The "Excuses" Thread

[Blackrock]

Ugh, appendix out on Saturday, no riding for me for a couple weeks. It's killing me not being able to ride, especially after I bought a new bike literally hours before ending up in the ER.

Appendix out for me on Saturday too!!
Went up to Newcastle for work, supposed to overnight, steak dinner and all that, but had to go to 'walk-in medical clinic' instead. Doc said, go up to the hospital and at 2330hrs I was admitted. One day making way for car crash victims and op was on Sat.
Off work for a week and no heavy lifting for six weeks. Guess I won't be up for riding for at least two...

[tomness]

I had my appendix out 2 years ago and was doing very gentle rides a week after the op and a short mtb race just over 2 weeks after. I was able to have keyhole surgery though, which is a much less invasive procedure. Plus I was pretty fit then, so I healed well. And I was very careful to watch for post op infection.

Obviously your situations could vary and you need to be realistic about what you can do after an operation. No point in rushing back onto the bike and causing even worse problems. I definitely avoided heavy lifting for quite a few weeks after my operation.

[AndrewBurns]

Flew over the handlebars at 42 kph at a race yesterday through my own stupidity, smokeboxing to work for a few weeks now

[westab]

Mrs Westab slipped on some coke in the local shopping centre after dinner on Saturday and has fractured her elbow - Managed to get rides in on Monday and Tuesday but today no chance today as I have to take the kids to swimming so it might be a ride tonight if I am lucky. My mum & dad have been great getting kids to or from school - great to have good help.

[ldrcycles]

Was going to do my bit for national ride to work day but it's raining. And i'm allergic to rain. .

[WestcoastPete]

Cyclone warning.

It's cancelled for Darwin now that I'm at work, but still wet and windy.

[Max]

I think WestcoastPete wins this thread!

Max

[WestcoastPete]

:shock: I think WestcoastPete wins this thread!

Max

Ah, it snot that big of a deal really. A front had finished passing through when we drove to work so it was quite still, cool and only slightly raining - great conditions really. But We didn't know what it would be like by the end of the day. It'll probably just be wet and a bit windy. There are road closures around, but not any that I need to worry about. One of them will stop people being able to drive home to some suburbs, but those on their bikes can ride the shared path through the coastal reserve to get home, bypassing the flooded road (this is the usual route to these suburbs from my work). Win for cyclone cyclists!

[westab]

Max I agree - Pete is the winner.

Still no ride again for me Mrs Westab still sore (they will probably set her arm next week when the swelling goes down) and no one to drop off / pick up from school.

Plenty in the legs and no time to make the most of it. Still there are some more things important than riding.

[gretaboy]

Max I agree - Pete is the winner.

Still no ride again for me Mrs Westab still sore (they will probably set her arm next week when the swelling goes down) and no one to drop off / pick up from school.

Plenty in the legs and no time to make the most of it. Still there are some more things important than riding.

Happy woman happy home.... and family does come before anything....usually hahaha

[find_bruce]

Flew over the handlebars at 42 kph at a race yesterday through my own stupidity, smokeboxing to work for a few weeks now

Owww, that sounds painful

[KonaCommuter]

Flew over the handlebars at 42 kph at a race yesterday through my own stupidity, smokeboxing to work for a few weeks now

Sorry to hear that.


Hope you heal quickly

[AndrewBurns]

Thanks guys, yes I am healing well and my roadie was not majorly damaged (front brake broken, have to order a replacement and front wheel out of true, mostly trued now). With any luck I'll be back on the bike for a nice gentle ride next weekend.

[jasonc]

Thanks guys, yes I am healing well and my roadie was not majorly damaged (front brake broken, have to order a replacement and front wheel out of true, mostly trued now). With any luck I'll be back on the bike for a nice gentle ride next weekend.

need someone to ride the boardman in the mean time?

[dynamictiger]

Got the bike out at 5.45am to ride to spin class before riding to work today, and realised it felt a little odd. Looked down and noticed the round black thing on the front is broken...only on the bottom...but thats it, gotta buy a new bike...the current one is wrecked.

[AndrewBurns]

Got the bike out at 5.45am to ride to spin class before riding to work today, and realised it felt a little odd. Looked down and noticed the round black thing on the front is broken...only on the bottom...but thats it, gotta buy a new bike...the current one is wrecked.

The round black thing? Wheel?

Jasonc: I'd be fine with that if you were in Sydney

[dynamictiger]

Got the bike out at 5.45am to ride to spin class before riding to work today, and realised it felt a little odd. Looked down and noticed the round black thing on the front is broken...only on the bottom...but thats it, gotta buy a new bike...the current one is wrecked.

The round black thing? Wheel?

Jasonc: I'd be fine with that if you were in Sydney

Not the wheel...the black squishy thing on the wheel

[AndrewBurns]

Not the wheel...the black squishy thing on the wheel

Oh I understand now

Well if your round black thing is ruined I have a new bike you can buy, it was made by Aldi so it's fantastic. I'll give it to you for whatever your current bike cost plus a small fee to haul it away for you...

[jasonc]

Jasonc: I'd be fine with that if you were in Sydney

no location info - was being hopeful.

[Stevejb87]

Stayed up too late the night before looking at articles on this forum and couldn't get up early enough to ride.

[KonaCommuter]

Stayed up too late the night before looking at articles on this forum and couldn't get up early enough to ride.

Nice one

[westab]

Good wife still not functional - seeing orthopedic guy or girl on Wednesday about her elbow. She is hoping that they say start getting it mobile - but lets wait and see it might be another two or three weeks till she is driving and I am back on the bike.

It's funny I do miss riding in the rain.

[bosvit]

It's my birthday.

I've got a cold.

I'm car sick from being the passenger in the spray cart all day......

I just couldn't be bothered LOL

mmmmm beer.....

[jasonc]

Very crappy weather predicted in Brissy today. Used it as an excuse to bring in some more food as was running low on supplies.

[Comedian]

Very crappy weather predicted in Brissy today. Used it as an excuse to bring in some more food as was running low on supplies.

The best thing about all this water is that you can add CONCRETE to it