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Baz · 13th September 2004, 02:20 PM

impressively broke my arm in 4 pieces as a lad, had to get put to sleep as they reset it.
my sister rolled a bed over my feet and broke 9 of my toes in one go, also impressive.
i had the 2 greatest mountain bike accidents ever - the 1st one was hitting a tree full force in mid air, beleive it or not all i got from it was a bruise that went from my head to my ankle on one side of my body. the other one was more sinister. fleeing down a hill near Newbigging, standing up, foot slips off pedal and meets the ground, pedal continues round and meets the back of my ankle, both collide with a fair bit of force, i do a 180 degree mid air flip (with the bike) and land square on my head (had i not been wearing a helmet i would`ve been dead or certainly brain damaged). i thot i was ok till i tried to walk, i fell over and decided to check my ankle, pulled back my sock to see a lovely sight of tendons, muscle tissue, blood and pus spilled from a nice (pedal shaped) hole in the back of my leg. it was diagnosed as a punctured achilles tendon. and i had to crawl for a few weeks. that was fun, actually, KJ was right behind me on his bike and would`ve gotten a brilliant view of the crash if he was paying attention, but he was looking the other way. daftie

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13th September 2004, 02:20 PM	#31 (permalink)
Baz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,829 Band: 15 Minutes	impressively broke my arm in 4 pieces as a lad, had to get put to sleep as they reset it. my sister rolled a bed over my feet and broke 9 of my toes in one go, also impressive. i had the 2 greatest mountain bike accidents ever - the 1st one was hitting a tree full force in mid air, beleive it or not all i got from it was a bruise that went from my head to my ankle on one side of my body. the other one was more sinister. fleeing down a hill near Newbigging, standing up, foot slips off pedal and meets the ground, pedal continues round and meets the back of my ankle, both collide with a fair bit of force, i do a 180 degree mid air flip (with the bike) and land square on my head (had i not been wearing a helmet i would`ve been dead or certainly brain damaged). i thot i was ok till i tried to walk, i fell over and decided to check my ankle, pulled back my sock to see a lovely sight of tendons, muscle tissue, blood and pus spilled from a nice (pedal shaped) hole in the back of my leg. it was diagnosed as a punctured achilles tendon. and i had to crawl for a few weeks. that was fun, actually, KJ was right behind me on his bike and would`ve gotten a brilliant view of the crash if he was paying attention, but he was looking the other way. daftie