Best wishes for Sam, he's the best. Except for my dog. :p

I'm on my 5th helmet. Three helmets retired because of crash damage and the fourth because of old age.

Deep. So deep. Let me meditate on that and I'll get back to you.

Good thoughts sent Sam's way. Hope all turns out well for him.

Best wishes for you and Sam.

Me to PCAD...:)

My wife is going in for IV sedation and then epidural steroid injections into her spine at c-4-5-6 tomorrow. I'm trying to keep things light but it's scary.

There goes her shot at a female TDF win. Maybe iJen can put in a good word for her for the Florida Ironman.

Oh hell, only a .17 ...just let the judge know and everything should be fine. If you're going to drink alcohol...DON'T DRIVE!!! If ya end up killing someone when your NOT drunk you're gonna end up as a pin cushion for Brunno and a couple of his close friends...Hopefully they will throw the book at you..:notamused:

Hope it goes well. Fingers crossed.

Also hope Sam is ok. Always hard when our fur children have issues.

gnome, your collection is awesome.

since there've been a lot of metal bikes posted, here's an old shot of the san jose with the bent wheels you've mostly all seen before.
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4115/4...bf33ac5d90.jpg

and the old mystery bike lawn art.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5166/5...4bc2d96c87.jpg

Ouch. I hope she does ok.

Whatever happened to iJen?? Do we think she will come back?

BTW is this number 4??

#4, last, and forever. :o)

Even if the steroids make her grow a beard.

I want to reassure you, the steroids they use are glucocorticoids which do not cause hair growth, etc.....although weight gain is possible.

My modest stable:

http://imageshack.us/a/img250/9925/bikeyd5.jpg
'04 Merlin Cyrene . . . sweet ride.


http://imageshack.us/a/img84/6384/pict0016cl0.jpg
'91 Bridgestone RB-1 . . . I like the ride on this steelie even more than the Ti.


http://imageshack.us/a/img23/1475/schwinnconti.jpg
'76 Schwinn Continental . . . my first bike.


No, no plastiques around my loved ones. :D

Well that's a different story! I'd better start packing!!!

(Kidding)

Since this seems to be turning into a C&V thread...

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ntitled-13.jpg

She's a yoga/pilates instructor or somesuch? Will that affect her practice at all?

I have a plastic bike too.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5169/5...5124a48017.jpg

Not disputing your point but it was a 0.117, not a .17.

Thoughts are with Sam and the family, pcad. Hope there's a few more years.

Road Bike (2008 Orbea Onix)

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...eb52011-04.jpg

SS Cross bike. (2012 Felt Breed)

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1345dc8f.jpg

Yoga, Pilates, and kickboxing. The kickboxing is DEFINITELY out for a while. She'll be taking a break from teaching the other classes for a couple months too, until (hopefully) everything heals. Surgery for cervical disc herniations is a pretty scary option, that we're HOPING to avoid at all costs.

While 80 % of all cervical disc herniations will resolve without surgery, an ACDF is not a scary surgery. I know that is sounds scary to you guys, but for an experienced spine surgeon, it it pretty routine, with a low complication rate (single level I assume)