Glad to hear you're at least feeling a bit more comfortable John, I can only imagine how bored you must be at home some days - more power to your elbow for getting yourself about a bit again, but please take it steady!

Good to see you back out... and another excuse to add a bike to the collection :)

Just back from a week on the Isle of Bute with SWMBO, mother-in-law, daughter and Freida my granddaughter who is now 3½ years old. I didn't do much cycling as I'm still in a fair amount of pain but on the good days I did manage to get a few miles in. Daughter took her husbands hybrid bike and a kiddy trailer so I decided that Freida and I would go up The Serpentine in Rothesay to try it out.

The Serpentine is a well known hill climb on the island and a tough test for even the best of cyclists so attempting it with my injury and whilst pulling a trailer with a 3½ years old child was a bit of a massive challenge for me, but with the low gears on the hybrid I stood a good chance of getting to the top. The road has some 13 hairpin bends and the straight sections between the bends are short so it is impossible to get any momentum up between bends. I decided early on to drop into the lowest gear and just churn away at the pedals and we reached the top. On the descent we stopped about half way down for a photo whilst Freida ate her yoghurt, I guess she had an appetite watching me haul her up the hill

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I checked Strava and even with my injury and a trailer in tow I was not the slowest to climb this route.

Chapeau sir! Looks like a fun wee hill even in the best of shape. Glad to see youre not letting things stop yoy though.

Thanks Richard, doing what I can but not pushing too hard just yet, still taking pain killers so not wanting to do any more damage

You're always welcome to join us.. we have a newbie in the 'team' so we will be taking it easy for a bit.

Sounds like a plan is needed Richard

Getting fitter

Managed to cycle 30 miles today although they were not all at the one time and it wasn't without pain, but it's 30 miles I couldn't have done a month ago

Weldone.
Its good to that you're getting better.

I can't do 30miles today or a month ago.
So you're already fitter than me. lol

Doesn't take long to get fit cycling, a couple of months and you could be applying for the TDF +++


Managed a nice 22 miles this afternoon, then another 16 miles tonight