Bloody injured - Embarrassingly
christurbo
Posts: 432
No, not on Follow The Dog or Chase the Monkey..... but in my garden!
I finished my Spesh Enduro build this morning so set up the sag and took it out in my garden to test my gear configuration. Our little one wanted a little 'jump' so I made her one to just ride over.
I made sure no-one was looking [neighbours] and decided to give it some beans [god knows why!] admitedly I didnt have a helmet or my usual stuff on but I was in my garden for gods sake!
She took a photo of me doing the jump, but what it doent show you was me landing off angle and smashing straight into my fence twisting my knee!!!!
I can barely walk, my knee has seized up! If anyone asks me in work why I am hobbling like someone who has broken their leg I will have to tell them that I did it on the FOD trail! Im in my 30's - I would have thought I would have learned by now! haha!
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I finished my Spesh Enduro build this morning so set up the sag and took it out in my garden to test my gear configuration. Our little one wanted a little 'jump' so I made her one to just ride over.
I made sure no-one was looking [neighbours] and decided to give it some beans [god knows why!] admitedly I didnt have a helmet or my usual stuff on but I was in my garden for gods sake!
She took a photo of me doing the jump, but what it doent show you was me landing off angle and smashing straight into my fence twisting my knee!!!!
I can barely walk, my knee has seized up! If anyone asks me in work why I am hobbling like someone who has broken their leg I will have to tell them that I did it on the FOD trail! Im in my 30's - I would have thought I would have learned by now! haha!
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Stupid boy Pike
Be nice to all cyclists - you may want to borrow a pump one day :-)0 -
there are few things in the world worse than injuring yourself in a benine situation, hope the leg heals. gorgeous bike by the way.0
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Just be glad noone other than your family was watching!
Had a few of those injuries as well, sometimes I actually prefer to tell the true story for the sheer stupidity factor and something to laugh about.0 -
Looks like a good position on take off though!Closet jockey wheel pimp whore.0
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Are you testing your brand new jump and bike in your bedroom slippers
That'll be why, not used to the levels of grip toastie offers! 0 -
another great example of a man not growing up! good work
I'm trying to think what went wrong. Did you walk the jump first?ride your bike like a kid whilst you still can
Transition Blindside = http://www.flickr.com/photos/traceychalk/5335403095/0 -
there are few things in the world worse than injuring yourself in a benine situation, hope the leg heals. gorgeous bike by the way.
Thanks I have had all of the business asking why I have been walking like I have had a toilet accident and were totally shocked when I said I did it MTBing [senior management are not supposed to do crazy things other than wine tasting and watching football!].Just be glad noone other than your family was watching!
Lets hope - the neighbours havent said anything - however I have not seen them since!Looks like a good position on take off though!
Thanks, landing did not go so well though!Are you testing your brand new jump and bike in your bedroom slippers That'll be why, not used to the levels of grip toastie offers!
Hush puppies are the way forward for Red and Black trial thrashing - didnt you know?another great example of a man not growing up! good work
I'm trying to think what went wrong. Did you walk the jump first?
Well if a 9 year old could do it then surely I could piss it! - Not!!!! I took it full beans [I have a long garden] hit it square but the brick flicked over pushing my back wheel sideways so I tilted in mid air and couldnt correct it, I landed wonky and my sticky DH fronts dug in and launched me into the fence!
My leg is mending though - good news!0 -
there are few things in the world worse than injuring yourself in a benine situation, hope the leg heals. gorgeous bike by the way.
Thanks I have had all of the business asking way I have been walking like I have had an accident and were totally shocked when I said I did it MTBing [senior management are not supposed to do crazy things other than wine tasting and watching football!].Just be glad noone other than your family was watching!
Lets hope - the neighbours havent said anything - however I have not seen them since!Looks like a good position on take off though!
Thanks, landing did not go so well though!Are you testing your brand new jump and bike in your bedroom slippers That'll be why, not used to the levels of grip toastie offers!
Hush puppies are the way forward for Red and Black trial thrashing - didnt you know?another great example of a man not growing up! good work
I'm trying to think what went wrong. Did you walk the jump first?
Well if a 9 year old could do it then surely I could piss it! - Not!!!! I took it full beans [I have a long garden] hit it square but the brick flicked over pushing my back wheel sideways so I tilted in mid air and couldnt correct it, I landed wonky and my sticky DH fronts dug in and launched me into the fence!
My leg is mending though - good news!0 -
christurbo wrote:My leg is mending though - good news!
Excellent, I'd recommend practising on something a little smaller in future though 0 -
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bluechair84 wrote:christurbo wrote:My leg is mending though - good news!
Excellent, I'd recommend practising on something a little smaller in future though
i second that, as "extreme freeride" doesn't seem to be your thing.0 -
The bike is fine, I took all the impact!
That jump is minature compare to what I am used to on the chase - goes to show easily done!
I certainly won't be at Whistler next year!0 -
LMAO made my lunchtime
at least 'She' didnt take the crash photo and presumably came to help, mrs maks would have gone straight to video mode already dreaming of her £250 :P0
