Son's first wipe out yesterday....
06-30-09, 10:42 AM
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Son's first wipe out yesterday....
I took my 9 year old to a local trail to ride yesterday.
I was hoofing it (waiting for my bike to arrive Wed or Thurs) and he was just ahead of me....25 yds or so.
He went downhill a bit too fast over some loose gravel, hit a series of bumps-one of them wrenched the handlebars out of his hands and he went down pretty hard on his right side.
Nothing broken, no muscular damage and no bad bruises....just some serious scrapes.
90 mins later he had the wounds cleaned up and was back playing video games.
He said he would always stay in control of his speed and look ahead for upcoming trouble.
All in all.....a great lesson learned with a small price to pay.
Seeing it happen was scary and all I can say is I'm a bigtime believer in helmets and glasses. He was wearing both and they worked very well....keeping the gravel out of his eyes and the helmet could have helped prevent inury had his head been thumped.
We should've had him in knee and elbo pads, too. We will before doing anything other than basic flat trail riding.
I was hoofing it (waiting for my bike to arrive Wed or Thurs) and he was just ahead of me....25 yds or so.
He went downhill a bit too fast over some loose gravel, hit a series of bumps-one of them wrenched the handlebars out of his hands and he went down pretty hard on his right side.
Nothing broken, no muscular damage and no bad bruises....just some serious scrapes.
90 mins later he had the wounds cleaned up and was back playing video games.
He said he would always stay in control of his speed and look ahead for upcoming trouble.
All in all.....a great lesson learned with a small price to pay.
Seeing it happen was scary and all I can say is I'm a bigtime believer in helmets and glasses. He was wearing both and they worked very well....keeping the gravel out of his eyes and the helmet could have helped prevent inury had his head been thumped.
We should've had him in knee and elbo pads, too. We will before doing anything other than basic flat trail riding.
06-30-09, 11:08 AM
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Looks like just enough to remind him that things do happen, I am glad it was not more serious 
I feel ya on the seeing it happen being scary, my almost 4 year old on training wheels makes me cringe (she is very daring lol) so a 9 year old on a mtn bike has to make ya wince now and again!
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I feel ya on the seeing it happen being scary, my almost 4 year old on training wheels makes me cringe (she is very daring lol) so a 9 year old on a mtn bike has to make ya wince now and again!As Ever
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06-30-09, 02:09 PM
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4 words.... Shin pads, arm pads 
There is a rock in Sycamore Canyon near Riverside CA with my name on it. Every time we'd ride that trail, it seemed i added another layer of skin to that stupid rock. After 5 years competing and 15 years of serious mountain biking I should have been able to avoid that rock. Seems it just wanted me.
He will get used to shedding skin.
There is a rock in Sycamore Canyon near Riverside CA with my name on it. Every time we'd ride that trail, it seemed i added another layer of skin to that stupid rock. After 5 years competing and 15 years of serious mountain biking I should have been able to avoid that rock. Seems it just wanted me.
He will get used to shedding skin.
