Thread: Cyclists Anonymous

Originally Posted by jaycey

I have a problem!

I see no problem

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Yeowch!

Yeah, that's an important safety tip alrighty! Reminds me of the time I tripped on barbed wire that'd been buried behind a barn and got a bit of it stuck hard in my leg. It was sheer, dumb luck that I didn't end up with tetanus. I don't clearly recall. My parents may have taken me for a booster shot. I was a young teen at the time, and that's been... A long time.

Since I picked up the cycling habit again last year, my worst injury has been when I failed to clip out and fell over, whacking my knee real good on the macadam in the process. I was honestly more worried about my bike until I remembered that if I'd injured my knee badly enough to be unable to ride that I was, at that moment 4 miles and 500' downhill on a trail with no exits but the end and beginning (and the end was another 4 miles ahead and a few hundred feet up). Luckily, my knee was mostly okay with riding and I completed my 25 mile circuit.

I had similar situation this summer, during downhill ride I had pretty nasty fall. And there was no exit of the track, only thru one more mountain pass.
After aprox 2 hours rest I managed to stay, than I was lucky that I injured hip and despite that I can't walk I managed to ride on a bike with tolerable pain.



Mountain pass which I have had to overcome

OUCH!

It sure is a good thing that cycling can be easier than walking, sometimes!

Yeap, different muscle, always have a chance to ride or to walk.

Btw tomorrow I will have shave with W&B which we exchanged

Received the 18 x A3 1:50000 topographical maps that I need to use for my race in June.
Going to be spending the next couple of months studying them in conjunction with Google Maps.

Here's an example..

Collected this Revelate Pika yesterday. Construction is top notch!

A gift from a friend's husband to me. A British Eagle Touristique from circa 1981.

I've been wanting a classic road bike for a while now. Thanks to some awesome generosity I now have one. �� can't wait to put some miles on it.

I recently decided I've gotta do better and get some exercise in my life. So, today I went out for a real bike ride on the roads around town (well real for me). It was 15miles and half of it was very uphill, so I feel very good

Here's the bike - an old GT and behind is the bike-shaped-object I have after my Trek was stolen:

Got this at the weekend. Nothing special, an entry level bike but my journey has begun 😁

Geek

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I really love English 3-speeds. Bought my wife this beautiful Pashley Princess this summer. Not as pretty as my vintage Raleigh Superbe. Then again she did marry a slightly less attractive guy.