Yes cold is a big deal with heart conditions. Be careful.
If I'm comfortable I don't care what I look like. Laughers be damned!Learn something new everyday. I hate covering my mouth and nose while biking, creates way too much frost and ice quickly. There is a pretty niche product up here that is a facemask that only covers your nose and cheekbones. Super useful for riding bikes in the winter. It just looks so silly I've never been able to convince myself to get one.
Right on brother..If I'm comfortable I don't care what I look like. Laughers be damned!
If I'm comfortable I don't care what I look like. Laughers be damned!
That mask is intriguing, as it covers exactly the area of my cheeks that I seem to frostbite every couple of years, since my small greek pastry that I always ski in does not cover that area.
I’m getting on the Peloton tonight to see if i can get around the circle in mobility - stationary riding will be a key component of PT/recovery.
groomed XC trails and fat bike
towing her across the Columbia River in 30 knot winds and 4-foot swell,
I’ve only posted on the CO forum so far will post in the recovery thread today. We do need to know why you were towing your wife in 4’ swellsDon't be afraid to scooch that seat height up a bit to get over the hump.
I once did a 100 miler in that mode, so I'm living proof that it's not the apacolypse that a pro bike fitter might say it is.
SO much more fun that I thought it would be. For me, it has darn near replaced xc skiing, which I've been doing forever.
Good luck with the healing!
EDIT: Can't find your other thread, so I'll just say here that Mrs. K had the same fracture 14 years ago, and it was pinned, and did not heal due to the trauma of me towing her across the Columbia River in 30 knot winds and 4-foot swell, then she got a full hip replacement and has been going strong ever since!
See, this is the part of the story that needs full elaboration. Most especially including curses
We do need to know why you were towing your wife in 4’ swells
I was wondering if it was part of the ’getting back’ process, that is an extraordinarily painful injury, like all women, your wife is tough as nails.So......Mrs. K and I spent 37 years windsurfing in the Columbia River Gorge, in and around Hood River OR. On a day like this:
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Mrs. K landed a big jump not quite perfectly and broke her femoral neck. Of course, this happened on the far side of the river. So I towed her across to safety -- no cursing, only "you'll be fine, honey". The trauma of that compromised the already not really great blood supply to the head of the femur. Despite immediate pinning, the head of the femur started dying, so bionic hip for her.
your wife is tough as nails
Brag away. We had a friend over last night who brought us dinner, and my wife put pics up on the TV along with the 3 minute video she took of my sled ride (Patrol really is incredible).Thanks, I'll pass that along!
And she reaffirmed that toughness this summer by walking out 7 miles with a broken collar bone -- all I had to do was push my bike and her 52 pound e-bike.
Sorry for the bragging interlude. Heading over to check out the details of your mishap now......