ITT: Mountain Bike Brah's (nocelltech) GTFIH!!! (XC, DH, DJ welcome)

[imrocksolid]

That's basically what I was limited to when I crashed and broke my wrist last summer... Was able to run, however, so did lots of that, and could do Front Squats with a cross grip. AC joint probably won't allow those for you, though. Got a cast change halfway through, and man both casts were nasty AF with all the sweat.

Read a study about creatine and it's effects retaining muscle mass (and I think function) with immobilized injuries and figured it couldn't hurt. The physiotherapist was amazed at where my wrist was at out of the cast. Might be worth looking into while you recover.

AC joint won't allow for anything on my shoulders unfortunately.

Interesting. Creatine makes me chit like crazy so I stay away from it. I did purchase a bunch of glucosamine/chondroitin/msm though.

[GimpManlet]

This is going to sound stupid, but try flexing. You won't grow any bigger from just flexing your muscles without moving your joints, but it does help against atrophy. Just flex until your muscle tires out, rest and flex again. It can actually do good things for your nervous system, teaches you finer control over individual muscles.

[mada41]

AC joint won't allow for anything on my shoulders unfortunately.

Interesting. Creatine makes me chit like crazy so I stay away from it. I did purchase a bunch of glucosamine/chondroitin/msm though.

Link to the study: http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Ab...During.19.aspx

I felt it made a difference for me (no empirical evidence). I was travelling to Tenn & NC to mountain bike (departure almost 6 weeks to the day I broke my wrist) so I was willing to do whatever was necessary to make sure I could ride. Wore a brace and didn't do anything insane, but was able to ride with no problems. I was able to get the doc to take the cast off and put me in a brace a week early to start rehab.

[DHFX]

Just came across this thread in a search and felt the need to contribute some visuals...


Testing out my rebuilt Kona Supreme Operator on Mt. Lemmon in Arizona

[Volta55]

very nice dude, and welcome! sub this thread too!

haven't hit up the bike parks in 2 weeks and its making me sad

new MRP G3 guide and wheels

[DHFX]

very nice dude, and welcome! sub this thread too!

haven't hit up the bike parks in 2 weeks and its making me sad

Thanks man, I'm sure you'll be at the parks soon enough and if the big parks are out of reach at the moment, there's always skate parks to hold you over in the meantime.


NH tree ride

[DownhillRider]

What's good fellas?

Crashed a few months ago into a tree and there was no problem, but now my shoulder turned to salt and I'm not sure if I'm ever gonna ride again. I can't do basic **** like a push up or a pull up, I can't even just hang on the pull ups bars without pain. I don't know how ****ed up it was but I couldn't move my arm for like 20 seconds after I crashed and after that I rode with no problem.

Didn't even hit up any of the bike parks this summer, what a fail.

[Thiiisguy]

damn, this thread made me sad.

I haven't biked in a couple of months, because my schedule wouldn't allow me. and I want to get back into it, but my fatass is WAAAAAY out of condition atm. Gonna hit the cardio and build up my endurance and hit the trails once more in the next month or two.

[DHFX]

damn, this thread made me sad.

I haven't biked in a couple of months, because my schedule wouldn't allow me. and I want to get back into it, but my fatass is WAAAAAY out of condition atm. Gonna hit the cardio and build up my endurance and hit the trails once more in the next month or two.

It's never too late to get back into it though one very important thing is to rebuild your hydration tolerances and start drinking extra water about a week ahead of when your first real ride will be. I've found out the hard way that if you're riding and reach the point of thirst, it's already too late and you start losing steam more quickly vs being well hydrated ahead of time. This, especially on longer rides over 10 miles.

[DownhillRider]

Some really awesome **** going down on local trails. Lidl is sponsoring it and they're installing livecams that would stream.



You can watch yourself riding in a stitched video later online like the one below.



If my shoulder feels ok I might test it out this sunday.

[DownhillRider]

What the fuсk

https://www.********.com/Downhill24h...message_bubble

[MyronGanes]

Think I posted in here a while ago but new-ish sled

[Volta55]

Think I posted in here a while ago but new-ish sled

mirin dude! i see alot of those at bike parks and they look awesome



recent pic of me going double wide with friend at windham bike park

[colonelcross]

How do you guys stay informed on what the best brand and version components are for a bike? I'm looking into a new bike but am totally lost.

[imrocksolid]

How do you guys stay informed on what the best brand and version components are for a bike? I'm looking into a new bike but am totally lost.

Depends what kind of biking you do and how much you want to spend. Start with what kind of riding you do and start narrowing the search till you find some bikes in that category then start reading reviews. Once you have a couple bikes picked out if you search x bike vs y bike you'll usually find forum posts that can answer a lot of your questions.