rmc_olderthandirt
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- Apr 18, 2006
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Okay, I am sitting here nursing my wounds from last weekend. Not as bad as my New Year's crash but the right side of my body is rather bruised and battered.
Where I ride it is mostly rock. Like a big giant rock that is a couple thousand feet tall and is littered with fist size pebbles that have broken off it. Sharp jagged ridges. Drop off that give the trail a stair step configuration.
When I fall in a sand wash or even dirt I generally just pick the bike up and get going. When I fall in the rock I tend to lay there for a few minutes taking inventory and waiting for the vital parts to start responding again.
Where I have protection has fared pretty well. So far, no head injuries, and the bulk of the chest and back have been unscathed. Since New Year's I have been wearing knee pads so this time I was fine from the knees down.
The riding pants have thin pads that cover the hip bone. It is a little sore but not bruised.
From the waist up the rib cage has some major road rash. Forearms are a bit scratched up. My thighs, however, look like some artist went to work on them with a lot of purple paint.
At 51 years old I am not healing from these injuries like I used to. I either need to learn to ride better, quit following my son or get better armor. The first isn't likely, the second undesired so I am hoping on the third.....
I don't want to end up looking like the Pillsbury Dough boy, however.
So, what does everyone else wear when they ride?
Rod
Where I ride it is mostly rock. Like a big giant rock that is a couple thousand feet tall and is littered with fist size pebbles that have broken off it. Sharp jagged ridges. Drop off that give the trail a stair step configuration.
When I fall in a sand wash or even dirt I generally just pick the bike up and get going. When I fall in the rock I tend to lay there for a few minutes taking inventory and waiting for the vital parts to start responding again.
Where I have protection has fared pretty well. So far, no head injuries, and the bulk of the chest and back have been unscathed. Since New Year's I have been wearing knee pads so this time I was fine from the knees down.
The riding pants have thin pads that cover the hip bone. It is a little sore but not bruised.
From the waist up the rib cage has some major road rash. Forearms are a bit scratched up. My thighs, however, look like some artist went to work on them with a lot of purple paint.
At 51 years old I am not healing from these injuries like I used to. I either need to learn to ride better, quit following my son or get better armor. The first isn't likely, the second undesired so I am hoping on the third.....
I don't want to end up looking like the Pillsbury Dough boy, however.
So, what does everyone else wear when they ride?
Rod
