Is this 2016's most painful cycling video? (Warning: gruesome content)

Mountain biker Josh Lewis had a lucky escape when things went wrong on the trails and he ended up with 14 stitches in his, um… well, you know the meat and two veg? We’re talking about the meat. 

How’s that lucky? Well, it could have been much worse. At least Josh wasn’t heading to hospital with Little Josh packed away in a water bottle awaiting reattachment.

The crash actually looks fairly innocuous – the sort that every mountain biker has had and walked away from quite happily. The wound caused by landing on the handlebar, on the other hand, looks… harrowing. 

Don’t press ‘play’ if you’re just about to eat or go to sleep. You have been warned. 

 

(Explicit) Got pretty unlucky with this one.... 14 stitches and everythings brand new. Cheers to the boys for help getting stitched up. @ac_fabz @ratboy_bryce @markscott259 @krunk_shox @iagogaray - road trip goes on!!!!

A video posted by Josh Lewis (@loosedoglewis) on Dec 7, 2016 at 10:34am PST

Josh might be walking funny for a while - and indeed he was walking funny on the way to A&E - but every scar tells a story, and it'll be an interesting one.

Oh my gnarliness!