why do the worst injuries always happen on the easiest trails? I just went for a quickie up and down the ridge trail, which is the classic xc ride in bham. I've ridden it so many times i can't count, in the rain, snow, dark without a light, etc....
So i'm coming down at a high rate of speed, and my pedal hits something, either a rock or a stump, and my foot flies off and ends up touching the ground and tries to stop. then the back of my calf gets absolutely crushed by my pedal. the scrape isn't too bad, but my muscle is so gnarly right now that the front of my shin is hurting from the impact to the rear. walking sucks, sitting sucks, drinking a beer hopefully will help. I can't wait to go to work tomorrow
this was also the first ride on the new fork (junior t on the hardtail). climbing sucks about the same as before, except that i haven't figured out how to do switchbacks. downhill is a little different, i don't really have total control of the front end yet and it needs some work (new oil) but the extra travel and stiffness was definately noticed and enjoyed.
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Thread: Owwwww!
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08-01-2004, 10:23 PM #1
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Owwwww!
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08-02-2004, 12:20 AM #2
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Sorry about the owie WC.
Did the beer help?
A riding buddy called me earlier this evening. After a good ride on the mountain bike he inexplicably fell off at a four-way stop; he broke his radius & ulna, a clavicle and a rib. 
He broke the same arm a little over a year ago - doing a gap jump - and suffering a nasty compound fracture. This time they had to remove the old plates and put in some larger ones. OUCH!!!A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
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08-02-2004, 10:29 AM #3
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Hey, at least you didn't pick a rock out of your face. Saturday morning I went down this short, steep, rocky section that I've hit several times before with no problem. Except this time, I buried my front end so hard that it blew my tire and I endo'ed so fast I couldn't even get my hands out. The result: one good knock on the chin and road rash extending from midway down my neck all the way down to my nipple. Great, the one day I don't wear my full face...
When I got home I took a shower to wash all the dirt out of my wounds. The scab on my chin wasn't complying. So I looked in the mirror and saw something slightly white stuck in there. WTF?! A slight bit of prying revealed a nice little rock imbedded in my face.
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08-02-2004, 02:38 PM #4
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Score one for the clipless pedal riders of the world...originally posted by White Chocolate
and my foot flies off and ends up touching the ground and tries to stop. then the back of my calf gets absolutely crushed by my pedal.
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08-02-2004, 04:37 PM #5
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^^ i dunno ^^
i'm thinking the guy with the broken rib, radius, ulna and clavical was feeling post ride bliss and forgot to pop out at the stop??? if this is the case talk about the worst JRA (just riding along) story ever!
and i ride clipless too, soooo now that i just opened my big mouth i'm sure to randomly lever over while still cliped in on my next ride.
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08-02-2004, 11:46 PM #6
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since my foot flew off due to pedal impact on something hard, i can only imagine a headplant with clipless pedals. oh yeah, and clipless pedals are for sissies, pussies, and general wimps
the best part of my day today was walking around and jumping in and out of holes and poking dirt. it felt really good thank god for vitamin i
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08-03-2004, 05:30 PM #7
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Once I was coming down a mine road in PC after a killer 5 hour ride. I was maching down this road. Hit some loose gravel and that was it, done. Two huge gashes in my right knee, hands ripped to shit (dumbass that I am was not wearing gloves this day, back of jersey completely shredded (as a result of me rolling onto my back and sliding for 20 yds.) and my shoulders were fucked. And it was on a mine road!!!
My dog finally caught up to me and began licking the blood running down my leg. I blew both my tires.
So I get back to my condo and I had two buddies in from Atlanta and they freaked out cause it looked like I got hit by a truck.
I was back on the bike 10 days later, some people call it stupidity, I call it ignorance.
"It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds."
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