Thanks to The Rangers of Rietvlei Farm and ER 911 para medics

[Face Plant]

MTB007 you mind if i ask how you fell? not very common to see broken legs! collarbones, wrists, ribs etc but ankles you dont see everyday! did you hit the tree? regardless of how it happened i hope you make a speedy recovery and get back on the bike soon!

[MTB0007]

Hi..

 

I was a freak accident,

 

I came around a bend - sweeping into another, ------

My Bar end clipped a tree, -

 

My front wheel swung away, throwing me forward, and to the left.. (all ok at this point)

 

My left foot unclips, and my front wheel, smashes into my foot, crushing it between the frame and front wheel.. ( now it gets ,,,STRANGE..)

 

I kept moving forward and to the left, and now downwards, ----- my foot remains jammed, and I hear .. the crack, snap, pop.. foot comes loose..

 

I hit the ground, look at my foot, its dangling at a sureal angle...

 

( my body, pulled my foot forward, my wheel and frame trapped it, and since bones are weaker than alu, I broke..)

 

My Ankle was dislocated, the Fibula snapped in a break right through the bone,

 

And I broke the "balls" of the fibula and tibula, at the ankle...

 

A real unusual accident - I was really cruising enjoying the trail and winding single track, as we have done 100x in the last 2 years..

[cat-i]

 

( my body, pulled my foot forward, my wheel and frame trapped it, and since bones are weaker than alu, I broke..)

 

My Ankle was dislocated, the Fibula snapped in a break right through the bone,

 

And I broke the "balls" of the fibula and tibula, at the ankle...

 

 

 

ouch

sounds horrible .... what does doc say, would it recover completely?

and do you have a nice x-ray?

[Face Plant]

now thats gonna need some serious Ti Hardware to fix! you got to show us the xray MTB!

[MTB0007]

will do when i get them in 2 weeks... -

 

Why upgrade your bike with bling Ti, when u can Upgrade urself with Ti...

[MTB0007]

the pics of my leg posted here

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/103303-my-titanium-upgraded-leg/

[CAAD4]

Thanks.. any tips for riding in a cast?

Eina! I hear Crank Brother pedals work? Get well soon.

[Skylark]

 

My Bar end clipped a tree, -

 

 

I have heard Bar ends implicated in some damn nasty accidents

Love mine tho!

 

But maybe I should re-think them because when they hook into something they lock into the obstruction - there's no release , even at considerable speed

 

With no bar ends you just get knocked off line which may result in a tumble but not with the same gut wrenching consequences as our able rider here has endured.

 

Take it easy - And get Better Soon!!