Oh... Mothers

boybiker

Ive got my next cat 4 circuit race on Saturday and my mom has said she wants to come and watch so she can drive me to A+E herself ......... which isn't exactly encouraging
So how do you deal with it when your mom frets about you killing yourself?

redvee

She cares about her little boy. Don't knock it, you've got somebody who can give you a warm towel if it pees down with rain and like you say somebody with a lead foot for the trip to A&E

Jez mon

Which circuit is it? If it's a motor racing circuit it should be nice and wide, therefore safer. If it's a narrow circuit try and keep in the first third of the field, just don't do any work on the front! There are always people who will do that for you. With about 4 miles to go make sure you are well up in the group (not on the front though) otherwise you won't be able to do anything in what should be an inevitable sprint. Breaks rarely succeed in 4th cat circuit races.

My parents still have to drive me to races 'caus I still haven't learnt to drive I was racing down at hillingdon yestarday, which must have scared the s*** out of my mum because it's where I shattered my collarbone! Just appreciate the lift down, it means you can relax on the way there!!

boybiker

Yep I suppose so
It doesn't help that my friend made his third trip to A&E this year on Sunday, like he says you can tell its getting bad when they know you by name.
Hopefully it will be a bit safer once I get out of cat 4

Nuggs

At least she'll be there!

When I shattered my elbow when I was 15, I called my mum from the hostiple and had to spend 10 minutes convincing her that I wasn't winding her up!

huggy

The same thing is happening at my race tonight At least there's some more 'pressure' to do well....

graham_g

All of us older guys are just thinking 'lucky sod'! I'd make the most of it while it lasts, you know like asking for your favourite meal for after the race 'cos you'll be soooo exhausted after

chuckcork

Had to ask my dad for a lift home once from the Aikido class I was doing, couldn't drive as I was in a slight bit of bother what with fully dislocating my knee during a class (everything went back into place, and doing it again in 2000 is how I got into cycling so not all bad). He was less than impressed and finished his dinner before coming to pick me up some time later.

One of the young guys in the club, last accident I know he had involved getting sideswiped by a car that wasn't indicating to turn left out of a roundabout that had cycle lanes (dangerous design IMHO), he was OK but shaken up, from all reports though his mother can't bear to see him on a bike anymore, so its up to his father to do the support bit when he does racing.

So don't knock your mothers help given freely, it will be more of a hassle if/when you don't get it.


Just keep maybe smelling salts and a cold compress to one side if she faints at the sight of your blood....

boybiker

Yep well, it will be fine as long as she doesn't carry out her threat to bring my favorite old teddy to watch as well. :roll:

redvee

She might do someting embarrassing like wet her hanky with her mouth and wipe your face down in front of a group of riders who you've just beat :oops:

Jez mon

Or hug you if you break your collarbone...embarrassing and ****ing painful

boybiker

Oh no!!!!
Not the licked hanky anything but that :oops:
I can see it now you finish ,soaked in sweat and snot running down my face and she starts wetting my hair down. I would have to disown her

HungryCol

Jez mon wrote:

keep in the first third of the field, just don't do any work on the front! There are always people who will do that for you.

...and make yourself very unpopular in the process.

OP check my sig...

boybiker

My moms not squeamish, my teddy might be though
but it will be fine no accidents as I will be at the front all the time

abbots_mike

whereabouts in hillingdon jez?

and i play rugby on the weekends, once my mum saw me bounce a few times she relaxed a bit, still flinches every time i go down/dont get straight back up though. (spesh as i play up a year and am up against guys 6-8stone heavier than me!)

fast as fupp

yer ma?

would we? :evil:

Jez mon

ABBOTS MIKE wrote:

whereabouts in hillingdon jez?

Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in Minet Park next to somewhere called goal i think (it's a load of 5 a side footy pitches.

http://www.hillingdoncyclecircuit.org.uk/

And boy biker...don't do what I just did and try and race on an empty stomach...it doesn't work