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@1894mk2
I build up a new ti hard tail mtb. I think to myself better be a bit careful, you've not ridden a hard tail for a decade, it's bound to be faster and less forgiving and it's got less grippy tyres on it.
I just can't believe how fast it is on the first ride. Second ride I am tanking along a stretch of gravel/mud track, I see a muddy patch ahead and think 'spare the XTR' and head for the edge. The edge is precisely that - a thin edge with a camber hidden by grass . How fucking dumb can I be - I know never to try to be clever like that.
Bang down on left side. Elbow fucked again, ribs bad, quad bad. Bike unharmed (phew) same cannot be said for elbow. Wash it as best as I can in a cattle trough (in retrospect not a great idea)get home bind myself up then head to MIU next morning. At this stage I have hidden the accident from my wife who I know will tell me to stop riding. I get to MIU and they tell me - that will need sorting under general anaesthetic by the plastic surgeons. Fuck - at this point I have to own up to wife who not unaturally isn't very impressed at the subterfuge.
Off to big hospital . They suggest I wait another day when they have the ability to do it as a general anaesthetic as it's getting on the big side for local under local. I 'man up' and say I'm happy to do it under local something I deeply regret as the procedure is totally hideous, really flesh creepily awful The 2x 1" holes are 'debrided' of all the shit (read scraped with a chisel down to the bone and flesh cut off), stitched and I'm discharged and consuming all the painkillers I can lay my hands on.