Broken Leg - With X-rays.

[critter]

so those rods in your leg are temporary? What happen to plaster cast?

That must have been a narley wipeout.

[Unicorn]

Thanks Steveyo!

Critter, I was coming down a steep section of single track with a lot of boulders. The fall was not that bad but I leg landed on the ground and the unicycle frame landed on it and then my ass fell on the frame turning it into a lever that just smapped both my Tibia and Fibula bones. Anyway I see bicycaling as an evolutionary step into the perfect sport of unicycling!

With a classic plaster cast the doctors said that there would be a slim chance of the bones mending correctly. I guess that I was lucky enough to badly break the bones in order to get the intermedullar rod! Interestingly in WWII when a soldier broke a bone he was out of the war. However the Germans had soldiers who broke bones back in the lines withing a few months. Thier secret was the intermedullar rod.

By the way tomorow morning I am taking two of my fellow riders to a hill that I used as a milestone about a year and a half ago. It is about a 200 meters long section of logging road on a decent. All of the soil had been washed away leaving only egg to grapefruit sized stones. At first I UPDed over 20 times trying to ride down that hill. It took me a while to be able to do that section of road without one UPD. I think that my friends are now ready to try and tackle it. I will find a good seat and try to help them out as much as possible.

Unicorn

[Unicorn]

Yesterday night I rode a unicycle again! it is the first time since I broke my leg in the beginning of April. I rode my 20" trials and only did some "light" riding in a gym. It is not easy on the ankle but feels great to be back in the saddle again! I missed riding so much!

By the way it was the first time that I looked at my guards closely since the incident and I saw a rip in the foam of the exact size of the magura mount right where the frame hit my leg.

Anyway I also did my first off road mountain bike ride today with Kobis. He MUnied and I Biked. Kind of feel like a traitor! I can't wait until my leg is strong enough to allow me to do MUni again so that I can get rid of the training wheel for good!

Unicorn

[Kyle_Destroyer]

dude so lucky!

You broke your leg after me, and started riding before me!

Best of luck with MUni, something tell me you'll ride a bit more careful this time

[Unicorn]

today during our weekly friday Muni ride we rode the single that I broke my keg on. I gave the boulder where I broke my leg it's due respect and did not attempt to ride off of it again! A pretty gnarly section of single track. I guess that others have also been hurt there because the parks authority cut many trees down across that single to discourage it from being ridden. Rider have just altered the single to wind around the felled trees. I guess that riders will always find a way!

Funny I now ride only with 150's. I must say that the 165's do give more control and power for hill climbing and riding over obstacles but the extra speed gained with the 150 is a real plus.

Unicorn