Where has your bike taken you today?

[ChrisF]

After Thursday's commute I was most certainly going commute again on Friday.    

 

Left home a bit earlier on Friday .... BUSY day in the office, so wanted an early start.  SO nice to get some fresh air into the lungs before sitting down in front of the computer.

 

After work I took a "bit" of a detour .... heading in the opposite direction of home.  Past CWC, over the bridge, past the dam, and time to collect these from Protea Hotel -

 

 

    Nicky is a STAR    

 

On the way back I took a chance ....  I popped in at SportsmansWarehouse, KNOWING I dont have a lock with me, and I cant leave my bike outside, nor could I expect to walk through the store with my bike ....    I stopped outside, stepped in and asked the floor manager if he could possibly assist .... I wanted two sets of velcro straps .... "No problem", and he walks off and gets it for me.    

 

 

 

 

What a super nice commute ....

 

 

 

As much as I liked working from home .... Hairy is correct, commuting is NICE 

Edited December 4, 2020 by ChrisF

[fanievb]

getting used to the longer solo rides, gives one time to reflect on things.

[ChrisF]

I was well on my way before the sun decided to join me ....

 

 

Up, up, and over the koppie ....

 

 

What a perfect day .....

 

 

First time that I actually enjoyed Boomslang .... first couple of times I just could not find my rythm ....  The climb at the end is super nice on the e-bike ....

 

 

Simply a PERFECT day ....

 

 

Leaving via Protea Corridor just before 8.00 a LOT of riders were entering the trails .... going to be a busy day ... and hot for the late starters ....

Edited December 5, 2020 by ChrisF

['Dale]

Bay of Biscay

 

 

 

 

 

[Wayne pudding Mol]

Garden route dam

[MORNE]

To the E.R. .

Not sure if i should upload pics.

Front tire washed out..i was probably going a bit fast, terminal off camber turn understeer....decided to bail off the side of the hill and hopefully spare the bike...which i might ad is brand new, and not mine. Then a battle commenced between my face, shoulder and leg....and the earth, and the earth won. Cut my lip open against god knows what, nose to mouth. Luckily not all the way through. Plastic surgeon stitched had to fix that. Posterior dislocation of right shoulder - never knew these ones hurt this much. They put you under to pop it back in. And then generally i look like i had a trip through mincer haha.

 

All in all...was a blast, #no regrets, 100% will do it again. And i can get a new helmet now

[ChrisF]

Ouch !!

 

Is the bike okay ....

[MORNE]

Ouch !!

Is the bike okay ....

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Edit:

Literally the only mark. And a messed up grip

Edited December 5, 2020 by morneS555

[BSG]

And I was broken today [emoji1787] Planned ride was +-34km out and back on gravel road, but we decided to take the longer way home.

Started 05h30 in a group of 7 and 5 did a 97km loop.

[The Ghost]

To the E.R. .

Not sure if i should upload pics.

Front tire washed out..i was probably going a bit fast, terminal off camber turn understeer....decided to bail off the side of the hill and hopefully spare the bike...which i might ad is brand new, and not mine. Then a battle commenced between my face, shoulder and leg....and the earth, and the earth won. Cut my lip open against god knows what, nose to mouth. Luckily not all the way through. Plastic surgeon stitched had to fix that. Posterior dislocation of right shoulder - never knew these ones hurt this much. They put you under to pop it back in. And then generally i look like i had a trip through mincer haha.

 

All in all...was a blast, #no regrets, 100% will do it again. And i can get a new helmet now

Ouch, heal up soon

[DJR]

To the E.R. .

Not sure if i should upload pics.

Front tire washed out..i was probably going a bit fast, terminal off camber turn understeer....decided to bail off the side of the hill and hopefully spare the bike...which i might ad is brand new, and not mine. Then a battle commenced between my face, shoulder and leg....and the earth, and the earth won. Cut my lip open against god knows what, nose to mouth. Luckily not all the way through. Plastic surgeon stitched had to fix that. Posterior dislocation of right shoulder - never knew these ones hurt this much. They put you under to pop it back in. And then generally i look like i had a trip through mincer haha.

 

All in all...was a blast, #no regrets, 100% will do it again. And i can get a new helmet now

Heal up quickly Morne.

 

Watch that shoulder injury carefully. They are complicated things and if they don't heal right they tend to give you hassles ever after. (Been there. done that.)

 

Why a plastic surgeon? Thought you could make improvements while you were re-decorating anyway?    

[Mojoman]

To the E.R. .

Not sure if i should upload pics.

Front tire washed out..i was probably going a bit fast, terminal off camber turn understeer....decided to bail off the side of the hill and hopefully spare the bike...which i might ad is brand new, and not mine. Then a battle commenced between my face, shoulder and leg....and the earth, and the earth won. Cut my lip open against god knows what, nose to mouth. Luckily not all the way through. Plastic surgeon stitched had to fix that. Posterior dislocation of right shoulder - never knew these ones hurt this much. They put you under to pop it back in. And then generally i look like i had a trip through mincer haha.

 

All in all...was a blast, #no regrets, 100% will do it again. And i can get a new helmet now

Bad luck man...Its always amazing how one ride can quickly turn into a complete headache sometimes...

[MORNE]

Heal up quickly Morne.

 

Watch that shoulder injury carefully. They are complicated things and if they don't heal right they tend to give you hassles ever after. (Been there. done that.)

 

Why a plastic surgeon? Thought you could make improvements while you were re-decorating anyway?

Haha. It is a deep cut. The best way to describe is that ill probably look like i was born with a cleft palette going forward lol. It almost went all the way through. Now with the 12 stitches it looks like im zipped from mount to nose lol. My wife called it while i was under apparently, she didn't want the nurse/doctor on call in ER to just stitch it up since she has to look at my face all the time haha. But because of how deep it was and all the muscles in your lips/mouth she scemed it was better that a reconstructive surgeon put it back together properly.

He did a good job.

Yea they told me i have to go see physio for rehab next week because of the way it dislocated. They apparently come with possibly more problems than a plain old interior dislocation. Dont know, miffed about that, i’m not a huge fan of wasting time at doctors lol

Edited December 6, 2020 by morneS555

[DJR]

Haha. It is a deep cut. The best way to describe is that ill probably look like i was born with a cleft palette going forward lol. It almost went all the way through. Now with the 12 stitches it looks like im zipped from mount to nose lol. My wife called it while i was under apparently, she didn't want the nurse/doctor on call in ER to just stitch it up since she has to look at my face all the time haha. But because of how deep it was and all the muscles in your lips/mouth she scemed it was better that a reconstructive surgeon put it back together properly...............

Was just kidding. I'm in agreement with your wife. If you put those type of injuries together correctly right from the start they heal beautifully and leave very little scarring afterwards. Get it wrong first time and it is near impossible to do it over once it healed wrong. 

[MrJacques]

Haha. It is a deep cut. The best way to describe is that ill probably look like i was born with a cleft palette going forward lol. It almost went all the way through. Now with the 12 stitches it looks like im zipped from mount to nose lol. My wife called it while i was under apparently, she didn't want the nurse/doctor on call in ER to just stitch it up since she has to look at my face all the time haha. But because of how deep it was and all the muscles in your lips/mouth she scemed it was better that a reconstructive surgeon put it back together properly.

He did a good job.

Yea they told me i have to go see physio for rehab next week because of the way it dislocated. They apparently come with possibly more problems than a plain old interior dislocation. Dont know, miffed about that, i’m not a huge fan of wasting time at doctors lol

 

You can always grow a lip lapa (snor)

 

Hope you have a good recovery.

[Frosty]

To the E.R. .

Not sure if i should upload pics.

Front tire washed out..i was probably going a bit fast, terminal off camber turn understeer....decided to bail off the side of the hill and hopefully spare the bike...which i might ad is brand new, and not mine. Then a battle commenced between my face, shoulder and leg....and the earth, and the earth won. Cut my lip open against god knows what, nose to mouth. Luckily not all the way through. Plastic surgeon stitched had to fix that. Posterior dislocation of right shoulder - never knew these ones hurt this much. They put you under to pop it back in. And then generally i look like i had a trip through mincer haha.

 

All in all...was a blast, #no regrets, 100% will do it again. And i can get a new helmet now

Hard luck, wishing you a speedy recovery.