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23-09-2008 6:28pm#1
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Your doc is more qualified. Stuf is right with the whole fixie thing, after cycling it fine for over 1,000km I was back on a geared bike for a while as it was in for repairs and when I picked it up from the shop almost had an over-the-bars moment (cycling two bikes at this point naturally.) From stuf's post I reckon I was saved by my clipless pedals, feet were clipped in so weren't going anywhere else other than round and round.
Friday I tried to bunnyhop onto a kerb using conventional bike technique. I had never really considered the details of this before but now I realise it must involve stopping pedalling. Of course that works very differently on a fixie; it was having none of it and the front wheel hit the kerb with a genuine over the bars resulting; still have the bruises from that one
As for fractures, in my limited experience it will get better with time, so maybe only 3-4 weeks of unbearable agony but 4-6 before it is properly better
It should get consistently better than now if you have just done it but you will still be feeling it 4-6 weeks from now would be the point, but maybe just an annoyance by that point. 0 -
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I know you have a very nice track bike yourself, but honestly I had 1,000km on my own fixie thinking, this is fine, how could anyone possibly do that before I had a "moment" where momentarily forgetting about keeping pedalling while wheeling another bike I realised that yes, it is quite possible. It generally happens when you try to do something that is natural to you on a freewheel.
Believe me I know exactly how it can happen. I've had a few close shaves myself. Was just wondering if that's what had happend to the OP.scottreynolds wrote: »I've changed my mind about joining the group cycles now.... you are all mad... Cuts, fractures, riding into pillars
Forget about group rides, I rode into the pillar in the car park of my apartment building.0 -
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Friday I tried to bunnyhop onto a kerb using conventional bike technique. I had never really considered the details of this before but now I realise it must involve stopping pedalling. Of course that works very differently on a fixie; it was having none of it and the front wheel hit the kerb with a genuine over the bars resulting; still have the bruises from that one
From my old bmxing days a bunny hop (even on a mountain bike) involved both feet at the same level standing on the non-moving pedals so that you could basically jump your body from standing and more or less pull the bike into the air with you.. it would be very hard to do that while still pedaling.. but I'm sure there are bicycly ninja's around who could do it 0 -
jim o doom wrote: »From my old bmxing days a bunny hop (even on a mountain bike) involved both feet at the same level standing on the non-moving pedals so that you could basically jump your body from standing and more or less pull the bike into the air with you.. it would be very hard to do that while still pedaling.. but I'm sure there are bicycly ninja's around who could do it
It's possible, but I nearly came off while doing it. I forgot I was fixed, so pulled a big one to jump a big cut in the road. I stopped pedaling (bad idea), then landed and the bike went every which-way apart from straight. I've no idea how I didn't come off, but it must have looked comical for the guy in the car behind me.0 -
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Minor cuts should vanish pretty good. AFAIK anywhere with more flesh, like cheeks, scars less easily, compared to say the back of a hand or something.
I smashed myself up good when I was 7 or 8. Broke five permanent teeth, chipped my chin and slashed it good, attained numerous sall cuts all over the left side of my face, knocked myself out cold and bruised my spleen! And I was wearing a helmet. Split it down the middle. Would have died if I didn't have it!
Only the mark on my chin and broken teeth remain. 0 -
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As Traumadoc said, the fracture healing time can vary...
I was out for 8 week with a scaphoid fracture. (thats small bone in your wrist just around the base of the thumb... I'm sure lots of board members know of it its a common cycling one )
The rehab time on wrists and arms can take a while too as the joints get stiff, sore and weak!
The road rash was healed on arm and leg in 2-3 weeks (think this can depend on skin type too...) and pink scar tissue is almost gone, the small head cut i got i can hardly see any more.
Good luck with the healing0 -
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