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What have you broken on your bike recently?
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They do, those bastids!
Just purchased one from a shop in Minnesota, via ebay, for $899.
Excited to not have a fork that feels like it is trying to eject itself from the front of my bike.
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Lol..yeah I have him crap already but this particular benefit I overlooked....yeah done right make for some quiet brakes no squeaks lol....I told him there's alot of benefits...I'll will relay the oil change on round 2 of smart ass comments later to him...
He doesn't care he's like me shit happens when you charge....chalk it up to a good time...he could probably jb weld it....I would till I found a cheap replacement...
QfMFT!Apparently in the 2 years it's been since I last rode Downieville, I've gotten faster or make poorer line choices. Cracked a WAO Union rim (front wheel) on a rock on 3rd Divide. I never even saw the rock, just heard a clack then ffftt-fffft-fffft of the flat. I guess my usual 21/24 psi pressures for local "haha what's a rock" trails weren't sufficient because I heard about 4 clacks in the rear too.
Second day I put a brand new DD Assegai up front and jacked pressures up to 24/27 and still got one good front rim strike in. Still, the rim rode fine after the flat and for the whole second run, and WAO are going to send me a new rim. The funny thing is I already ran the highest pressures of all the guys in my group of friends, and now I've got to go up even higher.
Second day I put a brand new DD Assegai up front and jacked pressures up to 24/27 and still got one good front rim strike in. Still, the rim rode fine after the flat and for the whole second run, and WAO are going to send me a new rim. The funny thing is I already ran the highest pressures of all the guys in my group of friends, and now I've got to go up even higher.
Were your metacarpals pinned? How long before you were back on the bike?
/DH case.
They weren't unfortunately and they healed slightly arched. The specialist I saw in the end couldn't believe they used a cast to set them without pinning them. Now my third knuckle is missing (about 5-8mm receded into hand) and that hand doesn't sit flat.
Then in 2019 I clipped a pole while riding and totalled my pink on the same hand! You can still see the damage to the metacarpals in the first X-ray.
Then when the reset the break of the pinky they broke my 4th metacarpal (the pinky was way harder to re-break than you'd imagine). So in summary - my dreams of being a pickpocket or world class piano player are probably not gonna happen anymore
I was however only off the bike about 4 weeks each time. Maybe 8 weeks till proper hooning again.
Oof, that's rough man, although only 4 weeks off the bike sounds pretty good relative to some other injuries I've had.They weren't unfortunately and they healed slightly arched. The specialist I saw in the end couldn't believe they used a cast to set them without pinning them. Now my third knuckle is missing (about 5-8mm receded into hand) and that hand doesn't sit flat.
Then in 2019 I clipped a pole while riding and totalled my pink on the same hand! You can still see the damage to the metacarpals in the first X-ray.
Then when the reset the break of the pinky they broke my 4th metacarpal (the pinky was way harder to re-break than you'd imagine). So in summary - my dreams of being a pickpocket or world class piano player are probably not gonna happen anymore
I was however only off the bike about 4 weeks each time. Maybe 8 weeks till proper hooning again.
Yeah 4 weeks without any off-roading, but a bit tentative for a few weeks after that. Weirdly despite the number of bones I've broken over the years, soft tissue injuries have kept me off the bike longer. A combination appendectomy/hernia repair left me off the bike for a couple months and a torn muscle in my back following a mid-air reverse tree hug stopped me from doing anything for 6-8 weeks as well.
Meanwhile, old Gee Atherton is talking about riding already just three or four weeks after breaking like 11 bones... mad Vulcan.
In all honesty, it would be a lot easier to run DH casing or inserts than actually pick better lines.
Yeah, most of my longer recoveries have been soft tissue as well - lisfranc, torn calf, for some reason my first (of many - rest were shorter recoveries) torn rotator cuffs, herniated disc etc. I did have a broken arm that took two surgeries to fix; that took awhile to come back from. I also had a broken neck that apparently didn't cause me any issues when it originally happened...fucking weird.
Had this happen too...we know 3 times I've broken my back but we found 5 different sections of my back that had been broken or fractured...
3 I remember all too well, last one I'll never forget...the rest man I couldn't tell you....no idea...
My skull is the same way lol...has a few extra densities on x-ray....lol some I remember others I forgot lol
Anyone rip a labrum? Apparently mine is torn pretty bad but I won't be getting surgery anytime soon...they want to but competition and racing is coming up...xfit, strength and the dh open...
Anyone with the surgery if you can fill me in...
Had 2 full reconstructions of my nose and cheeks from fighting and sports...got a 3rd coming up so they can put a peice of ear cartilage on my nose to widen it so I can breath under heavy load
Lifted weights and xfit that same night so I don't like following sit down rules...
Anyone with the surgery if you can fill me in...
Had 2 full reconstructions of my nose and cheeks from fighting and sports...got a 3rd coming up so they can put a peice of ear cartilage on my nose to widen it so I can breath under heavy load
Lifted weights and xfit that same night so I don't like following sit down rules...
Jeezus, dude.
DOH!
The labrum ripped at the gym. Was fully loaded in cables and the cable broke free from the handle as in separated completely...ripped other arm back.
Calf rip and broken wrist aveluded bone was strength competitions in lanes competing...Still finished still podiumed...
Xfit has been the only one I haven't destroyed myself . Lol
I see more destruction with my buddies who body build, buddy just ripped his bicep..another his delt and couple buddies pecs...but all are IBF pro or getting their pro card...fricking mutants...
Calf rip and broken wrist aveluded bone was strength competitions in lanes competing...Still finished still podiumed...
Xfit has been the only one I haven't destroyed myself . Lol
I see more destruction with my buddies who body build, buddy just ripped his bicep..another his delt and couple buddies pecs...but all are IBF pro or getting their pro card...fricking mutants...
Lmao....there is some dumb shit people try for sure....seasoned vets we deal with shoulder etc . But main injuries are usually newbies or people with CRAP FORM...
Noooooooooooooo!
That's no fun. That's like getting married sounds like a we'll thought out plan but "ZAP" your balls and excitement are sucked out of life cause you used your head...
Next your driving a mini van wearing tan khakis your ass looks like a over stuffed loaf of bread, plaid shirt and you have this blank look of "life's been sucked out of you!", You get turned on by golden girls and you stash your wife's underwear catalog from sears for a good time later.......grandma panties make your wifes ass look hot......(the kind that go over their belly button)
All cause you chose to take a better line instead of a DH casing...
Stick with HD tires and live
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You misinterpreted me
Exo case means trail lines.
Dd case means enduro lines
Dh case means dh lines
Dh=better lines
Or more line options including bad ones....
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Srsly. FTS. 
Got yourself some good racoons eyes lol...I have straightened my nose all too many times by myself...some 4way nasal spray and was good to go..Hey Bro
DH race though... Doh
Lol did they give you the Z cut between nostrils to pull it back or did you get the straight snip....I got the Z and they peeled it back to my eyebrows pulled my septum out and put it on table ...said it looked like stained glass...rebroke it all and reinserted it....guess 9 shattered nose hits will do that lol...
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2nd one was several hours due to the first one showing way more damage...had turbinates and some other work done on 1st, 2nd was all out reconstruction...
Wife told me if I did surgery I don't get back into fighting, it's done....I am trying to get her to let me after xfit ..I'm not ready to roll over and die yet...
These pics are 5 days apart
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Fucks sake lads. This can't be stated enough. Too many head knocks and you could end up taking over writing the pre-WC ramblings from @jackalope
Too late that digger in Elsinore on troy lee trail...concussion and TBI...
Forgetfulness, quick temper, loss of balance and riding wasn't exciting....that's why I was off for a few years..that's when I shattered that full face...top, sides jaw etc..shayyered
So as stated WATCH YOUR DOMES....
Yep...they cut the lower snip of nose peel it back to your forehead and pull the sceptum out if they can just rebreak and pop it...was on table 6 hours to reconstruct and figure out how to fix it .. woke up a few times during surgery ...tried to get up eyes taped shut...I'd ask if we were done...lol they would ask if I'd lay back down and I would..What the fack
Anesthesiologist had to tell my wife they gave me enough shit to put a horse on its ass and I kept waking up...hadn't seen someone so tough ever ..lol
Some may remember the helmet...
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Lmfao...
I had pins in the 4th metacarpal for 2 weeks. Taking them out was interesting, not painful but not something I'll be rushing to repeat.
Would you rather pin it to the top?I give this post a thumbs up
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Had surgery today. Will have pins for 5.5 weeks. 16 weeks until stable enough to be crashed on.