Sometime This Week...

[Smokin Joe]

...I should be back on the bike.

Finger unbandaged today so I can get a glove on, just need to let the flesh firm up again so I can give a hefty squeeze on the front brake and I'll be rolling. Just now I look like an extra from "The Day of The Zombies".

It's been five inactive weeks with some gloriously sunny days of utter frustration.

 

[Katherine]

...I should be back on the bike.

Finger unbandaged today so I can get a glove on, just need to let the flesh firm up again so I can give a hefty squeeze on the front brake and I'll be rolling. Just now I look like an extra from "The Day of The Zombies".

It's been five inactive weeks with some gloriously sunny days of utter frustration.

Good luck!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Good luck!

Thank you, I'll need it with all my fitness gone

 

[I like Skol]

Thank you, I'll need it with all my fitness gone

5 weeks is nothing, you'll be fine by the third ride.

 

[Globalti]

Six months off the bike here....

 

[DCBassman]

...I should be back on the bike.

Finger unbandaged today so I can get a glove on, just need to let the flesh firm up again so I can give a hefty squeeze on the front brake and I'll be rolling. Just now I look like an extra from "The Day of The Zombies".

It's been five inactive weeks with some gloriously sunny days of utter frustration.

Trust me, I feel your frustration acutely. 12 weeks to go...minimum.

 

[Domus]

I feel such a fraud, told to stay off the bike for at least two weeks and I feel so sorry for myself.

Good luck.

 

[Globalti]

Look on it as a good excuse for not going cycling in the cold and wet. That's how I've been coping with it.

Brisk walking will help to reduce the loss of fitness. Even half an hour is beneficial.

 

[Banjo]

I had an operation on my neck some years ago

.Didnt affect my legs but stopped me looking behind for several weeks .

When I couldn't get anyone to ride behind and watch my back I got a mirror.

Looking back it was dangerous as the mirror must be backed up with looking behind at the time I was desperate to get out on the bike.

Good Luck on the first ride Smokin.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I feel such a fraud, told to stay off the bike for at least two weeks and I feel so sorry for myself.

Good luck.

If you want to get out and ride, being told to stay off for even a day is frustrating. Two weeks is a long time when the weather is nice.

 

[Globalti]

Just back from my first ride in exactly six months. As I wrote above, brisk walking has kept the leg muscles good although there's some loss of cardiovascular fitness. The arms and shoulders felt weak though, especially the injured shoulder where I've started building up bulk after complete loss of muscle.