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PolishGuy 04-14-09 02:52 PM

"Lame" is me crashing in front of my house a couple of years ago. To this day I still can't remember how it happened but I wound up in the ER at Kaiser via the Paramedic taxi. Three stiches in my left ear lobe, various abrassions, bruises etc. Have aches and ghost pains to this day. Got back on the bike 2 months later and rode the exact same route in the same clothes just so I wouldn't get spooked by riding again. Good luck on your recovery. PG.

herbm 04-14-09 04:05 PM


Originally Posted by valleygirl (Post 8729635)
Thank you , I'll be back one of these days

Hey C...hope you are feeling better...
You will get back on soon enough!!

vertical bob 04-14-09 06:24 PM


Originally Posted by valleygirl (Post 8729635)
Thank you , I'll be back one of these days

Oh Cathy, you just gotta come back. We miss you.:cry:

big john 04-14-09 08:10 PM


Originally Posted by valleygirl (Post 8729630)
Looking at the description of my big fall, it sounds so lame. And it was one of the safest rides I have ever done. After all the years and thousands of miles I have put on my bike, I'm taken down by a patch of slippery moss . I'm kind of freaked about getting on the bike again, my shoulder still hurts and it is taking an extra long time to heal.

It was moss in a turn that took Blazhe down.

valleygirl 04-14-09 08:28 PM


Originally Posted by vertical bob (Post 8731760)
Oh Cathy, you just gotta come back. We miss you.:cry:

I miss everybody :cry: But on the bright side, I'll probably see you Saturday. I'm going to Punchbowl to watch Sarah race.

valleygirl 04-14-09 08:30 PM


Originally Posted by big john (Post 8732608)
It was moss in a turn that took Blazhe down.

When was this? I hope not recently.

mkadam68 04-14-09 08:56 PM

Hey, VG, I was wondering where you were on Wed & Mon morning rides.

Hope you're at 100% real soon--I have 2 weeks left before I go back to work.

urbanknight 04-14-09 10:10 PM


Originally Posted by mkadam68 (Post 8732977)
Hey, VG, I was wondering where you were on Wed & Mon morning rides.

Hope you're at 100% real soon--I have 2 weeks left before I go back to work.

I didn't realize you were off track. I did the Wed ride last week during Spring Break. Of course, now I won't be back until the end of June.

I might be doing the 50 mile ride this Saturday if my uncle wants to join in, but we won't be dawdling at the stops as we both have to be to a family B-day in North Hills at 1:00.

AkAk2000 04-14-09 10:35 PM


Originally Posted by big john (Post 8727203)
She was in the Bay area visiting her brother and she crashed on a bike path on a wet bridge. She broke the collar bone and badly bruised her hip. Last I heard the hip is O.K. and she has been hiking but I don't think she has been on the bike yet.



I didn't create the nickname, it was given to me by the road club years ago. Where is this posted?

www.bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com The funniest and snarkiest bike blog I've yet to come across. Wasn't suggesting you nicknamed yourself, John. That would just be sad, and lame, and needy.

Valleygirl, hope to see you back on the bike soon. When John said you broke your collarbone, didn't think I needed to inquire further. Gee, a cyclist with a broken collarbone. Wonder how that happened?:rolleyes:

big john 04-15-09 09:53 AM


Originally Posted by valleygirl (Post 8732767)
When was this? I hope not recently.

No, a few years back, when he broke his hip, lost his job, etc. etc.

Paul, so far none of my friends are commiting to the century you asked about, maybe because we've been out there so many times recently.
Some may be going up Angeles Crest. I'll know more later.

AkAk2000 04-16-09 10:36 PM

Thanks for checking, John.

Actually, now that the route slip has been posted, it doesn't look like such a great ride. It's a straight shot down Topanga to PCH, and then PCH out past Mugu. I'm not such a big fan of riding PCH through much of that stretch. I was hoping the route would meander down Mulholland.

VanceMac 04-17-09 07:26 AM

Paul, I'm going up AC on Saturday with Keith and Stan (and probably a couple others) if that sounds more appealing.

big john 04-17-09 08:05 AM


Originally Posted by VanceMac (Post 8747338)
Paul, I'm going up AC on Saturday with Keith and Stan (and probably a couple others) if that sounds more appealing.

Where are you guys starting/turning around and when?

VanceMac 04-17-09 08:10 AM


Originally Posted by big john (Post 8747549)
Where are you guys starting/turning around and when?

8am at the bottom (gas station). Keith is going up Wilson and then a little past Dawson's, I think Stan (others?) will skip Wilson. And turnaround before Dawson's is obviously an easy bailout decision anywhere along the way, regroup at Newcomb's.

AkAk2000 04-17-09 11:00 PM

Vance,

Thanks for the invite. Sounds like a good ride and group -- normally, I'd jump on that. Unfortunately, things came up, and I'll be lucky to ride at all this weekend.

Hope to ride with you soon.

gvg45 05-01-09 04:36 PM

Anybody meeting up tomorrow morning? Looks like a new ride is going into Chinatown.

big john 05-01-09 09:05 PM


Originally Posted by gvg45 (Post 8837742)
Anybody meeting up tomorrow morning? Looks like a new ride is going into Chinatown.

There's always somebody there, unless it's raining hard. Some of the regulars are out of town. I haven't decided yet.


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