......that you can ride your bikes. I have a broken wrist with a cast on it and have been getting the tube to work all summer. It is so unbelievably depressing not being able to ride.

i cut the thumb off mine when i broke my wrist so i could ride my bike HTFU :)

That's bad news mate, feel for ya, heal up fast... *cough* Wrist injury, eh? ;)
When you back on the bike?

I feel for you. I missed too much of this summer with my clavicle.

Heal up soon sweetie.

we are blessed indeed julio. heal the fuck up real quick though. still plenty of miles in this summer yet

thanks. i'm not sure when i get the cast off. its the scafoid which can be dodgy...
i'm back in hopspital on tuesday for an xray.
i'm gonna be the boozy one at polo/the party this weekend!

julio, i somehow reckon you will not be alone when it comes to feeling boozy ;)

most of the players have been training at night and always with the beers and the cider. even though the tourney kicks off at 0900 zulu i still expect to hear the sound of cans cracking open

lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky........................in love!

heal up JULIO!

I know im constantly talking about my balls...
but stress balls are good for exercise after the plaster has come off to get some strength back.
x

okay, i'll get some balls to squeeze....
my arm is like squidgy dough with no muscles. its horrible

you should tell people how you broke your arm?!? ;)

nothing exciting - I fell off riding down a mountain in the alps. I hired a full susser for the day as a change from my hardtail. Those french buggers had the brakes on the wrong side and they were jumpy as fuck. I skidded out going into a berm

rad

how many times had you been mtbing b4?? ;)

to be fair, it's more exciting than 'I fell down the stairs going to get another tinny'...which is how most injuries are sustained...

poor sod. i don't know whats worse the tube now or the french medical care!

I cut the thumb and a bit of the palm off mine when my wrist was jacked. I went up a handrail in that state too... ill gnar.

Get well soon!

Fixed ;p

Sending healing hippy vibes to your broken wrist julio.



Ummmm that's you with a beard.

Is that your hand on his cock, Skully? ;)

Heal up good Kidda.

Yeah, sure. Everyday sort of stuff. I'm just going to base jump into work now.

Oh, and heal up Julio. Do you think you'll be ok for track day 2?

ha ha! i went away from my desk and came back to read all these funny things. cool!
Thanks for the picture, Skully; how did you know I wear a turban in bed? Someone has obviously been telling tales.

Um, I haven't done much mountain biking but I was hoping to do more. I had only just got the hardtail before I went to the Alps and was hoping to get out to Epping Forest with it when I got back. But I'm gonna have to wait a bit.

I really don't know when this stupid bone will heal. I've heard so many scare stories about broken scafoids (avascular necrosis! Bone grafts! Pins!) and got a fright when I googled it.. But then again, no one ever writes about it just healing as it doesn't make such an impression on them

Sounds very hardcore. :( sorry not to have seen you on sunday... there was this drunken BBQ on though with some random twats.

Have a cup of comfrey tea (aka 'knitbone') it'll be fine, and ganja for pain reilief not co-proxamol (OK try both)

I've been taking comfrey actually. I hope it works. Hope to see you soon. Sunday!

Comfrey is fantastic stuff.

Oh man, Do I know how you feel! I destroyed my knee trying to go to the toilet at my local pub in NYC! It took me an entire year to wait for my surgery and recover from it before I could ride again! :( My knee is still giving me shit even now and I cant ride like I used too.. I think I had put on almost a stone when I wasn't riding. Do your physio work when you get your cast off!

^^ Poor you; that sounds terrible

at least you are missing out on the shitful rainy and windy weather outside!

I'll write! I have broken both of mine and both have (eventually) healed up fine, no pins or necrosis or anything. I was a bit cocky though with the first one, got back on the mtn bike too soon and kept re-injuring it, causing immense pain and rendering my hand useless for a week. reckon it took a good few months to get back to full strength. the second one I did skating 10 days before a surf trip... had the cast taken off and strapped the bastard thing up with adhesive bandages and went for it. I actually think the paddling helped the healing process.

I wish it had been a bit more heroic? Destroying your knee while going for a pee isn't really worth it. I am still slowly healing. Seems to get a tiny bit better the more I ride actually? It's just my old bones taking their time.

Time off the bike in the summer is shit.I have been off mine for the last 3 months since I had a series of blackouts, the last one being in swimming pool.....have had to endure both the train and tube on a daily basis.

Good news is , I have just come back from the hospital and have the all clear to start riding again.