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Rachel Atherton

docker0141docker0141 Posts: 605
edited January 2009 in MTB general
dislocated shoulder :shock:
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  • Banned!Banned! Posts: 34
    sare yin.


    she's young enough that she'll be riding again in no time though.
  • Nick DastardlyNick Dastardly Posts: 606
    Ouch! Sure she'll bounce back.
    "The problem was, I was still using my eyes even though I had them shut"

    Demoted to commuting duty

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  • heavy_ratheavy_rat Posts: 264
    if she needs a shoulder to cry on....
  • heavy_ratheavy_rat Posts: 264
    if she needs a shoulder to cry on....
  • Uncle PeterUncle Peter Posts: 324
    You'll give her two, obviously :D
  • FlashBashlyFlashBashly Posts: 5
    I'd give her one.........


    .......er, shoulder that is :wink:

    Flash
  • ThewaylanderThewaylander Posts: 8,594
    I bagsy bringing her comfort :p
  • gettrickygettricky Posts: 103
    I was thinking more of a massage... 8)
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  • TwisterboyTwisterboy Posts: 311
    She will bounce back and be as good as ever
  • mellexmellex Posts: 214
    Judging by that short but sweet paragraph, I would say that she is lucky to be alive.
    ARC
  • KonaMikeKonaMike Posts: 805
    Heres wishing her a speedy recovery !!
  • _Ferret__Ferret_ Posts: 660
    See, I knew road biking was dangerous - give me rocks and trees anyday against cars!

    Hope she gets well soon...
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  • LingfieldXCLingfieldXC Posts: 134
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYknIFEayw
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  • ceecee Posts: 4,553
    if you look on the http://www.animalcommencal.com/ site, you can see the picture of the mess she made of the truck.

    big head shaped smash in the windscreen and all!

    these athertons seem to have issues with dislocated shoulders recently eh!
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  • Speed_KingSpeed_King Posts: 510
    poor Racheal hope she gets bette soon, although you ar eright they do have a habit of breaking and dislocating stuff dont they lol??
    G.H.Allum
  • BoardinBobBoardinBob Posts: 697
    Someone commented elsewhere that none of them appear to have helmet hair, none of them are wearing helmets in the pic, and assuming Rachel was wearing a helmet, I'm sure the others would have been familiar with first aid techniques and would have known not to remove her helmet following the accident.

    Or possibly none of them were wearing helmets at all...
  • Stephen-HawkingStephen-Hawking Posts: 320
    She's wearing an Alice band stretching before the ride on the Commencal photo's - does that count :roll:
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  • robintarobinta Posts: 211
    I read she was NOT wearing a helmet. I dont want to appear overly judgemental but I cant believe people of their experience wouldnt wear a helmet. I think she`s one lucky girl (dude)
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  • Stephen-HawkingStephen-Hawking Posts: 320
    Looking at the picture of her brothers popping her shoulder back in she's hard as f**king nails!!
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  • TempestasTempestas Posts: 486
    She is definitely one lucky lady, no helmet and hit a BIG truck, hope she recovers quickly and the shoulder gets sorted. I did mine in a crash years ago and it pops in and out in my sleep still, it's a nasty injury. What got me is the fact she was on the wrong side of the road, head down with a stereo on. I wouldn't be here today if I hadn't been wearing a helmet and I wish riders who are in the spotlight would set an example, after all it is their lively hood at risk as well as their lives.

    Hope she has a speedy recovery
  • robmanic1robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    Tempestas wrote:
    I wish riders who are in the spotlight would set an example, after all it is their lively hood at risk as well as their lives.

    Oh oh! Here we go.....
    Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.

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  • TempestasTempestas Posts: 486
    Robmanic1 wrote:
    Tempestas wrote:
    I wish riders who are in the spotlight would set an example, after all it is their lively hood at risk as well as their lives.

    Oh oh! Here we go.....

    :roll: I speak from valuable experience, at the end of the day it's up to you you to make your mind up on whether to wear one or not. I hate the helmet debate as much as anyone else, now for the but, but the fact remains you are better off with one than without :wink:
  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    Wear a helmet, don't wear a helmet, your shout. Ride without looking where you're going, ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, and you get no sympathy from me, that's just idiocy.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • docker0141docker0141 Posts: 605
    that video is crazy.

    thats her and Gee even.

    she put his shoulder back in at rampage he put hers back in santa cruz :D
  • GHillGHill Posts: 2,402
    Don't really want to comment on the accident except to say that I hope she's feeling better soon and that's she's fit in time for the world cup kicking off.
  • dave_hilldave_hill Posts: 3,877
    No sympathy.

    Riding on the wrong side of the road, head down, with MP3 player blaring and possibly no helmet?

    What's the word I'm looking for...???

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  • Banned!Banned! Posts: 34
    she was on the wrong side of the road, head down with a stereo on

    she what?


    MBUK if youre reading this, when you run the feature on this, as you undoubtedly will, this had BETTER be included.

    unbelievable.
  • Alex-nutsaboutbikingAlex-nutsaboutbiking Posts: 235
    I'd give her one.........


    .......er, shoulder that is

    lol i agree

    to the shoulder thing aswell yh
  • stuconstucon Posts: 361
    cant get over the fact she was on the wrong side of the road, mp3 player on and no lid....

    these are the people we look up to.... its hard enough getting kids to wear lids as it is ,now they are seein there heros riding without............ bad, bad news...

    i wish her well but, what a pr1ck......
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  • Nick DastardlyNick Dastardly Posts: 606
    stucon wrote:

    these are the people we look up to.... its hard enough getting kids to wear lids as it is ,now they are seein there heros riding without............ bad, bad news...

    Well hopefully she'll serve as a great example as to exactly why you REALLY SHOULD be wearing a helmet, and looking where you're going. So in the long run, could be a good thing.........in a weird sort of way.
    "The problem was, I was still using my eyes even though I had them shut"

    Demoted to commuting duty

    Orange Crush!
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