Jason Brendlinger


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  • in reply to: Your best crash story #271701

    Old thread but I’ll bite. In 2014 I was at Dirtfest in south central PA. That’s a mountain biking festival put on by Dirt Rag mag in mid may every year.

    It’s at Raystown lake and the trails there can be very fast and flowy unlike most of PA’s trails. The demo loop included one called Osprey. It lived up to it’s name. Fast and swoopy flow. Very fun.

    Anyway I rode the loop once on my own xc hardtail and I wanted to take a demo from Pivot out next. All were out so I went on mine again.

    Well I went OTB at 20mph off of a roller apparently. I don’t remember. I woke up bloody in an ambulance on my way to a helo ride to a trauma 1 center in Altoona PA. They told me I was out for about 10 minutes. I had lots of bruises and trail rash. The main event was a hard hit over and around my left orbital. My helmet took most of the hit and that part of my face took the rest. I had a gash around my left eye that needed stitches and a severe concussion from that.

    Without the helmet I’d be a goner for sure. The only permanent damage is some depth perception issues on the left and I still sometimes get headaches where I hit. Rarely anymore though.

     

    in reply to: Should I wear a helmet for biking? #242205

    It’s a personal choice and shouldn’t be a damn law.

    I also choose to wear one and I won’t ride with anyone who is not wearing one. I went down at Dirtfest 2014 at Raystown lake in North central PA. Out cold for 10 minutes and I was air lifted to a major hospital. I walked out several hours later with stitches above and around my left eye and a severe concussion. Without the helmet at best I would have had a profound handicap from a major TBI. At worst I’d be dead. Personally I don’t believe I would have survived.

    Not to preach but you get 1 cranium so have fun but protect it.

    Also the forces in a bike crash are far higher than a fall in the bathroom. Both can potentially kill you but the likelihood is much much higher with an mtb crash.

     

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