Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 that looks like a bit of my joinery, glad to see you home.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Well, that's me back home together with my new hardware. Felt ok this morning as they inject a local as well which gives some pain relief but afraid it's kicking in now. Still, at least it's done and both the head surgeon and his assistant both said the bone pieces were too far apart to have healed properly so it looks like I made the right decision. Thanks for all the well wishes.

Before.

After, not that you can really see the bone.

Looks like you have a couple of screws loose

Seriously, glad you are home

 

[moo]

Welcome to the bionic club @Mo1959. Ive got a rod and pins in my right leg. Don't let it put you off riding again.

 

[stevey]

@Mo1959 glad all is ok and everything went well.

 

[Trevor_P]

Boring training day at work today. Rode there and back though, something I don't usually have time for...

http://www.strava.com/activities/163739104

http://www.strava.com/activities/163739633

 

[Eribiste]

So Mo 1959, that's you nailed together again, and a slightly higher scrap value too!

Hope your recovery continues apace.

 

[welsh dragon]

So Mo 1959, that's you nailed together again, and a slightly higher scrap value too!

Hope your recovery continues apace.

oh ahem. Sorry Mo

 

[edindave]

That's really good news @Mo1959 - hope you have a speedy post-op recovery. Take it easy

 

[BrianEvesham]

Glad your bolted back together @Mo1959 and that it went well.
Speedy recovery.

 

[Stonechat]

Went to Box Hill this morning and did the usual loop
I noticed two things

1. The riad towardss Box Hill A244 is to be closed for abt 2 monts soon. May need to find an alternative
2. There are notices going up for road closures for the Ride London 100 in August already. (I am not going in for it)

There was a lot of traffic both ways through Walton and going through OXshott , so the avrage speed not bad
I alsways have traffic so can't do much about it
http://www.strava.com/activities/164031733
39 miles @ 14.8 mph with 1772 feet of climbing

Not quite sure hiow long the climb took as the segment has not registered. Maybe something to do with atmospheric conditions today asGPS showing considerable drift.

I estimate it took less than 10 minutes 10 seconds so a best, though not showing on Strava

 

[Stonechat]

Have to go into Staines this afternoon and Mrs S has the car so another ride is in order - may take the hybrid or road bike with rucksack

 

[welsh dragon]

Good afternoon everyone. Another beautiful day here in sunny powys. I went into town again today. Still tweaking my saddle. Its very nearly there. A nice pottle around town tweaking my saddle as I went. People must have thought I was a bit loopy starting, stopping, adjusting. Starting, stopping adjusting. Never mind. Nice couple of hours spent out and about. Hope your all having a great day.

a photo of our local church. In fact we have three. One church and two chapels although one has been turned Into a music/art place.

we have such busy roads here.

 

[Stonechat]

Just back from a quick dash into Staines
A well known High Street bank balllsed up so basically had to go in for the same thing for the second timw

7.9 mi, 17.0 mph (Strava makes it less)
No climbing only 180 ft (railway bridges?)
A good burst of speed
http://app.strava.com/activities/164085678

However the guy I dealt with today couldn't have been nicer and we chatted about cycling and he is doing the London Ride 100

 

[SpokeyDokey]

@Mo1959 Wishing you a speedy recovery! Bet you can't wait to set off the airport security alarms.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

14.3 miles at 14.1 mph today - nice steady ride, bit hilly but I'm slowly building back up without 'overdoing it' to quote my GP.

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Bought some A520 SPD's a few weeks back just to give the wider platform a go - instead of my M520's.

Have given them a good try but a) they are a blooming faff to get into esp' when stop-starting in town and b) I have developed a hot spot on the outside of my left foot.

Bit strange as with the smaller footprint M520's I have no hot spot.

Back to my M520's it is.

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Swapped my Schwalbe 32mm Marathon Supremes for some Marathon Deluxe 35mm (on a terrific deal from Rose) a while back and they are blooming brilliant.

Despite all the slick is best advice these things grip a damn site better than the semi-going-on-slick Supremes.

Maybe partly due to being slightly wider but I am convinced that the tread grips mechanically with the rough tarmac on the local lanes.

I feel much more confident on sweeping bends with them and have managed to shake off my two 'offs' induced woosy-ness from last year!

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That's me!

Hope you have all had or will have great rides today.