Last Friday I took a rather stupid tumble crossing over a little wooden bridge in Chatel bike park. The bridge was only about a foot off the ground and about two foot wide, it was wet and it did not have chicken wire on it. I really shouldn’t have fallen off but I did. The reason I fell off was because I used my front brake on some wet wood. A tiny error really, one of those things that you learn right after you take your stabilisers off your first bike.
I’ll spare the details of exactly what happened but the result was that I fractured a little bone in my left thumb, just under the first knuckle. The result of this tiny little fracture is that my hand is now in a cast. The doctor says it is in a cast so I do not get tempted to move my thumb and ride my bike (he obviously knows me very well).
So here I am, sat on my computer instead of riding my bike. This is what I have learned:
- North shore should always have chicken wire on it.
- Never use your front brake on wet wood (I already knew this but I think its being somewhat reinforced!)
- A bit of plaster on your hand can cost more than you expect.
- The best way to mop a floor is by doing the floor once with a wet mop, then doing it again with a drier mop.
Expect a few more posts from me now I am not riding as often as I’d like!
Greg
PS. High five.
Just thought I’d share some pictures of our well equipped shed. Took me all day to make the ‘mezzanine’ level at the back and my ears were killing after hammering about a million nails into the wood. As you can see we now have a tool wall as well as loads of bike storage - I reckon we can get about 25 bikes in there now!
Greg
So I arrived a few days ago in Morzine (totally blanked Guy at the airport!). Its been pretty much build bikes, ride bikes, tinker with bikes, eat and sleep for me for me since Wednesday.
Guy and Sara have been showing me around some great trails I’ve never ridden before. And it has rained. A lot. But to be fair, that’s only made it better for me, it is great fun in the rain! We’ve taken Jules from Cycle Wild Scotland out with us to show him around a bit too, and he seems to be enjoying it, announcing every trail is “World Class” every time we stop… He’s not wrong.
Yesterday Guy and I treated ourselves to a couple of runs down ‘Le Pleney’ on the new Bullit hire bikes, they ride like a dream. Christmas comes early, like Sara, for us two as well; We get our new Royal Racing and 661 gear today if the postman comes (fingers crossed!).
I’m really looking forward to meeting and riding with the first guests and spending my whole summer in (possibly) the best biking destination in the world.
