My goal is to get back to riding an actual bicycle. A major health issue in January kept me off the bike for much of the year. I rode my Hunqapillar about 75 miles, all 1-3 miles at a time, but did put over 600 miles on a stationary bike I bought for conditioning. I went months riding the stationary bike and not touching the Hunqapillar and once I got back on the real bike, it was so totally different that it was shocking. My rpm & cadence on the stationary don't apply in any way, shape or form on a real bike. Also, I had some (maybe) symptoms that might have been related to my earlier health issue, so I backed off on riding the Hunqapillar.
If I get back to riding a real bike, I want to spend a lot of time riding my 1984 Trek 830. If I am comfortable getting back into riding, I plan to go forward, at some point in the future, with a custom frameset and thanks to Jan Heine's commitment to 26" wheels/tires, I plan to go that route on my design. His recent book just affirms my suspicion that 26 x 54 is the right combo for me. On Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 7:47:01 AM UTC-6 ascpgh wrote: > I haven't had an odometer on my bike since March so I fall short of any > tally or objective to quantify for this year. I am simply looking forward > to more and better next year and wonder how many others have let their > minds go forward for consideration of next year's opportunities. > > Bicycling has been my balm for this past year, my hospital unit became the > COVID-19 unit and I have been in that trench since March, bike commuting to > and from each shift appreciating all of the conditions the seasons have > thrown along the way. In the warmer months I actually commuted with my > Rambouillet, stopping when the season obviated its less than optimum > preparation > for full darkness. I've brought it to safety in its beausavaged > condition, I'll clean it up when I can. > > Next week I'm getting pre-procedure COVID swabbed for reconstruction of my > shoulder, as long as the Thanksgiving surge doesn't bar elective > interventions. No injury involved, just the remnants of an interesting life > lived so far. I'll be in a sling for some time, they'll tell me after the > extent of surgery how long it's going to be. > > Nothing prepares you for having to step off the line. It happened to me in > the military and not being able to walk provided easier rationalization. I > feel the same for stepping away from my year round cycling cohorts who ride > regardless of season or weather, chasing personal objectives, practicality > or persona demons. I feel the same way for stepping away from my work > colleagues as this pandemic surges. My vocational physical ability hasn't > been affected much but this shoulder is intruding on other things now, > mostly sleep. I can't fall asleep for long before relaxed muscles lets > alignment sag and the cold steel jabs of pain shock me awake. It's what got > the orthopedist's attention and an MRI ordered. it's a mess. > > I'm going to be back to having my bike in the room as an icon of luck and > motivation to get through post-op and rehab. I have other good hands in the > house for support through this, including a new nurse, so I don't feel so > obtuse looking forward to getting back on track and having riding goals by > spring. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5081813c-549e-4969-b0d4-999121476bf0n%40googlegroups.com.
