I reckon it’s always how quickly you stop that causes the serious injuries. Ragdolling down a trail without hitting anything vs slamming into a tree/ground and stopping instantly is a very different crash.. Even a slow speed otb into rocks will have a very different outcome than sliding down a slope.. There is definitely an art to crashing well though. Usually related to age i find. Older you get the more you go down like a bag shit..
Pretty much describe what happened to me. Pretty unexciting crash, but basically stopped dead on the ground folded in half. Two broken thoracic vertebrae, some ribs, clavicle, AC joint. Six weeks in a thoracic brace, three months off work, six months off the bike. All of that with a 7 week old baby at home when I crashed.
Hi All, I just wanted to say a massive thank you to the guys who walked me out of the Copperhead trail at Mt Buller on the weekend. I have been riding for 15 years and never had a serious accident until now. I managed to knock myself out and have an hour that I can't really remember, although...
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Certainly gave me food for thought with a young baby at home. I'm back riding heaps now, and I'm really enjoying pushing myself with some endurance events. This year have done the 100km Otway, two 50km races and a 3 day 150km stage race. I'll never be as fast as I was before the crash, but I'm getting a different sort of satisfaction out of pushing myself from a fitness perspective.