RJ TBG Breaks His Back Riding
05-31-19, 10:48 AM
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Exactly- if you're thinking you possess the superhuman abilities to avoid accidents, and that if you think your lightning fast, cat-like reflexes will allow you to execute a proper Parachute Landing Fall as to render any helmet as redundant... yeah- you're not that good. It doesn't work that way.
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06-01-19, 12:11 AM
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I watched it and really felt for RJ when he was obviously in great pain after the crash. It took guts to post the video! If you are seeing this RJ get well soon you have a lot of fans (viewers as you would call us)
06-01-19, 12:26 AM
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Much love to RJ!
My friend broke her neck last year in a similar fashion. Fortunately she hasn't lost any function after surgery but it was a very scary and tense time after the initial news.
My friend broke her neck last year in a similar fashion. Fortunately she hasn't lost any function after surgery but it was a very scary and tense time after the initial news.
06-01-19, 04:54 AM
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Wow, that could have gone a LOT worse. And a pretty slow crash, too.
06-01-19, 10:20 AM
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One word of hope I am within 10 days of release after L5-S1 spinal surgery and they can do amazing things today with robotics. Yes, you have to figure out what the new normal is and it does take time, but to be functional where our great-grandparents had to hunch and walk with a cane in pain is something they could only dream of.
As I say hold onto hope.
+1; you're just as high off the ground, no matter what the terrain or your speed. And on a fall like that, there's really no such thing as a "soft" landing surface.
06-01-19, 03:00 PM
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He fell from atop his bike to the mud four to six feet BELOW the surface his tires were on. That was a LONG fall. Now that I think of it, no wonder he broke three vertebrae! I've respected the use of non-helmet use for a long time, and sometimes I go helmetless only because I jump on Citi Bike unplanned. I've been considering taking my helmet off on the multi-use path since there are no heavy motor devices there, but now I've decided I'll keep using my helmet. Everyone else can decide for themselves, and I still oppose any mandatory helmet laws for adults.
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06-01-19, 08:19 PM
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His videos got me comfortable about wrenching on bikes, after 29 years of not riding. And helped get my skills back to where they were. I hate this happening to RJ, he's a good guy, his videos are superb and he's a good teacher of bicycle mechanics. I wish him swift healing, and confidence to continue on. I wish I'd gotten back on a bike many years sooner. I love RJ's love for bikes and his enthusiasm.
