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[consularrider]

What is it with collar bones and ribs this month?

[KLizotte]

@vvill 52936 wrote:

Well, it should be easier to not get a new one soon. Had a little accident on the way home Sunday.

Oh noooooo. That looks way painful and inconvenient. Do you have to have surgery? Perhaps Dickie should change from wood to titanium parts. So sorry to hear about your accident. I hope all other body parts are in working order.

[Vicegrip]

Real sorry to see that, I hope you heal quickly and well.

[Subby]

@vvill 52936 wrote:

Well, it should be easier to not get a new one soon. Had a little accident on the way home Sunday.

Ugggh. Really sorry to hear that. Surgery?

[vvill]

Thanks all. Ortho said it should heal naturally without surgery so I’m leaving it for now. The same advice was given to me when I fractured my elbow in 2011 and that healed fine by itself.

[Dickie]

That sucks vvill but good to hear that surgery isn’t necessary. Is your bike damaged, and how long before you can ride again?… if you are like Consularrider it will be a few days right?

[vvill]

The bike seems ok although I haven’t examined it closely yet. My wife now knows how to take off a QR wheel.

I hopped on a stationary bike (not a bike on a trainer) for 0.2mi this morning… mostly just for some leg/knee movement. Seemed ok but I won’t really be doing anything for a few weeks – my follow-up appt in is 4 weeks and I’m planning to take it real easy.

[vvill]

Honestly the worst thing about stuff like this is kneejerk reactions/misgivings some people have about cycling being prohibitively dangerous. Many people in my office know I commute by bike. I imagine that coming in with your arm in a sling from an accident (even if it wasn’t a commute) can reinforce those fears for others.

[PeteD]

From this weekend – Storming of Thunder Ridge:

[KLizotte]

@vvill 52972 wrote:

Thanks all. Ortho said it should heal naturally without surgery so I’m leaving it for now. The same advice was given to me when I fractured my elbow in 2011 and that healed fine by itself.

Just curious how it can heal without pins since it is completely detached. Amazing how bones heal.

[bobco85]

@PeteD 52993 wrote:

From this weekend – Storming of Thunder Ridge:

I love the foggy pic! Very moody.

[brendan]

@KLizotte 53009 wrote:

Just curious how it can heal without pins since it is completely detached. Amazing how bones heal.

Yeah, on a mid-shaft facture ,the muscles/ligaments plus the weight of the arm pull the two broken ends apart. If everything goes well, a large mass called a callus forms in-between and around the bone ends and calcifies enough over a few months to be almost as strong as the original bone. Over a period of one to two years post-injury it further calcifies and reorganized into a zig-zag of normal bone.

And that’s why you end up with a permanent bump. Unless you get surgery, then you can trade a bump for a scar and a patch of numb skin. In either case, I just call it my bike tattoo…

Brendan

[JimF22003]

@PeteD 52993 wrote:

From this weekend – Storming of Thunder Ridge:

Hey, I did that ride! I’m still in the process of drying out

[PeteD]

The descent on Rt 43 is now known as “The Scariest 9 minutes of my life.”

–Pete

[Mikey]

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I’m sure Detroit also has a tons of old car parts just lying around on the ground.
Pictures from the Washington Navy Yard.

[Author]

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