How to break a collarbone...

pollywaffle

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pollywaffle

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May 4, 2019
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cairns
Update: Almost 13 weeks and it's still not healed. The xray from 5 weeks looks the same as the xray from 12 weeks. It's significantly displaced and overlaps about 4cm.

Here's the weirdest part of it though. I feel great. I have been riding off road doing blue trails nice and slowly without much discomfort.

Anyway, getting a CT scan. If the results are bad, will see surgeon to see if a plate and bone graft is needed. That will suck the bag. Starting all over again. Happy trails.
 

PsiLoCybia

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Oct 22, 2019
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@pollywaffle That sucks dude, hope you are back on the bike quick! Was an impressive OTB and LOL'd that you called out the Scorpion :D

Just like on any bike a pedal strike issue is almost always entirely due to rider error. Don't kid yourself it's inherently an emtb issue.
As i've said previously the main difference between emtb and mtb is the higher speed you approach stuff for less rider effort. and the ease at which you transmit power through the rear wheel means it's tempting to keep pedalling when you really shouldn't be. You still have to time pedal strokes and pay attention to foot position. it just takes a little time to adapt. and when tired or offline it's harder to concentrate on foot position.

As a relatively new convert to E-mtb, this is exactly what I have found. I pedal strike on areas I never would on my old analogue bike, purely because I am going faster on technical bits and keep pedaling when I shouldn't.

I almost succumbed to the temptation to buy the miranda cranks, but instead have taken this advice
If you choose to percevere with standard length cranks, in time you'll also reduce pedal strike rate.
Already my pedal strikes are reducing, I am now thinking much more about the obstacles up ahead on the trail and what that means for my pedal position. It does mean I am riding a bit slower as not simply pedaling constantly but ultimately it is improving my riding.

As for the negatives about shorter cranks, that's beyond my ability to calculate. I do think that if you want to run them, then do, it will reduce your pedal strikes and if there are negatives then you will adjust to them. For now, I am going to persevere with the standard cranks on the Kenevo, I may up my spring though as the 450lb spring on the S2 is probably too low for my weight.

All that being said, if I sustained an injury like @pollywaffle has, then I would quite possibly just go for the shorter cranks anyway :unsure:
 

johnc

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Oct 13, 2018
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Update: Almost 13 weeks and it's still not healed. The xray from 5 weeks looks the same as the xray from 12 weeks. It's significantly displaced and overlaps about 4cm.

Here's the weirdest part of it though. I feel great. I have been riding off road doing blue trails nice and slowly without much discomfort.

Anyway, getting a CT scan. If the results are bad, will see surgeon to see if a plate and bone graft is needed. That will suck the bag. Starting all over again. Happy trails.

Had the same problem created by going back to work to soon (self employed). Had a plate and bone graft. It then healed really quickly.
 

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