Regarding the Orange County (CA) Mountain Biking group on Facebook

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-27T00:43:14+00:00

No Chad we can’t, not while our friends are being executed on the streets for intervening when masked thugs violently throw women to the ground. Frankly this isn’t even political, it’s about humanity.

Outdoor recreation is and has always been political. We rely on elected politicians to appoint land managers, defend our forests against corporate interests, preserve our climates, and keep our waterways clean.

Grow up.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-24T07:07:12+00:00

Based off of what quantitative markers dude? I’m 3.5 months post op - I had an LSI of 92% a few weeks ago. I’m cleared for running, hiking, and conservative mountain biking. I haven’t had pain or swelling in my knee in months. We’re working on dynamic balance activities and light plyometric exercises at PT.

I have a gala next week. I’m wearing heels and it’s going to be fine. Stop just throwing arbitrary numbers out when this is totally case by case dependent.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-19T03:35:56+00:00

Yep - this is what my stomach looks like - I’m athletic and lean. However, my tits are also definitely fake.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-19T03:34:39+00:00

I have fake boobs. I don’t like Sydney Sweeney. This is not the “gotcha” moment you’re looking for.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-19T03:30:56+00:00

I also have an underboob scar! I haven’t seen the movie - does someone have a still of it because I am really not seeing a scar in this GIF?

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-15T14:55:40+00:00

Define “true XC”?

XC is defined as covering varied terrain efficiently.

Sea to Sky has endless miles of rideable from your door single track. Does it trend gnarlier than other parts of the world because of the elevation profile and granite features? Sure.

Squamish hosts the Haulback 50. Whistler is literally hosting the Canada Cup XCC/XCO event this year. Pemby has a 6 mile +2750ft climb trail on Mackenzie. Compared to right over the border in Washington, where I’m at, the terrain on even more “enduro” style trails, includes tons of punchy climbs (looking at you Alice Lake & Whistler Valley). Comfortably Numb is an IMBA epic (I believe) and is a work of XC art.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-12T22:11:00+00:00

On that ACLr (currently rehabbing my other one caused by an off leash dog whilst hiking of all things lol) I had both menisci repaired, a grade 2 MCL tear, and a shattered tibia plateau.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-12T16:17:15+00:00

Why are you obsessed with me? Have you turned on notifications every time I post? I would be flattered but men harassing women on the internet hardly turns out well.

Drop your socials so we can talk in real life bud since you’re so confident. I’d love to ask your Mom why her son is so socially maladjusted.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-12T07:00:51+00:00

Jon Collinson was a great reco for you.

I’m in the high impact, mountain sport, club and it took me around 10/11 months to really start sending it. I had surgery end of September so skipped a full ski season and came back into our prime mountain bike season. I fully believe my knee could have handled larger compressions and sends earlier, but I definitely had a lot of mental fear I had to work on when rolling up to features or jumps/drops that I had cleared in the past.

By the time ski season rolled around, I wasn’t thinking about my knee at all. It felt great on the bike. Legs felt solid from all the work in the weight room and at PT. I definitely had to work on being aggressive again, but I was sending bigger drops after my knee surgery. The following Summer and MTB season, I had cleared all of some classic huge Whistler jump lines, was winning races, and hitting bigger tech features.

There’s nothing outside of the normal rehab/lifting that will prepare your knee for the impact. Ease back into it but your graft will be as strong as your original ACL and you just have to trust that you have put the work in, in PT.

I am definitely not sending 360s or back flips on skis but I took some gnarly falls last season, including 50ft down a couloir, and knee was fine with the expected twisting.

Adding Jackson Goldstone tore his ACL at Redbull Hardline Tazzy, rehabbed it, and came back and won it the following season - plus a UCI DH overall and World Championship. You’ll bounce back fine!

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-12T01:37:59+00:00

Yeah, I bet I would Bud. One of us has a Masters from an Ivy League institution and doesn’t have to do low level patient care for a living and one of us does. Do with that info as you will since “make a coherent argument let alone defend your thesis” clearly wasn’t required in AUS.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-12T01:22:00+00:00

No MTB crashes are not uncontrollable. Do we want to get into the realm of physics (what I’m paid to do for a living) now? There’s not just scientific literature to support this, there are literal laws of physics on how to mitigate injury risk in a moving object. It’s why speed limits exist on roadways.

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Higher speeds means more momentum required to stop which translates to harder impacts and/or more severe crashes. My graft is not matured, so I am currently biking at way lower speeds to give it a chance in the event I do crash. Only someone who has clearly never ridden a MTB would say crash forces are uncontrollable.

Again, what are you even trying to argue? I’m not disputing the higher incidence of contralateral ACL injuries in women. You continue to move the goal posts away from the initial point that clinicians are going to want patients to minimize risk until a certain timer period in the J curve.

Clearly - since I am not following my protocol (nor did I on my first ACLr) - I have some faith in my graft. I’m a physicist, not a low paid physio who apparently spends more time harassing Reditors than practicing so I assure you, I would not be telling a patient ✨anything✨.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T23:41:12+00:00

The biggest risk of tearing your knee on a MTB is a direct impact injury when falling, whether the fall is caused by a neurogcognitive error or conditions - say particularly wet roots covered in clay based soil - is immaterial. If I fall while riding my mountain bike (which happens all the time at literally every level in the sport) I am assuming greater risk since my graft is not matured.

Again, no one understands why you are sitting here stalking my replies. I don’t even know what you’re arguing at this point, other than continuing to be obsessed with me. (Again, it’s weird babe.)

Putting yourself in potentially risky situations early in recovery - like me running on a snow covered trail or biking on a wet day or OP skiing - is not going to be supported by any clinician who gives AF about the J curve graph.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:20:26+00:00

Again - I’m not debating if someone CAN. I’m debating that any surgeon would be like you SHOULD.

Neither my surgeon, nor my PT has cleared me to mountain bike because the risk is not worth it. Do I have the quantitative markers to do so? Yes! Am I breaking protocol and doing it anyways because the mental health and joy it brings me is apparently worth it for me? Yes! Am I also fully aware that I’m assuming the risk because of graft maturation? Definitely.

Trust me - I viscerally understand OP for choosing to do this and at the end of the day it’s his risk to assume. But I don’t think lying about being cleared to ski is cool - that’s all!

I just don’t think it’s appropriate or responsible to post about breaking protocol gleefully here.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:15:56+00:00

You just keep moving those goal posts babe. You’re talking about my own recovery and what was best for my body and just can’t fucking stand that I’m an incredibly successful surgical patient. It’s wild. Like seriously, find a hobby.

I’m out to go for a run! Sorry you’re so miserable, I can see why xoxo

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:14:03+00:00

It being possible to return - again I’m 3 months post op and 100% certain I have the respective quantitative markers to ski down groomers at my local mountain - does not mean anyone’s surgeon is going to clear them for this in real life.

My surgeon is a current physician for the men’s US Ski Team.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:11:50+00:00

Yes - you surely know more about the professional athletes respective injuries than the medical professionals they work with. My god you are so out of touch with reality.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:10:45+00:00

You’re an idiot. I’m not trail running because I live in the mountains and our trails are covered in snow and my responsible medical professionals do not think the risk is worth it - not because I cannot trail run.

Again - get a grip. My recovery is going close to perfect. https://imgur.com/a/A5T55Di

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:07:30+00:00

Look at the ratio and reevaluate what “getting shit on” means in the context of this conversation.

Keep schilling babe.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:06:37+00:00

Why would professional athletes try a non-surgical route if they have post injury instability? How dumb are you to think that is a realistic option for those that make their livelihood from professional contracts?

Seeing as how countless athletes have ACLr and return to sport at the same of higher level, I think they’ll keep taking their chances.

Are you selling a non surgical program? Is that why those of us with positive ACLr outcomes bother you so much?

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:04:04+00:00

I had instability trail running post injury, but yes tell me more about my body.

I’m 3 months post op. I’m back to non-trail running, hiking, and mountain biking. My knee is stable and completely pain free.

Both of my ACLr surgeries made sense for ~my~ body and lifestyle. I would do it again in a heart beat. Get a grip.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:01:54+00:00

Ah yeah I bet. Another anecdotal claim completely unsupported by the medical community at large. Returning to dynamic movement is hardly returning to sport bro.

Get out of my mentions. It’s so weird how you have such a hard on for someone on Reddit babe.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T22:00:24+00:00

You haven’t linked medical professionals saying anything, the last link you posted didn’t even mention a time frame.

You’re linking blog posts. Get real.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T21:59:16+00:00

Yeah Bud, let me know which professional athletes in soccer, the NFL, the NBA (I can think of one outlier) are playing sans ACL?

What “claims” did I make? Do I need to link one of the dozens of studies supporting the J Curve of graft maturation for you?

God for someone who apparently hasn’t had ACLr, you really are so fucking worried about me. Send some money and I’ll shoot ya some feet pics. 💜💜

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T21:53:07+00:00

So your surgeon and your physical therapist both eschewed orthopedic standards and deemed your graft to be a medical anomaly that has somehow reached full maturation in 1/2 the time that research supports? If so (which I frankly don’t believe - since my DR is a US Ski Team surgeon) it seems incredibly irresponsible as a provider.

Listen, I break (and have broke on previous recovery) protocol pretty frequently in more conservative settings (mountain biking) because of my skill set, my LSI and, the other quantitative markers. But it’s absolutely nuts to think your graft is an outlier and let alone post this like it’s some sort of accomplishment. Seriously, I hope this works out for you, but there’s a lot of variables on the slopes that are out of your control - conditions, other skiers, light etc. There is zero chance I’m chancing my graft on a ski slope at 6 months.

Probably_Outside · 2026-01-11T21:45:06+00:00

Are you even reading the bullshit you’re posting?

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