Bike Options?

[Catrin]

She is a sweet bike for sure! May she bring you as much joy as my tough little Jamie

edited: I meant to say "Jamis" but Jamie might have to be her real name

[WindingRoad]

I am pretty excited about it. I'm going to take it VERY slow to start this time. I don't want to go by myself either. That was a mistake I made before that I don't care to repeat. Is there anything I can do to work on just getting used to the bike in an off road fashion that doesn't require me to immediately jump into single track?

[indysteel]

I am pretty excited about it. I'm going to take it VERY slow to start this time. I don't want to go by myself either. That was a mistake I made before that I don't care to repeat. Is there anything I can do to work on just getting used to the bike in an off road fashion that doesn't require me to immediately jump into single track?

I'd be happy to meet you down at BCSP (or someplace closer to home) and run through the drills that we learned at the clinic. It's been forever and a day since I've seen you!

[indysteel]

One other option is to contact the person Catrin worked with for a private session. I'm not sure how much she would charge or if she's currently available, but I think it would be money well spent.

[Catrin]

One other option is to contact the person Catrin worked with for a private session. I'm not sure how much she would charge or if she's currently available, but I think it would be money well spent.

She has a broken foot so is unavailable....I would also be happy to go through the same drills we learned. It does help to go through them multiple times, for sure.

[WindingRoad]

Oh no! What happened Catrin! Did she have a MB accident?

Hey TJ if you are on here, hope you get to feeling better soon

[WindingRoad]

Bike is gonna be here soon..... can't wait

[Catrin]

Oh no! What happened Catrin! Did she have a MB accident?

Yes, it was a fluke kind of thing, just put her foot down wrong.

Bike is gonna be here soon..... can't wait

Whoohooo! Oh yes, I need to come over and inspect it when you get it home....hmmmm... make certain all the parts are there....yeah...that's it! After all, I only live a half-mile away, that is the least I can do for a friend

[indysteel]

Oh no! What happened Catrin! Did she have a MB accident?

Hey TJ if you are on here, hope you get to feeling better soon

TJ's not the one with the broken foot; it's another local instructor who taught at the clinic. Catrin can give you more details.....

[Catrin]

Thanks Indy, I wasn't going to give the details but that is how I understood it to happen. I didn't catch who Winding Road was referring to until after you posted...

Winding Road, it really helped me a LOT to practice the drills that IndySteel mentioned. Either of us, or both of us, can do them with you. I suspect, however, with your commuting experience that your body will take to it much quicker than mine did. If you only start counting my riding time to when I actually started riding on the real road, I've only been REALLY riding since April-May 2010, so not even a year and a half of experience, you have so much more than that

[indysteel]

Thanks Indy, I wasn't going to give the details but that is how I understood it to happen. I didn't catch who Winding Road was referring to until after you posted...

Winding Road, it really helped me a LOT to practice the drills that IndySteel mentioned. Either of us, or both of us, can do them with you. I suspect, however, with your commuting experience that your body will take to it much quicker than mine did. If you only start counting my riding time to when I actually started riding on the real road, I've only been REALLY riding since April-May 2010, so not even a year and a half of experience, you have so much more than that

Sorry if I spoke out of turn. If you'd like me to delete the post, just let me know. I mostly just wanted to correct WR's assumption that it was TJ who broke her foot.

[jessmarimba]

Not relevant to the new bike (congrats!!) but I did the same foot thing. Not mountain biking, I walked down the stairs off of a bus and broke mine. If you turn your ankle slightly the wrong way the torsion can snap your 5th metatarsal pretty easily. Stupid easily.

Just one more reason for my reputation for breaking things in ridiculous accidents.

ETA - don't want to imply that I'm currently broken. That happened a couple years ago.

[indysteel]

Not relevant to the new bike (congrats!!) but I did the same foot thing. Not mountain biking, I walked down the stairs off of a bus and broke mine. If you turn your ankle slightly the wrong way the torsion can snap your 5th metatarsal pretty easily. Stupid easily.

Just one more reason for my reputation for breaking things in ridiculous accidents.

I can't believe I haven't managed to do that at some point in my life. Knock on wood.....

[Catrin]

Sorry if I spoke out of turn. If you'd like me to delete the post, just let me know. I mostly just wanted to correct WR's assumption that it was TJ who broke her foot.

I don't have a sense of how private a person she is, perhaps just give her first name? Of course everyone who knows her knows of her injury so it is probably OK.

Not relevant to the new bike (congrats!!) but I did the same foot thing. Not mountain biking, I walked down the stairs off of a bus and broke mine. If you turn your ankle slightly the wrong way the torsion can snap your 5th metatarsal pretty easily. Stupid easily.

Just one more reason for my reputation for breaking things in ridiculous accidents.

ETA - don't want to imply that I'm currently broken. That happened a couple years ago.

Glad to hear that was in the past (whew!) I've seen other people have similar injuries, sometimes just from not knowing a step-down was there and not finding the floor where we expected it. I've had a large number of ankle injuries over the year, but that had to do with my mother having an incorrect set of instructions for my feet I had major foot reconstructive surgery in 2004 to fix the worse of my two feet, no falls since then (knock on wood).

[WindingRoad]

That's a bum deal breaking your ankle on a complete whim! Hope SMC gets better soon

I'd love any and all help Catrin AND/OR IndySteel wants to give me with this mountain biking bit. I don't plan to ever go out by myself again. I really think being alone scared me in some ways worse than just the crash itself. It's an awful feeling knocking yourself silly and realizing that no one knows where you are. Buddy system from here on out!