Big news!: rode the Spot today on desert road @ JEM TH. Down & back up pedaling easily and going very slowly over any rough stuff. 1 hour 45 mins, 12 miles. Long way to get back up. Happy to ride w/ some physical effort. I have lost about 3 pounds of muscle mass and my cardio is shot. I kept my heart rate down and didn’t pee blood.
Yesterday I replaced my Turner pivot bushings w/ ones made by PUSH that were given to me but I never got around to installing them. I did that yesterday as well as washed the bike. The suspension was soo smooth pedaling in the parking lot I needed to find out today if I put the bike back together correctly. Very gingerly i rode out the desert road and slowing down for all the dips to minimize any shock. And on the uphills I kept my hr way low. I was pleased with how I disciplined myself and how my body felt. Today is 4 weeks & a day since fall.
I still have pain in my left front below the rib cage probably from the hematoma. Hydrocodone dulls that. I have a pretty severe cold hampering me.
Tomorrow is ST George for van service.
I ordered a solar charger for the rig battery that will arrive this week. I will set it in sun and plug it into the cigarette lighter to back charge the battery while listening to the sound system.
Hi Craig, Sounds like you had a decent Thanksgiving. Not much snow here yet, although a few of the ski areas are open. I rode Mica Pk. yesterday just to see how far up I could get before getting turned back by snow. Made it all the way to the top of the ridge (1400 vert) and only had patches of 2 to 3 inch deep snow. Good frozen ground traction turned into greasy mud on the way down in the areas that were sun exposed. Was doing about 15 to 20, hit a greasy patch, started sliding back and forth and ended up on my side sliding along in heavy mud. Haven’t been that dirty in years. Took the hose to myself and the bike after I got back home. Good to hear your back on the bike and recovering nicely.
Good to hear/read that you’re ‘easing’ back into physical activity. It doesn’t take long to lose the conditioning we work so hard to achieve. I know I take my health for granted sometimes and it takes an injury to make me appreciate it. By the way, the first half of the Zag/Cincy game in Maui was quite possible the most physical half of a basketball game that I have ever witnessed. I was glad to see the Zags overcome that bunch of thugs.