02-20-2020, 09:21 AM
Hello all
I’m a new member, living in Southern Scotland.
I started cycling through necessity as it was the only practical way to get to work. I lived in West Yorkshire, England at the time and commuted throughout the year. I woke up in hospital one day wondering why I was there. Looking under the bed covers I found I was wearing my cycling gear. Instant relief; I had thought I’d been in a car accident with my wife and kids! It turned out that I had hit a car head on (not my fault) and his roof rack slowed me down as I went over his car. I don’t remember any of this (luckily) as I hit my head on the car. I did everything I could to get out of hospital quick and imagined in my concussed state that I would be back on a bike in a few days. It was actually several weeks; I don’t remember how many as the effects of concussion took some time to wear off. I did get back to commuting once I got a new bike and managed to commute throughout my working life.
I met my wife (second one, complicated story) through cycling when she overtook me in a time trial. She beat me by several minutes and what made it worse was that she was disappointed in her time! As such she was upset (with herself) and so didn’t want to speak to anyone. Needless to say we did eventually speak and have been together through cycling for over 25 years.
I love the variety of cycling from road, to gravel and mountain biking. We still take part in events (Mostly mountain bike endurance) and we’re looking forward to the time trial racing season. I’m still well behind on time trials but enjoy the thrill of competition.
We do most of our bike maintenance and there’s always something new to learn as bike technology develops. I’ve now been cycling regularly for about 37 years so cycling has been a constant through most of my life.
Happy cycling everyone!
I’m a new member, living in Southern Scotland.
I started cycling through necessity as it was the only practical way to get to work. I lived in West Yorkshire, England at the time and commuted throughout the year. I woke up in hospital one day wondering why I was there. Looking under the bed covers I found I was wearing my cycling gear. Instant relief; I had thought I’d been in a car accident with my wife and kids! It turned out that I had hit a car head on (not my fault) and his roof rack slowed me down as I went over his car. I don’t remember any of this (luckily) as I hit my head on the car. I did everything I could to get out of hospital quick and imagined in my concussed state that I would be back on a bike in a few days. It was actually several weeks; I don’t remember how many as the effects of concussion took some time to wear off. I did get back to commuting once I got a new bike and managed to commute throughout my working life.
I met my wife (second one, complicated story) through cycling when she overtook me in a time trial. She beat me by several minutes and what made it worse was that she was disappointed in her time! As such she was upset (with herself) and so didn’t want to speak to anyone. Needless to say we did eventually speak and have been together through cycling for over 25 years.
I love the variety of cycling from road, to gravel and mountain biking. We still take part in events (Mostly mountain bike endurance) and we’re looking forward to the time trial racing season. I’m still well behind on time trials but enjoy the thrill of competition.
We do most of our bike maintenance and there’s always something new to learn as bike technology develops. I’ve now been cycling regularly for about 37 years so cycling has been a constant through most of my life.
Happy cycling everyone!
(I did live in Westen Norway for several years, 2400mm precipitation per year, 240 days with precip. Yup, wet..)
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