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Ok, so who now has a branch thru their leg?
So.... A Wednesday cascades night ride ended badly for someone that one of you knows out there... They ended up in the ED with a stick 2 inches into their leg! As you do... Anyone care to shed any more light on the situation, or know how mr sticky is recovering?
Otherwise I hope everyone's injuries will be healed in time for Xmas (there seems to be a few going around of late).
And before @hawkeye says it... We will need photos... 
Rotator cuff injury
Havent gone to see a physio yet but seeing all the different injuries posted here, just wanted to know whether it is common for the rotator cuff to have slight tears from overexertion or holding on for dear life?
The pain only occurs when i raise my arm on a certain angle. But for all intensive purposes, I can still ride without a problem.
Strange thing is that I didnt injure myself or fall off and the other sports I play dont have much to do with my left shoulder (tennis/basketball)
Anybody else experience this same problem from riding and do I need to stay off the bike?
Hand... brake?
Warning: graphic content... do not follow this link if you have a weak stomach!
Saw this earlier - a very bizarre/unlucky accident report, but heed the warning above - there are some graphic images.
http://www.spokemagazine.com/2010/04/hand-brake/
On the plus side... if you've ever wanted to see what an X-ray of a Hope brake lever assembly looks like, now's your chance! 
For your next injury?
This is a little bit sick and I hope no-one here will need one, but...
... it's also a bit cool
Do you have older - say 40 plus - riders? Looking for fitness rides not heavily technical.
This is my first post and it might seem strange that I'm joined you whilst I'm in the UK. But hope to be back in Manly (maybe Feb) and was thrilled to find a group of MTBrs that already exist in the Northern Beaches. Am hoping to join in some rides and was trying to find a bit more about the personal profiles of the riders - but all I could find was text about rides. Can I look up info about riders??