The MTB Thread
You're still a young fella, Stu. Don't get jaded too soon.
Stoked to hear you're going home. All the best.
seaslug wrote:
Geez Stu, good to see you will be going home today, rest up and stay safe.
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Been away a few days so just caught up on this news. All the best Stu to you and your family. hope for a full and speedy recovery. With all these big MTB stacks you seem to be becoming SN's very own Evel Knievel !. I've busted some ribs too, years ago, nowhere near as many as you, takes time and hurts but they come good, you will be right eventually. All the best.
That’s some story Stu. Life becomes more precious each time you nearly lose it.
I pray all your bits reconnect well and heal soon …God bless.
arghh.. It's all fun and games until that angel of mercy leans over you caringly and starts talking about her wonderful life with some handsome rich guy.
@stunet - go well mate. All the best for your recovery and I hope the spark for MTB stays alight. Looking forward to the report after your first ride back.
All the best for the recovery Stu - Do everything possible to avoid a chest infection for the next month or so, think about quarantining yourself. When I had broken ribs I was told to take a big breath every hour to keep the lungs open. If you decide not to get back on the bike then maybe you can become chief photographer / videographer / shuttle driver if you want to stay involved.
Out of curiosity I tried to find what is the most rib fractures anyone has survived, I couldn't find an answer to that but suspect you'll be well up there. Any more than 6 at one time carries a significant mortality rate - something that I wasn't aware of at the time but definitely feel like I dodged a bullet looking back.
scoopmaster wrote:
Out of curiosity I tried to find what is the most rib fractures anyone has survived, I couldn't find an answer to that but suspect you'll be well up there. Any more than 6 at one time carries a significant mortality rate - something that I wasn't aware of at the time but definitely feel like I dodged a bullet looking back.
Yeah right. Interesting. Over my stay in hospital I had a few different doctors come up and talk, not just about recovery, but also the extent of the injury. No mention of records but an obvious inference that I was lucky.
This afternoon I went out and looked at my equipment. Oddly, despite hitting something with my chest the damage to my helmet is at the back. So I think I've hit two things.
Is it driving you nuts not knowing how it happened Stu? I’m thinking it would be frustrating?
Jeezus Stu, sounds like you have pinballed through boulders or something at top speed.
Croquet is a great game apparently.
A crashcam might have been handy to review the incident..
I thought GoPros were standard issue for MTB riders.
I've got a GoPro but can never be arsed using it. It would've been handy this time as it's frustrating not knowing what happened. It'll make returning to mtb harder. How do I know what to avoid?
And Steve, when I saw your son sprawled beside the track earlier in the season, his two mates were doing their teenage best to lift his spirits.
"It's OK, " one of them said, "we got it on GoPro."
Long time lurker, first comment:
Wishing you a speedy recover Stu. It looks like you did a pretty good job of banging yourself up.
Concussions are a weird thing to get over; some are quick while others have a lingering malaise about them.
Get well soon,
Reidy
I can't see you giving it up Stu, you've got the bug. For digging. You'll just start dreaming up flow trails you can build! I've been riding solo a lot here in Adelaide since arriving a few months ago (similar to Woollo btw, tons of trails along the hill front and all the good stuff is unsanctioned. Fox Ck is highly over-rated) and there's a lot of loose rock. I dunno why but it scares the shit out of me to think one day my kids might have to deal with me unconscious on the trail.
Anyway, get well soon. I'm taking the piss but it sounds like you fell out of the chairlift!
How's the recovery going Stu and did you get any closer to working out where it all went wrong ?
tubeshooter wrote:How's the recovery going Stu and did you get any closer to working out where it all went wrong ?
Slow. I'm not cut out for incremental recuperation; as soon as I can move a bit I want to move a lot. So I have to be careful not to overdo it. Still a lot of pain but I'm getting much better at managing it. May even knock the painkillers on the head next week. Could be a few tough days, we'll see.
And also, nah, my memory hasn't returned, not even slightly, so I don't think it ever will.
Been shooting the local the last few days. Catching up with crew in the carpark which is great for my head.
Not an ideal direction today but good conditions:
I can relate to not being cut out for incremental recuperation. I made a lot of injuries worse than they needed to be by 'soldiering on'.
Taking it easy is not always as easy as it sounds.
Good luck with it all.
Great to see you up and atom and getting out and about Stu. If you meant to post more pics above it seems something went wrong?
Westofthelake wrote:
Great to see you up and atom and getting out and about Stu. If you meant to post more pics above it seems something went wrong?
Thanks, WOTL.
Not sure what you mean about the photos. Can you not see them?
Yeah I thought it was just a glitch but I can't see the photos either. Just small circles with a line thru them where the pics should be.
I can see all photos stu , looks like a great day was had by a few .
That's weird. I'm gonna run one as WOTD tomorrow - my first ever! - so you'll get a taste of it there.
Hey Stu good you’re on the mend, any thoughts of getting back on the horse?
TBH I'm just not thinking about it. What I do know is that next season I want to visit the section of track where it happened.
Will I be on a bike?
I don't know.
I think we should all go with you Stu so you can talk us through the experience. We could fill in the gaps for you.
fuhrious wrote:
I think we should all go with you Stu so you can talk us through the experience. We could fill in the gaps for you.
Could be the most fantastic crash story ever.
Ah yes Alex! He's got a compilation of iPhone clips of the attempt, the guy at the bottom almost got his mattress under him and almost got collected by the bike haha. But it was a classic school holiday build, on steroids. The main problem is that the landing they dug out was way too short. His front wheel landed perfectly in the middle, so he had a chance of riding it out, until he rolled over the knuckle in the landing/ run out.
stunet wrote:
Ha ha...check this one. Put sound on and listen to the end……
Hah hah, full cheer squad. Gotta love the amp of the grooms. That will be one they will talk about at the bar years later.
jeez i just cant understand how guys have accidents on their MTB's ........eh Stu .....i mean what could go wrong ?
Saw this and couldn't believe the skill, fitness and focus, especially over 40-odd minutes.
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Then I saw this one.
Totally mad.
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Well im exhausted from watching that .......time to get the fat e bike out and take on the beach....after a peppermint tea of course !
Cant believe the reflexes or how casual the spectators are .....what a buzz ...
I cannot get 30 seconds into one of those POV MTB vids without feeling intensely queasy- just too much visual information being thrown up at odd angles and very disorienting.
Took my son and his mate back of Tweed last weekend and couple of hours later got the dreaded phone call.
Mate had overshot. big jump and badly broken his leg.
Ambos, fireys etc etc.
Screws and a metal plate and a spell on the sidelines for 4-6months.
Won't be easy for a 14 year old.
@Andy,
Not that it's much different to any other enduro bike, but my latest rig, a Nukeproof Mega, is named after that race. Originally it was built for it. So much chance in that race, getting taken out by another rider at the start or a lapse of concentration at just the wrong time. Looks like great fun though.
@Steve,
Tough break for the young'n. Hard way to learn a lesson.
Yeah Stu, so the first thing my young bloke does is go up in the paddock on the ridge to try and build an even bigger gap jump.
Well, if his mate overshot a jump, then of course he's gotta build one with a bigger gap.
Makes sense.
To a 14-year old.
stunet wrote:
Steve, when I saw your son sprawled beside the track earlier in the season, his two mates were doing their teenage best to lift his spirits.
"It's OK, " one of them said, "we got it on GoPro."
still piss myself when I read this
Steve try this one from 1.05.
Guaranteed queaze, and maybe some vertigo to boot.
Check out 4.46 - wtf :)
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I've been meaning to start a mountain biking thread for a while and now is as good a time as any.