Mountain Biking - I crashed *pics*

I was out riding today, and I hit this jump a bit faster than usual. If you hit it at normal speed, you land on the smooth dirt hill, but instead I landed on the gravel at the bottom, a little crooked. I ate it at about 15mph, and the gravel took its toll on my knee, elbow and palm. Knee being the worst, I'll have a big scar there in a couple weeks.

Pictures:
http://jonbuder.com/images/crashed_1.jpg
http://jonbuder.com/images/crashed_2.jpg


I just wanted to share my experience, lol :D

Nice!

Crashing Rocks, theres no quicker way to learn, Scars are cool aswell!

gotta wacth for those moving jumps :D they tend to bang u up :crash:

dude your knee ate it HARD

gotta wacth for those moving jumps :D they tend to bang u up :crash:


trying to bring u some relif

heh, they do at that ;p

yeah man, nice! Thats gunna leave a mark ;)

The knee is nice, and it looks like it will be a painful heal. You should have shaved your legs..I dunno if I would have bothered taking a picture of the arm, though. :rolleyes:

You need shin pads, elbow pads are annoying so leave those out. They should leave a nice set of scars.

Scars rule. I have ground both of my legs into hamburger more than once, my favorite part is trying to move the next day and having the scabs tear!!

Scars rule. I have ground both of my legs into hamburger more than once, my favorite part is trying to move the next day and having the scabs tear!!
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Scars rule. Especially when they are on somebody else. :p

cHiCkS dIg ScArS iT iS tRuE

tangerine, tangeriiine living reflection from a dream..

Having the scab tear is the worst.

No, you know what? Having the bandage grow into the scab and then having to tear the scab off is the worst.

But good luck to ya MadMan. I have a couple scars on my knees from cuts like that, oddly enough, healing hurts more than getting the cut.

forum: I believe it. Putting peroxide on it to clean it out was 10x worse than the wreck itself.

I think it's because you wreck it's so sudden you're just going "Woah, I got hurt. Heh, whatever, lets keep going."

But then later, you're staring at it holding the bottle of peroxide going "Oh **** this is gonna hurt..." and then it does.

i fell today too... doing a stepdown (with blind landing) some how my leg got under my bike and something (i dont know what or how) smashed my leg, and i got a wicked be charlie horse... i thought i broke it again. It gave me a bit of a scare

Wow, I don't think I could get my leg under my bike while riding if I tried:eek:

Sounds like it hurt, I haven't broken my leg riding yet.

.... knock on wood..... i broke mine once at the end of spring and once at the end of summer last year... it sucked huge

"knock on wood" is right, note the "yet":D

Last summer I was riding down stairs and my mom said "Don't do that, you're gonna break something." I responded with the usual "Ok mom." and proceeded to ride down the stairs anyway. Well the second time I rode down I hit it a bit too fast and fell off my bike.

End story, two fingers broken and a big fat "I told you so." from my mom.

Moral of story? Mom is always right.

If it makes you feel better, MadMan, I can take a pic of my left knee and show you all the scars I have from cycling. :p It's true though.

i havent been riding (seriously) for very long, but i've stacked my fair share of times but strangely, i really dont have any noticable scars. is this because im not going big enough, or am i just smart?

Bones heal, chicks dig scares and glory lasts for ever. Any way don't worry, as the black knight would say, "it's only a scratch":p HAve a nice recovery, I have just recovered from a knee injury (mmmmm stitches) the worst part is bleeding all over yourself and having the cut rub on the inside of your shinpad. Oh and DJP1... you are an idiot :p

J/K

Any way don't worry, as the black knight would say, "it's only a scratch":p

"merely a flesh wound" :lol:

be careful he might bleed on you

LOL!!! i had a scare today well riding my bike there was a girl (who i didnt know) right in front of me ne way se crossed and i was turning -she went over a pot hole to fast of couurse flew off her bike skidded to the middle of the street. and broke her arm-i had to dail 911 which ive never done before and no one could move her so the street was backed up som other bikers were nice enogh and helped build a baracade it was really freaky because there are bars in the area and people are drunk.

I bet.

u bet...............................................ur soul u lose i now own ur soul have a nice day

u bet...............................................ur soul u lose i now own ur soul have a nice day
Huh?

Edit: remember the ban on AOL'ese.

I hate crashing in gravel :(

Ouch

Bones heal, chicks dig scares and glory lasts for ever. Oh and DJP1... you are an idiot :p

**** you ass clown... ps, dont quote crappy country songs here

Today, walking around was pretty painful due to the big scab at what's apparently one of the more frequently stretched parts of skin.

Wonder how long this crap will last...