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My worst uni injury yet
I have a lot of planks and milk crates and stuff like that. I just set them up in my back yard and uni around on them. So I have some trouble with some setups, i fall off when i don't want to and I can't get up a certain slope but then i came to a conclusion that made me ride twice as better as before, I'M INVINSIBLE! My safety gear is as follows: Helmet (skate helmet not a bike helmet those are a bit spickey for my taste) Elbow pads (fingerless)Riding gloves 661 knee shin guards Not a lot of gear but more than what some people wear. Anyway so I think that I am totally A #1 with my impenetrable gear so I ride with little fear and intimidation. So I ride pretty well and I’m quite pleased with myself. Now… onto the crash. The set up was a long plank going up to two milk crates stacked on each other with another milk crate half way up for support. You follow me so far? I hope so. Anyway, so I ride up with the goal to stop at the top and hop off. When I get up there, however, the milk crates come out from under me and I fall. The back of my head smacks into the plank and the lip of my helmet stops the board, jamming it into the back of my head even worse. That and my back was scraped up on a milk crate. And now the aftermath… I was pretty much done unicycling that day. I didn’t bleed at all and I wasn’t concussed. But I couldn’t turn my head to the right without being in a great deal of pain. Left was ok but the right.. not a chance. Anyway, this morning the pain was less, I have a huge bump on my head and my head can’t turn all the way to the right. Absolutely NONE of the gear I had saved me, and I’m willing to bet that my helmet made it worse. Still I’m not dumb enough to stop wearing gear but I think that I got a little over confident and cocky. Even maybe a little dependent... I dunno. Anyway I just thought I’d share. -- XWonka - Surley Mofo '[image: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/xwonka/britanyad.JPG] ' (http://www.boasas.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XWonka's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3957 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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Somewhat related. Two B.C. Canada physicians are doing studies on mountain biking and rock climbing injuries. Here are two links to the article (two links in case one of them goes dead): 'PDF at testofmetal.com' (http://tinyurl.com/gs7e) 'Original article at medicalpost.com' (http://tinyurl.com/gs7f) Here's a quote from the article that sticks out: Miller notes most free-riders wear body armour, yet he finds, those are the ones with the most injuries. Maybe the answer is to wear no armor because the people with less armor are getting fewer injuries. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (at) hotmail (dot) com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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[image: http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smil...n/atabove.gif] *trials poser wears helmet to no avail* XWonka wrote: *I'M INVINSIBLE! ... I think that I am totally A #1 with my impenetrable gear so I ride with little fear and intimidation. Absolutely NONE of the gear I had saved me, and I’m willing to bet that my helmet made it worse.* Interesting observations. Did you mean invisible or invincible? Does wearing a helmet impede your spelling? XWonka wrote: *I think that I got a little over confident and cocky.* Another interesting observation, albeit an understatement. -Originally posted by XWonka in the "'Head Injuries' (http://tinyurl.com/gshe)" discussion- ROWAN HAS A MUNI? AND HE DOESN'T WEAR A HELMET? THIS GUY IS JUST BEGGING FOR ABUSE quote: ---------------------------------------------------------- merrill wrote: FOSS AND ROWAN ARGUE BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES. IT'S ENTERTAINING AND BOTH SIDES HAVE A POINT. WE COME AWAY FEELING LIKE WE'VE LEARNED SOMETHING AND THE DISCUSSION HAS MOVED FORWARD A NOTCH. I LEAVE IT TO THE FOLKS IN THE LISTENING AUDIENCE TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHO \"SOUNDS\" AND LOOKS LIKE AN IDIOT. ---------------------------------------------------------- *I've for one learned something, Rowan is the one who sounds like an idiot. I mean, if i went out not wearing a helmet i wouldn't be so damn proud of it. MAN what a dingus. * I think Dingus would be an apt name for someone being injured while wearing safety gear and under the false pretense that they are invincible. The money you spend on head protection does not make you think any more clearly in a dangerous situation than someone with no helmet. To be safe, being aware of potential safety hazards is equally important to wearing safety equipment, if not more so. Investing some time to think before you act (or speak or post) could be more productive than impulsively buying safety gear that you don't know how or when to use. -- Rowan - •·.·´¯`·.·• ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rowan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3772 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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XWonka wrote: * The back of my head smacks into the plank and the lip of my helmet stops the board, jamming it into the back of my head even worse. * So your theory is that a static object affixed to your head, somehow increased the impact force? Amazing! I can imagine if you had a nail or rock fixed to your head and you fell on that you might get that effect, but not something shaped like a helmet. The main lesson in this story is 'be sure of your support', the helmet is to protect the brain, not replace it. -- iunicycle - YeeeeHaaaa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iunicycle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1869 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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Rowan wrote: *Interesting observations. Did you mean invisible or invincible? Does wearing a helmet impede your spelling? *snip* Investing some time to think before you act (or speak or post) could be more productive than impulsively buying safety gear that you don't know how or when to use. * Dude, were you traumatized by a childhood tutor who was a bit too free with the ruler on your knuckles, or what? You can stop, anytime, Man- when you feel that special need to suck the joy out of other people, just go for a ride on the wheel instead.... you might even feel better... Rock on, XWonka; keep us up-to-date on you're trials and triumphs- I enjoy hearing both. -Christopher -- rhysling - Pontificating Vigilantly "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to passover me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see it's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." -- The Bene Gesserit Litany of Fear "Huh... I Wonder who this -Bene Gesserit- guy is, anyway? Sounds Yidish...." -Me, steeling the quote from Lewis's signature ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rhysling's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/411 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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iunicycle wrote: * So your theory is that a static object affixed to your head, somehow increased the impact force? Amazing!* Perhaps you should see figure a. I really didn't explain this well so i made a crappy diagram to make it more clear. Like a science textbook. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attachment filename: figa.jpg | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/153212| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- XWonka - Surley Mofo '[image: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/xwonka/britanyad.JPG] ' (http://www.boasas.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XWonka's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3957 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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XWonka wrote:
iunicycle wrote: * So your theory is that a static object affixed to your head, somehow increased the impact force? Amazing!* Chisels amaze you? |
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Scott Kurland wrote: * Chisels amaze you? * iunicycle wrote: * I can imagine if you had a nail or rock fixed to your head and you fell on that you might get that effect, but not something shaped like a helmet. * I think a chisel resembles a nail more than it does a helmet. XWonka -- great drawing! I see your point, ouch that hurts. Hey, I'm afraid to go off a 1' curb, trials stuff is cool, I just wish is were a little safer than it is. Wouldn't it be nice if someone came up with a giant tinker-toy like set of pieces you could securely connect togeather? -- iunicycle - YeeeeHaaaa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iunicycle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1869 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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Man, you need to get yourself some good saftey gear like me, here's a link to my upper body safety gear 'this is the link' (http://www.rageofmages.com/img/armor/armor_suit_1.gif) Well, sux4U about your boo boo's, hope you feel better, HAH! Take it like a man and drink some coffee!!! GWAHAHAHAH!!!! -- ITEMNO530 - Vegetarian Cartoonist IT'S PEANUT BUTTA JELLY TIME!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITEMNO530's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4024 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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iunicycle wrote: *Wouldn't it be nice if someone came up with a giant tinker-toy like set of pieces you could securely connect togeather? * That's really not a bad idea. I really need to develop a way to interlock stuff without nailing anything down. Perhaps C-Clamps? Just an idea. -- XWonka - Surley Mofo '[image: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/xwonka/britanyad.JPG] ' (http://www.boasas.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XWonka's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3957 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/26679 |
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