I had surgery about a month ago and I had almost 4 weeks before that I could not bike b/c of the problem prompting the surgery. Many of y'all were helpful in your suggestions of things I should do while I could not ride a bike. My doctor has said I'm completely good to go, I can even lift heavy objects again. (yay?)
In the last couple of months I have: 1. learned to knit - working, slowly, on a sweater in my spare time now. 2. learned how to build a wheel - fine it was only a front wheel, but it looks good and it wasn't that hard, really. Truing was, umm, harder. 3. read half of two wheels north - got distracted by other reading before finishing - but it's back on top of the pile 4. cleaned all the bikes and sold all the unloved/unused bike stuff at a swap. 5. readjusted the fender line on the atlantis and changed out the tires. I also installed the davinci splitters properly and I've swapped the bars back-and-forth from noodles to albatrosses a number of times. It's nice being able to swap out your bars in about 10 minutes and not have to adjust all the cabling. (I might have to use the birthday gift certs I got to riv for some other handlebars to play with.) All in all much progress. In the last few days since I've been able to ride I've noticed: 1. I rode the castro valley and the atlantis side by side and the bianchi is distinctly uncomfortable compared to the atlantis. Tires on both are within 3mm of each but the bianchi just doesn't feel right. I think it is going to find a new home where someone else can love it. It's a bit daunting just how much more comfortable I am on the atlantis. 2. My S.O. rode the atlantis while I was unable to and she liked it, a bunch, maybe a bit too much. 3. I bought a pair of musa shorts back in may or so - b/c they have an elastic waistband they don't make the surgery scar hurt - so I've been more or less living in them. They're handy for everything. :) 4. I was glad to have this mailing list and cyclofiend's current classics site around while I was healing up. thanks, -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
