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fatdoc · January 29, 2012, 06:09:26 pm

Bubba crashed out XC today... in the hosser now with lacerated knee....

heal well dude.

tomtom · January 29, 2012, 06:14:07 pm

Quote from: fatdoc on January 29, 2012, 06:09:26 pm

Bubba crashed out XC today... in the hosser now with lacerated knee....

heal well dude.

Yup. Get well soon Bubba..

lagerstarfish · January 29, 2012, 07:35:26 pm

robertostallioni · January 29, 2012, 07:38:39 pm

Remember Bloodsport? Doesn't it look like Jacks face.

dave · January 29, 2012, 07:47:21 pm

Oldmanmatt · January 29, 2012, 07:54:22 pm

Ow! Ow! Ow!
Get well soon!
Though,
Well,
Shit,
Bad luck.

andy popp · January 29, 2012, 07:56:45 pm

OWWWWWWWww. Shit Mike, get well soon. Was obviously a bad weekend to be out and about.

Will Hunt · January 29, 2012, 08:01:02 pm

Shitting hell! Get well soon!

ianv · January 29, 2012, 08:17:12 pm

GNARLY

Hope it doesn't keep you off the bike too long. Get well soon.

nik at work · January 29, 2012, 08:24:31 pm

Ooooof, heal quick Bubbs.

dave · January 29, 2012, 08:37:09 pm

If it makes you feel any better Bubbs, I split a tip this weekend. So I know what you're going through.

Nibile · January 29, 2012, 08:50:09 pm

that's a hell of a mouth!!!
get well soon beast!!!

lagerstarfish · January 29, 2012, 09:09:00 pm

that photo does look like someone removing a sanitary towel from a hairy legged lady doing the splits

amazing what you can see on 'tinterweb

robertostallioni · January 29, 2012, 09:11:43 pm

what actually occurred?

namnok · January 29, 2012, 09:52:02 pm

Ouch get better soon

fatdoc · January 29, 2012, 09:53:37 pm

lagers.. with this non apple / MS type stuff.... did u crack bubba's phone or just let him give you the images

robertostallioni · January 29, 2012, 09:57:17 pm

At least lagers has PS'ed Bubba decent a pair thighs. Forgot about those scissors though, eh?

mark · January 29, 2012, 10:05:49 pm

Knee monster says, "Hello."

Heal soon.

tomtom · January 29, 2012, 10:56:38 pm

Quote from: fatdoc on January 29, 2012, 09:53:37 pm

lagers.. with this non apple / MS type stuff.... did u crack bubba's phone or just let him give you the images

Bubba tweeted it earlier.. Apparently he may have to go under the knife tomorrow to clean it up.

Bubba · January 29, 2012, 11:22:56 pm

Thanks all, currently residing in the hotel Northern General. In surgery to clean it all up and establish damage tomorrow. Worst case scenario (so far) is keyhole incisions to flush the shite out the joint and skin graft to cover missing flesh and the bit that's looking dead in the middle of the wound.

Happy days!

BB · January 30, 2012, 12:58:48 am

Oooof! That's proper nasty. Healp up mate.

ianv · January 30, 2012, 08:29:24 am

Anyway, how the fuck did you manage to do it, did you fall onto a circular saw?

Monolith · January 30, 2012, 08:40:45 am

Jesus! Bad one champ! Hope all goes well with the procedures and you make a speedy recovery!

Grubes · January 30, 2012, 08:50:05 am

all the best bubba. Hope they get you sorted soon
That looks fecking nasty

cheque · January 30, 2012, 09:23:30 am

Quote from: robertostallioni on January 29, 2012, 09:57:17 pm

At least lagers has PS'ed Bubba decent a pair thighs. Forgot about those scissors though, eh?

Get well soon Bubba.

SA Chris · January 30, 2012, 11:51:23 am

Yikes, that looks well grim. All strength to you Mike. Heal fast.

fatkid2000 · January 30, 2012, 01:31:19 pm

Get well soon.

Hopefully they get on the rubbish out of it. I cut my knee open as a student whilst bouldering 10 years ago. It was cleaned up and irrigated in A&E (not as bad as Bubba's) but constantly ached after. 10 years later I needed surgery on my knee & the surgeon found a few bits of grit still present - now cleaned out - no knee pain.

More importantly is the bike ok?

SamT · January 30, 2012, 02:23:19 pm

Get well soon fella !

Bubba · January 31, 2012, 06:57:52 pm

The Northern General have done a magnificent job. Still going to be a long recovery but better than expected from the initial gore:

iain · January 31, 2012, 07:22:32 pm

Glad they've managed to put you back together, the other photo was scary.

Oldmanmatt · January 31, 2012, 07:24:34 pm

No graft?
Good, one less thing to heal.
You'll be running around in a week....ish...

Bubba · January 31, 2012, 07:42:35 pm

No, no graft - it cleaned up a lot better than it looked initially. When I saw it today I was amazed. Reckon it'll be a month before any running about but hey, could have been worse, could have landed on my face instead of my knee.

This happened at the Blacka Water Splash - a bit of Peak mountain biking that many of us will be familiar with; the idea is to not brake down the hill over the little drops and hit the splash at full speed. I've done it countless times before; it's totally safe.
However this time as soon as I touched the stream I was off. Water levels were normal. I think somebody booby-trapped the crossing by putting an object in the water - Fatdoc has said he's seen an obviously placed rock there in the past. If you're headed that way it might be worth sending the first rider down to check out the ford first.

willackers · January 31, 2012, 07:51:50 pm

Tis but a scratch!, just a flesh wound

Seriously though, get well soon!

ianv · January 31, 2012, 10:04:29 pm

Monster knee by ianvincent, on Flickr

tomtom · January 31, 2012, 10:07:59 pm

If ever a wound has deserved a tat of two eyes

glad its tidied up well B.

Dolly · January 31, 2012, 10:13:56 pm

Hope it heals well and soon mate.
Really bad luck it happening there, as you say its something weve all ridden loads without a second thought

slackline · January 31, 2012, 10:50:27 pm

Looks a lot better than Sunday, full speed ahead with the recovery (G&T's only so as not to undo January's efforts perhaps?)

clm · February 02, 2012, 05:49:37 pm

Bleurgh
Puked on phone
Get well soon

fatdoc · February 03, 2012, 06:12:20 pm

Quote from: Dolly on January 31, 2012, 10:13:56 pm

Hope it heals well and soon mate.
Really bad luck it happening there, as you say its something weve all ridden loads without a second thought

yeah, but he doesnt brake on it mate

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