Ahhh, but I did not endo! I lost the front end out to the right while turning left. At least, that's what all of the forensic evidence suggests. (physical injuries, dirt on clothes, scratch on helmet visor (no scratch on helmet), no dirt on hydration pack, trail location, etc). So I get to keep the Endo(rphin) for a little while longer! Thanks for all the well wishes everyone - see you on the trails soon, but not too soon! :beer:
Could be worse, you could have ended up looking like Jonah Hex... Glad you're in one piece more or less- heal up fast!
Even worse....what if you ended up looking Justin Bieber?????? I'd say you were lucky. heal up and keep the noggin off the rocks.
It's good to be humbled without having to pay a big price. Think of how many worse injuries this little bif will save ya.
Scary. Hope you heal up quick. I had the fastest and hardest crash that I've ever had on Lynx a year or two ago, I was going great down it, felt really good, flowing well in the beginning until I got to the first section where you kind of go down some rock steps where there's no good place to fall and...before I knew it I was doing a full blown somersault/cartwheel still clipped in and on my bike, finally landing on my side at the bottom of that section... I remember as I was falling thinking, this is going to be bad...got up, waited for the pain to come, nothing, everytihing on me and the bike worked, looked around, dusted myself off and pedaled off like Clark Griswold. Not a scratch on me. I was wearing light weight knee pads and gloves, but that was it. Just lucky.
Don't be off the bike for too long. You might miss out on another wheel size after it has already come and gone
Holy crap Chris! Strange that such an innocent corner was able to take you out like that, but I guess these things have a habit of happening when you least expect them. Luckily it doesn't look like the facial reconstruction was too severe. Concussions sure do suck though and I hope yours resolves itself without any lasting ill effects.
Definitely some similarities to your crash, but I think you win in the damage-to-body tally. At least you were going downhill! Almost a week later now and the noggin and its contents feel fine. Ready for Snow Summit!
^^If you're saying you're ready for SS, your noggin isn't quite right just yet, Chris...don't be in such a hurry.
I would suggest taking it easy with the dislocated shoulder too. I came back to early from mine and I regret it. While crashing at Whistler shortly after didn't help , I did realize how messed up my shoulder still was when I had to only use that arm after damaging the other shoulder.
OK, I know you are all on pins and needles and this has been getting as much coverage as Malaysia Flight 370, so here are my findings... After studying the forensic evidence (injuries, scratches on equipment, the physical layout of the trail, my own riding tendencies) and the testimony of my buddy who was following who didn't see much, and the nature of my last crash which was also on a mundane trail in Aliso (top of Rock-it on the flat turny section with Tweasol) - here is my conclusion: My fall was caused by.... a left pedal strike. I have had a tendency to pedal out of turns too soon lately. Combined with a low BB height, this means some rather abrupt movement of the bike when my inside foot/pedal/crank hits a rock or the trail. At this particular location on Lynx, my suspension would also have been compressed quite a bit, making the pedal strike a foregone conclusion if I pedaled. Ooops. My bad. BTW, my room number in Mission Hospital last week... 370 O....M....G :-k
