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| Author: | 65mph12 [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
I went OTB going over a drop towards the top of candygram today. I normally walk it over, but had some extra confidence (and paid for it). The bike came down on top of me and the front brake lever punctured my left ankle  I had to limp it down candygram and then to a neighborhood to the south where my car was parked. I got four stitches to close it up and have to wear a boot for two weeks. 
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| Author: | OldDogDan [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
They say confidence is 90% on drops, but that remaining 10% sure can hurt you. Heal up fast! |
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| Author: | DannyHuynh [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
whats candygram? |
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| Author: | 65mph12 [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Candygram is a fairly new trail just east of Blazing saddles. At the top of Candygram you can continue to Mongo back down the hill. There's also a trail called Congo which turns south at the top of Candygram. Fun stuff. Look them up on strava in Santee. |
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| Author: | DannyHuynh [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
cool, i have yet to be out around the santee lakes area. i need to take my family camping there sometime and hit it up. |
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| Author: | Canaan [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
OldDogDan wrote: They say confidence is 90% on drops, but that remaining 10% sure can hurt you. Heal up fast! They also say that speed is your friend, except in those instances when it isn't. |
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| Author: | OldDogDan [ Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
DannyHuynh wrote: whats candygram? |
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| Author: | slingshot [ Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Heal up fast! I'm saying a prayer for you. 
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| Author: | ride00 [ Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Anyone have some video of Candygram? I'm curious about what this trail looks like. |
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| Author: | 65mph12 [ Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Type in "candygram santee" into youtube. The guy who posted the video has a pretty cool website "mountain bike diaries". There's two videos of the climb. The longer one shows one section he has trouble clearing that he edited out from the shorter video. |
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| Author: | 65mph12 [ Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
65mph12 wrote: Type in "candygram santee" into youtube. The guy who posted the video has a pretty cool website "mountain bike diaries". There's two videos of the climb. The longer one shows one section he has trouble clearing that he edited out from the shorter video. I ate it at the 6:15 mark. Doesn't look difficult, but somehow my wheel got turned the wrong direction on the way over. |
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| Author: | Ld00d [ Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Hope you're feeling better... Mongo only pawn in game of life - Mongo |
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| Author: | 65mph12 [ Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Thanks, dealing with infection now. Three antibiotics trying to knock it out. Can't make movies like that anymore. |
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| Author: | Ray Dolor [ Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Cheer up, mate. At least you didn't give bone, or teeth. About this time last year was when I went OTB on a crazy descent around here called "Rocking Horse". I got a real close-up view of those rocks, all right. I also gave quite a start to the hikers and other cyclists on my 6 mile pedal back to where I parked. Needed 7 stitches on the upper lip for that little mishap... What I found out though, is that people really do yield the trail to you when your face looks like raw hamburger and there's blood running down the front and back of your jersey! |
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| Author: | 65mph12 [ Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I gave blood (and tissue) at Candygram |
Ray Dolor wrote: ...people really do yield the trail to you when your face looks like raw hamburger and there's blood running down the front and back of your jersey! Maybe they thought the zombie apocalypse was beginning with mtbers. Stitches to the lip does not sound pleasant, but it could always be worse right, like broken face. In my case, if my bars would've turned the other way, I could've ended up rolling down the side of the hill. |
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