Two miles isn't much of a bike ride, but

[MacB]

What, on your bike?

I'm really pleased you're ankle is healing and I really...no really...hope no further misfortune befalls you

 

[TheDoctor]

Good effort!! Onwards and upwards

 

[Archie_tect]

Well done McW... just done my first ride too, after my appendix op. It's great to get out again!

 

[Night Train]

Well done!

I took the chance and managed a mile on Thursday and three miles on Friday heading over to York for the weekend. It was slow and limited to 1st and 2nd gear on the Brompton over short distances.
So much easier then walking|!

 

[BrumJim]

Oh, I might be able to keep up with you at the moment, then!

 

[dellzeqq]

bravo! Burnham-on-Crouch?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Good for you. Keep it up

 

[Iainj837]

Good new, keep going

 

[Wobblers]

2 months isn't too shoddy. I didn't get on my bike for nearly a year after I broke my wrist. It was a right mess and I was off work for 8 months with it.
I didn't think that I would mind the rain, as long as I could get on my bike and ride. I was proved wrong during the first downpour though

Eight months for a broken wrist? Ouch, that must have been quite a bad break. I hope your wrist is back to normal now.

 

[Wobblers]

Well done!

I took the chance and managed a mile on Thursday and three miles on Friday heading over to York for the weekend. It was slow and limited to 1st and 2nd gear on the Brompton over short distances.
So much easier then walking|!

It is easier than walking, isn't it? I can't walk, or lurch, much more than a couple of hundred metres without the orthopedic boot - but cycling is easier and rather less painful.

 

[Wobblers]

Oh, I might be able to keep up with you at the moment, then!

I think you'd be waiting for me at the moment....

 

[Wobblers]

I'm really pleased you're ankle is healing and I really...no really...hope no further misfortune befalls you

Hah. You'll do anything to avoid getting your round in, I see.

Just remember that titanium cracks easily (when hit repeatedly with a very large hammer... ).

 

[Night Train]

It is easier than walking, isn't it? I can't walk, or lurch, much more than a couple of hundred metres without the orthopedic boot - but cycling is easier and rather less painful.

Yes, pity the docs won't say so.

I walked a bit and found that I was only doing half steps. With the boot there was no movement in my ankle and without it the movement was still limited by tight tendons and muscles. Neither of those are an issue on a bike, taken gently, and even stopping for a rest doesn't slow progress if you are still coasting.

I can't re-start on a steep hill though, not enough strength yet in my left leg to push the pedal down.

 

[Night Train]

I'm full of admiration for both of you.

Cheers!

I've just been out for a 23 miler - my first ride for five weeks, and I'm completely done in.

I'll be feeling like that at some point, can't wait!

 

[Saluki]

Eight months for a broken wrist? Ouch, that must have been quite a bad break. I hope your wrist is back to normal now.

It was, what my consultant termed "a right bloody mess". Apparently that's a medical term or so he told me. A medical term that another consultant used was 'banjaxed'. They do like their technical speak, do doctors. In and out of plaster for 12 weeks in the end. They threatened to re break it a couple of times, then they were going to operate and pin it, then they said to let nature take its course and so on and so forth. 2 years down the line, 3 consultants later they say that the wrist is as OK as its ever going to get now. Its an odd shape and my radius is about 7mm shorter than it was when it started out and I have about 40% bone wastage there too which leaves me with limited movement and getting on the drops is rather uncomfortable at times. I can no longer flip pancakes but I do alright apart from that. Its annoying more than anything.

I hope your mileage continues to grow and that your ankle sorts itself out soon. Have you tried taking comfrey to aid healing? It didn't help me this time, any but it did wonders for my old lurcher and his broken leg.