Do you remember the guy I'm talking about in Stowe who got in the accident? There was a fund raiser party for him I believe at where they held the annual barn dance. Was around 2001
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Who Rides Alone?
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Do you remember the guy I'm talking about in Stowe who got in the accident? There was a fund raiser party for him I believe at where they held the annual barn dance. Was around 2001
Seeing that I'm trying to get out and ride as much as possible lately I find myself riding solo from time to time. Regardless when I do end up riding solo I carry my cell phone and always let someone know where I'm riding as well as some details of my intended loop.
Riding solo kind of bothered me the first few times out but I've grown more comfortable with it as of late. I do appreciate all the group ride has to offer but also am beginning to enjoy the peace, serenity and ability to do what I want to do that comes with riding solo.
Riding solo kind of bothered me the first few times out but I've grown more comfortable with it as of late. I do appreciate all the group ride has to offer but also am beginning to enjoy the peace, serenity and ability to do what I want to do that comes with riding solo.
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yea. That happend while riding on Brownsville Road. Not trail riding. I think road riding is statistcally more dangerous then MTBing.
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I used to ride a lot a few years back, all mtb. Then I dropped out of it (arthritic issues). In 2007 I went for a tune-up ride in my back woods alone. Stupid little slip sent me over the bars into a tree or rock. Ripped a gash in my arm but that didn't hurt much. Busting 6 ribs and popping a small hole in my lung sucked. I struggled to walk about 800 feet out of the woods and call 911 from my house. I spent 2 days in the hospital as they monitored my bruised liver.
Now I am very cautious. I think a phone with a gps or phone with a separate gps too would be good if you screw up in the woods. The doctor who stitched me up at the hospital had a good 15 years on me but had a very similar story to tell. He also told me that he has promised his wife that he's going to wear rib pads when skiing or riding in the woods. After that experience, I can see why though I have yet to go that way.
It seems like the most likely ways to really get hurt in the woods are head trauma, neck injuries and chest/organ trauma. Certainly broken other stuff is possible but seemingly less life-threatening. Eye protection is a good idea too.
I probably won't ride obscure trails on my own any more.
Now I am very cautious. I think a phone with a gps or phone with a separate gps too would be good if you screw up in the woods. The doctor who stitched me up at the hospital had a good 15 years on me but had a very similar story to tell. He also told me that he has promised his wife that he's going to wear rib pads when skiing or riding in the woods. After that experience, I can see why though I have yet to go that way.
It seems like the most likely ways to really get hurt in the woods are head trauma, neck injuries and chest/organ trauma. Certainly broken other stuff is possible but seemingly less life-threatening. Eye protection is a good idea too.
I probably won't ride obscure trails on my own any more.
haha...
so i'm riding nepaug the other day...
ever have a section of trail that you work on everytime you come accross it... smoother, quicker... ?
Bobsled in nepaug is my section of choice for stepping up my single track. i've been working on adding pedals and not using brakes...
this past... hmm.. guess it was monday, i'm out riding solo due to my impatience with people with jobs, and had a great time. sessioned some jumps, got real comfy and was heading back home to clean up before giving my brother a chain saw lesson.
getting onto bob sled, i typically dont pedal to hard until i get to the first right hand berm up top, whats the point right? anyways, picking up speed on top, i dip into the left before it turns into a down hill run. now, i usually pedal where its open, hit the switch backs and pedal before the 90 degree right with the roots, but monday i decided i'd pedal all the way through, no brakes, really hammering.....
i essentially stubbed my toe... the worse ever.... catching my toes between my 45lb bike, 180lb me and a stump... i stopped dead in my tracks.... this is where my world turned into that super sureal slow motion that you only get while eating shit... im contemplating the brokeness of all of my toes while preparing to do a really sick super man tuck n roll. i've got my hands out, my feet off the bike and i'm up side down with the bike tumbling behind me... like i said, super slow mo, i've already got my plan to .... (this is where it gets interesting) my front flip tuck n roll was abruptly stopped by my kidney's contact with a birch tree... so fast, so painful, so lame. best part? the bike caught up to me while i was being beaten by mother nature and i collapsed onto my pile of Kona... insulting me further haha.... its at this point im actually thinking im hurt... boo... then my dog barks at me, i think she called me queer, i'm not sure. but it sounded like it.
after i realize i can get back to my car, i think of this stupid thread... funny right?
fact is, i'm going out again this afternoon... taking it easy, but if no one shows, im still going to ride... i guess i havent learned yet haha. emma the dog knows how speed dial works
so i'm riding nepaug the other day...
ever have a section of trail that you work on everytime you come accross it... smoother, quicker... ?
Bobsled in nepaug is my section of choice for stepping up my single track. i've been working on adding pedals and not using brakes...
this past... hmm.. guess it was monday, i'm out riding solo due to my impatience with people with jobs, and had a great time. sessioned some jumps, got real comfy and was heading back home to clean up before giving my brother a chain saw lesson.
getting onto bob sled, i typically dont pedal to hard until i get to the first right hand berm up top, whats the point right? anyways, picking up speed on top, i dip into the left before it turns into a down hill run. now, i usually pedal where its open, hit the switch backs and pedal before the 90 degree right with the roots, but monday i decided i'd pedal all the way through, no brakes, really hammering.....
i essentially stubbed my toe... the worse ever.... catching my toes between my 45lb bike, 180lb me and a stump... i stopped dead in my tracks.... this is where my world turned into that super sureal slow motion that you only get while eating shit... im contemplating the brokeness of all of my toes while preparing to do a really sick super man tuck n roll. i've got my hands out, my feet off the bike and i'm up side down with the bike tumbling behind me... like i said, super slow mo, i've already got my plan to .... (this is where it gets interesting) my front flip tuck n roll was abruptly stopped by my kidney's contact with a birch tree... so fast, so painful, so lame. best part? the bike caught up to me while i was being beaten by mother nature and i collapsed onto my pile of Kona... insulting me further haha.... its at this point im actually thinking im hurt... boo... then my dog barks at me, i think she called me queer, i'm not sure. but it sounded like it.
after i realize i can get back to my car, i think of this stupid thread... funny right?
fact is, i'm going out again this afternoon... taking it easy, but if no one shows, im still going to ride... i guess i havent learned yet haha. emma the dog knows how speed dial works
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Sorry for your wreck, but thanks for the laugh.
I think it's cool, that of all things, you were thinking of AZ while all this was going on. :lol:
Hope you didn't get banged up too bad.
Hope you didn't get banged up too bad.
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do you guys carry a whistle with you???
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Its because you're soooooo amazing that no one dares to ski with you for fear of being humbled into non existence.
Thanks for sharing!:grin:
I rarely ride alone. When I do, I take my Iphone with Imapmyride and I seem to ride very tentatively.
On another note: Do you find yourself riding more aggressively with certain people?
I have two friends that I ride like a freak with, and a few others that I just chill with.
Naw, I ride like a putz all the time.
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I can vouch here.
Thanks for backing me up.
i do when paddling my kayak...
i ride alone as much as i do in a group. its hard to find people to sess the friendlys parking lot with me. i have been using the ss as my commuter around town, those rides are always solo. but i mounted a child seat on the ss last night and hope to start taking my son with me around town.
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There're no tree wells to fall into in the summer!
I don't see the two being similar. Both are in the woods but mtn biking "in the woods" is more similar to skiing on trails. People will come by. They may or may not see you if you're out of sight. That's like skidded off the trail into the side. Otherwise, they'll see your bike laying there and would normally look for the owner.
Also, in the winter, there's a much bigger problem of just freezing to death once injured. Less so in summer.
I don't ride aggressively whether alone or in groups. So I don't really hesitate to ride alone, "per normal". In contrast, I'm not comfortable skiing trees in the winter, primarily due to the tree well danger. Other than that, I ski alone quite a bit.
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That's cool! Turn the kid into a bike geek right away!
I love my SS, but I have some friends who are also on them, eager to ride all the time!
I just fitted him in the seat. We should be taking our first voyager together tomorrow after work.
Grassi, how did the kid seat work out? Did you take him to session Friendly's?
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