the injury thread

[rahul13]

sittin here in hospital waitin for mornin surgery i was wonderin the kind of paim people endure in pursuit of their passions or hobbies.

So i thought id check with u guys. What is the worst thing thats happened to you which still didnt keep you from climbing back on that saddle.

Ill start. Smashed knee last year. Damaged wrist ligament earlier this year. And now... Broken forearm with splinters and a dislocated wrist requiring surgery and plate insersion all courtesy turahalli.

[Carpediem]

Take care man. Wish you a speedy recovery.

[hitanshu]

Jesus man. Get well soon. That sounds like a nasty tumble.

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[farazs]

Q:

What is the worst thing thats happened to you which still didnt keep you from climbing back on that saddle.

Ans: Reading

Smashed knee last year. Damaged wrist ligament earlier this year. And now... Broken forearm with splinters and a dislocated wrist requiring surgery and plate insersion

[Nautanki]

concentrate on the dance moves

[bikeyvenky]

Good luck with the surgery, Rahul! If I were you, I would never head towards Turahalli again. Then, you're a hard nut.

The worst injury I had was a running injury in 2010.

I was preparing for what was to be my first marathon in Vermont. The training plan was on track and I was having a great time doing my training runs in sub-zero temperatures of the Vermont winter. It was all going blissfully well until one day in the middle of my third long run(21km), my left knee gave away. I could not continue running but somehow managed to walk back the remaining 10km home. My marathon dreams were shot. Multiple weeks of rest and retries didn't help. So, I gave up on running and promptly hopped back on my bike and did my first 100 miler after a couple of months. I'm yet to get back to running regularly again. Just too scared. I guess, I need to sort out my technique/form/gait/whatever it is that got me off the track.

More recently, the crash in the BBCh XC Endurance race had me all worried for a few days with sharp pain in the left knee. Thankfully, it turned out to be a muscle pain with bruises from the crash. All is well after giving it a nervous four days of rest.

Take care!

[cryptic_abbreviator]

sittin here in hospital waitin for mornin surgery

Get well soon man !

ciao
gr

[htedum]

Man Rahul, you're hardcore. A crash like that would keep me off downhills for life. Hey wait, it did.

Get back to full strength, and get some protective gear.

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[deepakvrao]

All the best for the surgery Rahul.

[shankarbn]

Smashed knee last year. Damaged wrist ligament earlier this year. And now... Broken forearm with splinters and a dislocated wrist requiring surgery and plate insersion all courtesy turahalli.

I still haven't been able to shy away from my fear of crashing on Nandi climb/descent after that big crash in August 2010. You definitely are a tough nut man. Get well soon!!

[newCyclistinTown]

Wish you a speedy recovery Rahul.
Get well soon, but lay low for a while.

[stalker]

Been there done that . Not this serious though.

Blacked out going downhill. Don't remember a thing of what actually happened. Friends found me bleeding with cheek torn by my canines (:-/) and helmet smashed.
Was bed ridden for a couple of weeks and promptly got back onto bike to smash my head trying to jump of a 5 foot ledge

Get well soon man!

[hitanshu]

smash my head trying to jump of a 5 foot ledge

The kinds kids just out of their diapers would jump off laughing? :p

[stalker]

^^ is in the neighborhood. I rode down to the park the other day, only to return with tail tucked between wheels

Helmetcam makes it appear WAYYY easier than it actually is!

[deepakvrao]

^^^Nothing compared to what I saw today. 450m descent over single track with stones, boulders, steps and jumps thrown in. Some areas were as narrow as a foot, with a complete cliff on one side, straight to the water, couple of hundred meters down.

Family of five, father, mom, 3 kids, youngest being about 7-8. We had walked up and saw them on the return. Just amazing, and we saw them plenty as they kept taking breaks for the little kid. Finally at half way point kid and dad took the tarmac, and the 2 kids and mom just flew down. Will post pics sometime. I thought that this was an impossible route for a bike. The oldest kid was about 16 and had a helmet camera. Must have a great video.

They were German, and may have read it on this German site. Monte Isola is the one.

http://de.wikiloc.com/routen/mountain-b ... castegnato

The descent on the graph is the off road track

http://de.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1034703