I tried...... Honestly
Having read back and thought a lot I realised I had to make a positive start.
Spoke to my Nephew, aged 17, and arranged a ride from Lancaster to Preston and back. total of about 44 miles. As I am out of practice, older and overweight I relaised I would be slower than him so I lightened the luggage by taking only the basic tools with me. BAD MOVE
16 miles in I could hardly turn the pedals and I thought it was just the hemiplaegia having a bad on so I urged him to go on alone and I would turn back and make it slow home. Set off and within a mile or so I realised that BOTH my legs were struggling. Stopped and looked at the bike and the bottom bracket had unscrewed itself against the chainring and was locking it from turning. I had to get rescued by car as I had left the tools at home. If I had them with me I could have made it rideable within 5 minutes or so. Felt even more guilty when I found out that Nephew had got caught in snow and rain, no weather gear as is the fashionable youth of today, and had called for a car to rescue him as well.
Best I can say is that I tried and will keep trying. Bad pain today kept me to a 12 mile pootle but I am at least making the first move to getting back in the saddle.
Spoke to my Nephew, aged 17, and arranged a ride from Lancaster to Preston and back. total of about 44 miles. As I am out of practice, older and overweight I relaised I would be slower than him so I lightened the luggage by taking only the basic tools with me. BAD MOVE
16 miles in I could hardly turn the pedals and I thought it was just the hemiplaegia having a bad on so I urged him to go on alone and I would turn back and make it slow home. Set off and within a mile or so I realised that BOTH my legs were struggling. Stopped and looked at the bike and the bottom bracket had unscrewed itself against the chainring and was locking it from turning. I had to get rescued by car as I had left the tools at home. If I had them with me I could have made it rideable within 5 minutes or so. Felt even more guilty when I found out that Nephew had got caught in snow and rain, no weather gear as is the fashionable youth of today, and had called for a car to rescue him as well.
Best I can say is that I tried and will keep trying. Bad pain today kept me to a 12 mile pootle but I am at least making the first move to getting back in the saddle.
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posted by Pedaldog | 11:58 AM
1 Comments:
I truly understand the "where will I go, followed by what will I eat" mentality. I consider this normal whether weight is an issue or not. (5foot nine 235lbs) I have stopped lying about my weight with this past New Year's resolution...I have occasionally made myself taller, however.
All flaws considered, you come across as very genuine! I will undoubtedly take your suggestion about the Koga.
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