that would not had survived.
Has removed the nail as half of it was removed by the disc anyway.
Stitched internally and externally back together.
He asked if I wanted to watch which was ironic as I was sweating and shaking like I was possessed with the plague.
I declined but he asked again if I wanted to photo the finished job and also the debri. I again declined but feel sort of guilty now as so many asked for images!
And also tip of finger the bones or bone isnt salvageable but at the very least they are still the same length.
Great service as always.
Wife is now running me a bath so I asked for assistance which was swiftly followed by the offer of a plastic bag for my hand.

I worked for 21/2 years running the after sales servicing for PlanetX, back when they actually cared about such things. Late one afternoon I was there finishing off a job on a customer's mountainbike when the boss Dave Loughran appeared in the workshop with 2 high-ups from Campagnolo. He came over to the workstand where I was adjusting the gears and somehow managed to stick his finger in the rear disc rotor. Luckily the wheel wasn't spinning quickly but the air turned blue for a few seconds, the guys from Campag just looked on trying not to laugh.

Its even worse when its not yours. Our dog caught the rotor whilst out on the trails. I still feel sick just thinking about her.

Tracey, that's just reminded me that our wonderful Labrador who died earlier this year caught his ear in my front rotor when we were riding at Llandegla. He was only a pup and didn't make any sound, the first I knew was the spray of blood when he shook his head. We rushed him to a vet in Bala and got it stitched back together, it took about 50 stitches. That was about 12 years ago.

Ours caught the rear rotor with her front leg. Trail side bandage and a 4 mile pedal back to the car, then 40 mins drive to the vets.

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I never ever gave a thought for the trail dogs.
Be warned everyone. Legs are bad luck I expect but ears must be common thinking about it.