RADRick, The problem us Admins and Mods have with you in general is you are posting your opinions as facts and the facts you are providing are wrong. Have an opinion, great. Post it as such. Have a fact to post, great. Post it, but be prepared to back it up with supporting data. This site is moderated in a manner to weed out bad information and those people that post it.
Some examples of what I am talking about:
RADRick said:
Most knee injuries are the result of a crash or bad riding technique (hooking a toe in turn). A healthy knee joint can withstand a fair amount of twisting and turning before serious injury will happen. A hip socket or femur will not.
Sounds like fact, can you back that up or is this speculation (opinion) on your part?
RADRick said:
Braces tend to stiffen the knee so much that injuries to the hip, ankle and/or femur often result. A broken femur can be far more devastating than a twisted knee.
RADRick said:
The average rider or novice racer probably doesn't need braces. Most will be fine with some good impact protection like that provided by knee/shin guards.
Opinion again or is this a fact?
RADRick said:
Most often, the force required to break a femur will result in a compound instead of simple fracture. The femur has no give other than bone elasticity, which declines as one gets older. The knee can absorb more twist than a single bone. By eliminating the knee's ability to twist with the use of braces, the force is then transferred directly to the femur and hip joint.
Sounds like you should have some sort of data to back that up as it is most clearly stated as fact.
RADRick said:
Since the advent of knee braces it has become more common (along with hip dysplacia) and that has nothing to do with the increase in popularity of dirt bikes.
There you go again.
RADRick said:
Few will recommend brace use to someone with no prior injury who is a casual rider/racer.
I can assume you have polled 50, 100, 200? orthos across the US that are familiar with dirtbike related injuries? If not how do you know that "few" will recommend them?
RADRick said:
I don't know what kind of "SWAG" you're used to, but you haven't gotten it from me.
See above quoted examples.
RADRick said:
Why do you hang out in a forum run by a magazine and industry you obviously have such disdain for?
As a "journalist" you really do need to check your facts or no one will take you seriously.
RADRick said:
The link you posted was to an event that occurred during a race.
You stated a fact and were given reference material and you still got it wrong. I take it reading comprehension was not a strong point in your education.
RADRick said:
The protection given the rider in that instance isn't even the main point of a knee brace, which is to prevent hyper-extension and over-rotation of the knee joint.
The main point of a knee brace is to protect from injury. It did its job. According to Innovation Sports (CTi2) ACL, MCL, LCL, PCL, rotary and combined instabilities, Low, medium and high contact/impact activities are what it is designed for.
RADRick said:
Excuse me, I should have said related to.
You were even told we were not associated with the magazine and you still did not check the facts before again making a WRONG statement of fact.
RADRick said:
I see guys who are and will always be intermediate level trail riders wearing knee braces. Long before any chance for a knee injury ever crosses their path, they are suffering from fatigue, movement restriction and elevated temperatures from their braces.
Really? I fell doing about 7-10 mph pulling off the track in the pits when my front tire slipped into a tire rut from a truck and tore my ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus. Certainly the chance for me to do that kind of damage should not have been present in the pit area?
RADRick said:
I guess I'm the first to make that mistake, huh?
Yes, you are the first to make the mistake after being told after the first time.
RADRick said:
You had to have known the potential for confusion with the print magazine when you registered the domain name.
So I guess Motocross Action should have thought people would confuse them with AMA Motocross. This site is about riding motorcycles in the dirt... Dirt Riding. It is on the internet this DirtRider.net. Seriously, are you going there to justify your moronic statement... twice?
RADRick said:
I don't know why you and Rich have a hard-on for motojournalists, but that's your prerogative.
Because you perpetuate the stigma that we (dirt bike riders) are ignorant by posting wrong information and stating facts that are wrong then claim they are opinon.
RADRick said:
Show me where I presented anything as other than my opinion or personal experience.
See above.
RADRick said:
I'm still waiting for you to show me anything I presented as undeniable "FACT."
See above
RADRick said:
Yeah, and the internet is just chocked full of accurate information. Especially public forums!
We know info on the net is often times bunk, that is why when people such as yourself come on and post complete BS we call them on. The goal of this site is to provide accurate information. You are the polar opposite. See definition below.
ac·cu·rate -- adj.
Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard.
Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale.
Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous: an accurate proofreader.
