Best / worse face-plant!
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I had a great crash when I was about 9. I had a yellow Chopper 
and I hit a ramp that myself and a mate had set up. On hitting the ramp it was evident that the steering bolt wasn't done up as tightly as it should have been and the wheel turned by about 45 degrees. So mid air, about 3 feet up handlebars pointing straight and front wheel facing 45 degs to the right or so. As I landed, the bike went right and I crashed down to the left just catching my spectacles on a wall. Unfortunately, the lens of said spectacles pushed into my eyelid with some force and put a 10mm slice in my eyelid, which resulted in my first visit to A&E for cycling related mishaps. 
I can't imagine what my mother would have been thinking as I ran in with blood pouring from my eye. Ahh, childhood memories eh. Gotta love 'em.
and I hit a ramp that myself and a mate had set up. On hitting the ramp it was evident that the steering bolt wasn't done up as tightly as it should have been and the wheel turned by about 45 degrees. So mid air, about 3 feet up handlebars pointing straight and front wheel facing 45 degs to the right or so. As I landed, the bike went right and I crashed down to the left just catching my spectacles on a wall. Unfortunately, the lens of said spectacles pushed into my eyelid with some force and put a 10mm slice in my eyelid, which resulted in my first visit to A&E for cycling related mishaps. I can't imagine what my mother would have been thinking as I ran in with blood pouring from my eye. Ahh, childhood memories eh. Gotta love 'em.
i did one a while back that ive yet to see topped, 30ft tabletop, got kicked over the bars on takeoff and landed at the bottom of the landing face and hands first, bike came down on my back with feet stuck to the pedals, flailed about a bit after coming to a stop then passed out then came through a minute or so later. Taken to hospital and got stripped off by 4 nurses in hospital. Body armour and moto-x helmet did their job, got away with torn stomach muscle and some scars on my hips,crotch and forearm. Could/should of been alot worse.
sadly no pic of me wrecked on the floor
the next year same thing, but in the alps with no armour was going faster but lower...
back of my arm wont tan now, the hole just visible on my hip was down to the bone and i knackered my shoulder(2years later it still hurts) and i have another scar matching my other forearm
sadly no pic of me wrecked on the floor
the next year same thing, but in the alps with no armour was going faster but lower...
back of my arm wont tan now, the hole just visible on my hip was down to the bone and i knackered my shoulder(2years later it still hurts) and i have another scar matching my other forearm
Check these guys out....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g5IKHd0f61g
'He really should have put his weight further back'
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g5IKHd0f61g
'He really should have put his weight further back'
My boss did a corker (well he didnt call it that!) a couple of weeks ago. Dont know how but his fork sheered in half just above the shocks and he went face first into a rock with only a head helmet (dont know what you call them, not a full face one). Plates in both cheeks, lots of teeth missing, fat lip, and scars on his forehead. Hes just bought new bike now so he must be keen!
Neil now your talking... i mind being there in early 90's when mountain biking was mountain biking. sidlaws up in scotland had an equivalent set of bombholes which claimed the kidney of one of my pals, landed on his bar end, stood up moaned, lifted is jersey looked OK. Did a lap stopped agian pulled up jersey black and blue internal bruising.. oucha!
first photo there is priceless! had a fair share of big binning it efforts, snapped elbow last year from hyper extension sprinting across a rock field, pedal clipped tall rock as i was standing up honking guiding a heap of pals round another new route on my local hills, then opening my eyes in darkness as my face was in the ground. i mind thinking, oh boy this is going to be a sore one expecting my face to be hanging off, but i amazingly missed all the rocks but elbow was sort of pointing the wrong way... so the body armour debate, is no longer a debate for me. Although it does mean you A have much less of a cyclist tan and B no cool wee cuts and scratches which graced my arms and legs for decades...
Worst
.. after near 20 years of riding worst was in the last few months... in Spain a few months ago, pal in front of me had a freaky crash at the side of a land dam, fall to the right of 200-300ft, very wide path but clipped the only rock on the track with his bars, pivoted corrected, then the biggest flip i have ever seen, like a motorbike fishtail, about 30mph by this point. spun in the air and then disappeared over the edge... horrible to watch, sprinted down the hill expecting the worst, heart in mouth then after 10 seconds shouts of I'm ok... about 30ft down the slope wedged between a tree and the precipice.. a few broken fingers, internal bruising, spinal bruising, 18 stitiches to arm and chin... a lucky boy... never want to see that again.
helmet cam from the day before... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_qWF7glwVI, i am in red two in front of the helmet cam... none from the crash as the dust eventually buiggered the camera.
first photo there is priceless! had a fair share of big binning it efforts, snapped elbow last year from hyper extension sprinting across a rock field, pedal clipped tall rock as i was standing up honking guiding a heap of pals round another new route on my local hills, then opening my eyes in darkness as my face was in the ground. i mind thinking, oh boy this is going to be a sore one expecting my face to be hanging off, but i amazingly missed all the rocks but elbow was sort of pointing the wrong way... so the body armour debate, is no longer a debate for me. Although it does mean you A have much less of a cyclist tan and B no cool wee cuts and scratches which graced my arms and legs for decades...
Worst
.. after near 20 years of riding worst was in the last few months... in Spain a few months ago, pal in front of me had a freaky crash at the side of a land dam, fall to the right of 200-300ft, very wide path but clipped the only rock on the track with his bars, pivoted corrected, then the biggest flip i have ever seen, like a motorbike fishtail, about 30mph by this point. spun in the air and then disappeared over the edge... horrible to watch, sprinted down the hill expecting the worst, heart in mouth then after 10 seconds shouts of I'm ok... about 30ft down the slope wedged between a tree and the precipice.. a few broken fingers, internal bruising, spinal bruising, 18 stitiches to arm and chin... a lucky boy... never want to see that again.
helmet cam from the day before... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_qWF7glwVI, i am in red two in front of the helmet cam... none from the crash as the dust eventually buiggered the camera.
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