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[Closed] For those interested parties (one armed rider update)

TN · 2009-03-16T21:52:50Z

Hi all, I know a few of you wanted to know how J got on with his riding after the arm bit the dust. Well, he's doing pretty well. 8 months on and still all clear. He's back at work part time and bitching because it is playing havoc with his social life. We rode Newborough Forest at Christmas - very scenic but, to use his words, 'a bit flat'... Then a bit of a break while his ribs recovered (he went 'exploring' derelict pubss and got stuck half-in/half-out on a wide windowsill...)and now he's back on the bike. If any of you know Stannington in Sheffield, you *might* know Catty lane - it's pretty steep and gravelly at the top so quite a good candidate for airtime. I was quite apprehensive about him trying but it's not up to me - anyway, he cruised it... He hasn't fallen off recently, which is great. No sign of a prosthetic arm yet but the prosthetist has made him a great piece of 'ribcage armour' that has yet to be tested in anger. (where was it when he was dangling out of a first floor window though?) I am going to try to post some photos below, it may not work... Redmires to Stanage in the remains of the snowThis is our local ride out from home. Not very exciting, but good practise(Can't work out how to get the photos to post in-line, if anyone can help?)

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molgrips

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Still looks like there's very little weight on the new arm tho..

But still - brave riding on the snow and ice like that 🙂

Posted : 07/01/2010 5:19 pm

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