My first bin...

[Dakara]

That slice on your arm looks pretty tidy, it'll be pretty unnoticable after not too long. I have one that runs from below my left shoulder blade down to my stomach, it's pretty much never seen the light of day and it's quite fine. Having your wrist locked doesn't sound too comfortable, atleast the plate gets removed though.

Just read through some of the thread, you bounced off a truck wheel, crazy! Like everyone else has said, very lucky outcome.

Not sure if this was already asked, but what type of back protector did you have, Dakara?

Yea, that arm now has 3 One on the other side from a previous break, and now one on the back of my hand where the plate went in. All from the same Surgeon who's a mate of my Dad's and he's known for his "Tidy Scars".

It's an odd feeling having it locked yea. I just simply cant move it. Have to be careful though, if I try to force it or use it too much the plate can come loose...

Quasimoto I think it was when he showed us at the lunch tavern just before the bang.

Back protectors are our friends

Yea, I got it from Quasi, but was one of the Knox ones. I had one of Quasi's original ones, but upgraded not long after these arrived. They're amazing, hardly even notice I'm wearing it.

http://www.quasimoto.co.nz/products/...back-protector

[fLaThEaD FreD]

Well, 1 week after the accident and the swelling has finally gone down enough to exmaine the extent of the damage...

2 sizeable fractures to my wrist.
1 being at the end of the Ulna bone and is pretty "textbook".
The 2nd however, is on the end of my Radius bone. The ligament was detached taking a chuck of bone with it and needs to be screwed back into place.
Multiple other fractures which are net yet visable, they are only evident as I have bone fragments scattered throughtout my wrist. Will know more after an MRI scan is done.

So at this stage I require surgery to re-attach the bone and ligament to my Radius, but if the MRI shows extensive joint/ligament damage in the wrist will require a 2nd op.

The Surgeon (who I've known since I was about 5) made things very clear to me. As this wrist has had previous surgery (major reconstruction to the ligaments 3 years ago) I was very lucky to have sustained separate injuries. Had I of damaged or torn apart the previous repair, worst case Scenario I could of lost my hand, best case I would of lost about 60% movement in that hand which could have cost me my career as a Pilot... a very scary thought at the ripe old age of 25 with no Income protection insurance.

So as it stands now, I'm off work and unable to fly. All going well not longer than a few weeks, as for riding... probably not for a while. After yet another op on this wrist, I'm gonna have more metal in there than bone, and have been warned If I seriously hurt it again (Biking or otherwise) that could be it, game over. While bones heal, ligaments don't, and mine can't take much more abuse...

Since we lost Bruce (old fart) on the Coro Loop. You were sooo luckey,don't ever forget that!!!!!!.......RIP Bruce and the others.

[Dakara]

Since we lost Bruce (old fart) on the Coro Loop. You were sooo luckey,don't ever forget that!!!!!!.......RIP Bruce and the others.

Yea with the Coro's history it's not something I'll soon forget. RIP to all those who weren't so lucky.

[Irontusk]

When I was a kid my family used to go down to Coromandel for a holiday atleast once a year, I can safely say that it's not somewhere I would like to ride, way too many blind corners on one side with a fall onto rocks on the other! I can see the appeal but it's not for me.

I've bought a Thor Impact Rig SE pressure suit, mainly for the back protector (my spine is probably the most likely thing to go wrong if I have a bin, maybe similar to your wrist.. except the titanium isn't coming out) and kidney belt. Just don't know if it's great quality or not

[TOTO]

I can safely say that it's not somewhere I would like to ride, way too many blind corners on one side with a fall onto rocks on the other! I can see the appeal but it's not for me.

As wise people have said before - it is a great riding road, but crappy racetrack.



You need to go there again. You are not following me tho or you may end up as dakara

[Dakara]

When I was a kid my family used to go down to Coromandel for a holiday atleast once a year, I can safely say that it's not somewhere I would like to ride, way too many blind corners on one side with a fall onto rocks on the other! I can see the appeal but it's not for me.

I've bought a Thor Impact Rig SE pressure suit, mainly for the back protector (my spine is probably the most likely thing to go wrong if I have a bin, maybe similar to your wrist.. except the titanium isn't coming out) and kidney belt. Just don't know if it's great quality or not

Coro has some of the best and worst roads I've ridden....

No experience with the Thor... one thing you need to be aware of with too much safety gear is if it affects your movement. That's why I love the knox one so much.

[Irontusk]

As wise people have said before - it is a great riding road, but crappy racetrack.

Haha exactly! My problem is, I don't know how the people coming the other way are behaving.. Really would be a nice ride though.

Yeah the problem I have with the Thor rig is it makes my shoulders the slightest bit wider, so I can't do the velcro up on the neck of my jacket.. it was extremely tight and only just reached before I got the armour (I've taken the normal shoulder/elbow armour out of the jacket, to fit the Thor in underneath)