Well I won't be riding or walking or driving for a while. Last thursday I broke my tibia and fibia (lower leg bones) after casing a huge gap jump (45+ feet). The impact broke my leg right away and I was thrown off the bike. Oddly enough the bike appears to be fine except for the front wheel, I guess my leg took all of the impact. Local riders stopped to help me but I still eventually had to call 911 and get taken out by the fire department on a stretcher. I had surgery on friday and have been hobling around on crutches/wheelchair since then. Getting around is a chore now, I'm lucky there are people who are helping me out with getting around, otherwise I'd be screwed. Looking back on all the events from getting off the mountain to the numerous different hospitals I went to I'm lucky to even be alive right now. The moral of this story is if you have doubts about a jump (especially a big one), go around it. The potential consequences are NOT WORTH IT, trust me. follow someone who has hit it before if you must hit it. That is my rant for now, hopefully I'll see everyone out there riding in 4-6 weeks.
Broke my leg
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Sorry to hear dude - that sucks. I know how you feel.
Looks like the 2005 injury bug that plagued the PNW continues to 2006...
Looks like the 2005 injury bug that plagued the PNW continues to 2006...
O man that sucks hardcore!! im there with ya though im out too
Ya so whats with all of us getting hurt lately anyway have we lost all skill? or have our balls grown bigger than are pants can handle? Anyway fast healing powers to ya
Ya so whats with all of us getting hurt lately anyway have we lost all skill? or have our balls grown bigger than are pants can handle? Anyway fast healing powers to ya
What kind of hardware did you get? i broke mine a few years back and i'm still not 100%. But i'm 99.9% so you can definately recover just as good as new.
Just listen to your doctor and do what he tells you. i was fortunate a bunch of Ridemonkeys hauled me off the mountain, and a Ridemonkey loaned me a trainer for my road bike and that really helped me heal! And when the doctor said i could go to a Physical Therapist i declined because i was doing so well, but then i hit a wall. It was spendy but i decided to go to the PT and i'm totally glad i did. He used to be a trainer for the Sonics and he bent and pulled and twisted stuff and got me to do exercised i just couldn't do without the guidance and equipment. i was riding XC and working on the roof in about 2 months. It hurt like hell but i could do it. i think after 9 months or so i crashed over the bars, and the trail was a little steep so i threw the bike underneath me and instead of doing a superman i put all my weight on the broke leg before doing a slide. Everything held up awesome, and it helped me stop thinking about it.
Good luck and heal up fast.
Just listen to your doctor and do what he tells you. i was fortunate a bunch of Ridemonkeys hauled me off the mountain, and a Ridemonkey loaned me a trainer for my road bike and that really helped me heal! And when the doctor said i could go to a Physical Therapist i declined because i was doing so well, but then i hit a wall. It was spendy but i decided to go to the PT and i'm totally glad i did. He used to be a trainer for the Sonics and he bent and pulled and twisted stuff and got me to do exercised i just couldn't do without the guidance and equipment. i was riding XC and working on the roof in about 2 months. It hurt like hell but i could do it. i think after 9 months or so i crashed over the bars, and the trail was a little steep so i threw the bike underneath me and instead of doing a superman i put all my weight on the broke leg before doing a slide. Everything held up awesome, and it helped me stop thinking about it.
Good luck and heal up fast.
4-6 weeks? that seems awfully short for a tib/fib fracture. mine took 10 weeks to get out of a cast completly.
That's what I was thinking. Tibia is a big bone...dirtjumpP.1 said:
Is this you? Were you riding alone?
Taken from the AbbyNews
Stunt ends in McKee Peak rescue
A stunt attempt ended in injury for a mountain biker on Thursday after he broke his leg trying to make a jump on McKee Peak.
Around 9 a.m., emergency crews were called to the trails near Ledgeview Golf Course after the 23-year-old cyclist from Washington State crashed, following an attempt to launch off a bike jump.
The young man came up short in his attempt to cross a 60-foot opening. The crash landing ripped the rear wheel off his bike and sent him tumbling.
The cyclist managed to call 911, and was later helped by a passing cyclist. Emergency crews arrived after hiking 1.5 kilometres up the mountain to reach him.
Central Fraser Valley Search and Rescue and Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service wrapped him in blanket and transported him by stretcher to a waiting ambulance.
He was taken to MSA General Hospital for treatment of his broken right leg.
Taken from the AbbyNews
Stunt ends in McKee Peak rescue
A stunt attempt ended in injury for a mountain biker on Thursday after he broke his leg trying to make a jump on McKee Peak.
Around 9 a.m., emergency crews were called to the trails near Ledgeview Golf Course after the 23-year-old cyclist from Washington State crashed, following an attempt to launch off a bike jump.
The young man came up short in his attempt to cross a 60-foot opening. The crash landing ripped the rear wheel off his bike and sent him tumbling.
The cyclist managed to call 911, and was later helped by a passing cyclist. Emergency crews arrived after hiking 1.5 kilometres up the mountain to reach him.
Central Fraser Valley Search and Rescue and Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service wrapped him in blanket and transported him by stretcher to a waiting ambulance.
He was taken to MSA General Hospital for treatment of his broken right leg.
What the heck is abby news?Ruprick said:
O I C cool cool the pic wont show up on my puter though on the story yer talkin about
Mine was a tib/fib too....dirtjumpP.1 said:
When i had my surgery i got a rod and 4 screws, it effectively becomes your bone, after a month if you so choose you can start aggresively rehabbing it by putting more and more weight on it. The bone starts calcifying more from the tension that gets put on it, so it heals faster. The rod keeps it from re-breaking.
My doctor made me stand and put all my wieght on it after one month. Holy crap it was scary i thought it was just going to fold underneath me, plus it hurt like hell and i could feel it crunching inside.....
i did heal faster than normal, my doctor was pretty amazed, but if you're athletic and you try really hard you can come back quick.
Bummer to hear about the leg, hopefully it'll heal fast for you. Are you the guy that they're talking about in this link on NSMB? http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=75670
If anyone wants to see the picture of the gap that won't show up in the Abby news story check the link. Its a pretty f'ing big gap, especially to try alone. Total props go out for having the balls to try that.
If anyone wants to see the picture of the gap that won't show up in the Abby news story check the link. Its a pretty f'ing big gap, especially to try alone. Total props go out for having the balls to try that.
Ouch. That's no good.
(BTW....fibula)
(BTW....fibula)
All the same i don't think props keeps you from dying when you freeze to death at night cuz nobody finds you.TtotheJ said:
If you're gonna try a jump like that you need someone there to at least take pictures. Unless you get some help, getting off the mountain is going to either impossible, the cause of your death, or extremely frikkin painful that you'll pass out multiple times on the way down at least.:looney: (that is if you can't get rescued, cel service doesn't always work..)
Hey - didn't we have the same ortho? He does good workSkookum said:
and if you break your arms then good luck using a cell phone anywaySkookum said:
Sorry to hear about your broken leg... heal up quickly (I would try to send you healing vibes, but I think my vibes work in reverse because my collarbone took forever to heal when I broke it (riding with Skookum
))
How about don't try hitting a 45ft gap jump while riding alone?Liquid10 said:
Yes that is me. I actually wasn't alone there were a few riders on the trail who helped me. I still had to call 911 because there was no I way I could move without a backboard. I'm surprised that ended up in the newspaper. I hope this whole thing doesn't result problems for trails up there in Abbotsford. I told everyone who took satements from me that the incident was entirely my fault, not the trail's/trailbuilders fault. I take full responsibility for my own actions. As for healing time the doctor said I should be walking again in 4-6 weeks.Ruprick said:
Here's a thread detailing what access issues locals are having with Ledgeview right now. http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=75703
Doesn't sound too good does it?
Doesn't sound too good does it?
No that does not sound good at all. Is all of the ledgeview area privately owned?
dayum
that gap is a monster
no room for error with a wood landing :-0
that gap is a monster
no room for error with a wood landing :-0
At least you were attempting a jump. I broke my arm on the way to the parking lot after riding at sst on sunday. Pretty lame. Good luck for a speedy recovery.
Heard that from Shane - what the hell? Were you goofing off or something?chaffer said:
Dennis stopped in front of me I guess I wasnt paying attention locked up the brakes and went over the bars.
I heard the wood wasn't the landing, it was a safety. I think the landing is dirt.
The wood landing is about 8 feet across and 6 or 7 feet long, then it turns to dirt. I watched people hit that jump on Sunday and made it look easy..definately a lot of speed involved. That is private land where the trails are at Ledgeview is owned by 3 developers..they seem cool to let bikers ride on the land, but looks like development will begin soon and Mckee Peak will be no more..those trails have been there for about a year.
They need one of those speed-check radar trailers out there with a big sign. 35mph = success. 34mph = broken leg.
Hahahahaha that would be awesome!!! Big B
hahaha, that'd be good. You need to be f--king flying to clear that jump. I was carrying a ton of speed and I still didn't make it.Big B said:
I gave my bike a thorough inspection today. I was expecting the crankarm to be bent or the bottom of the frame to be dented/cracked. However the only thing wrong with it is the front wheel is bent a little and the shift cable broke. I can't believe it
My bike fared the wreck way better than I did.
Hahahaha the ever evolveing bike is now stronger than man itself!