Landing myself in a&e

adowling92

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3m3fr58j7Y

go to about 3 minutes.
knocked myself out, gave myself severe concussion. Face took the brunt of me and my bike! Don't even know what happened! Bit scary when the doctor tells you that if i wasn't wearing a helmet, i could potentially be looking at life changing head injuries!!!

HELMETS SAVE LIVES KIDS!!!

P.s. Don't judge, i'm new to this MTBing

IhateDNS

3:16 for crash
Ouch heal fast & wear glove too can save your hand

WindyG

As above you might want to consider getting gloves, they can really save your hands in an off

adowling92

WindyG wrote:

As above you might want to consider getting gloves, they can really save your hands in an off

IhateDNS wrote:

3:16 for crash
Ouch heal fast & wear glove too can save your hand

Cheers for the advice guys! i'll get some

Kowalski675

Standard advice for motorcycling, which I guess is transferable to MTBs, is to always wear a decent helmet and gloves (if nothing else) - that way, at least you can have a w*nk in your hospital bed...

coulddobetter

Less of that ! I am an nhs nurse. Hope you are ok.

Kowalski675

coulddobetter wrote:

Less of that ! I am an nhs nurse.

So you should agree - I presume you don't want to be doing it for them, after they've knackered their hands, lol.

adowling92

coulddobetter wrote:

Less of that ! I am an nhs nurse. Hope you are ok.

Less of the MTBing or the w*nking in a hospital bed?

Kowalski675 wrote:

coulddobetter wrote:

Less of that ! I am an nhs nurse.

So you should agree - I presume you don't want to be doing it for them, after they've knackered their hands, lol.

Dont wear gloves and hope for a nice looking nurse! Risky

welshkev

hope you're ok mate, you can always tell it's a nasty crash when someone doesn't move straight away afterwards.

but what the hell did you fall off on?!?!

adowling92

welshkev wrote:

hope you're ok mate, you can always tell it's a nasty crash when someone doesn't move straight away afterwards.

but what the hell did you fall off on?!?!

Looks like that small mound somehow made me go for a flight. I'm going to take a walk and follow where i went on the camera to have a look at some point! Will be back on the bike in a few weeks hopefully, really has knocked my confidence!

Cheers man, +1

Kowalski675

adowling92 wrote:

Kowalski675 wrote:

I presume you don't want to be doing it for them, after they've knackered their hands, lol.

Dont wear gloves and hope for a nice looking nurse! Risky

A new category of risky w*nking, lol.

nicklouse

adowling92 wrote:

P.s. Don't judge, i'm new to this MTBing

should have said welcome to the darkside where we dont have 20 page arguments about helmets.

gloves and barend plugs are also a must.

adowling92

nicklouse wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

P.s. Don't judge, i'm new to this MTBing

should have said welcome to the darkside where we dont have 20 page arguments about helmets.

gloves and barend plugs are also a must.

Ey?

Gloves I know, and my bar ends are covered.

angry_bird

adowling92 wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

P.s. Don't judge, i'm new to this MTBing

should have said welcome to the darkside where we dont have 20 page arguments about helmets.

gloves and barend plugs are also a must.

Ey?

Which bit?

Bare ends, wouldn't want to land on one of them without a plug, bit like an apple corer. Or the roadies bit? They do go a bit OTT when it comes to helmets :roll:

adowling92

Angry Bird wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

P.s. Don't judge, i'm new to this MTBing

should have said welcome to the darkside where we dont have 20 page arguments about helmets.

gloves and barend plugs are also a must.

Ey?

Which bit?

Bare ends, wouldn't want to land on one of them without a plug, bit like an apple corer. Or the roadies bit? They do go a bit OTT when it comes to helmets :roll:

I understand it now, was reading it wrong. Think there should have been a comma after 'should have said'. Without sounds like a grammar nazi lol.

But i know what you mean about the helmets! I'm a roadie though, but i don't argue about my helmet

apple eater

hope you get better asap and jump straight back in the saddle when you are better. we all get scares from time to time. you just chalk it down to experience and carry on just a bit wiser.

i had a similar otb incident (a bad landing from a 2ft jump) but i just got a concusion not a k.o. my boy was with me and i think it scared him more than it hurt me. i had to replace my helmet, as i landed i hit the back of my head on a rock and snapped/squashed the foam beyond acceptable use. i would never ride anywhere without a lid, not even when testing gear/brake tweeks in my cul de sac.

I'm amazed how many don't wear them, i don't know anyone whose head is harder than a rock or kerb.