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I picked up Scienceofficer off the trail when he knocked himself out a couple of years ago, it didn't hurt me like it did him, took me a long while to get over it though.
Seeing your bud smashed up, covered in blood, unconscious, is a haunting memory.
Cleaning his bike up afterwards, cleaning the blood and cr4p off it.
Talk it over with your mate, go ride the trails again, take a moment at the place where it happened to try and release some demons, it helps.
Get well soon
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GWS my friend.....I had similar eating issues after throat cancer...quite easy to leave out important bits and proteins etc.... I just liquidised loads of fruit skin n all, made thick veg and meat soups... Loved em so much I still have em sometimes.....good luck.
Yeah thats not a good look on you.
I'd stay away from the salt and vinegar crisps for a couple of weeks if i was you.
Glad you're on the mend and get well soon!!
Ouch! Healing vibes. But if there is ever a remake of the Streets of San Francisco I reckon you'd get the part!
ooof hope you get well soon fella. take it easy and dont rush things.
Oh and make sure you buy the missus a pint and the guy a bunch of flowers for looking after you 🙂
Ouchie........... get well soon. No participation for family christmas photos for you this year !!
Jeebus!
So was this on the three drop section near the start at the wind turbine? I'll be riding round that for the foreseeable!
Ouch! Nasty! Can't add much more than get well soon!
Christmas fancy dress party bonus though - go as a member of the zombie apocalypse.
Good work!
its feeling a good bit better today, thanks
Get well soon, hope you don't have to liquidise the turkey
Ow! Ow ow ow ow ow.
Makes me feel a bit better about my broken back...
Could have been worse - you can still see, eh?
Get well. Soon be spring. 🙂
You're lucky. My pal John Graham went over the bars on the traverse around Lonscale Fell and broke his neck.
His widow's tribute:
Ladies and gentlemen - as if we needed reminding - what we do is very dangerous.
Let's be careful out there. 8)
Bit late for Halloween, no?
Heal quick.
I pretty much always ride alone - seeing things like this make me think it's not suchg a clever idea.
Yuk.
Get well soon.
I can still see, badly - mashed my riding specs. Eating is a challenge - currently on Alpen porridge.
It could have been so much worse...
That's bad luck Iain. Cathkin has claimed a whole load of victims so far; the public generally aren't used to a world cup track I think and assume because it's XC they can relax! (not talking about you, but some others aye).
Speedy recovery. That's a pretty good look anyway, bet you'll scare the crap out of folk when you smile!
Last Autumn my son aged 13 lost control of his road bike and nutted a tree, knocking himself out. Coming round a corner and finding my own child lying unconscious in the mud with a pool of bright blood coming out of his nose is something I will never forget. Thankfully the damage was not serious or long-lasting. The following February he took a jump badly while skiing and compressed a vertebra; another trip to hospital, this time to stay for five days. He's a lot more cautious nowadays on downhills.
Saw this on the GMBC FB page. That looks pretty nasty Ian.
We've never met so I cant comment on whether the new arrangement is an improvement or not! Healing vibes, still you'll be back on the bike in time for the worst of the winter mugdock slop.
Which is nice.....
Ouch! You made a bit of a mess of that, didn't you?
Get well soon.
"You've got red on you"
Looks like it stung a bit! Get well soon fella and respect to your mate, he's earned a pint.
cheers all, I may have been ugly, but not that bad 🙂 The uncanny thing for me is that it's a section of trail I ride weekly, nothing new or risky....just goes to show I guess....
4 days in and mending 🙂
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*barfs*
(I'm sure you're handsome under all the scabs and bruising, though)
Glad to see you are on the mend Iain.
Its a funny place Cathkin Braes, none of it is "hard" but there are plenty of places that would really hurt if you came off. I've had a couple of stupid offs up there as well.
Always manage to avoid landing on my face though!
New MET parachute for xmas for you I think!
Seriously though glad you are feeling better, the mrs is now paranoid about me riding up there in the dark though!
Yikes! That was a proper mess!
Looks like they made a good job of closing it up. Heal fast!
Jesus, it's a shame their not still auditions for world war Z in Glasgow!
Healing vibes mate 😆
Looking much better now Iain - healing vibes and all that - as said above, this is a reminder of how dangerous what we do is and, as much as we all love it, it pays to take care. All the best
More concerned about what's in your wardrobe tbh.
Yeah bit of Hawaiian shirt going on in there 😉
Holy Crap....photo's just after the accident are good'ens.
Speedy recovery and I hope you don't get a cold for at least a month or more....blowing your hooter is not goona be fun!
Get well soon!
I was thinking of having pizza for lunch, but err...
The things you'll do for a bit of time off at Xmas.
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Its my 8yr old's bedroom and his wardrobe !
Stuff like this really puts me off biking. Falling off whilst trying to do something beyond your skill level is a risk I can manage, but its when you end up on your face having just been riding as you do all the time that worries me.
but its when you end up on your face having just been riding as you do all the time that worries me.
^this
I've had too many falls this last year or two that were on familiar or unchallenging trails. I'm thankful I've not made too much of a mess of myself, but I'm expecting achy problematical joints in my *ahem* later years.
I'm sending healing vibes doode
We've got the same blue lampshade - high five!
Out of interest - for the folks who are saying they landed on their face, anyone ever done that in a full face helmet? Do they provide extra protection in that scenario? I'd imagine a big 'yes' but interested to hear any 1st hand experiences.
anyone ever done that in a full face helmet? Do they provide extra protection in that scenario?
Yes, landed on my head/face after wheel washed out landing from ladder drop on Megavalanche course.
Had some cuts and bruises to upper body (landed on rocks), sore neck, helmet cracked in several places - but face just as beautiful as ever.
Got my arm broken by some **** in the actual race, but that's another story.
Glad your healing well, if you pick your scabs remember to feed them to the dog.
Would never have happened on a 650b! 🙂
Thanks for good wishes. It did make me wonder about full face as I reckon with that I'd have no face damage and same achy nech and chest that I have now. I'd have thought that the loss of 'the experience' and the feeling of constriction and sweatiness 99% of the time when its not needed probs not worth it.
My wife may disagree 🙂
Ooof! Hope you're healing well and were quite lucky by the sounds of it.
I had the same sort of accident in June and my inuries looked identical to yours. Did you break your nose or just fracture it? Mine was just a fracture but they didn't reset it and its a little crooked now 🙁
Did they give you eye ointment gel too?
Ell-tell, yes nose broken and they have reset. The eye ointment stuff that you spread all over the wounds to keep them moist ? Yes, loads of it ! Stitches come out Fri which I think is going to nip a bit. Out of interest, how long did it take for the soggy scabs to go ?
Crikey! Glad you're recovering well. Had a bad smash, going at speed on the Edale Loop. Managed to cut, bruise and batter the whole right side of my body but somehow missed the face. Only thing that stopped me going into shock was a bottle of lucozade sport downed quick time. Few weeks later OTB'ed on a drop and lost a tooth for my trouble. Subsequently started riding in my Alpine full face (and going a lot slower), but in truth it's not practical and soon reverted to the standard helmet. Keep thinking I'll get a mouthguard at the very least, but then I've got to remove and store my denture somewhere 😯 . Recently did Jacob's again on my new bike and happy to say that I seem to have regained most of the speed that I had lost 🙂
Hope the recovery continues to go well