50 miles can never be considered 'paltry'. Glad you are enjoying the cycling and well done. I love riding the bike in these conditions and today's Dales scenery was fabulous - I am so spoilt to have the Ribble Valley and Dales so close to hand.
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Good couple of hours on the mountain bike. Trails are so dry at the moment it's like riding in the States... neglecting the road bike a bit but we don't get dry spells like this very often.
I didnt get out on the bike today :(
We had a crash at the Welsh National RR champs... so I spent the whole day and evening in A&E with Martyn and Gareth... who had fractured different bits and bobs... Was chucked out in the end, when they cottoned on I wasn't next of kin... It is rather shocking to find how long even serious injuries take to be seen to... 2hrs for an ambulance, then 1.5 hours down a corridor, than a few more hours in a cubicle... etc etc etc... when I left Gareth was still waiting for his op and Martyn was still waiting for a bed...
I was ok while it was all happening, now I am bliddy worried :(
cheers aidy and daz for encouraging words - was pretty pleased as route included winnats pass at half way after longstone edge (and it was really hard!! loads harder than mam nick coming the other way - i had to chunk it into tiny sections - just get to that pebble etc)
Han - hope your mates are ok!!
well done emma (what poor, ie non existant, coverage of this event in our media)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010...-tour-de-laude
well done, its a shame most of the British team was wiped out in a car accident before the race, at least they are recovering
can't believe i had another bike crash commuting and landed on my face. think my chain got stuck and jammed as i was pedalling hard and i went over the bars and landed on my top lip on the curb!! missed knocking out any teeth (one very small chip), missed smashing my nose, just a road rashed top lip that feels the size of norway (and various other cuts and bruises). worst of all i couldn't speak well enough to stop the man from the car behind from phoning an ambulance - they let me go after they checked me over.
although in retrospect it might have been an idea to go get it swabbed more thoroughly than i could bear to do (though i did my best). had some nurofen but can't really sleep for the throbbing.
i haven't been road biking long - but i've been commuting uneventfully on my mountain bike for 3 years up til now -
Oh no Ratfink :( Sounds horrible :( Hope the swelling of your lip goes down quickly and that this hasn't put you off cycling...
Have the bike looked over at a local bikeshop, because if this was caused by a mechanical, you need to make sure it doesn't happen again!