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I'd post this in the MTB subforum but no one ever reads it.

Went biking a couple saturdays ago at Santos with my nephew and friend. First time out on my new hardtail so I was trying out some of the harder stuff I had to hike my rigid over. So after a few hours of riding we come to a serious descent. It's only like 12' but almost straight down. As I go to follow the others down just as soon as I start the decent I catch a rock in my front wheel. The bike flips over, I go over the handlebars and I drop the other 10' feet of the descent face first into the ground and my bike lands about 10' further down the trail than I do.

Really sucked because the trail is full of sharp rocks which I of course landed on. Tore up my right arm from my elbow to my shoulder, sprained my left wrist, tore up my right knee and I thought I pulled all the muscles in my stomach and chest but it appears I actually cracked a couple of upper ribs. Even put a dent in my new helmet. Of course that was better than putting a dent in my head. And of course after washing off some of the blood we do another 8 miles or so of switchbacks.

Wish we had got that on video though. Would of made a hell of a youtube video. mrgreen

You can check the mountain biking subforum if you want to see a video of the trail I ride. It's in the only thread in the subforum.

Most of cuts and scrapes are healed but I still can't use my left hand very well and my ribs hurt like hell. Lol can't wait to try it again. Minus the face plant this time.

Did you ever watch the video of the trail I posted in the subforum?

Oh yeah...it also busted both my lips too. Figures all the hot chicks had to be around AFTER I did that. redface