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Posted by Tiago Rocha on July 14, 2008, 2:53 pm
My friend Gabriel is going to have his knee fixed. He crashed early
this year with a borrowed street bike and ended up with torn
ligaments. Today is the day where he'll get the surgery date, so he
knowing it will be at least 4 months before getting on a trail ride
again, he wanted to go riding sunday, yesterday.
I invited a few friends: One, woke up sick the day before and
cancelled riding. Other, went to spend the weekend on a beach. Third
one could not get the rebuild shock from bike shop, not done yet...
And I could not get in touch with a fourth close friend riding
buddy... When I thought I would go only me and him on his last ride,
Neto called me asking if I was going to ride. Talk about mind reading!
Sunday morning the first stop was on the wild cashew and mangaba field
that is very near my home (first picture) we stopped to rest, chat and
decide where to go. Plans were go fast up to Itapuama beach and
getting on a semi-organized ride to another beach, there would be lots
of riders.
We took easy, but decided to not avoid the rough stuff, so Gabriel
could get stuck on quicksand (second picture). I wonder is someday
I'll go through this quicksand spot during winter without someone
getting stuck. Neto rode by, without further incidents (third and
fourth pictures), so did I (fifth picture).
That's when Gabriel bike suffered the dreaded clogged carburetor
syndrom. We found out that the rubber boot that connects airbox to
carburetor was torn. Oh yea! We cleaned and pushed, but bike would
start and die with the slightest throttle input. We tried to clean
again, it was clean, but bike wasn't going anywhere. We suspect that
while bump starting it, the cam chain skipped a tooth... Dunno, it's
not logical as mr Spock would say, but given the backfires it was
doing...
Well, we left Gabriel stranded on a semi deserted beach with semi nude
girls (poor guy) and went to make our loop as fast as we could and
have lunch on a bar near that beach.
The trail was nice, not much people riding, very few tire marks on the
ground. Zombie trail was nice, muddy and wet (sixth picture).
We decided going an alternative way, instead of climbing the slippery-
like-soap hill near zombie lake, but after finding the way around
three fallen trees and crossing a deep and fast creek, we found this
*huge* fallen tree with no way around. And we looked a lot! (seventh
picture) I even got my bike stuck on the woods and dropped it on the
worst possible place (eight picture). Much effort was needed to get
back. (nineth picture shows the way back). We went to climb the zombie
lake hill and it wasn't so difficult. We got to climb the grass hill
and returned straight to where Gabriel was. I attached his bike on
mine with a rope and towed him home.
I have a knee brace, not the fancy models, but not the cheap ones too.
Problem is, it rubs my thigs and it was very painful. It rubbed lots
of my skin off. It is hard to walk today, but I'll get better
eventually... Also, all muscles are sore, including "the RMD salute
finger" is also hurting today, not sure how I got to stress it's
muscle... I didn't gave the salute to many people. <vbg>
I love riding. Will try to ride again as soon as possible, I was like
an addict, needing a fix and got it.
the pictures are here http://www.diariodastrilhas.com/13072008.htm but
I warn that some ISPs are blocked by the ISP where I host these
pictures, they say these are spam sources, so, if you got a denied
page, try another ISP, yours is a spam source, sorry...
-- Tiago
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Posted by WoodsChick on July 14, 2008, 3:16 pm
> I love riding.
Thanks for the ride report, Tiago! Your rides are always so colorful.
I want to ride on beaches and cashew groves and have lunches in bars
on the beaches.
Did Gabriel' surgery go smoothly?
Get a pair of really long socks to wear under your knee braces, or
those sleeve things that can be purchased through Innovation Sports. I
got a pair of them when I got my CTi knee braces and they work great.
I wouldn't wear my braces without them.
> -- Tiago
Tami-
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Posted by Tiago Rocha on July 14, 2008, 3:32 pm
>
> > I love riding.
>
> Thanks for the ride report, Tiago! Your rides are always so colorful.
> I want to ride on beaches and cashew groves and have lunches in bars
> on the beaches.
Thanks! I enjoy riding yours as well, except when they end on ER...
Re: riding on beaches and all, you can... All you need is show up here
with gear... :-) There are rides for rent. If only I could get us
three street bikes we could also ride some great twisty hills that I
am sure you and Eric would enjoy.
> Did Gabriel' surgery go smoothly?
Today he gets the surgery date, he hopes to get it done next week at
most. He is having quite a hard time at his work (air conditioning
repair), because he can't lift heavy weights without pain. Also his
right knee (the good one) started to ache, because now he's loading
all weights on it.
>
> Get a pair of really long socks to wear under your knee braces, or
> those sleeve things that can be purchased through Innovation Sports.
Got a link to a picture, please? I found one of these things made out
of neoprene, but it was near a hundred dollars. I was thinking
bandages, those from hospitals that comes in a roll, wrapping my
entire leg with bandages and putting the brace over it.
> I wouldn't wear my braces without them.
I understand that :-) Weird, because I have this brace for almost a
year and this is the first time I got this problem. I imagine it was
all the mud/water, first time on a really muddy trail with the
brace...
-- Tiago
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Posted by scrape on July 14, 2008, 9:41 pm
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:32:47 -0700 (PDT), Tiago Rocha
>> Get a pair of really long socks to wear under your knee braces, or
>> those sleeve things that can be purchased through Innovation Sports.
>
>Got a link to a picture, please? I found one of these things made out
>of neoprene, but it was near a hundred dollars. I was thinking
>bandages, those from hospitals that comes in a roll, wrapping my
>entire leg with bandages and putting the brace over it.
http://www.motosport.com/offroad/product/ASTERISK-CELL-KNEE-BRACE-SKINS-PAIR/?catalogId=108517&words=asterisk&src=s&srchHistoryURL=7c7h8mkt||words~asterisk^parentCategoryID~category_root^categoryID~1^categoryName~Dirt
(if that doesn't work: http://tinyurl.com/6ehcbm )
Or go to www.asterisk.com, products, accessories. The new ones
are apparently now called Undersleeves instead of Skins. Same
thing. They hold up very well too.
>> I wouldn't wear my braces without them.
>
>I understand that :-) Weird, because I have this brace for almost a
>year and this is the first time I got this problem. I imagine it was
>all the mud/water, first time on a really muddy trail with the
>brace...
If your braces have a metal strip that runs around the
circumference of your leg, check to make sure it hasn't become
mis-shaped.
----
Team NCS Off Road
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Posted by Tiago Rocha on July 16, 2008, 7:38 am
scrape wrote:
> Or go to www.asterisk.com, products, accessories. The new ones
> are apparently now called Undersleeves instead of Skins. Same
> thing. They hold up very well too.
Found an EVS similar on ebay and already placed an order... :-) Ebay
accepts paypal, Asterisk doesn't... With shipping, tax and all, 36USD.
I wonder if I am wasting a valuable business opportunity.
>
> If your braces have a metal strip that runs around the
> circumference of your leg, check to make sure it hasn't become
> mis-shaped.
Yup, it has... Will check... I have crashed pretty ugly with it
before... It is possible it is bent...
-- TIago
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