Post your BooBoo's

[Patrick]

Heal up Anthony! Surgery on that? did they put you in a hard cast or a boot?

 

[Monkey Soup]

A few years back I raced Rattling 50. My family was headed to Maine for a 2 week vacation so the plan was for me to drive from NJ out to Rattling and then straight to Maine after the race to meet them on the beach. I was having a great day on the bike and with less than 3 miles to go I clipped a small stump hidden in the low underbrush. It didn't seem like much so I kept rolling along, finished the race, collected my winnings and jumped into the car for a 12 hour drive. I arrived at the beach just in time to make coffee and set the chairs ups on the beach the following morning. I noticed that my shin was still bleeding and was pretty swollen though I figured a few hours in the frigid Atlantic Ocean would work miracles. It did and I pretty much carried on as though nothing happened. Fast forward 3 weeks later, we are home and I'm getting ready to go for a ride when I noticed the wound was a bit lumpy so I poked at it with a 6 penny finish nail, low and and behold the scab explodes open and a 3/4" piece of twig comes rising up and out of my leg like it was on hydraulics. Gross as hell but pretty frigin cool. My wife instantly named me Mr. Immunology Man.

Did you yell "I am Groot!" as the twig was coming out?

 

[Juggernaut]

Aw cmon, there's gotta be a good backstory to dis one. Spill!

 

[avc8130]

Heal up Anthony! Surgery on that? did they put you in a hard cast or a boot?

No surgery up to now. It's non-displaced an un-infected so as long as it stays that was I should be ok with no knife.

I got this removable "cast" because I need to clean the puncture wound under it daily.

 

[avc8130]

Aw cmon, there's gotta be a good backstory to dis one. Spill!

There is!

I was down in Anniston Alabama for work so some coworkers and I rented some bikes to check out Coldwater Mountain

I had this steed

At mile ~10.5 I hopped off this rock

and crashed, breaking my arm over a rock at ~15mph per my GPS

8 weeks til the cast comes off. My rematch w/ Coldwater will be Feb/Mar timeframe!

ac

 

[Patrick]

@avc8130 - do you know @Karate Monkey ?

http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/threads/post-your-booboos.2559/page-15#post-725078

#twinning!

heal up - that is nasty, so bonus points.

 

[Carson]

Heal up! Were you at the FEMA training center?

 

[moose35]

Ouchie
Heal up soon

 

[avc8130]

@avc8130 - do you know @Karate Monkey ?

http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/threads/post-your-booboos.2559/page-15#post-725078

#twinning!

heal up - that is nasty, so bonus points.

Too bad one of us didn't have a right then we'd have the group covered!

 

[avc8130]

Heal up! Were you at the FEMA training center?

Nope

 

[mattybfat]

damn good job there! heal up...

 

[ekuhn]

Trick Boa system on the cast.

Speedy recovery bro.

 

[Robin]

A little late on posting.

Fell July 29th and jammed my thumb. Tore the UCL (Skier's Thumb) for the 2nd time. Bone fragment from ligament tear.

Surgery August 8th. Due to repeat injury there was a chance I would need reconstructive surgery, taking ligament from wrist. Luckily I didn't.

Splint made to protect thumb. 6 weeks of OT getting back mobility.

8 weeks post surgery I was cleared to ride the road. Still 4 weeks of OT and *may* be back to riding trails in November.

 

[Kaleidopete]

Glad it's going well, heal up.

 

[Big Dumb Animal]

Nothing broken but I'm pretty sure that's as bad as it gets before breaking. This is what I get for letting my concentration slip for a minute. I just hate the down time from riding.

 

[Juggernaut]

Well, no hokey pokey for you for a while.

Heal up soon.

 

[Patrick]

heal up there @Big Dumb Animal , we have some riding to do!

 

[Big Dumb Animal]

heal up there @Big Dumb Animal , we have some riding to do!

I know..I bought a light and everything for these rides so hopefully soon.

 

[Pearl]

Nothing broken but I'm pretty sure that's as bad as it gets before breaking. This is what I get for letting my concentration slip for a minute. I just hate the down time from riding.

Nothing broken? So why aren’t you riding you wuss

 

[Big Dumb Animal]

Nothing broken? So why aren’t you riding you wuss

As soon as I can walk without pain I'll consider riding.