[Closed] My trip to BPW..in pictures....

Whooops.... that's what BPW brings sometimes for sure..

GWS mate.

Ouch, Bet Merthyr A&E were welcoming, they appear to love English MTBers.

Now, how about some explicit detail on the mad skillz that led to this?

And GWS obviously

Ouch. What have you done exactly?

Looks kind of like my Sunday morning in risca! Except replace wrist with ribs! Crashing 20 seconds into the first trail is not the way to go!
Hope you heal quick!

Ouch! GWS!

Ouch..although this post made me chuckle!!

Heal well!

Comminuted intra-articular fracture of distal radius, and a bit of the ulnar.
And really effin' hurt my back and shoulders...
And my pride 🙁

What
A
Numpty

DrP

Oooooooo!!! Heal well mate!

MMMMM Entonox.

How's the bike?

No sausages, that's the problem, you should have brought sausages.

First thing that came to mind:

Wheelies in the car park again? GWS mate

On the bright side = Brilliant thread. On the negative side = you broke yourself.

Two things: How is the bike, and did you manage to ride up more than once (Im assuming the uplift is not working)

How’s the bike?

Bike was fine actually! Flesh and bone...less so!

You'll see a lot more of me on zwift again now!

DrP

Gauging your trajectory from the illustration, it looks like you may have cased the upslope before the landing. Nasty.

Get well soon.

A BPW trip thread that doesn't make me envious. Sorry.

You are undone by flying...and your flies are undone.

GWS etc.

Well, the trailer stills are encouraging I look forward to the movie

Look on the bright side, at least you weren't the driver for the trip! Love the little cartoon representation, simple and effective.

Ouch, Bet Merthyr A&E were welcoming, they appear to love English MTBers.

They like anyone who is cooperative unlike a lot of the locals!! A MTBer with dented pride and worrying about their bike fared is heaven for them compared to dealing with the local druggie for the 3rd time that week.

Ouch, hope you heel quickly.

The older you get the less you bounce.

This is probably why gravel riding is getting so popular. Can't afford time off work or not being able to take care of the kids.

Its made me take the chicken run more than once when I'd have not even considered it a few years ago.

Glad the bikes ok

This really made me laugh. get well soon DrP

Oooof! Heal up well DrP

Looking at the diagram I think your front rim was broken even before you landed - no wonder you crashed!!😀

Get well soon.

I can read "some sort of mad skillz" on your picture up there. With writing like that, are you really a doctor?

First run of the day?! It was the bad juju from that SlikGraphics sticker 😂

GWS

I can read “some sort of mad skillz” on your picture up there. With writing like that, are you really a doctor?

Don't be taken in by that, he's left handed.

First run of the day?!

first and last run!!!
at least i pedalled up (great little climb actually)..

came a cropper on the lower half of ac/dc. rear wheel caught the lip of the landing ramp on the fast flowy section (final jump) and buckaroo'd me off.....

meh...2020 innit....

DrP

Can someone photoshop the image to add a cape? Any flying person needs a cape. FACT

So, to review:
Car (tick)
Gnar (er... kinda)
Far (yup!)

Bad luck, is it a dislocation or proper bust? IANADr... Either way, ouch.
How long before you're shreddin tha trailz again?

The one and only time I went I needed 2 ops to repair my knee!!!

They like anyone who is cooperative unlike a lot of the locals!! A MTBer with dented pride and worrying about their bike fared is heaven for them compared to dealing with the local druggie for the 3rd time that week.

Only heard second hand from here, but it seems the bikers are the politest and amazingly, the best smelling, "customers" of Merthyr A+E, and usually with an easily solvable problem.

Comminuted intra-articular fracture

Pretty sure i saw them play the alternative stage at Glasto back in '97 ?? 🙂

GWS!

Not quite a Flying Doctor!

GWS.

Ouch, heal well. BPW does have a habit of biting once the confidence kicks in! Reminds me I need to rebook my postponed place

Helmet needed more stickers.

Ouch, Bet Merthyr A&E were welcoming, they appear to love English MTBers.

I always figure that insinuating A&E don't like injured people is a bit like saying anyone doesn't like their job. Like a plasterer who doesn't like walls or a gardener who hates lawns.

If you didn't like fixing injuries they'd go work in some other specialty surely!

Personally I like to think I brighten their days slightly with my weird mishaps, frostbite in July was a particular highlight 😁🥶

frostbite in July

Not wishing to hijack the thread but you can’t leave that without an explanation!

I always figure that insinuating A&E don’t like injured people

Just based on a friends experience.  Maybe it was someone from outside the area taking up resources that prompted the frosty (sorry) reception rather than the fact he was injured.  Or maybe it was his charm...

Ouch, looks sore, Hope it heals soon!