[Closed] Came off on Saturday

Exactly why I use garmin live track (strava has similar) and so too does the Mrs when she's out running.

You could leave a map for someone of where you plan to go but they wouldn't know where you are within that route.

Google trusted contacts is good as well for android.

Sorry to hear that OP. Some offs are like that I think - it’s not just age IME.

Best of luck in getting back on the trail.

Let's be honest, it's a bloody stupid activity when you think about it. So, best not to think about it 🙂

Aww, do you want us to go get your mum?

I had a similar crash a few months back, whilst on my own, in a foreign country, in 30 degree heat - front wheel slipped sideways into hidden rut at 24mph and I got launched end over end. Most violent crash I've ever had. Felt physically sick with shock.

Turned out I'd separated my AC joint and thus only got back on the bike a few weeks ago. Initially I was constantly expecting something similarly random to throw me on the ground. It does get better!

chiefgrooveguru - Mate i felt instantly like I was going to be sick. That went and then I felt like I was going to pass out...cold sweat etc

I'll definitely be back out this weekend again, but no doubt it'll take a sesh or two to get to full speed.

36 now which isn't old but going head over tit nowadays isn't a walk in the park.

Harsh, tomhoward! 😀

I sometimes think I don't fall off enough, ride within myself too much.

I've woken to the sound of groaning and a freewheel ticking down, only after a while realising that it was me...

I've always managed to limp, shuffle, crawl away from my wrecks without too much permanent damage to myself, but it def. takes longer to heal now, and the scars are beginning to join up in places.

the one thing i am worried about is the only time i get a chance to go out on my bike is when my kids are in school. so i drop them off at 8 drive to glentress by 10 then leave at 1 to be back in time to pick them up. i never tell people where i am going because i know i will be back in time.
but one mistake and i would be ****ed and not be able to pick them up at school.
it worries me but i still do it

I've had all kinds of crazy crashes and it never bothered me. Then I came off commuting to work about three years ago. Alfine hub didn't engage properly for some reason and I went OTB going down hill at speed. Broken arm, battered and bruised.

For some reason that one really affected me. To the point that I actually sold that bike and quit riding for a bit. It's odd how we react sometimes.

Odd how I used to believe that in my late teens / early twenties, it was a case of 'if I don't crash at least once a ride, I'm not riding hard enough' 😆

Now in my 40's, the though process isn't quite as gung ho. Starting with snapping my achilles the day before my 40th, it's been a downhill spiral of rubbish crashes resulting in damage. Other than sliding out of having sudden stop moment on trails, I seem to depart from the bike unwittingly about once a year - not once a ride any more.

However, none have been a direct result of riding incorrectly or trying something I shouldn't so up until now I am still pushing it every so often and will no doubt keep falling off occasionally.

When I run out of desire, skill or passion for mountain biking, I'll stop. Until then it's all good 😀

It can play with your mind a bit if you let it. Being all alone in the middle of nowhere etc. As long as somebody knows roughly where you are and when you expect to return, together with a working phone. (999 works in nearly all areas if you appear not to have a signal), then keep riding 😀

Had two crashes within a week of each other about 6 years ago that really shook me. To the point where I literally could not ride simple trails that I would have flown down previously.

I would say it took me a good two years to get my confidence back.

I hear ya OP. I had a fairly big off in July which scared me. Dead sailor to nose manual to ground, off a lip I knew was a bad idea as soon as my wheel hit it. Landed square on my left hip/buttock and the pain was incredible. I almost always ride alone, but as luck would have it.. i spannered myself right in front of two teenage lads who were up messing about where I ride.Literally the only two people i saw all day, about 5 minutes from my car too. To their credit they were really good and helped grandad to his feet. There was a moment though were all three of us thought this might be an ambulance job. Thankfully not. The bruising and inflammation took 5/6 weeks to subside. The element of the crash involving my lower back scared me the most there for sure.

Yep - I fell off twice this week and both times I've felt a bit of a shock for a few minutes. On the second one I've either badly bruised or cracked a rib, but had the same stunned feeling from both.

I wonder if it's because we no longer do the rough and tumble that we did as kids and so our bodies aren't so used to bouncing about so vigorously.

Concussed myself at Gawton a few months back. Only set in a few hours after as well. First time I've felt funny about getting back on a bike the next week as it was my head that took an injury rather than a bone etc. Didn't sit with me very well for a few weeks. Fine now though. Getting back on as soon as possible and building back the confidence slowly.

My OH came off on Sunday on some slippy limestone we've ridden a million times over the years. Bruised ligaments in his shoulder and we're (supposed to be) doing the Naughty Northumbrian this weekend... Meh. He's ok but pretty stiff (pffft) and sore 🙁

Had a few minor offs this year, the worst being a sort of sideways OTB, having clipped the handlebar gunning it through a little downhill technical section. No damage thankfully, just found myself on my back looking up the trail thinking WTF!

As with all incidents of this type, I always think it's best not to over analyse. Just assess where you went wrong, so you don't make the same mistake again, and move on. 🙂

OK so i'm not being a total pu@@Y and my whining is at least a bit warranted 🙂

Thanks for the replies gents.

It seems true that the older you get the more shock you experience which seems only natural, the longer the healing process but most importantly it gives the confidence a bit of a knock too.

Keep safe lads.

36 now which isn't old but going head over tit nowadays isn't a walk in the park.

Pah, bloody kids today, complaining about falling off!

You should try it when your'e 58 like I did. Front wheel washed out then hit a rock on a slimy descent, OTB & landed squarely on my head on a tree stump. Heard a crack on impact & thought it was my neck, also clouted my hand & knee.
Took weeks to stop aching & my confidence on techy stuff is about 4/10.

Had a high speed crash a month ago, heading back down the mountain after a long arduous climb and trying to get some time back, just slipped the front wheel into a rut and bike stopped dead. I was airborne and heading for a large, nicely placed rock which I hit side/back first. heard a massive pop and lay there for a bit waiting for the agony.

Luckily it was just my banana exploding, was bruised to bits though and very slow for the rest of the race.

just slipped the front wheel into a rut and bike stopped dead.

That sounds just like my crash! Do you know how fast you were going? I ended up going through Strava forensically because I couldn't believe how far I landed from where the front wheel caught. Plus my bike ended up six foot up a tree!

I ride solo couple times a week, at night usually and im always a long way from home (i work away down south during the week) so in theory nobody would miss me until i didnt turn up for work the next day!! does freak me out a bit... had a crash at Swinley last week on the off piste camel line, where i rode down and hit a jump that had had been built up since my previous visit, banged my head, had a lie down for a bit, thankfully came round and could carry on - fairly sure nobody else would have found me there that night if it had been worse!

Like most I try to ride a little more conservative when im out on my own after a tumble i had 18 months ago ,again lay there for a good 10 minutes thinking the worst and nursing a cracked wrist. I always tell the long haired boss where abouts im going but im sure it never sinks in, thing is im a bugger for a drive to the lakes and going big on my play days on my own, The day I did Whiteless pike on my own and almost had a massive off had me thinking but if I did that every time I went out Id never leave the couch boc2013. Thing is I was walking round Digley Saturday morning so you could have been in luck 🙂

Luckily it was just my banana exploding

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Yep - I fell off twice this week and

christ its only Tuesday!

Luckily it was just my banana exploding, was bruised to bits

You can still use them in a banana cake when they're bruised. Nom nom.

Schoolboy error, you're supposed to be making love on saturday then chill on sunday

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Schoolboy error, you're supposed to be making love on saturday then chill on sunday

😀

Stevedoc - yep, if you ever see a lanky ginger lying in a ditch near digley res, it'll be me.

😉

Cheers