bad fall last night. torn ac joint and separated right shoulder. off to orthopedic surgeon today. 8-12 weeks off. in a sling and in lots of pain. fastest and worst fall i have ever had
Dang! Sorry to hear that muddy! Had my own bad fall earlier this summer at fight- busted a couple of ribs and was off the bike for about 6 weeks, still feel it a bit 10 weeks later.
Shit Kirk, that sucks man!
I had a bad crash in July, tore my shoulder all to hell, was off the bike for four weeks. Thankfully it healed well. Give yourself the time to get better.
Bummer! Well, at least we;re heading towards winter and not away from it.
That sucks! Where did this happen, so I know to slow down? Slower than I’m usually going, that is. Hopefully you will heal quickly!
That sucks @muddy. Heal up quick, bud!
Sorry to hear Kirk… heal up quick!
Shitty. Sorry to hear that Kirk.
Yikes Heal quick 
Memories of my shoulder separation at Spider Last summer…
Hope it all heals well and you get back on the bike sooner rather than later…
It’s been so dry this summer, I was ripping over roots like they were not even there. The past week has been quite slick out there. I have to get used to riding the slippery and wet all over again. Maybe change out that low profile tire on the back.
Yeah, it’s like I forgot how to ride wet roots.
thanks for all the well wishes guys. it sucks no doubt. no surgery necessary at least. Doc says 12 weeks. my goal is 8 so i’ll be ripping it again by december
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Oh man . . . that really sucks. Get well soon.
Hope you have a quick recovery.
Sorry to hear about the crash. Best wishes on recovery. Time to learn to ride no hands, I guess.
Thanks guys.
Going to go without a sling for the first time today. It is feeling somewhat better but nowhere near ready to ride yet. Or even move it much to be honest. I start physio next week so that will be another positive step towards getting healed by December 1
You can still come to the party on the 15th…think of raising a drink as physio.
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YAY!! Cleared to resume riding this weekend but only crusher dust. Still have some way to go to get all my strength back in my shoulder and pain is now only there when I do certain movements. It would hurt to lift the handlebars and to push down hard on them so for now I can only work on getting my lungs and legs back and losing the 5 extra pounds I am carrying around. I crashed on September 27th so that is not too bad
I am sooooooooooo excited. Yay crusher dust
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@muddy I know what you mean! I feel about a year ago in victora park and ripped a muscle in my shoulder and was stuck to the crusher once I could move it again for a few weeks. Couldn’t lift the fount end or anything like that.