Back from my first ever trip to Whistler and it certainly wasn't anything I ever dreamed about.
Day 1 was a mudfest which meant I felt like I was riding at home in New England conditions.
Day 2, run 2. Finally dry and at the top of Whistler Downhill the freakest accident happened to me. For some reason, on the open slope ledge my bike decides to instantaneously skid out as though I had completely locked the rear brake but all I did was feather them. Anyways, rear passed the front instantly into a slide-out and instinct made me dab my right foot. It happened so fast that I didn't get my right foot down soon enough to help but enough so the wonderful 5.10 Sticky Rubber shoe caught the flat rock surface and it stuck like a suction cup while the rest of me and the bike continued sliding. Physics won and both my Tibia and Fibula snapped and dislocated my foot bone as well. Got transferred to N. Vancouver hospital and had 2 plates put in the next day and spent the remained of my first ever Whistler trip in the recovery room.uch: Nice image of my ankle attached.
The accident was the freakest thing and I still can't figure out how it happened although I had been having problems with the rear Hayes brake this year. Won't know if that was it until the bike get's back here though.
Maybe the shoes weren't responsible but I can't imagine my old 661 shoes grabbing and holding like that. Not sure I want to wear those 5.10 shoes again, at least not for DH. Traction on the pedals is amazing but I guess that's not everything.
Day 1 was a mudfest which meant I felt like I was riding at home in New England conditions.
Day 2, run 2. Finally dry and at the top of Whistler Downhill the freakest accident happened to me. For some reason, on the open slope ledge my bike decides to instantaneously skid out as though I had completely locked the rear brake but all I did was feather them. Anyways, rear passed the front instantly into a slide-out and instinct made me dab my right foot. It happened so fast that I didn't get my right foot down soon enough to help but enough so the wonderful 5.10 Sticky Rubber shoe caught the flat rock surface and it stuck like a suction cup while the rest of me and the bike continued sliding. Physics won and both my Tibia and Fibula snapped and dislocated my foot bone as well. Got transferred to N. Vancouver hospital and had 2 plates put in the next day and spent the remained of my first ever Whistler trip in the recovery room.uch: Nice image of my ankle attached.
The accident was the freakest thing and I still can't figure out how it happened although I had been having problems with the rear Hayes brake this year. Won't know if that was it until the bike get's back here though.
Maybe the shoes weren't responsible but I can't imagine my old 661 shoes grabbing and holding like that. Not sure I want to wear those 5.10 shoes again, at least not for DH. Traction on the pedals is amazing but I guess that's not everything.
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