Sell one. Keep one. You’ll need something upright with suspension forks for bimbling around on the road once you’re into recovery.

Chap said hed never seen anything similar in all his year’s as a surgeon.

Time to find a more experienced surgeon?

I still mountain bike with a permanently broken ulna… was also told I wouldn’t ride again… but as others have pointed out, there are people riding with way more to deal with. Never say never.

As many others have said here, don’t give up hope yet.

After shattering the too of my humerus about 5 years ago I was told by my surgeon I may never be able to ride a normal bike again because of the way it broke.

Since then I’ve got back in the saddle and amongst other things ridden the TransPennine Trail on my BFe, regularly ride trail centres such as Llandegla, Cannock Chase and the Forest of Dean, and this year bought myself a new GT.

It may take a while to get there but it’s worth working at it.

Again I will just agree with the others

another bit of inspiration would be Kevin Schwantz who basically smashed his wrist to smithereens to the point he had the scaphoid removed and he was full of metal and he got back to riding moto gp bikes!

And do your physio!

Got told I’d not ride again or at best manage some “light cycling.

Just back from the alps….

Try a

https://www.freewheel.co.uk/allsport-dynamics-oh2-wrist-brace-speed-medium-uadoh2sdmd?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuLC8x8b75AIVS7DtCh0htw7OEAQYEiABEgKBy_D_BwE#fo_c=2922&fo_k=0ec145c676a5c185a540af7cb20411fb&fo_s=gplauk

Heart attack whilst mountain biking at bpw @42yrs, told me that I wasn’t to go above 130bpm etc
Still thrash myself to 170bpm and did 2weeks in Morzine 3 months after the heart attack so I wouldn’t worry too much about your diagnosis.

And 47 in January.. Still not dead

Nasty injury but I agree with others about good potential to overcome for mtb if you want to.

I would sell the bikes though, a couple of bikes sitting in the shed through winter is pointless, sell now for a few quid /giant is worth around 1k and Yeti around 1800/ you will be able to buy the same bikes for similar once you are back and wanting to ride but it is likely that you will want a different type of bike by then anyway.

Don’t get hung up on riding/wanting things that aren’t possible right now, just get some good physio and get your wrist as strong as it can be and evaluate from there

Sell one. Keep one.
Then use the one you keep as an inspiration tool for rehabilitation. Just because 1 person says you won’t or can’t ride ever again. And then giving up on the whole thing is crazy.
Just tell yourself I wi ride that bike, off road in 1 years time.
I do not care what he said. I am going to do it. If I have to do it wearing a mechanical aid then that’s what I will do. If I have to fit a small electric motor, then that’s what I will do.
If I need to pay for a extra physio, then that’s what I will do
Because unless the world ends on 1st Oct next year, I am off to the woods on that bike.

Juts to echo what a lot of others have said, doctors tend to be calibrated to the average, bone idle, sit on the sofa lifestyler. If you’re motivated and determined then there’s a good chance you can rehab way better than they reckon.

I always think back to Luke Rowe who pretty much shattered his lower leg jumping off a bridge on a stag do. He was told it was doubtful that he’d ride a bike competitively again. Less than a year later he was at the Tour de France with Team Sky because he was super motivated to follow his rehab programme and commit to riding. Ditto Froome, who is making rapid progress again because he’s wired that way.

Ud keep at least one of the bikes and use it as motivation to keep pushing your recovery. Find a good physio privately if necessary and see it as an investment in your future mountain biking. Good luck and let us know how you get on! 🙂

Cheers folks, lots of positive storys to keep me optimistic. I think keeping one, sell one is the way forward. Don’t really use the giant anyways as the yeti is far more suitable for my bimbling.

Went on the turbo last night..an hr on zwift resting on aero bars. Didn’t enjoy it in the least and now my cast is itchy. But I’ll be Back on tonight with a view to starting a 10 week trainer road plan as soon as the cast come off in 3 week’s time. I find Trainee road plans (Or indeed any structured trading plan) inpossible to complete normally, as the lure of going outside is usually too much. But with that option taken away from me I may just see this one through, and will be finished just in time to get back outdoors by Christmas, albeit on the road bike.

Thanks again everyone for the positive vibes!

I’ve ridden all summer with a very badly frozen shoulder, and before that a broken collar bone, granted at less than my ideal level but ridden and enjoyed myself. I too thought about selling my bike while it was still worth a few quid as my recover could be literally years, but don’t jump too quick, it’s not over until it’s over.

Even if you had one arm, you could ride, there’s all manner of braces and supports available. Get second opinions and advice on here seems great. If you must sell something sell the one that means the least to you and go from there.

Whatever you do, good luck and stay positive.

As somebody else wrote above, I’d be reluctant to give too much creedence to what the surgeon says. You need to find a good physio who understands you and is prepared to help you make the effort. I broke my collar bone last year then got a frozen shoulder as a free bonus. The first physio was next to useless and had me written off so sessions with him were a waste of time. The second I met through a sports clinic; he is a climber and he completely understood my determination to get back on the bike. In fact he and the OT who was monitoring my stiff hand were both amazed at my recovery, probably because they don’t see many cyclists/ex-climbers who refuse to give up and sit on the sofa.

Writing this from my hotel in Jo’Burg, must nip down to the gym now for some stretching and weights.

This is going to sound awfully American, and I don’t know where in the country you are, but I recommend doing what you can to see a guy called Alex Kocheta for a second opinion. He works at Rotherham hospital and he’s one of the best hand people. I saw him once very briefly after getting hit by a car and messing up my right hand, and he was kind, quick, expert and seemed genuinely interested in why I needed to ride. (plus I’m a pianist by trade so there was that too). I’m sure your person is good, but you deserve more than one expert on the case if it’s something you love.

Anyway he does private stuff at a hospital in Sheffield, but I managed to get referred through my Sheffield GP to Rotherham hospital using some weird system called “choose and book”. I don’t know what the regional limitations of such a thing are, or if they still exist. It was slow but it worked.

Also, I know anecdotal medicine is kinda shitty if your situation is a lot worse than the anecdote teller…but….don’t know if anyone has recommended you using a Powerball for wrist strength and stability – but I’ve broken my wrist twice and both times it has been painful and clicked. The second time I was a bit fed up with being told ‘it’ll get better’ and got a Powerball gyroscope thing from the climbing shop. Flippin’ magic bullet, feels like muscles started stabilising wrist after a few days of use. Apparently a bunch of boxers, downhillers etc. use them for prehab – it really transformed the way my wrists/hands felt. Best of luck. deffo hang onto the Yeti, it ain’t over!

@davidisaacs : weird, just weird.
 

You might want to go to a private sports physio, NHS acceptable recovery level can to be pretty minimal, eg if you could limp around an office job they are done. (totally understandable given budget limitations).

Also a lot of people dont do the recovery exercises given, just keep turning up wanting somebody to fix them.

Positive attitude helps, if you decide you are done you are.

Don’t sell all the bikes, it’s a bigger barrier to getting back into it.

The way things are you’re feeling vulnerable and understandably pessimistic, but you’ll ride again if you want to. It might be painful, you might be more limited, but you can do it if you want to.

Other sports and outdoor pursuits are available if you don’t want to ride enough. But riding bikes is fun.

Awful news, but never give up. I have all sorts of issues and bits missing after throat cancer 15 years ago, and my mate has one arm. I’m 64 now, and ride fairly long distance, all terrain, 3 times a week. My mate rides road very competitively, and MTB at least once a week. For second opinion, further treatment I’d get to see this guy asap. He’s part of the “Orth Team” in Manchester, and they treat all sorts of professionals (Cavendish, Athertons etc)

Good luck mucker 🤞

https://orthteamcentre.co.uk/consultants/mr-mike-hayton/

Shitty news but…
I had 14 slivers of bone taken from my left wrist when I put a motorcycle into a dyke at ca.60 mph back in the early 00s.
After a couple of operations, some pins and wires in the wrist it hurt like hell and I was in a lot of pain using it. But as the weeks passed and with physio it improved. I had to stop bmx riding but was ok with a hardtail and suspension forks. Fast forward almost 2 decades and apart from the arthritis it’s ok.
This might sound gloomy but my point is that it is possible to over come physically limiting issues.

Just to echo the above and from what people I know have said, stress your life is based around your riding. They may go for a basic fix enough for work unless your quality of life is seriously affected, then they may go for the premium package. That said it might not be an option on state care.

Though sounds like it’s a tough road.

I cannot comment on your injury per say but there seems to be a lot of advice above that makes sense to me, my experience when I ruptured my Achilles a few years ago was that over the course of my treatment (surgery then multiple plaster casts) was that I saw 3 different “specialists” and they all had different opinions on the treatment and recovery, the last one saying (after I’ve been in a cast for 3 months), I’d have had you out of that a month ago which was frustrating to say the least.

I guess what I am trying to say (and others above have said) is definitely get a second opinion even if you have to pay for it and physio’s are the hero’s of the nhs.

Anyway that’s just my 2p worth. Just don’t give up.

Thanks

Tim

7 years ago I was In a pretty bad motor bike accident and told I would never walk again let alone ride a bike. My answer…
Well that’s not acceptable, you’d better do a better job and sort me out.
Was warned I’ll be in a wheelchair for several years.

I just got my head down and proved everyone wrong.
I was back riding a push bike in 8 months.

If you put your mind to it, positive attitude and the right physio you can do anything

Consultant told me 3 years ago not to run more than 5k after knee surgery.

I ran 40 mile ultra last weekend, No pain at all in said knee.

Did you have a knee replacement?

Physiotherapy and strength training. Don’t give up on riding just yet. Just take it easy on the long road to recovery.

re frozen shoulder, globalti, try passive hanging, http://www.kirschshoulder.com, check out on youtube

https://www.trinity-creative.co.uk/

Set up by mountain bikers to help people keep on riding. Same guys that set this up http://www.notbroken.co.uk/category/mountain-bike/

If you put your mind to it, positive attitude and the right physio you can do anything

Respectfully, that simply isn’t true and those of us with injuries that can’t be cured with positive attitude and physio might find it a bit glib and upsetting.

– Finbar, ex marathon runner of reasonable quality (top 100 at London – I mention that only to demonstrate I’m not afraid of hard work). I haven’t been able to jog once since Jan 1st and have been circling the toilet bowl of running since 2016.

Not sure who you’ve seen, or what your situation is, but before you go any further, I’d get a consultation with this guy. He works NHS and private, and is part of the Orth Team in Manchester….loads of pros from all sports use them, and IMHO they are the best.

Dont sell your bikes until you’re 120% certain you’re out of the game.

Been advised to do similar a few times, and I’m 64 and still riding 3 times a week.

Good luck.

https://www.wwl.nhs.uk/consultants/specialist_services/Mike_Hayton.aspx

Don’t sell the yeti (it seems like your favourite)
It could take 2-3 years until you’re fully healed, i broke my leg 2y and 4 months ago, and i am still, even now, noticing improvements.
Please focus on the positive bits, I initially thought I would never walk properly again, but i can. In fact the only thing I’m aware of now is that i need to be careful going down stairs.

For the cast I used the vacuum cleaner to pull air through the cast after I was done on the turbo. As long as it is not plaster of paris (shouldn’t be these days) I vacuumed all over which drew the air deep into the cast and dried out the bandages.