RockCoach Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 This last weekend we were enjoying the brilliant trails up at Waterval Boven. There is a nice easy singletrack climb (past the 4X track and northshore skills area) up into the forest where you can play at full speed on the flat twisty sections. Awesome fun... The trail then heads down the hill in fast open switchbacks with some rocks and wooden bridges to add some excitement. Great to just pin it and see if you can hold your line all the way through the corners. Then left onto 200m or so of district road before you turn right to follow the gloriously technical rocky flowing downhill 'Rim Trail'.... But it is the small section of 7m wide smooth sand road that was my undoing. One second of inattention... Got into a bit of a seated sprint with the friends I was with and I didn't notice just how quickly we covered that 200m of satand road. I glanced down at my rear cluster wondering why the shift into the 14 was not smooth at all - skipping in fact. Just as I was wondering this... My riding buddy - the one who was testing the acceleration of his new Whyte 146S - just 2m in front of me goes into a late braking Rossi type move with cornering to match - across the bow of my ship. Well, my Intense 5.5 felt like a ship because I was bending those recently bled Avid carbon levers hard against my grips. Maximum braking was all I could do and I just about got away with it... just about. The next bit happened so quickly that I can only summise that his rear Mountain King just grabbed my Nokian and deposited me over the bars to the left. I usually take the brunt of such situations on my shoulders but I was flung at the ground so rapidly that I could not get my left arm up into my well practised foetal position quickly enough. The result was landing on my wrist. I had a badly dislocated fracture. Have been through two operations since last weekend and when I see the doc at Sunninghill tomorrow I will have more of an idea how long this is going to take to recover. It is not the gnarly single track when you are fully focussed. It tends to happen when you aren't paying attention.
dracs Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Eish Slick - that is rough... So now this is not looking good so good for the 19th... speedy recovery dude
mikeMT Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 was at Rietvlei 3 weeks back, fractured my wrist and 2 fractures on my elbow, fortunately no operation needed but oh the pain?
mikeMT Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 one word of advice, listen to the docs orders and do not attempt to pick up anything with the wrist for the first 2 weeks
RockCoach Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 Pics? I have got cellphonepics and will upload them tonight.
The Drongo Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 yeah mate. ABS sucks !! When you get better, practice your own Rossi move.
RockCoach Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 Eish Slick - that is rough... So now this is not looking good so good for the 19th... speedy recovery dude Thanks man. Yeah.... I will let you know but we will have to postpone it. Thanks for all the well wishes.
Sharkie 2 Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Hectic man to write this must have taken long with one hand!?Hope you heal up soon and can go take on that single track again and the open roads!
RockCoach Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) yeah mate. ABS sucks !! When you get better, practice your own Rossi move. I was skidding both wheels (we were in excess of 50km/h). I remember thinking about leaning inside him but at the same time, it was my fault for not paying attention and I couldn't face taking him out on his second ride on a R50k bike. Edit: carbon trail bike. Edited May 7, 2012 by slick
Wayne Potgieter Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 It happens quick. Good luck with your recovery.
RockCoach Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 Nice bit of writing - even with one wrist in a cast. Hectic man to write this must have taken long with one hand!?Hope you heal up soon and can go take on that single track again and the open roads! Thanks guys. It's not too bad on an iPad. Have more trouble with one finger on a proper keyboard.
sias Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Had a guy disappear from beside me on Saturday due to a grass covered hole! One moment we were chatting, going about 30km/h, next moment he had torn shoulder muscles and a cracked helmet and was on his way to the emergency ward...
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