I know it may be a bad idea

**Patch** · 11th January 2006, 20:49

Gidday Sniper,

Here's one for ya . . . Why do doctors spend seven or so years learning to practice medicine?????????

A good mate of mine likes to showboat on his mountain bike

idiot was wheeling doing the look at me no hands when he fell off.

he broke a bone in his wrist and had it in plaster for six weeks on ACC . . . Meanwhile he thought he'd perfect his no hands wheeling, fell off again, broke the same bone but in his other wrist. Now he had both wrists in plaster.

Might sound funny, but by not listening to Doc's advice, he has had 2 operations on each wrist, 6 months of physio and is only just starting to get full rotation and movement after 18 months.

So really, what the hell do you think????

**cowpoos** · 11th January 2006, 20:53

man....shit bro thats good advice....how would you wank if you ended up like that?

**Scorpygirl** · 11th January 2006, 20:59

Originally Posted by Patch

A good mate of mine likes to showboat on his mountain bike

idiot was wheeling doing the look at me no hands when he fell off.

he broke a bone in his wrist and had it in plaster for six weeks on ACC . . . Meanwhile he thought he'd perfect his no hands wheeling, fell off again, broke the same bone but in his other wrist. Now he had both wrists in plaster.

Might sound funny, but by not listening to Doc's advice, he has had 2 operations on each wrist, 6 months of physio and is only just starting to get full rotation and movement after 18 months.

So really, what the hell do you think????

Well said mate.

Sniper I think we are now gathering evidence to show if you get on that bike well.......

**gman** · 11th January 2006, 21:05

do what im doing now and have been doing for the last two weeks.slowly pull all the shiney bits of it,polish em till the glow and put em back on.that way when you are able to ride itll look fantastic.btw im only just able to drive the auto cage as i can only just bend my leg now.the doc said if i bent my leg to much while its healing itll take longer .........fuck it.

wheres my tools

**Kickaha** · 11th January 2006, 21:07

Originally Posted by cowpoos

won't fuck you hand forever at all....racers ride often with fully broken wrists...all you'll do if you have a incedent [emergency braking etc] is delay the healing for a while....but its your decision....and since you ride a honda it can't be that much fun riding anyway....so you should probally not ride for a bit eh?

Wont fuck it forever? well yes it can actually, do some reading on schapoid injuries and find out, I already know two people with problems as a result of them breaking it thats out of 7 people I know who have broken a schapoid

**madmal64** · 11th January 2006, 21:20

3 weeks can seem like a bloody long time right now but trust me its not long in the big picture if it means that the wrist will give you a problem free "rest of your biking life".
Get the bike, clean it polish it, shine it, lube it and then when the time is right you will have an awesome looking bike and will be ready to roll

**Oakie** · 11th January 2006, 21:38

If your mechanic glued something on your bike and then told you not to ride it for 24 hours while the glue hardened ... what would you do? Ride or wait 24 hours. Listen to your doc fella ... he's your body's mechanic.

**Sniper** · 12th January 2006, 07:17

Thanks guys. Jim2, you make a good point. Maybe 2 weeks plus is a minature time vs years of pleasure.

Thanks again

**Lou Girardin** · 12th January 2006, 07:20

Cut the cast off and go for it.
Doohan did, and you don't want a Aussie to be harder. Well, do ya?

Nah, just kidding. Do as you're told.

**bungbung** · 12th January 2006, 07:27

I didn't realise that mine was broken until a couple of weeks ago. I had broken it 5 weeks earlier.

The break is between the two orange arrows.

My Doc said I could ride bicycles (with a cast), but don't fall off.

Don't do anything that hurts and you should be ok.

**Fishy** · 12th January 2006, 07:37

Stay off the bike mate, 2 weeks will go bloody quickly. I had to stay off for 9 months (was on crutches for 9 months) and off work for 11 back in 1998 when I got hit by a car and busted my tib, fib, compound femur, compound radius and humerus all on the left side. Sucked majorly but had to do it. Take the docs advice mate you'll be better off for it.

**Sniper** · 12th January 2006, 07:40

I hate doctors. Thanks for the pic Bungbung, mine is very grey so they cant tell if its crushed or just broken

**Colapop** · 12th January 2006, 08:04

Hmm busted wrist, can't operate clutch properly, can't hold onto bike properly......
Do whatever you like. You're going to anyway.

IMO give it a couple of weeks. In the long - it's a couple of weeks, no big deal. If you ride in the short term and you're wearing a cast you run the risk of being dead. Moreso than usual coz of reduced grip capacity.

As I said, you're going to do whatever anyway.... Let's just hope we don't hear another "biker down" thread.

**Madmax** · 12th January 2006, 09:49

mangled my whole wrist, 3 years on ACC i no longer have the proximal
row of bones in my wrist!!! 5 Ops
(schapoid bone grafts 2,2 screws,Pins 1)
the schapoid never did heel so in the end they just had to take
it out along with the rest,
as a result my right wrist is about half an inch shorter
than my left
dont piss about with it or you to can have pain for the rest of your life