Yesterday was the first really nice day in Erie since about November, and 5 minutes after having the uni out I go and do this.
My foot slipped off the pedal mid air while i was gapping a set of stairs, and landed with all weight on my foot. Amazingly the bone is fine, but all my tendons/ligaments are ripped and aparently there’s lots of internal bleeding. Worst thing; no riding for the first month of summer.
I had the almost exact thing happen to me. They casted mine for 3 weeks, and then, after a trip to Disneyland, decided that I should wear an inflatable support boot for two weeks after that.
Just looking at your pic makes me want to rub my ankles grateful that they are ok. I’ll take the skinned knee I got today (didn’t feel like using knee pads) and not complain.
that suks alot!! I havent sprained mine yet, but i keep busting it open on my cranks…so its been all bloody on and off for 2 months…
yours looks way worse though…cuse its all swollen and stuff and ouch…
Thanks for all the well wishes everyone… I’m used to having busted open skin on my ankles, and I broke my big toe before because of the uni, but never anything that knocked me down like this before.
These are the stairs that did the damage, which is what really bums me out… that I got broke on such a small set that I’ve cleared countless times before and never think twice about. It goes with the territory though, and frankly I’m amazed this is the worst I’ve been hurt in the last 3 years of unicycling. Time now to lay down with some ice and watch defect longingly…