Great photo.

I completely missed your knee injury. My goodness. I’m thinking cycling is very therapeutic and your knee improvement over the course of RAAM is another great example and just more proof. I bet most folks would have opted out of the ride after that but as my friends say “ you ain’t normal!”.

I’m thinking I might enjoy climbing more than descending once I get back on the bike as well. I really don’t want to hit the asphalt like that again. Descending on wet roads will probably really make me even more nervous. Come to think about it, maybe I need to look into investing in a road bike with disc brakes. I already have a road wheel set I just bought for the gravel bike. Hmmmmmm...

Glad your healing well. Kind of a toss up on removal but if you’re like me I’d rather not have the hardware if it’s not essential. Is there much recovery after removal?