Little update of my own

[RoadRaven]

Its so wonderful that the crash did not deter you from hopping back a bike... well, onto your new madone...)

And to hear your progress and thoughts from you is super...

Bodies heal, and yours is doing well and am pleased that it is starting to feel almost 'normal' and relatively painfree... well - reduced pain anyways.

I totally understand about being more cautious and riding differently, but this is a good thing. Your silver-tinged family would be at a loss without you, and your experience will have given SilverSon some insight he may not otherwise have had and awareness that crashes do happen and the potential longterm consequences of that.

The best bit of your update???


But I feel good! And I love to ride. And I'm so happy that Mr. and Silverson are riding too. Life is good!!!

[Crankin]

People who tell you that you "can't" ride a certain kind of bike for that kind of reason are just dumb (well, i want to use another word, but can't). I am sure that some think that I don't deserve my Kuota, being a 53 year old fitness rider. I will never be a racer, but, you know what, who cares? My LBS also deals with a lot of serious racers and roadies and they are always nice to me. Maybe it's because I spent good $ on the bike, but we don't really buy much else there because my husband does all of the mechanical stuff and we get most other stuff on line. Today i met a friend for lunch and locked my 10 year old Voodoo Hoodoo up in front of the shop. One of the employees, a younger woman, came out and was "oohing" over the way I had fixed up this bike. She then asked me if i had just had a birthday. I said no, but then I realized she remembered that someone had come in a bought a gift card for someone named Robyn, but he didn't know the last name (it was one of my colleague's husband). He was picking it up, as my students had collected money for this as a retirement gift. She figured out it was for me and put it under my account.
You've done the same amount of miles that I did all of last year and most people can't even fathom how someone could ride a bike 3,000 miles!

[jobob]

You done good, silver.

It's funny, when I first joined this forum, I had a hybrid bike which, while it was fine, I thought it would be nice to have a road bike.

In one of my first posts here, I mentioned that I was planning on doing the Cinderella metric century in a few months time with my hybrid, after which I would get the road bike. My logic was, if I could do the metric century, then I would "deserve" a road bike (my words).

The ladies on the forum disabused me of that silly notion mighty quickly. I had my first road bike a couple of weeks later.

[indysteel]

Silver, thank you for sharing that with us. I'm rather choked up--by your own story and Sam's. I'm so glad you're back on your bike and that your family is right there with you. Good for all of you.

Congratulations on your mileage for the year. What an accomplishment!!!! Ride that Madone with pride! You've earned it in any number of ways.

Kate

[Batbike]

Wow! I had no idea of what happen to you -- both the death of your cycling friend and your wreck. Your story and what you did with the events is inspiring ... thank you for sharing your story!!!

I too have lost a fellow cyclist and had a wreck in the past month. The cyclist was not a close friend, and the only thing badly injured in my wreck was some bike parts and my mental state. Personally, I have started talking to advocacy groups/people about Share the Road campaign and have just started riding my bike again after a short hiatus (total fear) of not riding.

This brings me back to your story -- you suffered a very great loss and have shown remarkable character and integrity to turn something terrible into something special. My heart has been lifted by your approach to life and the sharing of your story. Many thanks!!!

[Veronica]

One of the bad things about going on vacation is you end up missing posts. I'm glad I came upon this one.

Pedal on Silver!

V.

[silver]

Thanks Veronica! Did you see Mr.'s post? I made my 3000 today! Thanks for reading