Hi, I'm purepink aka Bikerchick's female friend. Yeah, I crashed.It was amazing how it happened so fast and so slow at the very same time. As I lay in the road a bit stunned, I realized that if the guy in the truck hadn't been paying attention, I would have been roadkill!! I was obviously a bit shaken by the whole incident and my shoulder really hurt. All I could think about was getting to the finish line. I wanted that 100 miles on my computer. Computer broke from the crash so I didn't even get that!
All in all, I'm okay. Still a bit sore but very proud of my sheer determination to finish. It was a great day, my hubby did his first 55 after being off the bike for 6 months and I made my 100 even after a crash!
I came home from work today to find bows on my pretty pink bike. Hubby had taken her in for a going over and she's all better now and ready for me to ride. That was a great Valentines Day present!
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02-14-2006, 05:40 PM #1
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02-14-2006, 06:34 PM #2
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Hi PurePink!
I am SO glad to hear that you are okay! I don't even know you and I was SO worried about you! How sweet of your DH to take care of your bike!
Hopefully I'll get to meet you and BikerChick68 (and everyone else too!)- or at least wave as you pass! Are you doing the same rides as she is? I had a great bike buddy up in NorCal but I moved to SoCal and she moved to OR and I just haven't found anyone here to ride with here yet... you are so lucky to have a great group to ride with!!!
Anyway, again, thank you for letting us know you are alright ... and I'm so glad the guy in the truck was watching!!!
Tracy
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02-15-2006, 09:27 AM #3
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Hey Pinky! So glad you posted...
very cool that the DH took care of the bike for you and put bows on it!!! What a guy!!! Were they able to replace that shifter cover? Any other damage? It didn't appear so...
Just so you all know... Pink's DH was not only off the bike for 6 months... but was only back ON the bike for a couple weeks... did a TON of riding for those 2 weeks to be ready to ride 55 miles! I told him he's in for it now... we know he can do 55...
He said he was slower than us... LOL.. yeah, FOR NOW! That's gonna change sooooooon... we have plans for him... bwahahahhahaha!
Tracy... we will definitely have to plan a ride sometime soon... and btw, are there any bike shops near you? I met PurePink and her DH at my LBS... it's been absolutely wonderful for ME too... so much more fun to have friends to ride with than trying to train solo... if you have a shop where you get all your stuff let them know you're looking for other females to ride with!
There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
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02-15-2006, 10:32 AM #4
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Great Tip!
Thanks BikerChick68! I have been looking for local shops that maybe have local rides starting from them but it never occurred to me to actually mention it to the guys at the shops! Duhhhh..!
they took the full arm cast off today and put a short one on for another two weeks, then I'm done. My wrist was pretty much immoble (very little range of motion - now its casted back up again!) so I don't know how well I'll be able to ride once the cast is off. I have to have some PT to get range of motion back. I did ask if I could ride the 22 mile route of the tour de borrego (4 days after the cast comes off) on my Mtn bike (to reduce pressure on the arm) and he said I could - so now I'll hope for the best!
Don't worry BC68, I will DEFINATELY take you up on a bike ride, that's now one of my goals!
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02-15-2006, 11:39 AM #5
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tprevost - glad to hear your arm is making progress and "thank you" for your kind words on the other thread re: my DH's injury. We sure wanted to do the Tour de Palm Springs ride. Anyway, us girls need to plan something - either to meet at one of the charity rides, or plan a ride of our own.
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02-15-2006, 11:54 AM #6
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Hey Nina!
You are ON! How is your DH feeling? I've decided never to break a bone again!
The rehab is something that never occured to me; I just figured they take the cast off, you rebuild your atrophied muscles but otherwise, off you go! WRONG!!! What does the Doc say about your DH's recovery time?
I'm pretty clueless about LA; how far are you from... say, Corona or Riverside? I know bcipam is in Irvine... bikerchick is down in San Diego and Caligurl is out in the desert ... sorry, I'm sort of 'talking to myself', trying to think of any middleground. I would definately be up for a ride in 3-4 weeks ; albeit a very gentle one!
more later...
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02-15-2006, 12:13 PM #7
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Hi tprevost - My Hubby is doing Okay considering . . ., probably at least 6 to 8 weeks before he can ride, but he really can't wait to get back on the bike.
Re: us SoCal girls getting together, Orange County sounds good. It's probably equidistant for many of us. I live in Westwood (near UCLA), but I don't mind driving anywhere, even San Diego. Sounds like there's great riding down there. I know there are probably some good rides around L.A., but there is so much traffic, etc., and some areas are really not that safe. I'd love to hear others' suggestions.
Nina
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