well, the four fractured bones in my left hand are healing nicely and physical therapy is going pretty darn well. my therapist said a week ago that i could ride whenever i felt i was able. having been on the trainer on my cross bike just a few days earlier i knew i wasn't ready for that bike (shifting was quite painful).it occurred to me last week that i might be able to ride my mountain bike with it's SRAM grip shifters so yesterday i took advantage of the wife and son being gone to assemble the bike in the 90 degree mid-day heat! went pretty smoothly and i took it for a short spin into town and back to the house.
let me tell you, it was *great* to be back on a bike with the wind on my face...
did a little iphone app dev learning when i got back then, after learning the family would be out and about for a while longer i decided to throw on the bike gear and take a proper ride - back to the scene of the crime (injury). you know what they say about falling off the horse and getting right back up again. in this case i thought it fitting since i have never had any injury that impacted my daily life as much as these broken bones in my hand.
went on the same route to water dog lake park and with my heart rate higher than it should have been for my effort, rode right across the bridge that caused me so much grief. with fat tires it was no problem and i finally to go hit the awesome switchback uphill singletrack i was heading to on my cross bike last time...figured i'd take it easy and just do a perimeter ride, avoiding too many uphills/downhills or really technical terrain. well, it was longer than i thought but it was a blast. hand was tired today but that's physical therapy! ;-)
