I R3V'd myself on a mountain bike

[clavinZERO]

Down a small hill with a little speed, in the wet, on pavement. It felt like I was stung/bitten hard on my lower back by something; I went to feel it and somehow ended up turning the bars too far and braking too hard (one handed). Over the bars and onto the shoulder/forearm with a skidding roll. Congradulations sir, here's an x-ray of your busted clavicle and a strap to hold your posture so you heal well.

Here's the pic:



damnit I can't do my clutch and stuff for WEEKS now, much less drive my baby. I guess that's the only e30 related part.

Anyone have broken collarbone advice?

[Mike325]

Ouch dude, that sucks balls big time. The only advice I could give you is to, you know, don't fall on that shoulder for a long time;) Get better soon man:)

[FredK]

That sucks balls! I ride like a waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles so I don't crash too often.

Take it easy! How long did they say it'll take to heal?

[Justin B]

Oh shitty dude, what the? Braking one handed can be kinda messy. Heal up soon, was that today?
BTW, on my plastic bumpers, they wont be on for some time.I need to get them painted and even before that I need to delazify myself and get out and glue the rear one, its busted more than i thought =( We should all get together for a drive before its all wet out all the time though.

[MikeE30325i]

DAMN! sorry dude, but that would blow ass......

[Digitalwave]

I don't have any advice, just take it easy because sudden moves are going to give you a lot of pain. I broke the exact same bone on a BMX bike. Coming off a ramp I broke both down tubes in half and the bars came up into my shoulder.

[browntown]

ahh the figure-eight brace, everyone has to break a collarbone at some point. Fun, Fun. Wait till you get the bone bump where it heals because they can't (or wont) set that kind of fracture and you just get a nice ball of bone where it heals. Chicks dig it.

[blueapplesoda]

I don't have any advice, just take it easy because sudden moves are going to give you a lot of pain. I broke the exact same bone on a BMX bike. Coming off a ramp I broke both down tubes in half and the bars came up into my shoulder.

holy fuck mang ive done 20-stair gaps and bent rims and fucked myself up forever how the hell did u snap ure frame u crazy bastard

[JJe30]

Sorry to hear that man, that sucks

[Mastrcruse]

eh..man that sucks. My advice take all the painkillers imaginable. Had a buddy break his on a Canadian skiiing trip on those ski skates or whatever, the little snowboards basically which go on each foot. He was med'd up for at least 3 weeks

[Rennsport]

hey ive done that, one handed stoppie, all i got from it though was a road rash and some rocks that are still under my skin...

[Digitalwave]

holy fuck mang ive done 20-stair gaps and bent rims and fucked myself up forever how the hell did u snap ure frame u crazy bastard

It was a featherlight racing frame, nothing meant for serious jumping.

[TwoJ's]

holy fuck mang ive done 20-stair gaps and bent rims and fucked myself up forever how the hell did u snap ure frame u crazy bastard

and that is the worst sentence I've ever seen.

[clavinZERO]

update: week 1

Week one is done.

I can now type with 2 hands, but tying my shoes is still a bitch. This godamn figure-8 strap I have to wear is chaffing my armpits like you wouldn't believe, and it cuts off my circulation when I am standing around at work. The other good news is that I think I am done taking vicodin. I am only taking 600mg of ibuprofen twice a day instead of 800mg three times a day with a vicodin before bed.

My collarbone symmetry looks good (length and shape), but I will have a nice battle-wound bump to show for it. What's freaky is the FAT bruises I have surfacing on my upper chest and shoulder; my shoulder has a normal bruise and my upper chest has a sorta greenish-yellow bruise that is larger than my hand.

My recommendations to anyone else who has to go through this are as follows:
-rest as much as possible
-TRY to immobilize the connected arm
-ice it
-TAKE THE PILLS
-let the pain be the guide to backing of the pills
-sleep on your back with your elbows in and your wrists out and toward the celing
-get chics to notice :P

[cahomey]

Let me get your extra vicodine :)

I say your ready to take a normal shower. Just pretend that you have that stupid strap on while you wash yourself. Or if you want, me and Derek can just keep hosing you down while you get scrubbed by a fleet of hired mexican's.