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

[GaryA]

Good one mcwobble...cycling is much easier than walking with leg injuries I know this from personal experience.... get ready for macho overload
Nearly 20 years ago I was involved in a nasty RTA which left me with 2 broken femours and both legs had to be pinned (aka barry sheene) spent 3 months in a wheelchair meanwhile learning to walk in swimming pool... I had a indoor trainer for the racer but was sick of the sight of it- as soon as I was allowed crutches I bungeed them onto the bike and was slowly secretly cycling (against strict hospital orders) everywhere rather than hobbling around. I remember cycling unannounced up to my dads in cramlington and him just about passing out with shock
I was lucky insomuch as the joints, apart from the hips were undamaged....2 years later I did the GNR is about 1:35 without telling the family until I finished because they would have had the media perstering me
[Smug mode off]

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

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.

7 months on here from injury as well (4 bites +92 stitches to left leg) and walking is much harder than cycling. I can now (just) cycle 20 miles whilst I can't actually walk around a larger supermarket yet without needing the trolley for support and crying in pain.

Cycling on the other hand is OK - not great but getting better slowly.

 

[jonny jeez]

well done and congrats on the recovery (albeit long one)

 

[Wobblers]

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

*Blush*

You almost make it sound like breaking an ankle is an achievement! Trust me, nothing could be easier <- that's a pretty good likeness of my expression just after I broke it!!

Anyway, 23 miles is very good after 5 weeks off the bike