Originally Posted by
Dudelsack
Ride today: 4.2 MPH, speed, very slow. Condition: whooped.
I’ve been on this site intermittently for >15 years, first as the evil troll Weak Link and then (by mod permission) Dudelsack. I was a decent rider who became totally seduced by the eternal Internet games, resulting in a very depressing weight gain and deconditioning. Now I am recently (semi)retired and am dividing my life between Kentucky and Florida. Furthermore I sustained a medial meniscus tear, right knee, and am trying to rehabilitate it nonoperatively. I’m trying to get back in the game. It’s going to be low, slow and painful.
I saw someone else post that they had slipped and it seemed to me that a few posters were a bit unkind to him. Please feel free to post your thoughts and rides here. Rides ideally should be less than 10 miles and the speed should be no faster than one calendar day.
Hi, Dudelsack, I remember you and have wondered where you are! Welcome back! I've had a hiatus as well, of about three years. Not long after it started I fell on ice and had a wrist fracture, which has healed 1000% with the help of surgery and PT. After that I retired and got similar lost in the Internet, including BF. Now I'm trying to get into the saddle more, and have had no more injuries. When I do get on the bike it's still smooth and fluid to glide over the road or MUPs, I just need to work on comfort and fitness.
One aspect of my motivation to return to bikes is that my wife (Mrs Road Fan is even a little older than I am) can now go out and crack off a ride to Lake Erie and back (45 miles round trip from the trailhead), and I am wasted after the first 25 miles -- need work!
Didn't you wear that chicken hat on your avatar?