73 year old bone breaker.....

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Terrifying thread

 

[Kingerz]

Fantastic to be riding into your Third Age.
No matter what age though, I'd be trying some different tactics, routes and protective gear with all those injuries happening! Injuries suck and the recovery does too!

 

[Binhill1]

Fantastic to be riding into your Third Age.
No matter what age though, I'd be trying some different tactics, routes and protective gear with all those injuries happening! Injuries suck and the recovery does too!

I'm 67 and just slow it down now probably not as much as I should. Did ribs a couple years ago that's my only injury on a bike really since started in 86. I just returned from a week skiing and I am definitely more wary nowadays. Nice to be able to carry on with a few sports even at a lesser level

 

[Paulquattro]

Im speechless with some of this thread .

Self-preservation - Wikipedia

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[Binhill1]

Im speechless with some of this thread .

Self-preservation - Wikipedia

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Agree

 

[Binhill1]

Agree

Yes there's a few that will be getting blocked .

 

[Overkillit]

Scary stories for sure but I'm thankful for them. I tend to let the adrenaline take over at times and stories like these are great reminders that we don't have re-do's. It's obvious to many but there are some (like me) that have a difficult time realizing that we need to slow down no matter what we think we can handle. My dad seemed so old at my age.

 

[Binhill1]

Another “70+ bone breaker” here, a few years older than the OP. Thankfully, a few less bones broken and most of those were in previous cars or on/off motorcycles. As for MTB here’s a lovely pic of me back around the time of my 70th birthday following an over-the-bars incident. The photo was taken by a priest in the ER. He called my wife and said “Priest .x.x.x. here in the Emergency Room at Hoag Hospital. Your husband is OK, he’s going to live”. LOL! A bit of cleanup, some superglue “sutures”, and good to go.

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I was partially paralyzed for a few scary moments immediately after the crash - this is often referred to as a “stinger”. Following a CT scan to assess any damage the neurosurgeon warned me that another trauma that impacted my cervical vertebrae could result in partial or complete paralysis below the neck. What a nice thought to carry around.

No need to give up or cut back on MTB. I just keep reminding myself that my aspirations, though not especially high, still significantly exceed my abilities. Just carry on and be more mindful, smell the roses more and the dirt and rocks less closely. Fortunately, subsequent crashes have been more over-the-side than OTB and have only resulted in scrapes, bruises and muscle tears leaving my bones and neck intact. Time will tell if this good fortune continues!

Great that you managed a smile for the camera. Or maybe seeing Father Ted made you think you had made it up to Heaven