BMX - bailed again

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JMC
02-14-05, 11:02 AM
hey. yesterday i wiped out bad(snapped something called a "rotator cuff" in my shoulder :( ) and took a handlebar to the stomach(tore skin open) and knee bent some of my spokes. :( not cool. is it a big issue with like 5 or 6 bent spokes?

CMcMahon
02-14-05, 11:07 AM
If you had broke the spokes, it would be a bit of a problem.

Bent spokes, however... that's nothing.
FLyBOy
02-14-05, 12:00 PM
hey. yesterday i wiped out bad(snapped something called a "rotator cuff" in my shoulder :( ) and took a handlebar to the stomach(tore skin open) and knee bent some of my spokes. :( not cool. is it a big issue with like 5 or 6 bent spokes?


OOOH, that sounds nasty! It must of been freakin' painful! What were you doing that you wiped out that bad on?

pack
02-16-05, 04:55 AM
That dosent sound like a bail, sounds like you went down with a sinking ship
sxe fbm rider
02-16-05, 12:25 PM
I ripped out like 8 spokes in a sprocket stall gone wrong.. that was bad.
JMC
02-20-05, 01:35 AM
just found one of my spokes is torn out, but i imagine i ain't such a problem, cuz soeme wheels only got 36 spokes, but i got 48. well, 47 now...