The worst part of a bad crash is having to learn to trust yourself again.
08-04-06, 10:23 AM
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The worst part of a bad crash is having to learn to trust yourself again.
Even though the stiches are gone and most injuries are healed I am still overly cautious. How have you gotten over this?
08-04-06, 10:24 AM
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Just keep riding. It'll go away on its own.
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2 bad crashes and 3 metal plates later im still riding like a nut. you'll be shaky for the first few weeks, then you'll be cautious and slow for a month and then you'll forget anything ever happened.
timmhaan is right, itll make you a better rider, relearning good habits and gaining something from going down.
crashing still sucks tho.
timmhaan is right, itll make you a better rider, relearning good habits and gaining something from going down.
crashing still sucks tho.
08-04-06, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Caraxmarie
I know chicks dig facial scars but do dudes?
08-04-06, 10:55 AM
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Riding with other people makes it go away a lot faster. I'm still definitely in the sh*tty afraid stage from my shoulder and the assh*le truck nazis who popped their door in front of me just to scare me and laugh the other day aren't helping.
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Originally Posted by ImOnCrank
the assh*le truck nazis who popped their door in front of me just to scare me and laugh the other day aren't helping.
that's when you say 'it's too bad, really, you shouldve done that yesterday when i didnt have my lock with me' and proceed to demonstrate its effect on glass/door/skulls.
08-04-06, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by powers2b
Scars or no scars, dudes LOVE chicks on bikes.
Bonus points if she is faster than him.
Bonus points if she is faster than him.
08-04-06, 11:33 AM
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I once went down while cornering at 25+ mph (on a road bike). I wasn't hurt too bad; just roadrash on my arm, shoulder and knee, but it was very hard for me to corner at even decent speeds (15+ mph) for over a month afterwards. I still think about it any time I hit a corner while going fast but I am pretty much over it. It just takes time.
08-04-06, 11:37 AM
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i will say i have yet to have a bad crash [knocking on wood as we speak]. i know it's prob more a matter of when, not if, and i hope to be able to get back on my bike as quickly as people around here have when that day comes.
08-04-06, 11:50 AM
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I crashed on a metal bridge that looks like a cheese grater and it grated me. I broke my nose, tore my lip through to inside my mouth, ripped my knee to the bone so I had fat cells all over my pants. Lots of stiches.
08-04-06, 11:55 AM
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itll come back to you, no need to rush it. i snapped my right forearm in half (both bones) and fractured my femur (strongest bone in the body).
08-04-06, 12:14 PM
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Whisky seems to work wonders, as well.
...then again, whisky's usually the reasons for my crashes.
...then again, whisky's usually the reasons for my crashes.
08-04-06, 12:18 PM
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go back as soon as ya can to the very spot ya crashed and ride fast again. really.
08-04-06, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by onetwentyeight
yea i still dont like riding down the block I broke my arm on. I usually go around. heh.
