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Two days into a week in the sunny French alps, biking is fantastic then I go and break my collar bone , what a bu##er


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 10:25 am
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Gutted. Sit down and enjoy the Stella for the rest of your holiday


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 10:26 am
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and now a possible ban for swear filter avoidance. Not your day, is it ๐Ÿ™

hope it's not a bad break and that you find something else to do for the remaining time.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 10:26 am
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Thread title will need changing to pi##ed up


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 10:41 am
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According to the URL, he is pied off.

Which sounds like a sex move involving Binners.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 10:43 am
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Kindle, alcohol, walking. All is not lost it's nice in the Alps. Where are you staying. If you're anywhere near Les Arcs go here and have a proper amazing meal, give you something to do eh http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g608820-d1339255-Reviews-Restaurant_L_Ancolie-Nancroix_Peisey_Vallandry_Savoie_Rhone_Alpes.html


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 11:28 am
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close enough for a few days at the coast?


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 11:31 am
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Coast will be like a ghost town now.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 11:53 am
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Too far from coast , got beer ,DVD's and bike mags so should be ok


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:13 pm
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Get some cheese too. Well, get someone to pick some up for you.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:15 pm
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hope your collarbone heals soon dude.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:16 pm
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Don't lose your hard won fitness!


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:16 pm
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Look on the bright side, we met a feller at les arcs who'd broken his by 11am on day one of his holiday- and he'd probably spent most of that time on lifts too.

Yeah, go walking, eat food, drink wine, I wouldn't swap places with you but I always get back from a cycling holiday wishing I'd seen more of the area, done some touristing, gone for a wander...


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:38 pm
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Healing vibes and sympathies.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:44 pm
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Snapped tibia on first run day one in 2009, at least you got some riding in and can get out and about!


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 12:45 pm
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Gutted, how did you manage to do that?


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 1:11 pm
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two ibuprofen and half a pint of mtfu.

relax and take in the scenery. i had a week of pool/beach holiday two weeks after breaking my arm. never ever again, if i had known how painful and frustrating it was going to be i would have stayed at home on my own.
but you are there already.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 1:19 pm
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Having dislocated a finger (which needed an op to reseat) in a motel car park in Utah 30 minutes before we were due to leave on a 5 day supported trip in the mountains I can feel your pain!

On the bright side you'll still be able to hang with yer mates when they're not riding and the external temp won't hit 40 deg. C everyday so you won't need to spend most of your time holed up in a shitty motel room watching shitty us tv!

Make the most of it (but don't overdo the alcohol, it's too easy to hurt yourself further!).

But yeah, it sucks...


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 1:26 pm
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hope you mend soon and look towards the future.

bunnyhop - sitting here with broken humerus.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 2:41 pm
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I'm in a similar boat boat.
Spent the last 9 months organising a stag weekend to the Alps, having a day of via ferrata, and a day of biking.
Went the off-road route on my commute home last night (with my road tyres on). Got caught in a downpour, and the bike slipped from under me on a tree route. Couldn't clip out quickly enough, and my dodgy knee is a whole lot dodgier. I'm desperately trying to get it sorted in time for the weekend.

A couple of the guys on the do are GPs so going to see about getting some horse strength ibubrofen.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 2:47 pm
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In an attempt to make you feel better, at least you got some riding in...

A few years ago I used to do a lot of scuba diving. The week before a much anticipated trip[ to the Red Sea, my Wife and I took all our kit down to Stoney Cove for a final check out before packing it up. The one piece of kit I used but wasn't testing was my dry-suit. The auto vent failed shut (this is bad) on ascent from the dive resulting in a rapid ascent. I ended up with a mild "bend" and two days in Hull in and out of the decompression chamber. After which I was passed fit to fly (and therefore travel) but not fit to dive for a couple of months.

The result was the insurance company wouldn't cover me (as I was fit to travel) so I spent a week sitting in a hotel listening to the epic dives enjoyed by the other residents, while feeling perfectly fit. Great.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 3:36 pm
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Gutted for you, hope its not a bad break.

It's took me 5 months to get the bloody NHS to fix mine and their finally going to operate in a couple of weeks. Sucks further that I have been able to ride with it snapped in 3 pieces for most of the summer but know in a couple of weeks time i'll be back to square one and off my bike for a couple of months.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 3:46 pm
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Broke mine 5 miles from home about 8 weeks ago.If they've given you a triangular bandage as a sling,get to a pharmacie and get some thing like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/PhysioRoom-Deluxe-Elite-Shoulder-Immobiliser/dp/B00DCQNQU0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378824917&sr=8-1&keywords=sling+clavicle it's tons more comfortable and supportive,and you may feel a bit more like sightseeing.I'd recommend regular paracetamol and ibuprofen for the first few days,and codeine at night will help you sleep.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 3:58 pm
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The doctors at the hospital have fitted me up with a pretty good shoulder support so at the moment its quite comfortable


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 6:07 pm