the end !

mr joey

after 10 years of biking i have sold my beloved heckler to put it nicely im a bin man and 2 weeks ago i was putting a bin on and my hand slipped through the handle and dragged me up breaking my forearm and fracturing and dislocating my wrist lucky to still have it! wich resulted having a plate inserted in my forearm i just simple cant take the risk biking anymore as the first thing you do on an off is put your hands out so i think ive done the sensible thing and sold it.just guts me as ile miss trips away with the lads and miss the banter life sucks sometimes

welshkev

It's a shame you've felt you had to give up. A friend of mine had a motorbike crash and broke both his wrists and snapped the bone in his thigh (fema?) he's got plates holding him together.

Another friend got ran over by a lorry in work and has more plates and screws in him than the 6 million dollar man.

Surely just resting got a bit and taking it easy would have been sensible, cos surely a metal plate is strong as fook. Can't you also buy wrist guards/supports?

But each to their own, you could always take up knitting

chez_m356

mr joey wrote:

after 10 years of biking i have sold my beloved heckler to put it nicely im a bin man and 2 weeks ago i was putting a bin on and my hand slipped through the handle and dragged me up breaking my forearm and fracturing and dislocating my wrist lucky to still have it! wich resulted having a plate inserted in my forearm i just simple cant take the risk biking anymore as the first thing you do on an off is put your hands out so i think ive done the sensible thing and sold it.just guts me as ile miss trips away with the lads and miss the banter life sucks sometimes

er no, it will heal and be just as strong

rattyc5

i too have broke my arm straight through and have a plate fitted.have no problems with it. i have also broken my neck in the past and have no problems. man up you big girls blouse!

felix.london

My mate nearly lost both his arms in a terrible skateboarding accident. He now also has bionic arms & elbows. Seems to thrash his CF Trek Remedy around the trails with no problems. In fact the plan is for both of us to do the TP in 2014

mr joey

Hmm all your stories are reasuring mabey i have probaly given in too easily but the fact is the bikes gone just gonna wait and see how it heals and you never know might buy a new steed with the compo LOL but thanks with your replies

bennett_346

jesus that sounds painful!

mr joey

tbh it wasnt but i think that was shock it was more painful when i went to get the dressing changed and the bandage they put on stuck solid to my arm and she peeled it off very slowly taking every hair off my arm now that did hurt

70\ʹspenguin

Its easy for the misery to set in after something like this. Dont give up! Start looking for a new bike and have this as a goal to get better! It may take 3-6 months but you can and will ride again! Take it easy!

bennett_346

You could try building a bike from frame up so by the time you're done you can ride again.

YeehaaMcgee

mr joey wrote:

after 10 years of biking i have sold my beloved heckler to put it nicely im a bin man and 2 weeks ago i was putting a bin on and my hand slipped through the handle and dragged me up breaking my forearm and fracturing and dislocating my wrist lucky to still have it! wich resulted having a plate inserted in my forearm i just simple cant take the risk biking anymore as the first thing you do on an off is put your hands out so i think ive done the sensible thing and sold it.just guts me as ile miss trips away with the lads and miss the banter life sucks sometimes

What?
You'll heal in time. Bike would have been fine.
What the hell is wrong with you?

mr joey

like penguin said probaly misery setting in so used to biking or running always doing things now its frustrating trying to wipe your own @rse

YeehaaMcgee

If you're the kind of person to sell your bike because you injured yourself doing something completely unrelated - just in case you DID injure yourself on the bike some time in the future, then fankly, I'd question whether you had sufficient wits about you to ever wipe your own arris in the first place.

Dartster

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

If you're the kind of person to sell your bike because you injured yourself doing something completely unrelated - just in case you DID injure yourself on the bike some time in the future, then fankly, I'd question whether you had sufficient wits about you to ever wipe your own arris in the first place.

Bit Harsh, doesn't really matter if it was related or not, its fairly certain that at some point your gonna go down on a mountain bike so fair enough to worry about it wrecking it again!

Having said that, I'm currently suffering with a wrecked shoulder due to a mountain biking incident 4 weeks ago......prob looking at a good few months till its better as i seem to have done some pretty bad muscle damage, having physio on it and need an MRI scan to check full extent of damage..........

......and i've just been out today and bought a DH bike for when i'm better :twisted:

Gotta man up in these situations.

You just gotta let it heal, get the strength back in it and get back too it!

craker

get a road bike

YeehaaMcgee

Dartster wrote:

Bit Harsh

No. Not at all.

Northwind

It was injury that stopped me enjoying motorbikes... Kept riding for a couple of years but it was never as good after. Though the same injury got me riding pushbikes again, so apparently I'm a moron, since I never broke a bone on the motorbike but I'm up to about 7 on pushirons. just do what feels right, and if that stops feeling right, do something else that does.

YeehaaMcgee

Northwind wrote:

I'm a moron

Yeah, we know that

The Rookie

craker wrote:

get a road bike

Now that IS harsh......you some sort of sadist or what!

It sounds like you were feeling a bit depressed, with some luck you'll heal nicely and then be able to get something spanking with all that compo you must be due!

cat_with_no_tail

craker wrote:

get a road bike

This.

I agree that you should never have sold the MTB, but as you have done, you may as well get a roady. Good way to keep fit / get fitter and you're less likely to break bones than you would be on a MTB (although some of those races can be pretty brutal).

Then, 6 months down the line when you realize you've been a tool, and decide to get another MTB, you'll be in tip-top shape and able to enjoy it even more.

Rushmore

Cat With No Tail wrote:

craker wrote:

get a road bike

This.

I agree that you should never have sold the MTB, but as you have done, you may as well get a roady. Good way to keep fit / get fitter and you're less likely to break bones than you would be on a MTB (although some of those races can be pretty brutal).

Then, 6 months down the line when you realize you've been a tool, and decide to get another MTB, you'll be in tip-top shape and able to enjoy it even more.

+ poatato

mr joey

cheers for that cat!

mr joey

well 4 months have passed its still abit sore but healing nicely my employers are being difficult with the liability side of things but that was expected{TW@TS} but the good news is ive bought myself a SH santacruz bullit with top spec rp23 and 180mm up front so i wont feel it as bad on my wrist lol but gonna leave it a few more months before i venture out with the lads, but made me think though there is no way in this world i can give it up,so yes probally knee jerk reaction but ive got a top bike again and will be back in the saddle soon but thanks for all your comments!

Clank

mr joey wrote:

well 4 months have passed its still abit sore but healing nicely my employers are being difficult with the liability side of things but that was expected{TW@TS} but the good news is ive bought myself a SH santacruz bullit with top spec rp23 and 180mm up front so i wont feel it as bad on my wrist lol but gonna leave it a few more months before i venture out with the lads, but made me think though there is no way in this world i can give it up,so yes probally knee jerk reaction but ive got a top bike again and will be back in the saddle soon but thanks for all your comments!

That's the f****g spirit, dude!

DanDax1990

Get some pics up!

Tim.s

How did the accident even happen? In my very limited experience of bin lorries (I saw one, once) don't you have to be round the side to press the buttons before it goes up? You shouldn't even of been near the bin?

Perhaps thats why your employers (tw@ts) are reluctant to pay out?

mr joey

what it was is that i was emptying recycling boxes into a wheelie bin when my hand managed to slip through the handle but when you put the bin up against the lifting mechanism the sensor kicks in and it sets off automaticaly but just with my hand caught in there but what grates me is that at the end of the day ive had a serious accident at work that wasnt my fault resulting in me having a plate fitted into my arm and problems later on in life with it and a 6 inch scar and a bone that will always stick out on my wrist not to mention the trauma i went through still get flashbacks now i must be entitled to something even if they do not exept liability?????? but no when you put the bin on your not stood at the side you put it on at the back

dusk

I injured my wrist pretty badly and to the extent that I wouldn't like to know what would happen if I injured it again, I bought a decent wrist brace and just get on with it. As my consultant said I could quite easily fall down the stairs and hurt my wrist again so there's no point in giving up doing something you enjoy.

Briggo

mr joey wrote:

what it was is that i was emptying recycling boxes into a wheelie bin when my hand managed to slip through the handle but when you put the bin up against the lifting mechanism the sensor kicks in and it sets off automaticaly but just with my hand caught in there but what grates me is that at the end of the day ive had a serious accident at work that wasnt my fault resulting in me having a plate fitted into my arm and problems later on in life with it and a 6 inch scar and a bone that will always stick out on my wrist not to mention the trauma i went through still get flashbacks now i must be entitled to something even if they do not exept liability?????? but no when you put the bin on your not stood at the side you put it on at the back

Accidents happen, just because you're at work doesn't mean you automatically get cash.

I'm guessing the full story isn't given here and never will be, for various reasons.

bennett_346

Guessing there's a lot more to it than this, but if i worked a job where i hand-placed things onto an automatic muncher machine i'd take more care where i put my hands!

Woodmonkey

on the viking challenge i got overtaken (yes overtaken!) by a guy with only one arm, i haven't really lived it down but he was flying round the course.