OUCH!

damage36
damage36 Posts: 282
edited November 2008 in The bottom bracket
Tight right hander + pointlessly high speed + wet weather =

Road rash on my thigh and shins
A hugely swollen ankle (where I came into collision with the kerb)
A rear wheel smashed completely.. as in the rim was actually snapped in two places leaving one section attached only by the spokes!?

I managed to get a spare wheel and get home but the ankle is horrible. I'm hoping it will go down by tomorrow so I get another ride in. Should I MTFU and go, or MTFD and rest?
Legs, lungs and lycra.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I thought this was going to be a Floyd Landis thread...

    Hope you are ok. Rest it for a week and tentatively see how it feels...
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    damage36 wrote:
    Tight right hander + pointlessly high speed + wet weather =

    Road rash on my thigh and shins
    A hugely swollen ankle (where I came into collision with the kerb)
    A rear wheel smashed completely.. as in the rim was actually snapped in two places leaving one section attached only by the spokes!?

    I managed to get a spare wheel and get home but the ankle is horrible. I'm hoping it will go down by tomorrow so I get another ride in. Should I MTFU and go, or MTFD and rest?

    Been reading the SCR thread much :wink:

    Rest, get well and count yourself very lucky that's all you broke.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    damage36 wrote:
    Tight right hander + pointlessly high speed + wet weather =

    Road rash on my thigh and shins
    A hugely swollen ankle (where I came into collision with the kerb)
    A rear wheel smashed completely.. as in the rim was actually snapped in two places leaving one section attached only by the spokes!?

    I managed to get a spare wheel and get home but the ankle is horrible. I'm hoping it will go down by tomorrow so I get another ride in. Should I MTFU and go, or MTFD and rest?

    Nasty. If you're still in pain with the ankle (you could have sprained it) go to the doc or a walkin center! You could aggrevate it by cycling on it.

    Get well soon!
  • coco2
    coco2 Posts: 44
    maybe you should mftu & d whatever that means...
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,094
    MTFD. Its winter ffs! Stick a DVD on and get yer missus to feed you bombay mix and hot tea. Oh and tell her you fell off trying to save a kitten or it won't work.
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Heavymental wrote:
    MTFD. Its winter ffs! Stick a DVD on and get yer missus to feed you bombay mix and hot tea. Oh and tell her you fell off trying to save a kitten or it won't work.

    +1
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    P.s damage, use the force, only you know if it's to damaged to ride on, had a mtb'r mate brake his elbow doing xc and carried on thanks to the human bodies marvelous pain killer techniques, woke up the next day thoough and had to take month off work :shock:
    (he fits astro turf an stuff like that so big strain on his muscles/joints)
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg

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