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12-16-02, 03:50 PM
... right hip, booth shoulders, two ribs and left knee. The worst part about the crash, I broke my derailer and bent the dropout.
We hit a new trial this weekend and it was a blast. Big drops lots of rocks and fairly long for a local dh run(2.5miles).
I was riding down jumping this, droping that when I got just a bit to cocky. Changed my style a bit a tried to do some trials over this steep rocky drop. Made it past the hard part and then my cockyness cought up with me. My front tire hooked a rock sending my rear wheel over my head. I keept thinking, " I can make it, I can pull this off.".
Well I road about 3' with my rear wheel threatening to go over my head when all of a sudden my front tire hit some sand, turned sideways and that was all she wrote.
The rocks were approching my face an an extreramly fast rate so I had to tuck and well there was no roll:( . CRACK!!!
head started spining, and my hip would not work for a few seconds. My wife came running up because she thought I totally destroyed my face.
Well, with the adrenalin flowing got back on finished the ride. At the bottom of the hill my tire goes flat and we notice that the derailer and dropout were bashed.
I wanted to go back there tomorrow to conquer that section but with this stom coming through I guess it will wait.
Gotta go work on the bike.
Slainte:beer:
We hit a new trial this weekend and it was a blast. Big drops lots of rocks and fairly long for a local dh run(2.5miles).
I was riding down jumping this, droping that when I got just a bit to cocky. Changed my style a bit a tried to do some trials over this steep rocky drop. Made it past the hard part and then my cockyness cought up with me. My front tire hooked a rock sending my rear wheel over my head. I keept thinking, " I can make it, I can pull this off.".
Well I road about 3' with my rear wheel threatening to go over my head when all of a sudden my front tire hit some sand, turned sideways and that was all she wrote.
The rocks were approching my face an an extreramly fast rate so I had to tuck and well there was no roll:( . CRACK!!!
head started spining, and my hip would not work for a few seconds. My wife came running up because she thought I totally destroyed my face.
Well, with the adrenalin flowing got back on finished the ride. At the bottom of the hill my tire goes flat and we notice that the derailer and dropout were bashed.
I wanted to go back there tomorrow to conquer that section but with this stom coming through I guess it will wait.
Gotta go work on the bike.
Slainte:beer: