When your too old to dh/freeride...what will you do?

CraigH · Jul 28, 2004

Time to start working on the collar bone upgrade?

How is the healing going anyway?

man w/ one hand · Jul 28, 2004

Slow...I did hit a 4-5 ft rock drop last night.

CraigH said:
Time to start working on the collar bone upgrade?

How is the healing going anyway?

No pain, but I didn't crash either. (Epiphany) Crashin' seems to be common denominator....hmmm. I'll have to work harder to try & eleminate that aspect of my riding...I wish.

Imagine if you could come up w/a device or replacement for th' c-bone. I have sat around over th' last 6-7 weeks thinking about what kind of contraption you could use to fix this problem. 1st you would have to pad-up to be able to absorb any impact, 2nd you'd have to limit the mobility of the shoulder to keep from exceeding th' c-bones range of movement, therein lies the problem. How would you keep the shoulder from flexing too far & seperating the c-bone w/o limiting riding mobility??

Hmmmm...............................................................................................................................................o'well no epiphany this time....

CraigH · Jul 28, 2004

Football shoulder pads?

It seems roadies break collar bones more often than mtn bikers though. Probably due to the fact they are landing on pavement and we are landing on dirt which gives a little.

Do you wear upper body armour when jumping? I use a Dainese jacket which I'm sure has saved me a lot of injuries over the years.

Cooter. · Jul 28, 2004

I'm gonna mainline heroin cut with Jack Daniels green label and drive around in my clapped out 78 LTD up and down "that one street in town" looking for young mini skirt wearing ladies of the evening, or morning, or noontime, whenever and take them back to a cheezy motel and have my way with them til early hours of the morn, when I'll wake up in a puddle of piss with a hangover that couldn't be quelled except by more alcohol.......................repeat

man w/ one hand · Jul 28, 2004

661 knee & shin guards & a helmet.

CraigH said:
Football shoulder pads?

It seems roadies break collar bones more often than mtn bikers though. Probably due to the fact they are landing on pavement and we are landing on dirt which gives a little.

Do you wear upper body armour when jumping? I use a Dainese jacket which I'm sure has saved me a lot of injuries over the years.

I've never worn "armour". Probably need to though. Our dh runs tend to have as much climbing to them or out of them as they do dh. I sweat like a stuck pig w/my arm on. I lined the socket & covered the straps of the harness w/neoprene to cut down on rubbin' & to keep them from rotting due to sweat. I could probably incorperate a removeable shoulder pad into my harness that would help. Thanks alot Craig...

Now I'll spend the rest of the afternoon thinking about shoulder pads & harnesses & not get a thing done here @ work...

...Thanks a lot Craig H...

CraigH · Jul 28, 2004

LOL!

My brother has added lacross rib protection to his Dainese jacket to stop broken ribs. I've bought a set to add to mine, but haven't attached them to the jacket yet.

rpl3000 · Jul 28, 2004

when i can no longer take the falls and the injuries are too much i plan on going back to flatland bmx. super technical and fun.
i imagine a silly road bike and a super squishy xc bike will work their way into the mix also. -ron

Tracerboy · Jul 28, 2004

At 65, when I've accomplished everything that I've desired, I'm going to take up pot smoking after what will be a 48 year hiatus from doing so. There was nothing more pleasurable to me than being a stoner. I only stopped because I realized that I need the full potential of my smarts, memory, and desire to aid what will be a unwonted career in making-things-up, transcribing them on Microsoft Word, printing them out and selling them for exorbitant amounts of money.

Oh yea! I'll never quit riding bikes in one way or another.

gonzostrike · Jul 28, 2004

CraigH said:
LOL!

My brother has added lacross rib protection to his Dainese jacket to stop broken ribs. I've bought a set to add to mine, but haven't attached them to the jacket yet.

hey that's an EXCELLENT idea, Craig. what a great suggestion. when I played lax ('81-'88) here in the States, nobody was using such rib protection, not even the more rangy attackmen. I forgot that the safety gear has evolved significantly in lax. you should see my old pads, what a laugher!

now I"m gonna get me some lax pads to cover up the "blind spot" on my RockGardn Flak Jacket. THANKS!

CraigH · Jul 28, 2004

We looked around a lot for rib protection before we found the lacross stuff. We ended up getting the junior size even though we are both well over 6' & 200lbs as the regular sizes are too tall and interfere with the chest protector on the Dainese jacket.

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A few years ago at work I cracked 3 ribs on the side of my rib cage and detatched them from my sternum. I don't want to do that again as it took many months to heal. It even wrecked my back, as I was compensation for the injury by leaning my upper body over, so them my back muscles went into spasm. That was about 3 years ago and even now if I lean on the side of my rib cage (eg reaching across the van for something) it still lets me know that it isn't back to normal.

man w/ one hand · Jul 28, 2004

I was jus' thinkin'....what're th' XC guys gonna do......

when they get in their 60-70s? Cuiser bikes, rollerblades, finger puppets & booger pickin'?? Dang...@ least we have XC & curb huckin' to look forward too. You know I wouldn't mind havin' me one'o them "chopped-out" cruisers. Anyone seen the Ed "Rat Fink" Roth bike? http://www.electrabike.com/04/bikes/streamride/sr_19.html
My LBS has one w/ape hanger h-bars that are so tall they are illegal in Calif. Might not be so bad...

DH40 · Jul 28, 2004

I'll be geezin with steez riding with my kids (I hope)

I'm 42 and racing my first year in Expert DH next season.....

I -AM- starting to 'feel' all the old skateboarding and slamdancing injuries that just sorta 'healed' withour doctors....big mistake, that.

yeswayjay · Jul 29, 2004

easy one

ill be busy with kelesis mom ow wait i alredy am

smelly · Jul 29, 2004

my dad is 52 and still rides 5x a week, road and XC. he says he's in the best shape he's been in since he was 18.

BigDigger · Jul 29, 2004

Age is in your head....

I grew up riding dirtbikes with my dad's buddies. The guys we rode with were all either ex-racecar drivers or ex-military pilots. All of them were old, and all of them were scary-fast.

One guy in particular was a bomber pilot in WWII, and then a test pilot at Edwards. After leaving the Air Force, he ended up driving gold-cup unlimited hydroplanes (e.g. Miss Budwiser, etc.) and was world champion several times. His was one of the characters portrayed in the movie The Right Stuff.

Anyhow, at over 70 years old, he was able to do things on a dirt bike that I could not / would not as a fearless 16 year old kid. I don't think it ever occured to him that at his age if he got hurt he could be permanantly disabled etc.

Most of those guys ride streetbikes now, but they're still unbelieveably fast. I know of more than one instance where guys with big egos who don't know who they're talking to have been severely schooled by some old men up on Ortega.

DHbiker · Jul 29, 2004

BigDigger said:
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Anyhow, at over 70 years old, he was able to do things on a dirt bike that I could not / would not as a fearless 16 year old kid. I don't think it ever occured to him that at his age if he got hurt he could be permanantly disabled etc.

That's awesome.

AlanB · Sep 1, 2004

Depends on what goes first, the legs or...

... the pudendal nerve.

I'll never be too old to ride, just too injured.

Alan
P.S. Get a good seat.

madmax · Sep 1, 2004

I'm only 14 so i got a while to think,but for now I say that when I'm like 70,ill use my retirment money and get one of those 4 wheel bikes like the people in disorder 2.I'll probably ride that off a cliff though sooner or later cause my glasses will fall off or something.

SamL3227 · Sep 1, 2004

um....im only 17 and still got way to much to learn to even think about what i will do when biking is over. i mean its hard for me to think of what i will be doing when im 40.

but i think that droping of like a 200ft cliff or something wouldnt be such a bad way to go. you would be floating for such a long time and then, your off on your next journey

Brian Peterson · Sep 1, 2004

man w/ one hand said:
Yes you will get to be too old, if your lucky. Will you become a weight weenie, lookin' to shave 1/1000000's off of your 24 lb. XC or 18 lb. road bike, drinking from a waterbottle??? If we're lucky, & I mean very lucky, we'll all have to deal w/XC & roadie stuff. Where do you see your self @ 50-60 yrs. old, ....hucking, dh, freeriding, xc , roadie....cruiser bike ???
I'm 42 now & looking to dh/freeride as long as this body will let me.

Where you gonna be????

I am just going to continue to deny that I am getting older....

Brian

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