Thursday, August 20, 2009

"Broken"

Scott went biking on Sunday and Monday of this week, so the title of "Broken" could have many meanings given his history with pushing his biking limits.

He and Tilly went to Kicking Horse Resort for 2 days of downhill biking. He had a great time and came back with tons of stories. Day 1 they did 6 runs (which is lots of riding considering top to bottom is about 50 minutes, including the 14 minute gondola ride.) Anyway, on the last run of the day, Scott does this little 1 footer jump and lands fine, but notices his bike didn't feel right. Sure enough - broken. He broke his frame! Crazy placement too - but he took it in this week to the bike shop and it has a life-time warranty on the frame, so he gets a new one - yeah.

Day two of riding meant he had to rent a bike. So he got a wicked Specialized Big Hit with 8" of travel on both front and rear suspension (compared to his bike that had 4" on both.) New bike, more confidence, more speed resulted in a crash that sent him flying. His entire left side of his body (from his shoulders down to his ankle) is road rash. Photos don't do it justice - plus his mother reads this blog, so we shouldn't post the painful pictures! Thankfully he bought a full face helmet before the bike trip.

He is, however, thankfully healing well and scabs are already forming -- But the bruised ego make take a little longer ; )

Other news...

Katie is doing well and tomorrow will be 34 weeks! Baby and mom are both healthy - although Katie is becoming more and more uncomfortable. And with 30+ weather this weekend, the priority will be to stay cool. We now have every Friday off together - and that's been lots of fun playing during the 3-day weekends.

We don't have much planned for this weekend - mostly relaxing with some school and chores mixed in for good measure. Thanks for staying up-to-date.

3 comments:

Grant and Heather said...

Oh my. You do have the best stories going. Quite the accomplishment to break a bike--all the better that it is under warranty.

Quite the accomplishment to get road rash from head to toe. Glad you lived to blog about it though!

Take care and have a good weekend buddy!

~Grant

Louise said...

Thank goodness for the full face mask & that you didn't break teeth this time! Jeepers :) Glad you had fun - forget the mother & post road rash pictures (G-rated of course!)... sorry Carol!!! Hope you recover ASAP!

Paul said...

Your readers demand to see the "road rash" - !! - smart move on the helmet buddy.