FWIW, that guy sounds like a hack to me. My Chiro, whom I don't know what I'd do without, looks down upon shoe lifts. Way down. They don't fix the underlying problem. Only mask it.

Ed: I got an email, but it doesn't show up in my BF PMs so I was unsure how to answer it - came from the BF server. In any case, I am looking into some other things if my next PT session shows no improvement to the pros. I can't see/feel any. Since I quit smoking back in June 2013, I've gained weight, which hasn't helped, but I was advised early in my PT to pretty much stop riding and running. I've tried to stay on top of it lately by eating more salads (not that I've really changed my food intake) and doing the hiking.

Scott: I've stuck to the PT regimen and - even tho I tried for awhile to get some bike miles - it seems my neck's made the decision the therapist recommended back in late December. No weights, no riding, no running - just the stretching and hip flexor strengthening exercises and the hiking. I do know I have an issue with both legs having asymmetrical issues - I wonder now about the length issue perhaps causing some of this? The problem with stuff like this is that it comes along over time and it's hard to point at one single thing, although the fall that fractured my right scapula back in late 2006 might finally be manifesting itself, too.

Ironic that now I have all the freakin' time in the world to ride, run, work out and whatnot and I find myself having to be fairly sedentary for the time being. And summer's right around the corner :)

We'll see. It's not over till it's over, after all!

Thanks for the suggestions and words of encouragement all!

DD

Beautiful pieces, Scott! However, I can never see an awl without wincing ever since I learned (when I was, like, 6) that Louis Braille lost his sight because of one :(

DD

Great pics.

That's one cute kid you've got there. :)

When I was very young, a very long time ago, when dinos still roamed the earth, early one morning, hungry, with no adult to provide as my parents were still sleeping, I went foraging through the pantry. I found a large box of raisins, similar to what Mr Clement is devouring. Well I ate the entire contents of said box. To this day, many, many years later, I still can't look at a raisin.

Some folks treasure their Campagnolo tool kits...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...rkit%20(3).JPG

thanks! I can assure you he takes after his mother.

been to busy with this project to get out on my bike .-. (control system and payload bay for a rocket to be flown in a NASA competition next week)

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=442728 http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=442729

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0iuh4tvf.jpg
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6yv4uxrb.jpg
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First time for everything. It saved my life, as I know it anyway. Going too fast over a speed bump, sideways, pedal bottomed on the hump.


Pics big enough?

Seeds, glad you're okay and better than the helmet!

Different subject. Last year must have been a good one for miles:

http://world.std.com/~muller/pics/Ri.../AGoodYear.jpg

Extreme skip tooth, ouch.

My daughter and I went on a road trip during spring break. We went through some of eastern Washington and Oregon.

These are a few pictures from the adventure

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...1BB10BC3A4.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...BEA1DDA8AD.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...D2A7BB29_1.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...755A4BF9_2.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...8929C9A73D.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...D46E7160_1.jpg


My daughter took this one. We were eating lunch above Crescent Bar on the first day, and we got buzzed by this guy. Was really neat to see it fly by at eye level. Most probably on a training mission following the Columbia River canyon.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...cent%20bar.jpg

RogerM, those pics are quite stunning! Especially the one with your daughter standing in the road. My sweetie said she'd just love toke a road like that. And that waterfall is just spectacular.

Great photos Roger.

Got an accessory for my Thule bike rack today. Should be a fun summer.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...Winds%20mh.jpg

All those pics are great! But the road pic...it looks like your daughter got dropped into a screen saver! Very dramatic/cool pic! The contrast between the sky & earth as well as the concrete & shoulders...it's really striking.

digging post holes is never easy around here

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8813/...1edd3988_b.jpg

I forget where I saw this. Either NYC or Philly.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7605/...25f4426d_b.jpg

this was definitely Pike Place in Seattle a few weeks ago

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8738/...2f1b123b_b.jpg

I'm up to similar shenanigans right now. The mtbs inside :D

http://i.imgur.com/PtEW9dJ.png

must be a proctologist's bike .... sheesh, i hope the bike buys you a drink first before you take it for a ride...

That looks ridiculously fun and entertaining.

I completely agree

+1.

At least 6 kinds of awesomeness going on there.