mollusk

htfu

waterrockets 

Man, this frame failure has been a brilliant way to roll through the 41. The argument is the right balance of irrational to rational, and it can just keep going. At this point, I think I'll be more sad about those threads dying than my frame.

I have to thank EDR for stoking the fire there with the poll. Wow.

ridethecliche

I have to take a picture of my signed poster of hampsten on the gavia. I love that thing.

txvintage

So my Doc asked me why haven't gone inside the knee to see what's up. My reply was because he didn't want to and I wasn't thrilled with the idea.

His reply is we should have done micrfracture surgery back in July and pinned the femur fracture at the same time. I used up most of my short term stuff laying on the couch and getting huge, letting the femur fracture heal, and now I'm stuck until August for the 12 month rolling calendar to reset my short term insurance counter at work.

Plan B, a 5 week series of Hyalgan (synthetic synovial fluid) injections and 6 weeks additional down time on top of that. He figured since I'm bone on bone in the left knee we might as well shoot up both knees while we're spending insurance. Go me.

On a brighter note, I can still engage in blissful JRA if it doesn't kill me, and not on injection days. The arrival of the new frameset is gonna go over real well in the the ol' homested.

If you're in Texas this Spring look for the fat guy eating pie while working a corner and say hi.

waterrockets 

f-sake, what a mess. Sorry to hear that. Grumble.

botto 

that sucks. puts my newly discovered bum thumb into perspective.

gsteinb

it's a driving thing, not a riding thing.

ridethecliche

You've still got your best years of riding ahead of you. Heal fast.

Depending on the weather and how much time I have. I think I'm going to try helping out with one (or both) of the 2 crit series in the area. I really want to help out CDR and maybe he'll let one of my broke ass college teammates race for free if I/we help out with something. More likely at the closer race though since 2-3 hours of driving 1x a week might not work.

I still want to be part of the community though, so I'm going to try my best to help out in some context. If none of my teammates can race, then I might ask them to let a junior or someone else race for free. whatever.

El Diablo Rojo

I had a wonderful walk this morning....went out for a quick spin...got about 5mi from home and flatted..no big deal..tube, check, tire irons, check, Co2 cartridges, check, inflator head...inflator head..err Mother effin'....so I had a nice long walk home.

Enthalpic

Ensure those shots are covered under your insurance. Up here -where most medical expenses are covered- those shots require special approval or the patient has to pay a fraction of the cost. I think p’cad pays like a grand for those with his plan but I’m not sure.

txvintage

I think at almost 47 yrs old, two bum knees, and two titanium cages holding my lower spine in place my hour glass is running on quality racing seasons left.

Yea, they are normally an out patient surgery deal but we checked with for approval and the insurance company said so long as they were done in the clinic all I had to pay was my normal office visit co-pay. I get the same deal on MRI's since they hve their own machine. We printed out the approval form with the person's name that approved it just in case. It would suck to get billed for both knees as an outpatient surgery.

Having two MRI's of each knee that look like Hiroshima and Nagasaki made it pretty easy to get approval. Worst case scenario, I could do this through the VA too since both knees and the back are from a serious case of bad timing and location, but that takes for friggin ever.

johnybutts

Waiting for my roommate to come home so we can go ride. 57F and sunny outside right now. Should be just about perfect. aiming for 50 miles, and my first ride on the new bike

ridethecliche

I said riding, not racing. I'm 20 and I'm dealing with knee issues as well, and this is just a year after I couldn't ride for 6 months due to a bad bad bad wreck.

Also, I hate insurance agencies, but yours seems to be reasonable. Still hate 'em though.

ridethecliche

What new bike?

caloso

Sheesh. That Used Trek thread is insane. It just won't die.

big john

The thread kinda makes me sad. I would have expected more understanding and less of the mindless stonewalling. There may even be a couple posters in there who turned out to be dicks who I used to think were O.K. There are also dicks who are flying their true colors to nobody's surprise. A lot of it just gives me a bad feeling.

johnybutts

https://i.imgur.com/v27Ow.jpg

new frame, my road bike was out of commission the last 2 months maybe, been riding my cyclocross. finally got the frame from specialized warranty and built it up on wednesday

johnybutts

I just trolled hard in the trek thread. Lets hope someone bites

Greg180

1.5 hours on the trainer, two final exams completed and my Christmas shopping finished. All before noon. Very productive day. Time for a nap.

Hocam

Very happy about my thread right now.

Racer Ex 

Kids these days are soft

So I gotta ask...replacements? Know several people that have had them and swear by them.

ridethecliche

Ah, that's right. Forgot that was yours. Glad you like it

txvintage

Ah, please disregard my emoticon in the reply to your post, lol.

johnybutts

I just hope brian ratcliff doesnt get worked up too much. I'm just killing time before my ride. thank god school's out.

txvintage

My Doc doesn't want to do new knees at this age since I'll wear trough them and need revisions down the road. This was more of a concern a few years ago when you could only do two total replacements before running out of bone to anchor them too but new tech gives you three shots now.

I can safely say if things aren't better by the summer I will go seeking a new Doc for another opinion on that.