MTB injuries...

[slamd58]

Many.....Many.....Many endos....face plants.... but the two most memorable....uummm... painful)

1) Fairly new to MTBing.... Finally got convinced to put on clipless pedals. Was goofing off in front of the house while the guys were loading up the truck to go for our Saturday morning ride. Pulled a wheelie....... Fing feet do NOT come off pedals because of clipless pedals.... Land flat on ass and back in the middle of the street with my feet straight up in the air, still clipped into the pedals with the bike in the air....in front of all my riding buddies....

2) Last Jump I ever did on purpose.... Went over a jump and landed in a huge rut. Bike and me went straight down on my right side. I landed directly on my right ass cheek and scraped my arm bad.... I knew immediately that if I didn't get off the mountain quickly that I wasn't going to make it. Nothing broken from what I could telll. My right ass cheek was completely black and blue... and I mean completely... I could not sit in a chair or ride in a car. The 27 mile commute on Monday was a complete bitch. About three weeks later I was still hurting and the back of my knee was hurting, I went to the Dr. and he said that it was Blunt force trauma and my knee hurt because of all the blood pooled up behind it...... huh???? I looked at the back of my knee and there was a huge blue pool of blood on the top and bottom of the crease at the back of my knee. He said there was so much blood from the fall that it ran down the outside of my blood vessels and pooled up around my knee.... How I didn't break anything I will never know.....

Been lucky on the many miles of road riding... so far... knock on wood...haven't met pavement yet.....
Sorry for the long story..

[OZCAL]

Cat 3 Crash

The guys trying to pry their bikes apart and swearing is beyond funny...

[OZCAL]

Again (my stomach muscles hurt from laughing - sorry...)

[OZCAL]

Night crits are always fun when the dew point hits in the middle of the race...

[OZCAL]

She'll get some shorter cranks...

[yooper]

Originally Posted by OZCAL

Cat 3 Crash

The guys trying to pry their bikes apart and swearing is beyond funny...

Originally Posted by OZCAL

Again (my stomach muscles hurt from laughing - sorry...)

Originally Posted by OZCAL

Night crits are always fun when the dew point hits in the middle of the race...

Those give me PTSD. I saw at least 5 possible broken wrists happen similar to mine.

[OZCAL]

Originally Posted by yooper

Those give me PTSD. I saw at least 5 possible broken wrists happen similar to mine.

Nah - none there - you can tell a broken wrist by the gutteral screams. A few hip pointers though.

[OZCAL]

But that last girl would have some sore cojones if, well, if she had any

[scottm]

I rode in to work this morning: floor exercises, body lifts at a playground, and ten miles with a some easy curb hops. Now my back is wrenched, hurts every time I stand up, wtf? I used to roll down cliffs without feeling this bad! When did I get this frickin' old???

[Ruadhrigh]

great videos Ozcal. the endo was the best, the girl clipping her pedal was harsh.

[concretejungle]

i have had two concussions, stitches in my forehead, picked gravel out of my cheek, cracked my knee cap and had a compound fracture on my right wrist. Biking sure was fun though.

[OZCAL]

Originally Posted by Ruadhrigh

great videos Ozcal. the endo was the best, the girl clipping her pedal was harsh.

That was pretty bad. Sorry.

[Ruadhrigh]

I finally took myself out on the road bike. This is my first year on the road bike and I've logged almost 1900 miles so far. In those miles I've had some close calls with different sized vehicles, potholes and animals. But what finally took me down was sand!

On Thursday I went out for a lunchtime ride. A really quick 10 mile route because I didn't want to run. About 4.5 miles into the ride I glimpse at the computer to check my speed before entering a turn. 22 MPH. I look up and start leaning into the right hand turn, and then I noticed the road had a nice covering of sand. It was too late. The front wheel had already washed out. I threw my hands out in anticipation of the fall. I hit palms out and with my right knee. Not sure how far I slid but I have road rash from my shin all the way up to my armpit, my forearm and palms. Good news is my head never hit. It was a slow ride back, and luckily my company has a medical facility. I had a pleasant time scrubbing the rash to get the sand out and cursed the gloves I had left in my locker.

[atoyot]

My buddy and I where bombing down Downieville about a month ago. We left the trail head about 10 am and where supposed to take the shuttle back up at 2 pm. We where about 1/4 of the way down and my buddy crashed pretty good. His rear brake lever broke and he hurt his pinky finger pretty bad.

So now he has one brake but it is the front. We are 5 thousand feet up in the middle of no where. I end up changing out the levers so he can use his rear brake. My bud makes it down the mountain in pretty good time and we continue camping for another day with no more riding. We fish all the next day and go home. He goes to the doctor a few days later and finds out his finger is broken bad!

Going down that trail with two good hands is hard I couldn't imagine a broken finger and one brake!