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Offline Cpt_Tangerine

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Re: first time
« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2008, 01:30:03 PM »
OH NO!

I've broken my elbow on my 2nd outing on the bocks!   :banghead:

I was doing really well, and got up to a bit of a limited run a couple of times ... and managed to stop, and then I got up a bit of speed, lost it, fell over and whacked the inside of my elbow on the tarmac! 

Man that's annoying!

Still, at least they've said that I don't have to wear a cast so I can still drive, type, and so on.  So it could be worse.  I'm just hoping it knits quickly.
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Re: first time
« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2008, 01:37:26 PM »
Did you have safety pads on ?
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Offline GRS

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Re: first time
« Reply #52 on: March 31, 2008, 03:22:27 PM »
That sounds painful, if it looks gruesome get it in the gallery  :biggrin:
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Re: first time
« Reply #53 on: March 31, 2008, 03:29:23 PM »
Quote from: GRS on March 31, 2008, 03:22:27 PM
That sounds painful, if it looks gruesome get it in the gallery  :biggrin:

lol only if it's not near tea time please  :haha:
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Offline Cpt_Tangerine

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Re: first time
« Reply #54 on: April 01, 2008, 12:52:41 AM »
DK - I did have safety pads on, but as it turned out, they were in the wrong places - wrists and knees, but not elbows.  Won't make that mistake again.

Sorry all, but it's not at all gruesome, it just looks like my ordinary arm, which being ginger and freckly is gruesome enough, I guess :)  The only real noticeable difference is a certain C-3POness to it's carriage.
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Offline Jason

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Re: first time
« Reply #55 on: April 01, 2008, 08:00:13 PM »
Welcome to the Broken bone club not to many of us yet but I'm sure the numbers will climb  :haha:

I'm not sure but I think on here I was the founding member of this wonderfull club (please correct me if anyones pre-dates mine I hate being first at anything  :biggrin:)
we should get a list up so we don't loose count  :biggrin:

Jason  :Hoofies2:
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Re: first time
« Reply #56 on: April 01, 2008, 08:09:21 PM »
i like the sound of that one jason.
k-rock wil be joining you all soon im sure of it, he landed on his elbow 3 or 4 times today bless him, i made him put my body armour on in the end
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Re: first time
« Reply #57 on: April 01, 2008, 08:11:27 PM »
Quote from: Jason on April 01, 2008, 08:00:13 PM
Welcome to the Broken bone club not to many of us yet but I'm sure the numbers will climb  :haha:

I hope not  :haha: I think i am about as safe as I can get..like a ninja turtle....All I need it the eye mask thing now :(


Serious message people...Bocks and safty gear match like jeans and a tshirt with the added bonus of protecting yourself from fallls and stuff. also the more safety gear I wear the more confident I am.
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Re: first time
« Reply #58 on: April 01, 2008, 08:19:13 PM »
somewhere in the gallery there are images of the first time i went out on mine, i look like robocop, i had a full face downhill mtb helmet on & my mtb body armour.
the funny thing is i dont think i had started using my knee pads with my bocks yet and im not sure i had wrist guards yet either lol
i now do the exact opposite protect my wrists and shin/knees but never wear my body armour, i always carry my new bocking helmet, but its rare i use it.
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Re: first time
« Reply #59 on: April 01, 2008, 08:23:57 PM »
Full helmet thats extreme and no wrist guards  :haha: Lol my helmet is lime green...really bright..I think that makes me ninja turtle-ish oh and the body armor and rest of it lol.
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