[derockus]

I was riding at The Rock trail in Gainesville, FL. Theres a ramp/bridge over a fallen tree there. It's about 6' high at the peak. On the second try I went over off the top. The bike hung up and as I fell past it head first towards the ground the outside of my pedal caught below my knee and filleted a huge chunk of skin. My buddy was there with first aid; just gauze and tape but I couldn't have made it without it. We ditched the bikes and had to walk 20 min back to the car. 42 stitches total.

 

[AlexJK]

holy ****!!! what kind of shin fillet-knife pedals are you running?!?!

 

[grungePoodle]

Holy hell! I woulda gone into shock over seeing that. Dang.

 

[derockus]

Shimano halfies. Spd/Cages

Definitely brutal. The first thing I yelled when I saw it was "HOSPITAL! HOSPITAL!"

 

[blazemaster83]

wow that is quite an injury. def shock worthy lol. glad your leg is cool and your friend had his first aid. :thumbsup:

 

[spongstick]

They did a good job cleaning you up better you better hope that skin don't sluff off

 

[andy85]

farrout! thats nasty!!
third pic really shows how far it went!!

 

[derockus]

yeah, they cleaned the hell out of it. they used some pre-soaped sponge/nylon scrub brush. I guess since it was so deep it basically took all the vascular tissue with it in the flap. this is apparently a good thing as the flap will continue to get blood flow. its starting to bruise pretty bad today.

you can see the bone in the third one.

 

[nachomc]

Yikes

 

[MarkMass]

DUDE!! Uggggh! My stomach is turning right now.

Did your leg getting ripped save you from landing on your head?

I was riding at The Rock trail in Gainesville, FL. Theres a ramp/bridge over a fallen tree there. It's about 6' high at the peak. On the second try I went over off the top. The bike hung up and as I fell past it head first towards the ground the outside of my pedal caught below my knee and filleted a huge chunk of skin. My buddy was there with first aid; just gauze and tape but I couldn't have made it without it. We ditched the bikes and had to walk 20 min back to the car. 42 stitches total.

 

[545cu4ch]

JESUS! I cant imagine how painful the cleaning with the brush might have been.. i get shivers just thinking about it haha
What did the doctors say when you turned your stitching session into a photoshoot?? haha

 

[AZ]

Definatly some quality carnage , ever think about some armor?

 

[goingblankagain]

Damn buddy! Hope you heal up alright!

 

[kmacon]

Jeez, those pedals would have to go to the metal recycle bin and I would be buying some ATACS, Egg beaters or ANYTHING with smooth surfaces!

Good luck with the healing.

 

[DavidNeiles]

Holy freaking [email protected][email protected]## That is nasty!!! I have to say you take the gold.

 

[Cino]

I have the same pedals on my errand bike. Always thought that serrated edge could do some nasty damage given the opportunity. I don't think I'll ever put them on my mtn bike now.

Doc cleaned you up real good. Heal well.

 

[2wheelsoul]

Ummm....well.....just throw some dirt on it....

Daaaaaaaaaamn.

I can't believe that it was only 42.....looks like an easy hundo to me....doc must have been in 'saving' the sutures mode.

Heal well.

 

[derockus]

Thanks for the support, dudes.

It's day 9 and I'm still on farking crutches. Healing is going slooowly. I went and saw a wound care surgeon yesterday because there is some seriously bad bruising and a small black spot developing in the top half. He said that it could be necrotic but he would have to wait and see how it looks at the end of the week. If it is necrotic he's going to have to cut it out and do a skin graft. F.

But, theres no infection, and no fluid building up underneath between the flap and bone; which is good news. He said just keep on caring for it like we have been and hopefully I won't lose too much skin.

I ride my road bike a lot also and spent all last week on the couch watching the tour. I just wanna get back on any bike! I never figured I'd even be on crutches this long.

MarkMass - No, I still landed on my head.

AZMTNS - My sixsixone shin/knee guards already arrived in the mail!

 

[Trek7000rider]

daaammmnnnn... thats going to leave an epic scar!

Hope it heals quickly- crutches suck. I was on them for 10 weeks last year with a broken foot- but it wasnt nearly as badass as your injury.

Take it easy, man

 

[ALEV8]

That is nice. You will treasure it.