What's The Worst Injury You've Had Whilst Biking

Fecked shoulder here as well. Nov 2007 first dabble at night riding. Missed a turn and went over the bars into a stream. Left head of humerus snapped off and into 3 bits. Opened up and fixed with plate and screws. 12 weeks off work, a 2nd op 6 months later to free up the scarred ligaments etc. Movements not bad now but still some problems in certain positions. Have got better lights now.
Oh and I was reminded this week of the tooth I snapped aged 11 crashing my KX80 as the crown broke off eating my tea the other night. Got the gappy smile back! 😀

Minor concussion, bruised trachea and very bashed knee. All in one go. Chucked myself off a 3ft drop at Caersws and it nosedived badly. Bike went down, I landed on it, nearly impaling my neck on the end of the bars and somehow bashed my head on something hard. All this must have been in motion because all I remember is nosediving and landing on the bike, then finding myself in a ditch half-straddling the bike about 15m or so away from the landing in a ditch, with some guy further up the track yelling "SH!T MATE! You alright?" I was wearing all the protective kit (minus a Leatt), and really glad I was.

left for dead in a pool of blood on a dark country lane after a head on collision with a f****r who thought his licence was more important than a possible widow and orphan. But found by a man who thought there was a funny shape on the road, stopped, and in his words, held me until the ambulance arrived. Without him I would have died and I will always be grateful to my samaritan.
And, 10 years later, once the mib had settled the case, I was awarded £27,000. Two weeks later, as a family, we had spent £30,000. My share was a £4000 custom built Seven Sola (with which I've just entered the Transwales 2010)
So the moral of the story is, the f*****s who knock you off will always be f*****s but if you can, get back up and get back on your bike. (KBO……. Winston Churchill, keep buggering on) Love and kisses to you all.

Oops, sorry, didn't mean to write a thread killer.

lazlo- did you ever meet the driver face to face for any kind of restorative justice?

I never got that chance Ambrose, the man who found me said that just before he saw my body (well just before he saw an odd lump in the road (dark, dark night)) he passed a man looking at the bonnet of an unlit silver or grey Astra. The police found part of a front number plate but made little or no effort to trace it, their view was 'well Mrs Moore, your husband should count himself lucky, and were really busy at the moment. Thanks for the cup of tea and if there's anything else we can do?' For a long time after the accident I was looking in the local press hoping to see that some b!!!!!d had topped himself after writing a note saying he couldn't live with what he'd done. But I never saw it so I guess he didn't feel as strongly about it as me. His cowardice still hurts me at times but usually I just get on with things, kbo.

Northwind – I think removal was always planned for me. My orthopod said there was increased risk of arthritis if they left them in. The decision was made after about 18-24 months after they decide necrosis wasn't going to set in and the hip could be saved (I was 35 when I did it – 5 years older and they'd have gone for a replacement hip apparently).

Also, the heads were actually stuck out the bone by about 1cm and it used to hurt like hell if I knocked that hip on anything as the muslces were trapped between the bolt heads ont he inside and the table top (or whatever) on the outside.

Removal was very easy – an overnight stay in hospital and about a fortnight later I was back on the bike (gently for a week or so).

Only slight problem was he had to make the hole bigger to get the Mole grips on the troublesome bolt so I ende dup with a larger scar from removal than when they put them in in the first place – about 5 inches. On the plus side he told me they'd cut all the old scar tissue out of the muscles so I've only got one lot now.

I'd talk to your GP (or consultant if you're still seeign them).

Seperated shoulder was the worst for me – kept me off the bike for a while and after 14 months still gives me a bit of grief. 🙁

But, as they say the biggest risk in life is to risk nothing at all.

Cut through me Achilles tendon with a chain ring on the start line of a race. caused by someone pushing me from behind.

dislocated my thumb once by finishing a road race and then riding head on into a bouncy castle!!

took 4 teeth out by no pre riding the first few corners of a race and thinking "it must be this way" as a big pine tree loomed!!

oh and about 10 random stitches in the head from general f***witery.

Oh, and does breaking 2 bones in your hand just by pulling the front brake count?? (i was quite keen to stop)

Thanks wwaswas, I've had follow-up stuff be dropped already (not for this injury but for a different condition) so I'll raise that with them. Nice (if that's the right word) to find someone else who's done this at a sensible age!