mountain biking is dangerous

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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    x-isle wrote:
    All good coments, one thing to add and not a lot of people know this.

    112 is the European access number for the emergency services, when dialled from a mobile, although it goes through to the same contact centre, they are able to use triangulation to determine your approximate location.

    Make sure you have your ICE contact stored in your phone, just in case you pass out before calling an ambulance!!
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    that is badass!

    The scar will be amazing! Glad to hear you're okay, even if you're off the bike though.
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  • Boy Lard
    Boy Lard Posts: 445
    x-isle - good tip, I certainly did not know that.
  • tuxpoo
    tuxpoo Posts: 138
    RE not wearing pads...

    A sprain in Spain happens mainly to the vain.

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  • glauciaregina9
    glauciaregina9 Posts: 259
    Mountain biking isn't Dangerous

    Crashing your mountain bike is Dangerous

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  • terryowen
    terryowen Posts: 139
    my god that looks fxxxxxg terrible,i twisted my ankle been of work two weeks i thaught that was bad,its nothing compared to what you have done,hope your ok.
  • largephil
    largephil Posts: 358
    3 things...

    thing 1, Mate thats a horrible injury, hope you recover soon. :cry:

    thing 2, I might have just found the only person in the world more accident prone than me! :lol:

    thing 3, Pads are not ghey. I even do xc rides like robocop these days after my string of injurys. Isnt it daft how we all start to wear protective gear AFTER we have horrible injurys. :oops: Me being a classic example.
  • jonnyc2420
    jonnyc2420 Posts: 557
    I'm sat here nursing a broken collarbone and several ripped tendons after a tumble on Sunday at Holford Coombe on the Quantocks, looking at a recovery time of at least 8 weeks before mobile again and probably longer before i get back on a bike :cry:

    but looking at your pic reminds me things could have been a whole lot worse :D so many thanks!! :lol:
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  • rhyko7
    rhyko7 Posts: 781
    jonnyc2420 wrote:
    I'm sat here nursing a broken collarbone and several ripped tendons after a tumble on Sunday at Holford Coombe on the Quantocks, looking at a recovery time of at least 8 weeks before mobile again and probably longer before i get back on a bike :cry:

    but looking at your pic reminds me things could have been a whole lot worse :D so many thanks!! :lol:

    mine probably looks worse but i'de say your injury is more serious, im only in a cast for 3wks. well i go back for evalution in 3wks to see if the sugery was successfull, then hopefully back on the bike soon after, so long as my muscles & tendons are securely re-attached and healed properly, just hope i dont need too much physio.
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  • captainfly
    captainfly Posts: 1,001
    Boy Lard wrote:
    Are there any wrist supports that are actually going to help this? I've tried riding in weight lifting gloves (with the big straps around the wrist), and I also have a proper wrist support from the hospital (Dad had a fall and ended up with a similar injury), but as soon as I have to wrestle with, or pull up on the bars, bang, there it is again.

    The 661 wrist guards are pretty good as they have two plastic splints and do keep quite a bit of movement, then you go upto metal splints/springs, then there are full wrist imobilisation, wrist straps without splints or springs do very little imho seeing as all my recent sprains.fractures were through neoprene, I think snowboard wrist supports/protection are probably best for freerunning and I SHOULD wear them :roll:
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  • rhyko7
    rhyko7 Posts: 781
    captainfly wrote:
    Boy Lard wrote:
    Are there any wrist supports that are actually going to help this? I've tried riding in weight lifting gloves (with the big straps around the wrist), and I also have a proper wrist support from the hospital (Dad had a fall and ended up with a similar injury), but as soon as I have to wrestle with, or pull up on the bars, bang, there it is again.

    The 661 wrist guards are pretty good as they have two plastic splints and do keep quite a bit of movement, then you go upto metal splints/springs, then there are full wrist imobilisation, wrist straps without splints or springs do very little imho seeing as all my recent sprains.fractures were through neoprene, I think snowboard wrist supports/protection are probably best for freerunning and I SHOULD wear them :roll:

    thats quite ironic that i was wearing one of those 661 wrist guards on my other arm lol
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  • _HENDO_
    _HENDO_ Posts: 93
    On another note, nice guide there, even if it is rough. Makes me want to ride abroad :D
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