Glad your hands are alright. I wear gloves most of the time for just that reason. What do you play?
On Aug 4, 10:26 pm, Tom M <tommil...@me.com> wrote: > I do like those gloves. When the weather starts to get cold, I wear silk > liners under them. Glad your injuries weren't any worse. > --Tom > > > > On Saturday, August 4, 2012 9:45:54 PM UTC-4, EricP wrote: > > > This morning, instead of going over the old-time jam I usually attend, > > decided to head down to Jim Thill's shop for the Saturday morning ride. > > Was a nice, relaxing ride with a great breakfast stop at Seward Cafe in > > Minneapolis. What was left of the group decided to do some exploring. > > Rode over to the Prospect Park water tower (aka witch hat tower) in > > Minneapolis, MN. Everything was fine, and I even found a shortcut to avoid > > a busy stretch of road. Just as we get to the tower, I start riding on a > > path with a couple friends. Well, my SimpleOne decides to drift right off > > the path, I correct and next thing you know, wham! Down on the ground. > > Left knee really skinned. Hands stunned and left side hurting. Yeah, was > > dumb and put the left hand out just like you're not supposed to do. > > Luckily no collarbone break. Hands still hurting 10 hours later, but the > > Rivendell summer gloves did their job. Prevented serious road rash. So I > > should be able to attend the music festival later next week and play guitar > > for hours and hours backing up fiddles and banjos. > > > What was really bad is this took place at about 6 mph. Definitely feeling > > old and dumb tonight. > > > Except for a slightly shifted brake lever, the SimpleOne had no issues. > > In fact, got me back to the shop where the ride started without any > > complaint. It's a lot tougher than I am. > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN -- 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.
