Hello to everyone on BF from Houston Texas! I recently started riding everyday for about 2 months and I completely love it. I used to ride all the time as a kid but as I grew up I out grew my bikes and grew into cars.

Last June I had a pretty bad motorcycle accident and broke my right raidius, ulna , tibia fibula and did a number to my right foot ( had to reconstruct it ).I was hit from behind, flew through a telephone pole and into a parking lot. I was in the hospital for three weeks (terrible!!!) and have had two more surgeries on my tibia since then. I had a bone graft and a rod replacement ha! So lets just say I gained some weight and am way out of shape.

My Doc told me that cycling would be good for my health and that it would premote bone growth so I fixed up my single gear Steyr and have been biking everyday for two months. I absolutely love it! I bike on average ten miles a day to and from school and on the weekends I put in 50 miles. I feel so free and I am finally able to get active again and sweat. My dad and I fixed up a Bottecchia and gave it to me so now I have two bikes to commute and enjoy. I am riding everyday to and from school and I don't miss driving a car at all!

I just want to say thanks for everyone on here who has helped me out with great information for noobs like me.

Maurice

Hi Maurice,

Welcome to Bike Forums.
Very Nice introduction.
Have fun here.

Welcome to BF. Sorry to hear about your accident but very glad to hear you're recuperating.

Welcome, Maurice.

welcome

thanks 10 wheels, Dek, airwulf and cadamsjr for the welcome

Hey Maurice, I'm a local Houston as well! Except I'm a noobie compared to you lol. Glad to hear you're recovering well from your accident.

Hey billybob nice to meet you I live in the heights and its a super bike friendly community, everyone here seems to ride a bike.