What I did in the holidays.... ouch!

[flyingcr250]

i saw that jump too, but it wasnt till i was in the air that i saw it had been dug out in the back of it.

[dafydd roberts]

Well, what can I say?

Apart from .. Bugger.... Was having the usual heaps of fun at the Sandpit trying to keep up with Grace on my first lap of the MX track, saw a new jump and not knowing what it was like, I slowed down to a reasonable pace to just pop over and have a look. Alas there was a hole on the other side where the dirt had been scooped and I had exactly the right speed to hit the other side front wheel first. Trusty KDX stopped dead (hmm, poor choice of phrase.. ) and of course I didn't.......
Result is many weeks off the bike and camera (needs two hands to operate...)
..Gotta say a huge thanks to everyone who helped, I was convinced I'd dislocated the 'socket' part of the joint and with help from some very willing ladies (inflicting more pain a specialty me thinks) we had a few goes at 'popping' it back in with no success. As it turned out it wasn't separated, so that was really just good entertainment for the gathering crowd....

I’m most impressed with my girls too, soon as I’d left in the meat wagon, they took their bikes off the trailer and rode another 2 hours… Then when they got home, my wife took them to the premier of Harry Potter. What’s a guy gotta do to get some attention?

I also think I lost some credibility when I said “this is worse than childbirth” Not a good comment in such company…Hehe…

THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON THE SANDPIT. Just a slow old fart making a mistake….

That looks bad hope it heals soon.

[Buddy L]

So is that a sepration of the ACL joint?
Did mine and had to drive back from Ahipara to Dargaville, one handed driving is never fun.
Once swelling goes down, i'd say 4-5 weeks and you should be thinking about turning that KDX over again.

[clmintie]

So is that a sepration of the ACL joint?
Did mine and had to drive back from Ahipara to Dargaville, one handed driving is never fun.
Once swelling goes down, i'd say 4-5 weeks and you should be thinking about turning that KDX over again.

Yes it is and I like your thinking.....

[krad_nz]

Damn, looks like a good effort. So there is a jump on the Sandpit MX track now?

[Ktmboy]

i saw that jump too, but it wasnt till i was in the air that i saw it had been dug out in the back of it.

We've actually made it better now. The moat with the bamboo stakes is still there, but we have removed the alligators.

Looks good clmintie, I did mine two weeks ago, not nearly to the same extent but still damn sore. Funny thing eh when they are trying to put your socket back in when there is actually nothing wrong with the socket. Piers broke his collar bone and St Johns were trying for 45 mins to put his shoulder back in the hole. Swearing and cursing they finally realised the lump on his shoulder was his collar bone sticking out.
Sleeping is a bitch as I can only sleep on my back. Just like a wantum whore eh.

Always a something new at The Sandpit but we never try to make things dangerous. Said jump has been attacked with the tractor late at night and the aligators removed.
Get well soon buddy.

[4stroke]

hell yeah sleeping is an arse, i spent the first week sleeping sitting up each time i broke my colabones, its not fun at all, i found that if you try to do lil things and keep moving you heal a bit faster.

[clmintie]

hell yeah sleeping arse, i spent the first week sleeping sitting up each time i broke my colabones, its not fun at all, i found that if you try to do lil things and keep moving you heal a bit faster.

I'm finding this amazingly pain free, I've got a huge pile of pain meds, but so far haven't needed any, other than homeopathic... Sleeping on my right side is less stressful, cause when on my back I snore and receive persistent attacks of pain (finger nails usually) in my side.......

[Buddy L]

Your going to have a nice lump on your shoulder for a every long time, broken collar bone i was written off couldn't do anything. ACL seperation was back at work in two weeks (didn't tell the boss what had happened) and was just using my left hand to move my right hand around.

[A&R]

OOOOuch!!!

Heard about it up at the pit today!
Can't say I have ever done that before/yet! (praying not to either) It looks bloody painful!
Good on the girls for carrying on!
Hope you recover quickly. ( sent some flowers)
Ironically seen DK and a mate bombing round the mx track there today. They parked up next to us!

[Danger]

Damn Phil, don't want to do that too often! Glad its pain free for you and hope your back out there soon.

[camchain]

Ooch. How do they get the thing back into correct position and hold it there? Stupid collar bones - you'd think they'd have come up with a better design for holding shoulders in position by now.

Climintie AKA Quasimodo (Quasi-Moto?) the hunchback of Notre Sandpit. The bells Esmeralda, the bells!

Make sure you eat good food for best healing, you're only going to get one chance at it. Maybe get some protein powder from supermarket.

[clmintie]

Ooch. How do they get the thing back into correct position and hold it there? Stupid collar bones - you'd think they'd have come up with a better design for holding shoulders in position by now.

Climintie AKA Quasimodo (Quasi-Moto?) the hunchback of Notre Sandpit. The bells Esmeralda, the bells!

They don't... Apparently my days as a swimsuit model may be over.....

'Hunch' for short.....

[clmintie]

Damn Phil, don't want to do that too often! Glad its pain free for you and hope your back out there soon.

The hospital meds must have worn off about 2am this morning.. Arrghhh, my supply is now shrinking fast.....

[tnarg]

Eh, they leave it like that? Wont that cause all sorts of issues? Mind you my days of being a male model are over after breaking my collar bone. Looks wierd having one shoulder lower than the other.
At least you not in pain.
By the way can I have your pain meds if you dont need them hehe