I'm at the urgent care clinic in Austin, and I probably blew my ACL on my other (left) knee. Will know more in a few hours.
The new bike sure will be purty, though.
The new bike sure will be purty, though.
So, About That New Bike Day...
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DAMMIT NEW BIKE!
Oh that fucking sucks, the knee that is
I'll post pics...it was a ladder to a four- five foot drop. Blind. I sped up to hit it, and my friend yelled STOP, but it was too late...i put on the brakes, but my front wheel went over, and then I did. Grabbed onto a tree mid flight which slowed me down, but still landed just on my right leg from quite a few feet up. I'll post pics asap, it was a very well built feature.
C'est la vie.
What's annoying is that I would have made it just fine if he hadn't of panicked.
(Just because he couldn’t have hit it doesn’t mean that I couldn’t.)
C'est la vie.
What's annoying is that I would have made it just fine if he hadn't of panicked.
(Just because he couldn’t have hit it doesn’t mean that I couldn’t.)
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Sorry to hear...
Well, it might be better than initially thought, but I can't put any weight on it. Nothing broken or dislocated though, and there is very little pain, which is not typical with an acl. Maybe an MRI when I get home...but flying Frontier with crutches is going to SUCK on friday.
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La vie
But really. Hope you have a speedy recovery. Well. As ACLs go.
Yer friend needs to have a big ol glass of shut the fuck up.
Or a Snipe hunting trip.
Or a Snipe hunting trip.
I used to have a friend like that. He was delusional enough to think he was a good rider (he wasn't, still isn't), and always insisted getting in front of me and others in our circle, only to freak out at minor features and get in our way. Not cool. I don't ride with this individual any more.
Healing vibes....
Damn son, hope you can have a speedy recovery. I used a knee-scooter in an airport and it was damn nice, but then again you rest your knee on it.
Interested to see the drop. I've done a lot of blind stuff and continue to, but a good buddy broke his neck doing that up in Bellingham this year and was damn lucky to not have any paralysis.
Interested to see the drop. I've done a lot of blind stuff and continue to, but a good buddy broke his neck doing that up in Bellingham this year and was damn lucky to not have any paralysis.
arrive 5 hours early....get a courtesy cart....slip driver a 20.....have him drive you to every bar in the airport....
Does Frontier even have priority boarding?
Not really.
I must clarify...the feature was the ONLY man made anything on 20 miles of trail that I rode there...there was no reason to think it wasn’t jut a rollover or something manageable. Completely out of character with everything else in the area.
Someone’s personal huck, just out there on the other trails.
It was simply unfortunate.
I don’t expect the feature to last long on the public property where it sits.
Someone’s personal huck, just out there on the other trails.
It was simply unfortunate.
I don’t expect the feature to last long on the public property where it sits.
OK, so some pics. See the ladder on top of that rock, that's where i tumbled over, and grabbed the tree, and then fell onto the ramp.
My new Full Sleeve Tat, with ALL of the colors.
Seeing the surgeon tomorrow.
My new Full Sleeve Tat, with ALL of the colors.
Seeing the surgeon tomorrow.
If he'd employed more speed then pulled up all would have been savedI'd recommend not crashing any more.
That and quit listening to that so-called "friend."
It looks manageable enough if you knew it was there. But coming up unexpectedly... glad you grabbed the tree!
Oh, me too.
I could easily be paralyzed.
I could easily be paralyzed.
Classic Blunder
Damn. I blame Texas.
Looks like it'd be fun to ride, but that limestone is some jagged shit.
I remember one rock in Austin covered in this green slime and no matter how badly you wanted to ride it, everything would wash out on it.
Looks like it'd be fun to ride, but that limestone is some jagged shit.
I remember one rock in Austin covered in this green slime and no matter how badly you wanted to ride it, everything would wash out on it.
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FWIW, the 20 miles of trails I rode were best suited for 130-150mm travel, IMO. The rest of Austin (besides City Park), not so much. But it was decently rowdy riding.
Feel better!
Sucks about the huck to "oh fuck", and as someone who is just transitioning off of crutches from a bike related knee explosion, I sincerely hope its "just" a bad sprain and not a busted ACL. But if it is, I will offer this decidedly morbid "glass is half full of bourbon" anecdote: I recently had a tibial plateau fracture (TPF) and I ran into a guy at work who noticed my knee brace and informed me he had a TPF a few years ago himself. I was hoping to hear great things about the recovery, but he went on to tell me about how the screws holding things together can back out over time and that his TPF was a lot worse than the 2 ACL injuries he had previously. Point being, at least according to this guy, an ACL tear > TPF
How's that for a happy story? And btw, super sucks your bro called you off of that drop, as it looks like it'd be hard not to make it provided you go off of it with even a modicum of speed. As for Frontier, make sure to get proper shit mixed before stepping onto (or limping onto) the plane, and get a piss jug so you don't even have to get up to discharge all the scotch and soda.
How's that for a happy story? And btw, super sucks your bro called you off of that drop, as it looks like it'd be hard not to make it provided you go off of it with even a modicum of speed. As for Frontier, make sure to get proper shit mixed before stepping onto (or limping onto) the plane, and get a piss jug so you don't even have to get up to discharge all the scotch and soda.
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