Managed to break two ribs climbing. Fell on a tight switchback and took a handlebar straight to the ribs.
This is what I get for riding XC.
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My 26 Chromag Stylus. I would have expected it on a 29er.
if you were on a 29'er you would have broken all your ribs, your sternum, and your coccyx. but you'd be most upset about not beating your Strava time.
all joking aside broken ribs suck. take it easy and heal quick dude 
If he was on a 29er he would have widened the trail and installed a safety rail before riding, therefor no injury.
keep the picking on pesqueeb to the birthday thread...
n00B.
We were riding from the bottom. Had climbed about a 1/2 mile. Hiking down sucked.
Some of my worst injuries have been from going uphill. Dislocated shoulder and broken knee cap.
Heal up!
happy friday.
Got comped tickets to Courtney Love tonight at the pool at the Hard Rock. May go....may not.
...and watch her snort them off the stage or try & mainline them?
I really just want to see her old-ass kooch.
...oh, back on track....I hope you got some good meds. 
I was so happy it wasn't further up. That 1/2 mile down in the rain was miserable.
Managed to break two ribs climbing. Fell on a tight switchback and took a handlebar straight to the ribs.
This is why I wear my 661 knee pads when I ride the Thuper Awethum trail. It has a few up hill rock gardens. And yes I have knee punched those rocks. At some point I want to replace my Kyle Straits with the hard shell version because you can still feel the impact.
Everytime I have broken something or hurt myself real good, I wait a few days before going to the doctor. They generally assume that if it takes you a couple days to wander into their office with a broken bone you don't need any good painkillers. I never got any of the "good stuff" until I strained my neck while sleeping. I was stressed enough in grad school that I would thrash about in my sleep. Anyway, I finally got some percocet or something like it, and I fucking hated the shit. Felt like I had the spins. Flushed it and stuck to beer....oh, back on track....I hope you got some good meds.
I did the whole pads thing during the brief window we had lift assisted DH locally, I really needed it too. I can't do any kind of pad when I have to pedal, which is all the time anymore.
You can pedal all day in them, unlike a full length piece of leg armor. Also, during cold weather they can keep your cranky old man knees warm.
once upon a time on the SJT....
...i almost got bit in the ass by a rattler whilst trying to unload the aftermath of too much tequila and PBR from the night before.
Fell over same way but got the bars in the front of my hip joint. The skin on my thigh felt like it was numb for months.
Knee pads have always prevented broken ribs for me.