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Saturday's looking up... WooHoo! Gotta run down to IP and get me some touchscreen gloves.

Just need to wait for it to stop raining. Let's check the weather.... Tonight Showers Friday Showers Friday Night Showers Saturday Chance Showers Saturday Night Showers Sunday Chance Showers Sunday Night Chance Showers Monday Chance Showers Monday Night Chance Showers ....shit.

SOMEONE just got cleared by his knee surgeon to start riding again... Lock up your daughters...

I've had a couple lights fail to change for me in Dublin. After two full cycles where I don't get a green, or after 5 minutes of not changing I will treat it as a stop sign. I always then email the city and they have fixed a couple intersections and mailed me back to confirm. They have been great about responding within a day or two. I believe the law doesn't change anything - it just more clearly states that "failure to cycle" directly in the statute so you don't have to convince anyone that "failure to cycle" counts as "otherwise malfunctioning"

Quick update: Physio is going well. Good days and bad days. My knee is feeling better but I still don't have the strength. My PT says that riding at the beginning of next season should be no problems assuming no major setbacks. Currently rocking a handicap placard for parking due to being unable to walk for more than couple hundred feet without causing calf pain for the rest of the day. This is slowly getting better as I build that muscle back up. Looking forward to 2017.

We had my son in daycare from 3mo old onwards. I always wound up with daycare duty, either to and/or from. It was a rare day that I didn't have to take him to/from daycare. That meant no commuting on the bike - which was my main reason for riding. When he went to school he rode the bus in the mornings - but he had to stay late in the latchkey program until I could get him from work. I would bike commute then swap the bike for my car when I got home, then drove to pick him up from school (just a couple miles from the house) Summers saw him in summer camp for 9 weeks - no riding there either. Until he got old enough to ride regularly, about 8years old. Then I could ride again.

Had my surgery a week and a half ago. In physio rehab now. By the time the 2017 season starts off I'll be healed up enough to ride again. At this point I'd expect to be riding again in about 3 months, but that puts me in the middle of January.

RIP rider, God speed. I don't know if I should post this. Don't ban me pls. This is purely information for those who have problems with the wording of the news report etc... The bike was found at fault. 3 witnesses all said the bike cut between two cars waiting a red light and went through the intersection at high speed as it turned green. The turning car saw the oncoming cars stopped at a red light just a couple hundred feet away and began her turn at a safe moment, but then the bike came through the intersection at full speed. The accident report puts no blame on the left-turning driver and instead lists 'unsafe speed' of the bike as the only contributing factor in the accident. I hate posting this, and I'm not trying to say bad stuff about the rider, and my heart goes out to his family. Just trying to help people understand why the news report is worded as he "crashed into the side of a turning car" rather than "was cut off by a turning car". There is a reason for that.

My 12yo son helped me wheel the bike from my side of the garage to the corner of my workshop for winter storage. It's on the center stand, and I'm gonna put some sta-bil in it and pray to the flying spaghetti monster that my 2017 season isn't over too.

There will be a point during the pregnancy where the child will no longer be protected by gear. I'd ask for the advice of a bike-friendly OB. For me, once there was a obvious baby bump I'd be advising against riding simply because the gear won't protect against a blunt force impact to the belly. But I'm not a doctor, nor a woman, so my opinion is worth less than what you paid for it. I had my son riding on the back of my bike at age 6 or 7. I got hated on for that by many folks. Oh well. Hypothetical congratulations, BTW. :-)

I'd go online and look for examples of MRI images showing a normal tending versus the injury they thought you had. Now compare your own MRI image with those two. Doe sit look like an difficult call to make 100%? In some injuries it is very clear (ACL is either a thick black band or a wispy white "cloud".) In other injuries it may be very difficult to tell (MCL appears to be hair-thin on the MRI, so an injury can be very difficult to be sure about). Show your MRI to other orthos and see if they feel the Dx was negligent or difficult to call.

American guy living in New Zealand? Agree with above. Sounds like he scraped his side stand turning left and *something* caused his throttle to lock on - whether than be bad grip on the throttle handle making his pull it on at a neutral wrist position, or a throttle lock.

Got my surgery date. Ortho is hopeful I'll be back on two wheels by the start of next season. Fingers crossed. My bike is my DD during the season so it's quite a change to be caging it all the time.

Not the worst thing that can happen, but it certainly does put into perspective the little things you take for granted. Being ale to carry a cup of tea upstairs? nope. One hand on crutch/cane and the other on the handrail, lest you fall.

I use a mini 0805 these days. Sticks to windshield with 3m tape so no need to worry about it falling off in the sun like a suction cup, or folding upwards in an accident like the 'dangling' cameras do. I have GPS info but I don't put it on screen. It is stored on the sd card with the video files. Most of the time you will not need proof of your speed or location. If you DO, then you can use the playback software to combine them again. I run the cable up into the headlining, down the A-pillar (don't let it get in the way of the A-pillar airbag if you have one) and behind the dash. I took the shifter surround off and access the back of the 12v/cig lighter socket, and I made a power tap from spade connectors, then mounted a separate 12v socket behind the panel and put it back together.

You guys should make me a mod. I walk with a cane and have a British accent and I'm a smarmy arrogant fuck. I'm like Dr.House, but uglier.

Yuuup, pretty much. Better than the club for Zero SR riders. They just sit in the corner and hum quietly.

My neighbor had the same injury - distal end of the bicep tore right off the bone leaving him looking like someone implanted a golf ball up near in shoulder. He's back to 100% now, though. All the best and hope you heal up as soon as possible. We need to start a club for injured bikers who can't ride. A sad, sad little club. We can meet at a Starbucks and sit in the corner making "brumm bruumm" noises.

How did that go? Thanks for the tip on the ice machine. I have about 3 weeks notice on the surgery so I'm gonna have to gather stuff up for it.

Just got back from the ortho consult. Tore my ACL too. FML. MRI next week then surgery soon after that. 6 month recovery. Thanks for the well wishes guys. I'll put the Strom to bed next weekend just before my surgery and and hopefully be back up riding next year.

That's a better attempt at my name than most I've seen.

Earplug tickets are cheaper than hearing aids. Last time I was pulled over on the bike I specifically said to the cop; "Is it OK if I remove my helmet so I can take my earplugs out and hear you better?" He was fine with that and didn't react at all to the earplugs, they were a non-issue for him. No ticket for the speeding either, despite being more than 25 over. Just a friendly slow-the-fuck-down chat.

Tore my MCL doing karate. Been a week now and the swelling has gone down but I can't walk on it still, or lift my foot off the ground without grabbing it with my arm. Headed to an orthopedic specialist this afternoon to talk over options. Best case is a partial tear and I just need physio and rest, 2 months. Worst case is a complete tear and I have to get surgery, which puts recovery out to 4 months. Currently can't even drive a car, so I'm getting a bad case of cabin fever right now. Haven't left the house since getting back from the ER last week. The Wee is in my garage on the battery tender, and even under best case I won't be able until November.

Cried tears on in. Then hobbled back inside on crutches, knowing my season is done already due to MCL tear.