Your worst injury?

[HardtailDH'er]

Whats the worst injury you've ever had on a mountain bike, mines not to bad, broken hand and part of my wrist. :P

[Rob]

broke me neck about 12 years ago, compression fracture in c6 n 7 at sleivenora, ran wide at a hairpin fliped over and landed across back me shoulders, walked about for 2 days before going to casulaty, then s**t hit the fan and panic set in::yikes::

[HardtailDH'er]

wow how are you still riding :O

[monty]

Broken ankle...

Which is an absolute bollox as I had never broken anything before that, so I didn't have a baldy what it felt like.. so I took a break and then rode on for a while, adrenaline and peer pressure forcing me on :). Next morning I couldnt walk atall, but it was a sunday so I lay in bed all day. Next day i was in absolute agony, but could walk.. and then it slowly started getting easier to walk on, so I though fine, this is clearing up, must not be bad.
After about a month, it was still sore so I went into the doctors.. he told me that it had been broken and I should have came to him striaght away because he could have put a cast on it and treated it properly, instead of me leaving it to try and heal itself which had meant it will never be half as strong as it should be!
Which is pure piss caus now when I hit any big drops or land a jump wrong it frigging kills!

(Btw, if anyone knows of any decent ankle braces could they tell me!)

[trailfox]

Was that that failed test flight of the jump we made beside the stepdown in scalp? That was a pretty awkward crash.

erm, havent broken anything as of ever so far; my pedal had a gnaw at the back of my knee though a while back which wasnt fun, torn/generally wrecked ligaments under my kneecap from an awkward crash off a jump about a year ago (knee went between handlebars and frame and landed with full bodyweight on it :( still weak to this day.

I dont intend to crash though, do you get man points for breakages/gashes? :-)

[Girvan]

Broken nose and jaw, blood poisoning, ammnesia, multiple concusions, cracked tailbone, craked sternum, torn achillies tendon, banjaxed knee that makes it bend backwards now and again, think thats about it.

[monty]

I dont intend to crash though,

Ahhh, so that's the idea!:banghead:
I've been getting it all wrong for the past few years!

[Junior DH]

Nothing to bad, just a couple of nearly shattered kneecaps (thank f-k for kneepads), and loads of banjaxed wrists and ankles.

[mattias-law]

i have, quite miraculously never broken anything. despite all of the crashes that i have had. i have landed wrong on a bike crash and had myself tangled into the bike, fell off a scrambler and had it run over me. i came off the bike after trying to turn for a blind corner on loose gravel right after getting big air and i had a whole bunch of skin ripped off my leg. and several other crashes. oh and my knees are really messed up. after hitting it so many times after crashes.
also a scar on my hand from having it scraped along a wall

all scars no broken bones. that's what you get from growing up on a dairy farm i guess. hehe :D

[mattias-law]

has anyone noticed that knees are ussually the most common thing to get injured

[simon]

not the most painful but definately the best picture

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d46/nornirishdave/finger.jpg

[RockHopper89]

Me vs Tree
All of a sudden I'd a second elbow on my left arm

[HardtailDH'er]

That pic looks painful, what happened?

[TrixR4kidz]

Simon, that turtle is missing it's shell. :p

[downhilldude]

Broke my wrist in go kart crash 2 years ago and it still gives my trouble...not good lol

[Conor]

Tibia plateau fracture, torn medial collateral ligament, torn anterior cruciate ligament. All courtesy of a crash in Lumpers, 2006. 2 years to get back up to full speed.

[gaulty]

ripped me sperm tubes

[Conor]

Gautly, surely that's just a free vasectomy then?

[midgit]

broken clavical at the old mary peters

[Barbie]

Compound fracture to right femer, dislocated knee, lost the ball of my foot and had to have it skin graphed. Out of work for a year after many months physio.

Others during my mtb days =
Broken collar bone, wrist, ribs twice and bruise's on my r/h/s ob my waist area that where more painful than any of the breaks after i landed on a tree stump in scotty land (some plonkler told me to try his spike it gripped well MY ASS)

[Lwatson]

Broken ankle/foot 3 times(3 screws currently in it), Broken ribs, collar bone x2, arm (same time as my collar bone:banghead:)

[gaulty]

Gautly, surely that's just a free vasectomy then?

had one last year too, i tell ye Conor, between the two i had me bags down in front off more people than ever up too that point, quite liberating after the first 10 or so

This thread sort off reminds me off that seen from Lethal Weapon

[NiallC771]

Split my head in 5 places, broken colar bone, cracked - wrists, ankles, elbows, knees. Ripped my left finger half off. Broken ribs.

Most of this has happened from doing stupid jumps. lol.

[mattias-law]

Ripped my left finger half off.

left finger... hehe

[trailfox]

Had a visit to A&E today, wrecked my arm on the ride-on lawnmower (cue non-manly comments about rideons lol). Too much pressure in rear right tyre (bad guage on compressor), boom, tyre exploded with me on it cutting the grass up the lane, blew right up through the mud guard and the shrapnel decided to have a go at my arm. Didnt actually feel it hit me which was weird but nearly passed out on my lane up to my house (was on my own :rolleyes:) called dad, he pulled out of a lorry hire job to come down. Went to A+E, waited (1 1/2 hours?!), x-ray, Soft tissue damage from elbow to shoulder and my elbow joint is wrecked. :( x-ray says it isnt broke though which is good :-) In sling for a week with tablets and then physio after depending on mobility. No bike, no building, no camera for a while (just finished school too :() can type though if I keep my arm still lol
Dad had a look at the mower and he said im lucky it didnt take the arm off me :-/ dear knows what would have happened if I was looking down the right side of the mower checking the hedge.
I now do not like compressors.
Time for bed, this is not going to work well :-/

[NiallC771]

left finger... hehe

Lol, sorry, I forgot to put in "Left index finger."

[keyserni]

Split my head in 5 places, broken colar bone, cracked - wrists, ankles, elbows, knees. Ripped my left finger half off. Broken ribs.

Most of this has happened from doing stupid jumps. lol.

Are these injuries a bit like the Stab you snapped?

[downhilldude]

Are these injuries a bit like the Stab you snapped?

LOL I am siting in the libary in class suposed to be researching history and everyone is looking at me laughing. lol Like it.!:D

[JAC]

Trailfox, that's nasty, hope it heals soon.

[monty]

Had a visit to A&E today, wrecked my arm on the ride-on lawnmower (cue non-manly comments about rideons lol). Too much pressure in rear right tyre (bad guage on compressor), boom, tyre exploded with me on it cutting the grass up the lane, blew right up through the mud guard and the shrapnel decided to have a go at my arm. Didnt actually feel it hit me which was weird but nearly passed out on my lane up to my house (was on my own :rolleyes:) called dad, he pulled out of a lorry hire job to come down. Went to A+E, waited (1 1/2 hours?!), x-ray, Soft tissue damage from elbow to shoulder and my elbow joint is wrecked. :( x-ray says it isnt broke though which is good :-) In sling for a week with tablets and then physio after depending on mobility. No bike, no building, no camera for a while (just finished school too :() can type though if I keep my arm still lol
Dad had a look at the mower and he said im lucky it didnt take the arm off me :-/ dear knows what would have happened if I was looking down the right side of the mower checking the hedge.
I now do not like compressors.
Time for bed, this is not going to work well :-/


Whats the worst injury you've ever had on a mountain bike, mines not to bad, broken hand and part of my wrist. :P

What bike? :p
Get better soon mate.

[trailfox]

well its got wheels and ehh a seat of sorts, yea.. close enough :]
Went on the bike today, just riding about.. could feel every bump come up through the bad arm over rough stuff so Ill give it a while longer :(

@monty -Wee nathan now demands I build him a pumptrack for his bike lol and hes only 3!!
Was teaching him the concept of berm, switchback, jump, drop and he actually understands! Oh and he says he's going to be a pinner :-) and I quote: 'Im gonna do big jumps aaand go fast' me: 'so you'll be a pinner then?' nathan: 'yeaa! a pinnrrr!' lol he also thinks your better than me too, werever he got that from :rolleyes::p

[NiallC771]

Are these injuries a bit like the Stab you snapped?

Depends what way you look at it :D