Wow, Nov 2006 was my last post. June 2007 was my last commute. That was not a good day. I had got my bike serviced a couple of weeks previously....the brakes were nice n tight. There's an incline on my commute where the road joins a main road (the N4 heading out of Dublin), I normally 'reward' myself after the incline with a good slug from my water bottle. So, I joined the N4 and was behind a slowish moving bus, and took my drink. The bus suddenly stopped. My free hand was my left hand so I jammed on the (front) brakes forgetting they were tighter now, and went over the handle bars. I hit the deck and heard my left collar bone snap.
Apart from town cycling, today was my first proper cycle since June. It's GREAT to be back. Can't wait to get back on for my 19km (12mls) commute home....it's the one nice thing about working nightshift, early morning Sunday with no traffic (and hopefully no rain...."soft Irish" rain included !!).

Lorcan.