June rides, summer begins

[Crankin]

We bought a Burley trailer for our granddaughter! We won't have it for a few days, but I think DH finally saw the light, in that if she is going to be here for the whole weekend, we want to be able to share some riding with her.
Taking her to the LBS today, for a cool helmet. Now, she just has to grow, so she can use the balance bike we have waiting. She tried to get on it last time, but, it's going to be a few months, or a year, she is so little.

[north woods gal]

Thank you all for posting about your rides. It does help. Gives me hope. Each passing day, now, brings me closer to the day when I can ride, again.

Yesterday, I set up the new Pugsley with all the add on stuff I wanted, namely, saddle, pedals, grips and then did all the fit adjustment stuff. It's ready to ride, even though I am not. I really, really wanted to take it for a short test ride up and down the driveway, but my husband let me know, in no uncertain terms, that just wasn't going to happen. Just sitting on then bike in the house, though, I can tell it will be a very comfy ride, as all Pugsleys are.

I am scheduled for a follow up X ray on July 12th. That will tell how the healing is going and if it's a good report, I may get cleared for some limited riding. If so, it will be all fat bikes for awhile, both for safety and comfort. I am 99% certain the accident wouldn't have happened if I had been riding one of my fat bikes.

[ny biker]

Thank you all for posting about your rides. It does help. Gives me hope. Each passing day, now, brings me closer to the day when I can ride, again.

Yesterday, I set up the new Pugsley with all the add on stuff I wanted, namely, saddle, pedals, grips and then did all the fit adjustment stuff. It's ready to ride, even though I am not. I really, really wanted to take it for a short test ride up and down the driveway, but my husband let me know, in no uncertain terms, that just wasn't going to happen. Just sitting on then bike in the house, though, I can tell it will be a very comfy ride, as all Pugsleys are.

I am scheduled for a follow up X ray on July 12th. That will tell how the healing is going and if it's a good report, I may get cleared for some limited riding. If so, it will be all fat bikes for awhile, both for safety and comfort. I am 99% certain the accident wouldn't have happened if I had been riding one of my fat bikes.

Listen to your husband. And your doctor. Doing too much too soon, or doing rehab wrong, can lead to more injuries.

[rebeccaC]

Listen to your husband. And your doctor. Doing too much too soon, or doing rehab wrong, can lead to more injuries.

+1 cuz I wish your riding to be in a healed and healthy body. Patience is a virtue!!!

Since Alex has been in her second trimester she’s doing more riding than in her first. I so appreciate even being able to do just safe bike path rides with her. We are doing a casual ride this afternoon going south on the beach path….and to get her some salted, malted fudge swirled cookie dough ice cream at Salt & Straw…her main craving at the moment.

[north woods gal]

You're right about following the doctor's orders, of course. Just my nature to push things. Not to worry, though, my husband is a stickler for following the rules. He'll keep me in line.

Speaking of the hubby, he did help me tear down my newly installed jump I had built just prior to the accident. It wasn't a very steep platform - just enough to get both wheels off the ground - but it's gone, now. Getting both wheels off the ground in mountain biking is one measure of expertise. It's kind of the entry level for an expert rating. Now that I've done it, I'll call it quits and just say I'm retired from doing the trick stuff. No more boulder riding or log hoping or kamikaze downhill runs, either. Both wheels on the ground at all times from now on and speeds kept under control. Doing the trick stuff is fun, but I still find trail riding to be fun and challenging with out the tricks, not to mention jumps and hops are hard on the bikes. Did trail riding for years without doing trick riding. It's still risky enough without the tricks. Just too damn old, now, to have another accident like this one. If I expect to keep riding into my last years, I'm going to have to make changes.

To that end, I am closing my trails to bikes with tires less than 3" in width for the sake of safety. Most of my bikes are 3" or fatter, so why ride the trails with the skinny stuff, anyway? My two new single sped bikes are the only skinny tire bikes I have, now (if you can call 2.2" tires, skinny). These will continue to see lots of road work, especially gravel road work. That's the way I was using them mostly, anyway, before the accident. They'll also be nice bikes for riding rails-to-trails, cruising in town and so on. They won't collect dust.

[Crankin]

It takes strength to recognize that it's best to stop. Personally, for me, the goal is just to keep riding, in any form, until I drop dead.
So, we went to the LBS. Clueless teen worker brings out the pinkest toddler sized helmet for my granddaughter. Both DH and I said, at the same time, "NO PINK." There were several other options, but, she is so little, her head is just a bit too small for the smallest toddler size. We got home and ordered an infant large, online. It's a cool blue color, with lots of illustrations.
She went nuts in the LBS, running around, saying "bicycle" about every 2 seconds.

[north woods gal]

Wish I could have seen her having fun in the LBS.