Didn't your mother ever teach you not to say anything if you have nothing nice to say?
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iman29
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yup I agree - still consider myself lucky after my crash 2 years ago where I had a minor fracture of patella and the top of my tibia and I WAS wearing knee pads. spent a week non weight bearing/crutches in the immobilizer, then 2 weeks no crutches with the immobilizer, but I was allowed to take it off at night. I was back on the trainer after about 3.5 weeks for self PT and back on the road 4 weeks later.
Im sure its somewhere in this thread but long story short, the doc said if I had that damage and I had the knee pads on, he was 100% sure I would have shattered my knee on whatever I crashed on - which was probably a rock.
SmooveP
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I think I witnessed that Steve Peat crash. IIRC, it happened above the rock garden where most of the spectators hang out. Not a particularly gnarly section. We were close enough to hear the sickening sound of him hitting a tree and my buddy and I were the ones that got him situated and retrieved his bike.
SmooveP
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Ouch. I'm immune to patella fractures. I smashed both of them to smithereens in a motorcycle crash when I was 20 and they removed them. Turns out you don't really need them.
SmooveP
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That doesn't look "better".
a.s.
Mr. Chainring
My bad. Don't worry, you'll be back on the trails in no time!
iman29
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Well I am happy to say I havenāt been here in a while. Based on the ratio of riding time/miles to crash injuries I am way ahead of the game. I guess today my luck ran out.
Was at around mile 45 of a 50 mile gravel ride on the Morris greenway and at around 16 mph I hit an embedded rock that was hiding in the shadows and lost my grip on the bars. I was just in the process of transitioning to stand up for a few pedal strokes when it happened.
Went down moderately hard on my left side and took most of the hit to my upper quad/ hip, my forearm , side of my left knee and just barely ābonkedā the left side of my head on the ground.
Lucky for me I was able to do the āI just crashed what hurtsā inventory pretty quick and assessed that I didnāt have any major injuries Thank GOD. Got back on the bike and made my way the final 5 miles home with no issues. Aside from some scrapes on the left shifter the bike seems to be fine. Very happy it wasnāt the drive side that went down.
Got home and headed right to a hot shower where I had to scrub to get some of the gravel bits out of my arm and knee. Yes that was unpleasant.
After that got to cutting the grass for a few hours. During that time the left hand where the pinky meets the palm knuckle started swelling up a bit so been icing it during /after dinner. And the hip/quad raspberry I expect to turn the 7 shades of purple this week
After the 2nd shower I decided the forearm needed tegaderm to prevent infection plus I donāt have big enough patch type bandaids to cover it. Already feels better.
I held off taking any Tylenol for now so I could gauge any possible concussion symptoms but so far Iām ok and my head wasnāt a hard hit but the helmet is toast. Glad it did its job.
I know Itās cliche but it could have been worse. Time for a few days off the bike.
Was at around mile 45 of a 50 mile gravel ride on the Morris greenway and at around 16 mph I hit an embedded rock that was hiding in the shadows and lost my grip on the bars. I was just in the process of transitioning to stand up for a few pedal strokes when it happened.
Went down moderately hard on my left side and took most of the hit to my upper quad/ hip, my forearm , side of my left knee and just barely ābonkedā the left side of my head on the ground.
Lucky for me I was able to do the āI just crashed what hurtsā inventory pretty quick and assessed that I didnāt have any major injuries Thank GOD. Got back on the bike and made my way the final 5 miles home with no issues. Aside from some scrapes on the left shifter the bike seems to be fine. Very happy it wasnāt the drive side that went down.
Got home and headed right to a hot shower where I had to scrub to get some of the gravel bits out of my arm and knee. Yes that was unpleasant.
After that got to cutting the grass for a few hours. During that time the left hand where the pinky meets the palm knuckle started swelling up a bit so been icing it during /after dinner. And the hip/quad raspberry I expect to turn the 7 shades of purple this week
After the 2nd shower I decided the forearm needed tegaderm to prevent infection plus I donāt have big enough patch type bandaids to cover it. Already feels better.
I held off taking any Tylenol for now so I could gauge any possible concussion symptoms but so far Iām ok and my head wasnāt a hard hit but the helmet is toast. Glad it did its job.
I know Itās cliche but it could have been worse. Time for a few days off the bike.
Bikeworks
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On the MUT part of my gravel ride the other day, had a cat just walking around doing cat shit on the path. Started hissing, yelling at it to make my presence known, no effect. Dummy was well passed my line walking off the MUT, realized I was there and decided to pull a squirrel and run TOWARDS danger. Took out my front wheel just enough to spill me to the ground. I definitely got the worst of the exchange. This is post scrubbing back at the truck
Gravel bibs (PI) that I have are the real deal, not a scratch on them despite this sheering abrasion underneath.
Gravel bibs (PI) that I have are the real deal, not a scratch on them despite this sheering abrasion underneath.
iman29
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Ouch. Sorry to read that too.
My pactimo bibs seem to have also held up pretty good considering the abrasion I have on my hip.