Originally Posted by mattm

Says the guy who posted graphic surgery imagery to FB!! =]

Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

Nothing wrong with where he attacked. Going right before and into a curve can be a great place to attack, particularly the last turn of a crit.

And he had plenty of room here. He could have easily gone around that curve even faster without chopping Ovoleg's line. His contribution to the crash was not passing; it was cutting into the line Ovoleg was on before he was past him.

Originally Posted by ovoleg

I have a feeling I'm going to get fat too...trying to watch what I eat but I know it'll be hard since I am not very mobile.

Originally Posted by revchuck

I'm dealing with that too right now. Don't get too crazy cutting back calories, from what I've read your body uses a good chunk of them to rebuild broken bones. I have no idea how many calories it uses, but it's probably not a good idea to try to lose weight while you recover.

Originally Posted by nosignature

Looks like Ovo was trying to just sit up a bit...maybe not the wisest thing to do in that corner, but neither was attacking on the outside and then chopping back to the inside. The rider is lucky he didn't take himself out as well.

Originally Posted by nosignature

The rider is lucky Ovo didn't take him out as well.

Originally Posted by Racer Ex

Not to hammer Ovo, it sucks crashing and it sucks worse getting hurt, but the newer folks need to learn from this. Expect people will pass you on the outside from time to time. Learn how to take a line and understand how to apex a corner. Don't fart around in the middle of a turn.

Originally Posted by Racer Ex

You took a really bad line through the corner to start with. You entered the corner 6 or so inches off the painted line, with a lot of curb inside to spare, when the guy came past you you were drifting out and when you made contact you were a couple of feet off the line, well before the apex. The guy made a classic attacking move and had you held your line you would have been fine.

Bad line that you didn't hold and hit a guy going a lot faster than you on the outside who was already mostly past you.

That said that corner is slightly decreasing radius, and can be difficult to read visually. I've done several TT's on that course and if you're really on the gas you need to get the line right.

Hope you have a speedy and full recovery, sorry to see that happen.

Originally Posted by Fingolfin

Not having knowledge of the course and the ideal line. In any scenario can the passing rider be excused from making contact when the lead rider is not moving all over the road or forcing them into an impossible line? Is bumping someone acceptable in place of protesting them for inhibiting forward movement? As a hypothetical, if ovoleg had a flat and could not make the corner without crashing would the passing rider have a valid reason for making contact verse backing off and losing a position or two?

I don't have the experience to place any weight of blame in this crash but it seems like it was 100% avoidable with slightly different decision by either rider. Aren't the small differences in lines part what the call for safer racing trying to bring about?

Heal up ovoleg, broken bones suck

Originally Posted by wjclint

Welcome to the club - here is mine from November 30, 2013, before and after pinning. Mine was very displaced.



I liked reading about other people's recovery so here is mine if you are interested. In a crash in a 4/5 crit with several other people who went down right in front of me. The guy in front of me going through a corner went hard into my front wheel when someone in front of him went down and I high-sided and came straight down hard. I slid so little I barely had any road rash. Surgery the same day for the pinning and went home from the hospital the next evening. I was on crutches and under doctor's direction for no, none, zero weight bearing for 11 weeks then 2 more weeks of crutches going from 25% weight bearing to 50% weight bearing.

The same day I was released by the doctor for full weight-bearing I did a little 30-40 spin on the trainer just to see how it felt - getting my leg over the bike was the hardest part. Second day I did an FTP test (the one with two 8 minute intervals times .9) and based on that was about 50 watts short of where I was before the break. Just did another FTP test on the trainer a couple of days ago (this time the full 20 minute interval times .95) and had gained about 35 watts.

I just started not getting dropped and hanging on for dear life on fast group rides that I used to take pulls off the front on. The hills are the hardest part due to the lack of strength in my right leg and I was getting dropped pretty easy even on little inclines but am holding on now at the back of the pack. I still have pain in the muscle, but not in the hip joint. I'm at high risk for AVN due to the displacement of the original break, but that won't be detectible for several more months.

I don't know how much, if any of that, translate to your recovery but maybe it will give you some frame of reference.

Originally Posted by mike12

Here's a picture of mine before and after surgery.


Like you, I had surgery the same day and went home the following day. I just finished week 3 and my doctor is leading me to believe that I'll be able to get off crutches after 6 weeks and get on the trainer very soon thereafter. Hopefully the 6 week timeframe is realistic with the nature of my break b/c 11 weeks like these first 3 would be horrible.

Originally Posted by wjclint

Thirteen weeks on crutches was pretty bad (from a first world problem perspective). Apparently, according to the MD I got reading stuff on the internet, when to allow weight bearing and its relation to AVN probabilites is "hotly" debated, with some doctors saying no weight bearing and others saying it's okay as soon as tolerated. My doc was more on the better safe than sorry side of that debate. I figured a couple weeks, if it increased my odds of not getting AVN even a little bit, was worth strictly following doctors orders.