So if your partner can't ride due to injury....

[7rider]

DH and I often ride together, but separate. That is, many of our weekend rides are group rides, so we each find our own sub-group and ride there. So, when he was hurt and had his knee surgery, I still did my rides. I even the occasional solo ride - on routes that we might have otherwise done just the two of us. Twice now, such solo rides has allowed me to meet people on the roads who turned out to be neighbors! Strange to meet someone who lives around the corner for the first time when out on a bike, miles from home. But then, I think I'm much more willing to chat on rides than DH - who tends to be a head-down-and-hammer kind of rider. He barely talks to ME when we ride together. I would fully expect him to do his rides if/when I'm laid out.

[Ninabike]

Hey Brandi, Sorry about yout DH. We kind of don't ride when the other is injured, except a few years ago, my DH broke his pelvis and I did ride a little because it was a long term recovery. Hope he feels better soon and you're both back on your bikes.

[TrekTheKaty]

We've both become very addicted. As a result, in case of work or illness--"too bad for you. I'll stop at Walgreens on the way back!" The other day, I got a late start on my ride after he'd ridden with the boys--I phoned home and told him to make his own dinner!

[Brandi]

[QUOTE=cunninghamair;410758]We've both become very addicted. As a result, in case of work or illness--"too bad for you. I'll stop at Walgreens on the way back!" The other day, I got a late start on my ride after he'd ridden with the boys--I phoned home and told him to make his own dinner![/QUOTEOh i want to be more like you! But if I tell hubby to make his own dinner it would be chips and salsa evry time. hey at least it's veggie. lol!

[Crankin]

Well, I wouldn't stop riding and I haven't, but I do shorten rides. I ride alone more than my husband, but they are usually short, loop rides, when I only have an hour. His alone rides are commutes, where he can hammer away. We don't like to be away from each other, either. I know it's weird, but it's true. I think if there was a long term illness or injury, we would tell each other to go, but we wouldn't be out all day, leaving the sick one alone. I did go for a group ride the day after he had his angioplasty. . I asked him if it was OK and he told me to go. I did feel a little guilty and if it were now I probably would have just gone a short local ride. So much of life is "doing" this stuff together, that it would be a major adjustment.

[tctrek]

My DH and I have become co-dependent on each other when it comes to riding. He pumps up the tires while I'm mixing our water bottles and packing snacks. He's mapping the route, while I'm checking that we have sunblock. We each have our little part that we do and if one of us goes out without the other we always forget something. We also workout together at the gym. If one of us is tired, the other encourages us to keep going until we're done our routine. It's ridiculous, I know, but after 22 years we're just an old couple who have become like one person... I have half the brain and he has the other half... LOL.

[Brandi]

Hey Brandi, Sorry about yout DH. We kind of don't ride when the other is injured, except a few years ago, my DH broke his pelvis and I did ride a little because it was a long term recovery. Hope he feels better soon and you're both back on your bikes.

Hi Nina how are you/ How are your kitty cats? hey we will be back at the fair again this year. Maybe we will see you again.
we both got on our bikes yesterday. Thank God. But hubby more then likely has a torn acl. Lucky for him he can bike at this time. Unless he has sugery. But he will wait to have sugery after our work season is over I am sure. Thanks for your concern. Hope all is well!