Mt.Bike crashes
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Sporin
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ouch! Hope you feel better!
Oh, that sucks. Hope you get well soon.
Check it out...A few stories:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/227998-mtb-injuries.html
Check it out...A few stories:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/227998-mtb-injuries.html
Sporin
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Exercise is clearly dangerous.
sorry bout the fall, Mark
used to ride to school in CO
13 miles, 4000 vertical drop
speedometer not always a good thing; always try to go faster
endoed in a swithback at 25 mph
scraped off my face, six stitches in upper lip
two people passed the poor longhair with no skin on his nose before i got a ride down..
could have been worse
used to ride to school in CO
13 miles, 4000 vertical drop
speedometer not always a good thing; always try to go faster
endoed in a swithback at 25 mph
scraped off my face, six stitches in upper lip
two people passed the poor longhair with no skin on his nose before i got a ride down..
could have been worse
Cant say Ive ever owned a mtn bike, But I have had a few dirt bikes and let me tell you those things can nip you in the butt. Prolly the worst one i ever had my leg got tangled in between the trailing arm and the spinning tire and tore a good half my leg off. Was about 7 months till i got off the crutches a good 9 before I could walk right and about a year with a gauze bandage covering a massive hole in my leg. (only took 3 months to get me back on the bike tho =P)
82cruiser
GOLD Star
Bummer about your wrist Mark. Cast?
Had a funny crash one time in the Blue Hills reservation. Riding down some steep rocky single track in the trees. Got a little too much air in a turn, trail went left and I didn't. Hit the side of a tree and grabbed it with the bike still attached about 6' up. Bruised shoulder, pine branch stuck in my leg about an inch, and put a nice dent in the top tube. I'm a tree hugger.
Had a funny crash one time in the Blue Hills reservation. Riding down some steep rocky single track in the trees. Got a little too much air in a turn, trail went left and I didn't. Hit the side of a tree and grabbed it with the bike still attached about 6' up. Bruised shoulder, pine branch stuck in my leg about an inch, and put a nice dent in the top tube. I'm a tree hugger.
Gus
SILVER Star
Is that the Poison Spider trail in Moab, there is a very exposed section like that on that trail?
I've only had minor wrecks while mt.biking, a little blood and some bruising, but no broken bones or collapsed lungs.
I took up trail running when I was down with a broken hand. If you want to keep your fitness, give it a go. A few times I went trail running with our mtb group and was able to keep up, actually ahead in some sections cause' it is some good technical ups and downs. I guess I am not afraid to be a dork.
Hang in there and get well.
Hang in there and get well.