Crashes.

[Just gan]

Heard about this lad when it happened last May Never realised it was so serious this cutting out of paper a couple days ago. Not even sure is it was a Ebike

 

[Pizzman]

My riding buddy slid out on a green warmup lap berm a week ago.
Broke his chest plate and 3 ribs.
We ride black diamonds at speed.
He’s 55 and jumps everything.
1 little slow fall, took him out for the summer.

Now me ride alone for rest of summer 26.

It’s dangerous hobby to be sure.

 

[RustyMTB]

One round here, bit short on details but it appears a young lad pinged himself in Tasmania & has ended up paralysed. Only 26.

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/worthing-man-seriously-injured-in-tasmania-biking-accident-8673905

 

[Just gan]

Another 51 year old roadie local originally but Edinburgh area now. In to back of van never walk again.

 

[dcxs]

I just got the Leatt 6.5 pro (vest part only), after bruising my ribs for the third time (this was while wearing decent level 1 and 2 protectors). Will see if I can manage the weight and heat. Sport is scary, especially the paraplegic crashes are what worries me. Might be better if it takes me out completely then, to be honest

 

[Just gan]

Yes too easy to get hurt at workor at pkay . Ive only did ribs on bike not bad for forty years mtb riding. One ankle broken Hang Gliding and the other one river kayaking. More lucky at work with no injuries as I was doing dangerous jobs till I retired. Take care out there.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

Yes too easy to get hurt at workor at pkay . Ive only did ribs on bike not bad for forty years mtb riding. One ankle broken Hang Gliding and the other one river kayaking. More lucky at work with no injuries as I was doing dangerous jobs till I retired. Take care out there.

I've thankfully had more injuries playing football than I have riding bikes.
Last good bike injury was a shattered thumb in 1981.

 

[RustyMTB]

One ankle broken Hang Gliding

Was that a one off go at it or a regular past time?

 

[Just gan]

Was that a one off go at it or a regular past time?

That was my 4th solo flight from the top of Cairnwell mountain at Glenshee . Lot higher than previous flights 3000ft ish went up on chairlift. In hindsight not a good plan as it was probably weeks after the two day course I did. Not sure if it was a gust of wind that caused me to stall but no more flying was allowed that day. Always fancied a dual flight in the Alps but mostly paragliding on offer. Always had too many hobbies to be honest just back from Assynt did a cave yesterday called Allt nan Uamh Stream Cave , more often called Anus . That's about the only part of me that's not sore today.

 

[RustyMTB]

I flew paragliders for years, saw a few things in that time I'd rather not have. The hang gliding side was a declining thing back then, paragliders are way easier to live with even if HG is the more dynamic end of things.

But my observation is Paraglider pilots were prone to spinal injuries from flying in a seated position & hang glider pilots often did wrists, arms & shoulder dislocations from being prone & messing around with the A frame bars.

 

[Albertocsoares]

Lost a good friend yesterday, 30 years old, fast and experienced rider, brain trauma.

 

[Ndanger]

I flew paragliders for years, saw a few things in that time I'd rather not have. The hang gliding side was a declining thing back then, paragliders are way easier to live with even if HG is the more dynamic end of things.

But my observation is Paraglider pilots were prone to spinal injuries from flying in a seated position & hang glider pilots often did wrists, arms & shoulder dislocations from being prone & messing around with the A frame bars.

Hang gliding was my safest sport, bent a few downtubes and a close encounter with an F4 phantom in many years of competition . I will try paragliders when I am able to attach it to my emtb for the ride/flight down the mountain.

 

[RustyMTB]

Sample of one but in order of injury severity, I'd rank the sports i've been into from worst to least:

Squash
Mountain biking
Hockey
Snowboarding
Football
Cricket
Windsurfing
Paragliding

Not much context eg. Paragliding is very gentle physically but does kill people every year. Squash is top tier cardio but can easily wreck the joints and so on.

 

[Ascent]

I’ve been riding for 32 years now. Raced BMX for 10 years as a kid. Also super big into freestyle BMX/Dirt jumpers before I got really into Downhill/freeride/enduro.

Big injuries I’ve had
3 broken ankles
Broken collar bone
Broken shoulder
Broke both knee caps
TBI where I was knocked out 45min
Multiple times I’ve needed stitches
Broken toe.
Knocked a tooth out.

That’s all I can think of but I’m sure I’m missing something.

 

[Just gan]

I love a good war story.

 

[Ndanger]

If you're not living on the edge, you are taking up way too much space

 

[steve_sordy]

I've done windsurfing for eight years and ONE parachute jump (never again!)
I've been biking for 30 years (road and off road) and I have broken every helmet I have ever owned except the two I have now. No really serious injuries, nothing that had me off work for example, although I was compelled to wear shorts all day for over a week. However, I have had some injuries that linger with me today. But Windsurfing brought me the closest I've been to death from a sporting activity.

It was a calm day but I HAD to get my fix. I was flapping my sail and working my way around the lake as though I was in a race. There were buoys marking shallow water and in the process of going around one, I lost my balance. Instead of just falling in, I decided to step off into the water. No drama, no splash, no shout, just an everyday event on the water. The water was less than three feet deep, but the silt was soft and very much deeper. Judging by the mess on my wetsuit, I got stuck in it up to my waist. No amount of kicking would free me and I knew that I was in trouble. Fortunately, I had retained a grip on the uphaul rope and the mast had not come free from the board. So I carefully pulled on the rope, the board came toward me and once it was above me, I managed to pull myself out of the silt's sticky grip.

I reported this to the club and they moved the buoys to deeper water. I resolved not to drop feet first into the water again, if possible. I don't know whether that worked, but I never got stuck under water again!

 

[Plummet]

The base risk, though unlikely, for mtb is significant injury or death.
We have to accept that risk and do it any way. Or we stay at home playing tiddlywinks and do not risk anything in life..... But then that is a life not worth living.

So better to live a life with some entertainment that has risk attached than not having lived at all.

 

[Plummet]

I’ve been riding for 32 years now. Raced BMX for 10 years as a kid. Also super big into freestyle BMX/Dirt jumpers before I got really into Downhill/freeride/enduro.

Big injuries I’ve had
3 broken ankles
Broken collar bone
Broken shoulder
Broke both knee caps
TBI where I was knocked out 45min
Multiple times I’ve needed stitches
Broken toe.
Knocked a tooth out.

That’s all I can think of but I’m sure I’m missing something.

That deserves its own thread.

"The hospital Inducing Injury List"

 

[Pizzman]

It’s not called downhill pillow fighting.

Crashes are not part of my consideration, at all, not one bit, when my bike is in eye sight. Just ride——clean———ride———etc etc……..
I do consider them after they occur.
Crashes suck right after they happen.

If I put logic into purposely ridding myself of thousands of dollars of my wifes pilfered retirement savings, only to possibly break my neck and or die. It begins to change the feeling………sounds a bit insane that way…
I’m still more scared driving on 2 lane rural highways….

But if my bike is in eye sight ….
Ride——-clean—-ride——fix—-ride

 

[RustyMTB]

Moving on from yooesssaay banalities, this over the bars led to five months off but also a favourite picture in A&E whilst waiting for an x-ray.

 

[irie]

This is my wife being loaded into the air ambulance on Salisbury Plain in 2010 after going OTB on her MX bike. What they didnt realise was that she had a double collarbone fracture where the bars had punched a chunk into an artery. The surgeon had quite a shock when he opened her up to plate the collarbone and blood spurted out big time from the severed artery. She lived through it of course and when I was finally allowed to go to recovery there she was festooned with tubes with the surgeon (who I knew) talking to her. He'd had quite a shock because although an experienced surgeon he'd never seen this before and had to use "digital control" to stop her bleeding to death. Right arm now has no pulse, secondary blood supply only. Didn't stop her riding bikes

And off she went to Salisbury General.

 

[steve_sordy]

@irie "Any distinguishing features?" No pulse!