Dunno how you can ride off road and not get scars. Got one on each elbow, rough patch on my arm from a big graze I picked, and most of the summer my shins are just scabs.
Perhaps I need to get better at it LOL
Do blokes dig scars? Seriously, on a woman?
Depends. I'm not all that keen on the plastic perfect, so I reckon most make a girl more interesting (though I have to admit to being superficial enough that I'd find some off-putting).
Since I already posted this on a thread earlier today, it would be rude not to repost:
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From two separate incidents the same day - the first with metal pinned pedals, I took those off and replaced with plastic ones before being stupid enough to repeat the same thing - the plastic pinned pedals don't hurt any less.
Not taken a recent picture, but under that patch is a 5 inch gash where the tib and fib came out. Now have 5 inch scar running through a dent in my leg, with 4 bolt holes and another hole the surgeon needed so he could push something stringy back with his thumb.
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Several others, but they are minor compared to this one, or just not visible because they are ribs or soft tissue damage.
edit: and the day after the frame came out I went for a ride on my bike, slipped a pedal and scarred all across the scar, just before a consultant appointment.
Though, now I'm thinking you dated a Tauntaun
No, she wasn't from Somerset. 🙂
Have a few from cycling, sailing and skiing, highlights include;
one from left elbow to shoulder where a brake lever unzipped my arm
left knee to ankle after a nasty crash on granite, through body armor
right knee to right ankle calf from chainring.
Hole in right leg from snapped chainstay
Several round right eye from high-speed crash in Pyrenees
Collarbone shattered and a dropped right shoulder
both ring and little fingers
both elbows no longer straighten after crash damage
scars on both shoulders from trees/traffic
inside right elbow where I caught the end of a branch and ended up suspended
pedal rash scars on shins
broken/cracked/floating ribs
scar across right palm from ropeburn
broken metatarsals and meta carpels
chipped teeth etc.
quite lucky really not to have broken anything really major yet.
+ 1 for the NCP club 😉
My boys love looking at my scars. Nothing massive, but the odd good story to go with them. I've got a badly stitched gash on my forearm from being attacked on a riverboat in Brazil. The attack was pretty minor and the cut probably could have been dealt with by a few plasters, but I think the local hospital was a bit embarrassed about tourist gringos being subjected to this, so now I have a scar and a story.
Plenty of smaller scrapes and cuts from climbing, hockey and of course cycling. The latest one healing is from a stupid wash out on a berm in Kirroughtree.
Reminds me of this....
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How the f00k can you get a rh lever in your left hand, must of been a mega cross up "indian air, nik nak cancan kordova heel clicker" 😀
Bloody Hell! ( think you can use those levers on either side)
Blimey. I wish i hadn't just had tea. I presume a mate had a 5mm allen key to get the brake a caliper off and there's not the whole bike just out of shot.
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A few years back now on The Raven at Brechfa, my mate's broken tibia and fibula he had to reset it himself after the crash but after a couple of hours wait with the paramedics he eventually got a free ride in a big yellow helicopter and some metal work inserted into the bone courtesy of the NHS, into the bargain. Lot of fuss over nothing really ... no proper scars to show for it the worst of it was they had to cut off his Singletrack sock 😀
once trimmed finger nail with electric planer (floor mounted version) as an apprentice hence one finger shorter than rest,currently have chunk of plastic floor tile embedded in my ankle when smashed up concrete floor covered with old floor tile with sledgehammer tile shattered hit me in leg still there,scar on forehead where hit in head by cousin playing sword fights as kids turned out his stick had a nail in it.could go on but will let others have a go
So, scars are there with anyone...
I have no scars
I did however give my brother a scarring injury, does that count? 😳
Dunno how you can ride off road and not get scars. Got one on each elbow, rough patch on my arm from a big graze I picked, and most of the summer my shins are just scabs. Perhaps I need to get better at it LOL
I agree. I come from the school of thought that if you don't crash now and again, you're not trying to push you're limits or do things you wouldn't normally do.
Either that or indeed, perhaps knitting is a good option.
Additional scars I have but don't have photos of include being mildly impaled on a large triangular piece of glass which I was bent double over when I ran through some closed patio doors as a kid.
Also lost my right little finger in a motorcycle accident and cut through the tendon on my left index finger from a woodworking machine accident.
All part of the rich tapestry of life Innit 🙂
Mikes scar was healing nicely until he sneezed !
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Yeah, I dig chicks with scars. They're interesting.
I'm covered in the things, which one should I choose to post?
This probably the nastiest looking but it's not the biggest.
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Samuri - I remember you getting that nasty gash on your arm and you shrugging it off as nothing, tough Northern bloke or what?
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I'm the one weilding the hacksaw, removing my mates wedding ring - he has a nice scar on his finger after this 'de-gloving' incident - shame we were deep in the Sahara and 5 hours drive from the nearest hospital...
That attractive husband of yours made me feel all warm inside with his nursing skills.
Scars! Not wounds! Gawd!
I have no problem with scars on a lady. Human beauty is complex, and certainly isn't about looking like some photo-shopped ninny in a vacuous fashion magazine.
Amazing pics Paul. Good luck to your lad.
This.
(sorry)
Mr Kip says he digs scars on chicks. I suspect mainly because I have the same collarbone scar as Prezet, although my plate shows up a treat. If I roll my shoulder forward right you can see the screw heads!!
Anyway, I was once told that scars are like tattoos but with better stories...I like that.
Jesus, there are some nasty images going on here.
Thankfully most of my injuries have been breaks:
- broken arm jumping off the back of a moving London bus (had missed my stop!)
- broken arm falling off a rope swing when the branch snapped
- broken wrist from an accident I suddenly can't remember any more
- busted ankle falling down a bank while stoned playing football in the woods
- busted ankle falling over (on wet moss) while playing tennis
- cracked ribs from bike crash (Ranmore)
Face plant XC'ing in North Wales.
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I have a nice inverted 'V' on my right calf about 2" across, courtesy of an off from my Raleigh Tomahawk 8) . It's been there 34 years. I don't think it has impressed anyone though, but I like it - it also gave me two weeks off school, as I did it on the penultimate day of the school holidays.
and most of the summer my shins are just scabs.
Are you about 7 yrs old?
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Katies
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I think we have a winner.
[i]Anyway, I was once told that scars are like tattoos but with better stories...I like that. [/i]
I like that too.
