What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

[creaky]

9 fractures across 5 ribs on one side and the clean break collarbone. Week in hospital.

Sorry to hear. Hope you get fixed good and proper like for the long term.

Whatever you do don’t get a bloody cough ! Mask on in hospital and lots of sanitiser.

 

[Scotty T]

9 fractures across 5 ribs on one side and the clean break collarbone. Week in hospital.

Shit dude heal up, that's full on.

Where/how did you bin it on Wedgey? The top section is so fast now.

 

[BT180]

9 fractures across 5 ribs on one side and the clean break collarbone. Week in hospital.

Heavy! Although I've not done them myself, ribs tend to take a long time to heal. Hope it's not too long for you.

 

[Haakon]

Just had a catheter thing installed into a muscle on my spine near my right ribs hooked up to a machine that adds anaesthetic every few hours. They need to manage rib pains because there are so many fractures otherwise I don’t breathe deeply enough, lose oxygen and/or get pneumonia.

I will have to get Kirsty to bring me food though...

 

[BT180]

Mate, I feel your pain. I've recently come out of a week in hospital, also after a big crash. Spent 2.5 days in ICU. Those bloody tubes coming in and out of everything are no fun at all.

 

[ashes_mtb]

9 fractures across 5 ribs on one side and the clean break collarbone. Week in hospital.

Fark, sorry to hear man. Good luck with the recovery.

 

[pink poodle]

I do look forward to hearing how @Haakon was able to have such a huge crash on the carpark ?

 

[kten]

Just had a catheter thing installed into a muscle on my spine near my right ribs hooked up to a machine that adds anaesthetic every few hours. They need to manage rib pains because there are so many fractures otherwise I don’t breathe deeply enough, lose oxygen and/or get pneumonia.

I will have to get Kirsty to bring me food though...

My cousin fell off his bike and did his ribs a couple of weeks ago. Hooked him up to a ketamine drip and he spent 4 nights in hospital, he was told exactly the same thing......breathe deeply my man and good luck with recovery.

 

[Jpez]

Cmon @Haakon tell us the details!
was it a Cashroll backflip, suicide no hander or was it as poodle said showing off your wheelie skills in the Car park?
Heal quick.

@BT180 that’s heavy duty man.

 

[Tubbsy]

The flat rocky section nearer the top slippery from the rain, or bucked off by the rollers?

Always the innocuous trails that get you... sounds like a bloody sucky injury.

 

[Haakon]

The flat rocky section nearer the top slippery from the rain, or bucked off by the rollers?

Always the innocuous trails that get you... sounds like a bloody sucky injury.

Flat fast section about 9/10s of the way along, just a fucking pedal strike on the right side pedal... I think I just got sloppy, I was tired.

 

[pink poodle]

Cmon @Haakon tell us the details!
was it a Cashroll backflip, suicide no hander or was it as poodle said showing off your wheelie skills in the Car park?
Heal quick.

@BT180 that’s heavy duty man.

Slipped lifting the bike from his car.

 

[Kerplunk]

Flat fast section about 9/10s of the way along, just a fucking pedal strike on the right side pedal... I think I just got sloppy, I was tired.

So safe to say it was the flat pedals fault?

 

[Haakon]

So safe to say it was the flat pedals fault?

well obviously. I’ll need a new bike.

 

[Flow-Rider]

Just had a catheter thing installed into a muscle on my spine near my right ribs hooked up to a machine that adds anaesthetic every few hours. They need to manage rib pains because there are so many fractures otherwise I don’t breathe deeply enough, lose oxygen and/or get pneumonia.

I will have to get Kirsty to bring me food though...

Just the memory of broken ribs in the cold weather hurts. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

[BT180]

Slipped lifting the bike from his car.

Almost!

Flat fast section about 9/10s of the way along, just a fucking pedal strike on the right side pedal... I think I just got sloppy, I was tired.

Wow, same as my accident. Trail I've ridden a hundred times before, got sucked down to the low side of the trail and tried to correct. Right pedal hit a rock and I stopped instantly, being ejected OTB. Scraped my face and forearm, but that was pretty minor. The impact and twisting motion however, resulted in a grade 3 liver laceration.

This is what the impact did to my shoe.

 

[pink poodle]

Looks like your liver

 

[Haakon]

Fucking pedal strikes... instant stop will fuck you up every time.

 

[slowmick]

Fucking pedal strikes... instant stop will fuck you up every time.

Yup pedal strike on a fairly benign trail sent me over the bars for a dislocated and fractured shoulder followed by 3 months off the bike.

There's never a good time for an injury but it seems this one got you at a low point. Take care of yourself on all fronts. Don't be a stranger on here.

 

[Haakon]

Yup pedal strike on a fairly benign trail sent me over the bars for a dislocated and fractured shoulder followed by 3 months off the bike.

There's never a good time for an injury but it seems this one got you at a low point. Take care of yourself on all fronts. Don't be a stranger on here.

id finally nailed the last injury too. Had two weeks of pain free riding fro the first time in years. Doh.