To ride on not to ride?
11-24-12, 11:49 AM
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To ride on not to ride?
I ride a mountain bike (Haro ICS 3.0). on the road. 5063 on road miles so far this year prior to the day before Thanksgiving and when i broke my left hand by riding into a gate across the road at 15 to 20 mph
So I guess all these miles makes me a roadie and subject to the sometimes brutal advice of this specific forum. Specifically, I need some advice about riding
Yesterday, I saw an orthopedic doctor and saw several signs that I should resume riding as soon as possible.
Sign No. 1. - My doctor's name. - "Dr. Go". If this doesn't mean start riding right away, then nothing does.
Sign No. 2 - Cast Color - Safety Orange! If I ride on road, drivers will easily see me and provide extra room. If I ride off road, then the deer hunters, will be less likely to shoot me!
Sign No. 3 - Cast Shape. This thing is perfectly shaped for me to grip the flat bar on my mountain bike and control the front brake and front derailleur !
Sign No. 4 - What Dr. Go did not say. He did not tell me not to ride. . . . But I did not ask him if it was okay to resume riding ASAP.
I am thinking about shopping for a new bike helmet at the local bike shop this afternoon (my old helmet was damaged in the wreck). A reasonably priced helmet would clearly be a 5th sign that I should resume riding ASAP. I'll also do some on line shopping for a new helmet as well.
I need your input. Resume riding ASAP or wait for the 5th metacarpal in my left hand to heal?
So I guess all these miles makes me a roadie and subject to the sometimes brutal advice of this specific forum. Specifically, I need some advice about riding
Yesterday, I saw an orthopedic doctor and saw several signs that I should resume riding as soon as possible.
Sign No. 1. - My doctor's name. - "Dr. Go". If this doesn't mean start riding right away, then nothing does.
Sign No. 2 - Cast Color - Safety Orange! If I ride on road, drivers will easily see me and provide extra room. If I ride off road, then the deer hunters, will be less likely to shoot me!
Sign No. 3 - Cast Shape. This thing is perfectly shaped for me to grip the flat bar on my mountain bike and control the front brake and front derailleur !
Sign No. 4 - What Dr. Go did not say. He did not tell me not to ride. . . . But I did not ask him if it was okay to resume riding ASAP.
I am thinking about shopping for a new bike helmet at the local bike shop this afternoon (my old helmet was damaged in the wreck). A reasonably priced helmet would clearly be a 5th sign that I should resume riding ASAP. I'll also do some on line shopping for a new helmet as well.
I need your input. Resume riding ASAP or wait for the 5th metacarpal in my left hand to heal?
11-24-12, 12:02 PM
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Call Dr. Go, ask him what happens if you fall on that thing, and see what he says. Then do what he says.
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Ride on McKCNEWF, and damned he who says " hold, enough." Or follow your doc's advice.
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11-24-12, 12:26 PM
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Funny post. I might hold off though, it would really suck to be imperfectly holding the bar and then loose control and crash again. But a man's got to do what he does.
11-24-12, 03:15 PM
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Sign No. 5: Arm in a cast will cause upper body muscular atrophy resulting in higher W/kg
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Ride on a trainer until it's healed.
Also, shop for a road bike in the meantime. You're doing an impressive amount of miles--you might as well do it on the appropriate tool. I'm guessing you'd fly on a proper road bike.
Also, shop for a road bike in the meantime. You're doing an impressive amount of miles--you might as well do it on the appropriate tool. I'm guessing you'd fly on a proper road bike.
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yeah, this. ride on a trainer. And also agree with getting a road bike. If you mostly ride on the road you should ride a road bike. Its a big difference.
11-27-12, 08:36 PM
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Update. Now that the pain drugs have worn off . . . . .
I have decided not to ride until I visit the doctor next Monday.
a couple signs against riding ASAP also appeared . . .
1. A wife who is angry that I am even considering to ride wih a cast
2. No helmets at the LBS that are at a price I am willing to pay.
3. A flat tire -- that will be difficult to repair with my left hand in a cast
I have decided not to ride until I visit the doctor next Monday.
a couple signs against riding ASAP also appeared . . .
1. A wife who is angry that I am even considering to ride wih a cast
2. No helmets at the LBS that are at a price I am willing to pay.
3. A flat tire -- that will be difficult to repair with my left hand in a cast
11-27-12, 09:45 PM
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Tell her to fix your flat tire and then ride without a helmet. Problem solved.
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I have decided not to ride until I visit the doctor next Monday.
a couple signs against riding ASAP also appeared . . .
1. A wife who is angry that I am even considering to ride wih a cast
2. No helmets at the LBS that are at a price I am willing to pay.
3. A flat tire -- that will be difficult to repair with my left hand in a cast
a couple signs against riding ASAP also appeared . . .
1. A wife who is angry that I am even considering to ride wih a cast
2. No helmets at the LBS that are at a price I am willing to pay.
3. A flat tire -- that will be difficult to repair with my left hand in a cast
You can ride - just don't do anything stupid - like riding into a gate across the road!
11-28-12, 07:20 AM
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I raced MX with an external fixator holding my broken ulna together once many years ago.
Of course I was 20, in college and living at home at the time.
Of course I was 20, in college and living at home at the time.
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Yep! Truly funny indeed!
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I'm glad those meds wore off in time for you to see the light. Now you sound like you're thinking more clearly! I think those meds caused you to misread signs!
Definitely don't ride until you're all healed up again.
Of course, when you do resume riding, it should be on a bonafide road bike and not that contraption that caused your injury in the first place.
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11-28-12, 12:25 PM
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How the hell did you miss seeing that gate? There's another kind of doctor, beginning with an O, that you should see before you start riding again. 
11-28-12, 02:33 PM
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I've seen lots of people play soccer with an arm in a cast so riding a bike shouldn't be that big of a deal. Watch out for gates though.
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We resemble that remark.
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