Can't ride - going crazy.
seajays
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OK - how do people deal with it when you can't ride the bike because of injury!?
Had an "incident with a horse" - i.e. was tacking her up to ride and she span round kicked and smashed my hand against the wall, fracturing my thumb, and major bruising to the whole hand and arm. Have to wear splint for 4-6 weeks. Only two weeks gone by so far.
No riding - of either kind - possible (having to catch the bus :evil: ), annoying my OH by moaning about how I wish I could be riding my bike (tried suggesting I could ride one handed - she wasn't going for that idea), and just watched two weeks of good riding weather, nights are getting lighter again etc. go by whilst having to walk and glowering gloomily at happy cyclists zooming past.
Had an "incident with a horse" - i.e. was tacking her up to ride and she span round kicked and smashed my hand against the wall, fracturing my thumb, and major bruising to the whole hand and arm. Have to wear splint for 4-6 weeks. Only two weeks gone by so far.
No riding - of either kind - possible (having to catch the bus :evil: ), annoying my OH by moaning about how I wish I could be riding my bike (tried suggesting I could ride one handed - she wasn't going for that idea), and just watched two weeks of good riding weather, nights are getting lighter again etc. go by whilst having to walk and glowering gloomily at happy cyclists zooming past.
Cannondale CAADX Tiagra 2017
Revolution Courier Race Disc '14
My Strava
Revolution Courier Race Disc '14
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No turbo?0
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No.KingstonGraham wrote:No turbo?
Cannondale CAADX Tiagra 2017
Revolution Courier Race Disc '14
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This is my 5th week without a ride - hope to get out (ie commute) this week - but it'll have to be an "easy" one.
Mines been Flu related - so other things to bother about - just totally wiped out - mentally & physically ...0 -
Seajays wrote:
No.KingstonGraham wrote:No turbo?
It's the way forward, if you have the space to set one up and the pennies to afford it.================
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NitrousOxide wrote:Seajays wrote:
No.KingstonGraham wrote:No turbo?
It's the way forward, if you have the space to set one up and the pennies to afford it.
If you're going forward on a turbo you've got it set up wrong....
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It's not that good.Seajays wrote:...just watched two weeks of good riding weather...
I've was off for a couple of weeks due to having the plague and it was getting frustrating, but I really didn't feel well enough so that made it easier.
Hope your hand heals quickly, broke my middle finger a few years back and it took a while. That was completely snapped and then pinned so hopefully yours will heal faster. Good luck with it.0 -
Have you tried running as an alternative? Not the same as riding but does get the endorphins going, and uses up the pent up energy.0
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It's horrific isn't it. I've got consumption or something, and I've been off the boil for over 3 weeks now. Had a few days off work, then a couple of days back on the bike made me ill again. I've been on the train for a week and a half now, it's horrible, and I feel like crap, and work is terrible at the moment.
I'd love to go out on my bike, but I'd probably die of death.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
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Seajays wrote:
No.KingstonGraham wrote:No turbo?
Not an option? If you're anywhere near Kingston, I can lend you one.0 -
Good time of year to get out running anyway - throw on a t shirt and wind proof and you'll be too trying to keep cool after a couple of miles0
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normally I would say when you cant ride its time to start building a new bike / upgrading bits, its a good time to take the bike apart as you wont need it together for a while.
I guess though if you have fooked your hand you cant faff with bikes either ???0 -
craker wrote:Good time of year to get out running anyway - throw on a t shirt and wind proof and you'll be too trying to keep cool after a couple of miles
When I farked my arm the other year, I made it worse by running before it was ready. I took it from uncomfortable to excruciating in 50 minutes.0 -
Yeah - running is not really my thing.
Of course I now have a streaming head cold as well - which I am VERY FIRMLY putting down to my enforced requirement to share the bus with disease-ridden commuters instead of enjoying my fresh air ride to work every day. Cannondale CAADX Tiagra 2017
Revolution Courier Race Disc '14
My Strava0 -
I lost nearly 6 months of decent riding last year, managed the commute painfully but anything over half an hour on the bike was painful.
Did my shoulder in after front wheel locked up, over the bars and 15 stitches in my face then a few months later a car knocked me off .
Sometimes you just have to face the fact that you need to rest and wait as im sure my commuting miles might have felt like a victory but the fact is i doubt it helped the healing process.
Anyway the week ahead looks dodgy , on nighshift cycling on unlit country lanes , snow and ice so im leaning towards car .FCN 3/5/90 -
Seajays wrote:Yeah - running is not really my thing.
Of course I now have a streaming head cold as well - which I am VERY FIRMLY putting down to my enforced requirement to share the bus with disease-ridden commuters instead of enjoying my fresh air ride to work every day.
I'd consider Vicks' First Defence when you're thrown into commuting with the public peoples. Yeeeeuck.Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
Not enough protection.davis wrote:Seajays wrote:Yeah - running is not really my thing.
Of course I now have a streaming head cold as well - which I am VERY FIRMLY putting down to my enforced requirement to share the bus with disease-ridden commuters instead of enjoying my fresh air ride to work every day.
I'd consider Vicks' First Defence when you're thrown into commuting with the public peoples. Yeeeeuck.
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