I crashed a few years ago right before a weeklong tour. As long as I didn't climb out of the saddle or get really out of breath, I was okay.
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11-08-2009, 08:55 AM #1
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For 3 days, I get to part of a thousand other journeys.
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11-08-2009, 10:01 AM #2
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I'm certainly not a dr. so take this with a heaping handful of salt, but I once bruised my ribs by sliding off my own handlebars and slamming into them because it was raining and I wasn't wearing gloves and I had my hands resting on the tops aka "suicide grip"...
... anyway. They hurt for ages. I never had sharp pains or point-specific pain or trouble breathing, but they ached for weeks. Riding or no riding made no difference.
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11-08-2009, 02:11 PM #3
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One of my buddies crashed his MTB this fall. I think he was in worse shape from wrenching his neck than from bruising the ribs - he said he felt like he'd been run over by a truck - but he was back riding slowly on the road within 3 days. It was longer before he was up to the pounding of off-road riding.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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