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Posted: 10:42 pm Jul 23 2012
by the machinist
Stump +1
Pro Series Footpeg +1
Big fat foot 0
Thank you Alpinestars, without you I would be missing at least two toes.
As is the big piggy is broken middle piggy is chipped
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-Matt

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Posted: 10:47 pm Jul 23 2012
by SS109
HOLY S!#*!!! :shock: That looks seriously bad and way too freakin painful! How did you manage to get your foot caught between a stump and your peg?

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Posted: 11:48 pm Jul 23 2012
by the machinist
The grass at Hood River, OR. is a couple inches taller than the stumps. I was cutting to the inside of the trail and shifting up, never even saw it. The next thing I know 4o+ MPH becomes being thrown sideways in extreme pain. I slam into the ground 25ft from my bike and can't feel my toes
I left my boot on and kept the swelling down for awhile, but god damn it hurt when the feeling came back. I guess I have some free time for making KDX parts!
-Matt

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Posted: 12:23 am Jul 24 2012
by SS109
Damn, man, take it easy. I think you earned it!

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Posted: 01:36 am Jul 24 2012
by the machinist
Thank you sir, beer and the couch are my new friends. But I will return with a new respect for stumps! :partyman:
-Matt

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Posted: 08:33 am Jul 24 2012
by KDXGarage
OUCH! Heal up quickly!

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Posted: 10:21 am Jul 24 2012
by KDXjack
Ouch! Heal up quick I need someone to show me around the Hood. That almost happen to my 7 y.o. son last weekend. He was going around a corner with a big rock on the in side of the trail. the rock was just the perfect size to catch his shifter and spin him sideways. Bent the shifter up bad but no smashed toes luckily.

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Posted: 10:42 am Jul 24 2012
by Julien D
Holy crap that looks painful!

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Posted: 10:56 am Jul 24 2012
by Koko
Ouch ouch ouch. Get well soon.

Sent from my mobile device with horrible battery life.

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Posted: 01:21 pm Jul 24 2012
by scheckaet
we should rename this: "that's why you don't ride with sneakers..."

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Posted: 05:50 pm Jul 24 2012
by Cha Ching
Dude! Damn... :vom: That is BRUTAL!

I caught a foot on a stump this weekend too, but nowhere near this bad! Kinda ironic, i was just commenting on a guy in the parking lot wearing tennis shoes to ride. :roll: Thanks to my boots, nothing was broken.

Heal up quick!

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Posted: 08:52 pm Jul 24 2012
by the machinist
scheckaet wrote:we should rename this: "that's why you don't ride with sneakers..."
For the record I was wearing Alpinestar Tech 3 All Terrains. I'm only stating this again because I will not ride with anyone not prepared for war.
I think you can see why, I ride to the limit of my equipment.
-MATT
Update; day #3
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Posted: 09:54 pm Jul 24 2012
by Julien D
Actually, I think you went a bit beyond the limit of your equipment in this instance....

Just sayin. :partyman:

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Posted: 10:16 pm Jul 24 2012
by the machinist
Julien D wrote:Actually, I think you went a bit beyond the limit of your equipment in this instance....

Just sayin. :partyman:
I would love to leave a witty smart ass comment, but my friend when your right your right. I don't think any boot on the planet could have stopped this kind of impact. It was hard enough to knock my left side chain snail all the way around to 1. I feel very lucky to be walking. :boogie:
=Matt

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Posted: 01:20 am Jul 25 2012
by newbbewb
So matt, what your saying is you're not riding this weekend ? :wah:

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Posted: 01:24 am Jul 25 2012
by the machinist
Ok, you guys are starting to sound a lot like my wife! LOL

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Posted: 10:53 am Aug 03 2012
by KDX Butterfly
now i know what is meant by "toe jam." holy crap! :blink: