The injury thread

[coppi]

Broken scaphoid on left wrist,including 2 fractured ribs connecting the handlebar end.......I think [emoji23]

[Pieterlab1]

Nice one Coppi!

Got this on the final day of Sani2C. Had to ride like this for 80km's to the finish to get my beer.

[Sparky and the Warden]

Awesome thread! I'll throw my hat into the ring... yes that's both left and right wrists almost identical damage unfortunately I can't find the before xrays where there were bits of bone fragments floating around...

[peetwindhoek]

Ouch, I think this thread might get me to stop cycling

[coppi]

The worst part is I've entered 3 Towers for end September..............don't think its gonna happen 

[dirtypot]

This is what I did six weeks ago (five weeks since the surgery).  It's been SO MUCH fun!   

Even after all these weeks I still have bruising on the front of my arm and onto my shoulder - must have hit the ground pretty hard! 

[coppi]

The ribs are the worst injury I’ve ever had I think........no visible damage with plenty miscomfort

[Allrounder]

Yes broken collar bone, 

Broken ball part of the joint, 

and yes broken shoulder blade. 

 

Plated and screwed the first 2. 

 

Shoulder blade was left to heal on its own. 

[Allrounder]

The ribs are the worst injury I’ve ever had I think........no visible damage with plenty miscomfort

What the xrays are not showing is the 4 broken ribs.... 

 

I know your pain!! 

Good luck!

 

Do whatever your fisio tell you to do. 

[coppi]

Flip I am far less of a robot than you okes.................

[eccc whippet]

Someone should put up a poll...how many injuries from MTB and how many road bike related...looking at the pics attached...mtb should win hands down.

[RocknRolla]

Had scaphoid fracture too, the better half of 4 months to recover (no surgery)

The surgery I did have was to repair my face after I planted it at 40km/h

Was spitting out gravel for a week afterwards.

[Grease_Monkey]

Someone should put up a poll...how many injuries from MTB and how many road bike related...looking at the pics attached...mtb should win hands down.

If I compare the number of falls and injuries I've had on mtb vs road bike the mtb wins hands down just because you risk more, jump, etc. If I compare severity of injuries the road bike wins - when you go down on a road bike you go down hard! No bushes to catch you, and in my experience you go down at much faster speed, and without warning. At least on the mtb I can half predict when it's gonna happen.

 

I don't have any x-rays to brag with but mtb injuries include broken wrist, 2 broken ribs, and lots and lots of torn up shins and elbows.

 

Road bike injury resulted in a broken collarbone and torn ligiaments in the shoulder as well as some cartlidge damage in my left knee - by far the longest I have been out of comission.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Bike related injuries:

 

Broken Left wrist

Broken Left collarbone

Broken Right Collarbone

Cracked ribs

Concussion

 

Non bike-related injuries:

 

Broken Right wrist (trampoline)

Broken right scaphoid (car-park rugby, where it was apparently touch, but I didn't get that memo and tackled somebody, landing badly)

Torn meniscus & strained ligaments in left knee (dance-floor incident in Bots)

Torn meniscus & torn ligaments in left knee, again (swinging an axe while trail building in tokai)

[dirtypot]

Bike related injuries:

 

Non bike-related injuries:

 

Trying to figure out if you're safer on or off the bike...

[Allrounder]

Someone should put up a poll...how many injuries from MTB and how many road bike related...looking at the pics attached...mtb should win hands down.

 

Mine was on a road bike coming down Helshoogte. Second last corner before you get that lekke straight down into town.