ouch ouch ouch ouch!

[pugsly]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/brake-lever-spears-boys-thigh/2007/02/05/1170523991264.html

[europa]

Apart from being unlucky, he must have fallen pretty hard

Hope he's okay, I don't like the sound of inuries like that in a muscle.

Richard

[tuco]

Had a kid do something similar here last year on the BMX track except it was the handle post which went through his thigh.

He misjudged a jump and the bike fell apart around him.

[Bnej]

I see kids riding BMXs with no hand grips or bar ends, just bare alloy tubes at the end, all the time.... That's asking for it.

[Mulger bill]

Tough little bugger.

Know what you mean Bnej, the locals here run theirs without brakes they just drag a foot on the back tyre behind the seat

[tuco]

Tough little bugger.

Know what you mean Bnej, the locals here run theirs without brakes they just drag a foot on the back tyre behind the seat

Kids have an advantage, they're unbreakable unlike us older folk.

Still haven't worked out if it's a mental or physical thing. Are they unbreakable because they have no fear of the consequences or because they're made of rubber.

[McPete]

Ow! Not nice!

I sort of wonder how people my size (180 cm) contort themselves to ride such tiny bikes any distance at all. There's a whole fleet of them at my school, every afternoon they stagger off, no helmets, baseball caps pointing at odd angles... One lad has a trick of riding along the street, then slamming on the backpedal brake to leave a nice fat trail of rubber down the middle of the road. Intelligence.

[pospete]

Thats scary. I think if it was me I'dd have a near death experience. Must be an age thing.