Hi folks, Well we had a warm rainy Thanksgiving morning here in the greater Austin area. I thought it might be a good thing to go ride around for an hour or so to try to burn a few calories before consuming several thousand and of course as always for enjoyment. Being a native (Western) Oregonian the rain is rarely a problem for me so off I went.
Well my ride came to an unfortunate end after about 5 miles exiting a traffic circle. I was taking a right to exit when the bike went right out from under me as fast as I can ever remember one doing so. I never jerked the handlebars or anything, it was just the same smooth steady motion that I have used 20 or 30 times before on this same traffic circle. But this time I was down on the ground in a flash. Being that my Clem is in stock configuration and is a 65, I had a fair distance to fall. Unfortunately I broke my fibia and the fracture extends to the bottom of my knee joint. I won't be needing surgery but I cannot put any weight on it for 6 weeks minimum. We'll see what the orthopedic surgeon says after that. The net effect of all this is that I'm thinking of putting drops on my Clem when I get back to riding again. I know it isn't how Grant intended it, but the extremely upright position of the Clem now has me thinking maybe it's not so good to be so high in the air if I have another fall at some point. I know this is driven by fear, but, I've often thought of "dropping my Clem" in the past and this may just be the push I need in order to do it. I know this is the opposite of what people in their 50s are usually doing but I am very comfortable riding drops and many days I will take my 650B converted Road Standard for just that reason. on this particular day I took the Clem because I didn't want some rain-loosened sharp rock to puncture the somewhat fragile Compass tires on my Road Standard. So anyway. Prove me wrong! Drops for Clem 2022! -Jim austin suburbs, tx -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BypmEY_H%2B4eZZ6UwAbsZ%2BbQtE4MsUZZvtQGzY3Yj0PDoRatCw%40mail.gmail.com.
