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Dirt Bike Dave, Reluctant2stroker, & Placelast do Ballinger
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[QUOTE="placelast, post: 726410, member: 22683"] Oh wow, Deano. Hope you heal up soon. Here’s something related to Ballinger, crashing, and other sport-related injuries: In ’99 I went to my first enduro in a loooooooooooooong time, like two decades or more; my first as a TWMC guest, and it happened to be of all places at Ballinger. And to no surprise that was my last time out on my 300-lb DR441, nonetheless with this 155lb muscle-less rider as a pilot; you could imagine the rest of the story, how things would get out of hand in a hurry. And in a hurry they did. About 6 miles into the first loop it seemed I was hitting the sand wash whoops pretty well for a guy with a bike 2x his weight, then all of a sudden: launch! I got spit off, and landed, ribs first, onto one of the whoop peaks. OooppFHHhh! as the air went out of me. A few moments pass as I’m moaning with pain, then my son comes by, and doesn’t even stop! He told me later: “dad, you said we are on our own”! Needless to say, something was lost in the pre-race instructions! So I struggle to lift the beast, and I can’t even continue; barely start the thing – must have bruished or fractured a few ribs ‘cuz it was a hurtin’ to breath. I pulled into the next check to let Tim Stoner know I was done - for the day. Back home even my wife had no mercy, teasing me by singing “the ‘ol gray mare she ain’t what she used to be…” Figuring age was upon me, I subsequently bought a mountain bike, and actually rode it 1 or 2 times/week, but not until healing. And sold off the DR, replaced it with something lighter, ending up with the bike I now how - still on the heavy side, albeit a welcomed improvement over porky. I remember my teething pains on that mountain bike; seemed like I’d come home with more scrapes and bruises than many a day on the dirt bike. The next enduro attempt was 6-months later, the December one at the Slash-X. On the second loop the pace picked waaaaay up, to cross-country speeds. I managed to hang in okay but began dropping points and pushing the limit, until going through a small rock-infested section. The next thing I remember was sitting in the rock garden, and wondering how my boys were doing (back at camp? Where am I? Man, talk about your life going before you.) Then someone pulls alongside to say “hey man: you okay?” “Oh, yeah – fine”. Sure. Somehow I got back onto the course, backwards? Still don’t know, then they directed me back to camp. None of us novices finished, but my DNF was further than most except one, so I received a 2nd-place trophy!? Weird. Early last year I treated myself to a new tennis racket, one I’ve been wanting for some time, as opposed to the kid’s hand-me-down (or is that hand-me-up?) And use it I did, playing at least two times a week. Then one day last summer I noticed this lump on my shoulder, and over the weeks a gradual increase in pain. It becomes so painful I had to quit and go see a doc, as things weren’t working/feeling right. Turns out I separated the darn thing. It’s better now, but for some reason it never healed right, so I’m going back in but will wait for the riding season to end; they may have me quit – it doesn’t affect riding, but I’m certainly not able to swing a racket, and I do not want Dr’s orders to bring riding to a halt. Who would’ve thought – tennis? [/QUOTE]
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