Saturday 22 June 2013

Reunited

3 weeks on and bike and rider are back together on the road...


Body courtesy of NHS

Bike courtesy of Owens Cycles, Petersfield

The NHS have given unbelievable support, from the paramedics who spent an hour and half cleaning me up at the scene, to the A&E staff at St Richards, Chichester and the surgery team at QA Portsmouth.

Equally Owens have done an amazing job at a very reasonable price to get the bike back as new, even sourcing original forks from France.

Thanks to them all I'll be on my way to Paris in 2 weeks time!

Friday 7 June 2013

Ouch!

7 months and 1800 miles of training, just undert 70 miles into a 150 on Sunday, the last 'big' ride before L2P, averaging just over 17 mph, feeling good...
1 sec, 1 sunken drain cover hidden in shadows, a newly surfaced road and ... bang!

6 xrays (shoulder/collar bone, ankle, elbow, 3 x fingers) all OK; Op wednesday to fix hole in elbow (worn through to bone) - cleaned up and stitched, no need for a graft fingers crossed!

On the mend and so's the bike.... 4 weeks to go and firmly focused on July 6 and 7, I'll be there...