was riding mtb out the back of Greensborough yesterday and after a couple of hours of enjoyment i managed to have a stack that skinned my knees and hurt my left forearm (i was half expecting a compound fracture). Rode back to my car one handed and managed to get the front wheel off and the bike up on the roof racks one handed (thank god i am tall!!!). Went home for a quick shower and then to the hospital....x-rays show a "funny looking" (doc's description) fracture in my left wrist. he put on a backslab cast and i am off to the orthapedic surgeon next week.
i am pretty [censored] as i was just starting to show some form and i was planning on entering a 6 hr race in early april. of course i am getting zero sympathy from my better half but i learnt long ago not to complain about sporting injuries too much as they all serve me right anway!!!!!
on a brighter note, went to the track cycling today at vodaphone with the family....all had a great time and i reckon i will be able to get them out there for another event in the future. also think i briefly saw ash but not too sure??
was riding mtb out the back of Greensborough yesterday and after a couple of hours of enjoyment i managed to have a stack that skinned my knees and hurt my left forearm (i was half expecting a compound fracture). Rode back to my car one handed and managed to get the front wheel off and the bike up on the roof racks one handed (thank god i am tall!!!). Went home for a quick shower and then to the hospital....x-rays show a "funny looking" (doc's description) fracture in my left wrist. he put on a backslab cast and i am off to the orthapedic surgeon next week.
i am pretty [censored] as i was just starting to show some form and i was planning on entering a 6 hr race in early april. of course i am getting zero sympathy from my better half but i learnt long ago not to complain about sporting injuries too much as they all serve me right anway!!!!!
on a brighter note, went to the track cycling today at vodaphone with the family....all had a great time and i reckon i will be able to get them out there for another event in the future. also think i briefly saw ash but not too sure??
ride on (the train for a while)
gags
Damn, sorry to hear about the mishap - any ideas how long you're expected to be out of business? Hopefully not too long at least!
Prolly wasn't me if it was around vodaphone. I did a beach road lap, check out the finish of the women's triathlon, and got called into work ..
This must be why people keep telling me not to trail-ride on their own. I tell them not to be boring; I can usually crawl out. But what if I couldn't bring out my bike? Perhaps they're right!
Went home for a quick shower and then to the hospital....x-rays show a "funny looking" (doc's description) fracture in my left wrist. he put on a backslab cast and i am off to the orthapedic surgeon next week.
aaww [censored] luck Gags 🙁 Hope your recovery is speedy and we see you out on the BR again soon...
Sometimes it's ironic that cycling is mostly done in lycra knicks & top. My legs are a cronology of the offs & brushes I had, with some scars don't heal completely. Even though it's impossible to cover all accidents, I try to ride 8/10th when I'm out offroad like Scott. 'Spray on bandage' canister is a cool thing to carry about, if you can clean the wound somehow on-the-fly. Still better scars than tatts.
"Gags" <gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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i am pretty [censored] as i was just starting to show some form and i was planning on entering a 6 hr race in early april. of course i am getting zero sympathy from my better half but i learnt long ago not to complain about sporting injuries too much as they all serve me right anway!!!!!
Condolances - but this will give you time to build up your track bike.... it's got to be a safer option that MTBing anyway!
Condolances - but this will give you time to build up your track bike.... it's got to be a safer option that MTBing anyway!
Does anyone know of a breakdown any where of injuries suffered between road, mtb and track?
My own experience is that you tend to come off a mtb more (but that's got a lot to do with my lack of experience and skill on a fat tyre I suspect). Again just in my limited esperience coming off on the road and track are rarer than off a mtb, but it does tend to happen at a higher velocity.
Are there lies, damned lies and statistics out there anywhere?
[censored]! My doctor described my wrist fracture as "messy" and used the expression "Humpty Dumpty". They had to "order the parts in" . I now have three screws and various other metal pieces keeping my wrist together. The good news is the wrist is mending extremely well.
Good luck with your surgery and recovery. You'll back on your seven bikes before you know it.
"Gags" <gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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was riding mtb out the back of Greensborough yesterday and after a couple of hours of enjoyment i managed to have a stack that skinned my knees and hurt my left forearm (i was half expecting a compound fracture). Rode back to my car one handed and managed to get the front wheel off and the bike up on the roof racks one handed (thank god i am tall!!!). Went home for a quick shower and then to the hospital....x-rays show a "funny looking" (doc's description) fracture in my left wrist. he put on a backslab cast and i am off to the orthapedic surgeon next week.
i am pretty [censored] as i was just starting to show some form and i was planning on entering a 6 hr race in early april. of course i am getting zero sympathy from my better half but i learnt long ago not to complain about sporting injuries too much as they all serve me right anway!!!!!
on a brighter note, went to the track cycling today at vodaphone with the family....all had a great time and i reckon i will be able to get them out there for another event in the future. also think i briefly saw ash but not too sure??
ride on (the train for a while)
gags
That's a nasty thing. Here's hoping for fast healing and little pain.
On 2006-03-19, gplama (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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Gags said:
Went home for a quick shower and then to the hospital....x-rays show a "funny looking" (doc's description) fracture in my left wrist. he put on a backslab cast and i am off to the orthapedic surgeon next week.
aaww [censored] luck Gags 🙁 Hope your recovery is speedy and we see you out on the BR again soon...
If he didn't go running 20km all the time, his bones would be stronger and he wouldn't have broken them.
No sympathy for a ruinner 🙂
-- TimC }> Is "wrongest" an actual word? } It's a perfectly cromulent word. Which, when used, embiggens us all. -- Jeff Ramsey, Steed and D. Joseph Creighton in ASR
On 2006-03-19, Marx SS (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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Still better scars than tatts.
Only if you can get a scar in the shape of a chain ring on your shin.
Actually, when taking my pedals off a couple of days ago, I stabbed myself on the chainring when the pedal spanner slipped. Two neat little holes in my thumb.
-- TimC "Eppur si muove!" (And yet it does move!) -- Galileo Galilei
On 2006-03-19, Dave A (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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[censored]! My doctor described my wrist fracture as "messy" and used the expression "Humpty Dumpty". They had to "order the parts in"
That'll teach you for going upmarket Italian Ti and Carbon parts.
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. I now have three screws and various other metal pieces keeping my wrist together. The good news is the wrist is mending extremely well.
Geez, I'm glad my riding isn't very adventurous. Seems much safer to just fights with SUVs and nissan skylines than to fight with those big meany trees and rocks and stuff.
-- TimC About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt ax. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra
On 2006-03-20, Parbs (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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Andrew Price said:
Again just in my limited esperience coming off on the road and track are rarer than off a mtb, but it does tend to happen at a higher velocity.
My experience amongst my limited circle of friends and acquaintances is that Mtb crashes are far more frequent, but road crashes brake more.
Both probably brake the same amount. If you crash (very fast braking), you usually stop. Perhaps you do brake more on a roady, because you are going faster to begin with. Nevermind.
-- TimC By day I'm an old-school UNIX systems administrator and IT insultant. -- Carl Brewer on aus.bicycle
On 2006-03-20, Parbs (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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Andrew Price said:
Again just in my limited esperience coming off on the road and track are rarer than off a mtb, but it does tend to happen at a higher velocity.
My experience amongst my limited circle of friends and acquaintances is that Mtb crashes are far more frequent, but road crashes brake more.
Both probably brake the same amount. If you crash (very fast braking), you usually stop. Perhaps you do brake more on a roady, because you are going faster to begin with. Nevermind.
-- TimC By day I'm an old-school UNIX systems administrator and IT insultant. -- Carl Brewer on aus.bicycle
Could be Andrew meant "break" not "brake" - just the way I read it tho.
On 2006-03-20, a5hi5m (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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TimC said:
On 2006-03-20, Parbs (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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My experience amongst my limited circle of friends and acquaintances
is
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that Mtb crashes are far more frequent, but road crashes brake more.
Both probably brake the same amount. If you crash (very fast braking), you usually stop. Perhaps you do brake more on a roady, because you are going faster to begin with. Nevermind.
Could be Andrew meant "break" not "brake" - just the way I read it tho.
Damn, don't you hate that when your attempted humour falls flat on its face?
-- TimC About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt ax. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra
