That collarbone will bother you for a while. I broke mine (Superman landing over the handlebars when front wheel locked in a crack in the road). The bone knitted back together relatively quickly and came back together straight, but I think the muscles and tendons take quite a bit longer to regain strength. A longer ride would bother the shoulder, but pretty sure only because of the muscle atrophy in the area. As part of your back to bike regimen, add in regular sets of push-ups and other strength building techniques. Ron's comments about core strength are good to keep in mind on and off the bike.
Best wishes for the continuing healing process and get the strength back as soon as possible. Ian A/Canada On Monday, May 16, 2016 at 11:56:33 AM UTC-6, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Big weekend of riding for me... the first real riding since I broke my > clavicle on March 9th. Both days this weekend for pleasantly overcast and > temps in the high 60-low 70 range. Perfect days to ride. I started out > "just" ring the local path out to the river. A nice easy rail to trail > grade out and back, right. After getting to the end of it, enjoying the > weather, and seeing the minimal elevation dirt trail in front of me, I had > to give it a try. At least until it gets bumps (it's all bumpy). Oh what > the heck, might as well ride to the end, it's all down-hill from there. Now > at the end, I might as well take the dirt trails back home, they're just as > down-hill as the streets are! > In all, 17 miles with 700 ft of elevation... pretty mellow, but bumpy. > <https://www.strava.com/activities/576147524> > Favorite pic from the day: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/26414997023/ > > Next day, I said I'll take it easy. Just go for a ride with the 13 y.o. > Same plan, nice and steady. 25 miles and 1700 ft later... > <https://www.strava.com/activities/577475466> well, my clavicle is > definitely hurting today. D'oh! > Not too many pics from Sunday, but sure found the best back yard to hang > out in: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/27039068645/in/photostream/ > > Have decided I don't care of Albatross bars for long rides. I put them on > to take the weight off my arms/shoulder, but instead they force my > shoulders up too far, and make me feel like I'm hunched up. Lowering the > bars puts too much weight on my hands uncomfortably. Probably back to my > Moustache bar stand by... > > So good times this weekend! > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
