[Oldfatgit]

Last year I got the wife to

Last year I got the wife to run me in to work – 35 miles one way – on  friday during the school holidays and I’d cycle home.

I was looking at train + bike – would be around 15 miles cycle – each way as a doable option (We have showers in the office) outside of the school holidays.

Circumstances beyond my control (an octagenarian Mondeo driver) unfortuately put paid to my plans before I could fully test them out.

I’m nearly 50, and at the time around the 16 stone mark. Was cycling 120 – 150 miles a week on  club rides and wanted to shift weight, get the blood pressure down and spend the time unwinding from work – it would take me about 2 hours 30 mins to do the 35 miles, which I thought was too much. The younger, fitter 20mph average guys would have no problem with it – open roads, a few steep hills, mainly villages to go through; easy cycling compaired to a city.

[Oldfatgit]

I have 2 … both Nextbase.

I have 2 … both Nextbase.

I have an old 5 series with polarising filter for the front – this has GPS enabled and speed is recorded as part of the  display stamp.
I have an old 112 series – no GPS – for the rear (I have a VW Transporter as a family car due to the large number of childern I have … telly was broke for a while, but it’s fixed now 😉 )

The rear one is perminently plugged in to the rear power socket and is on constant record – even overnight; the front one I just plug in when I start the car – I have  Nextbase DAB / Handsfree kit and I use both of them on a dual USB socket.

I was thinkig about hard-wiring, but there’s like 8 different versions of the vehicle fusebox, and I don’t want to put it on the wrong fuse.

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Simon E wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

I’m not letting this beat me though… LBS has a Paralane E2 e-road bike coming in soon to test – and I’m looking forwards to it 🙂

Sorry to read about your crash.

Yesterday I bumped into a clubmate in his 70s who is recovering from a serious illness and can’t ride his bike for long or keep up with a group any more. He looked at the Ribble e-bike but decided to buy a Paralane2 from the LBS (red, 105 groupset) and is very impressed. He said it feels not so different from his Trek Madone. Hope you enjoy it.

Thank you Simon.

I was looking at the Orbea Gain and the Ribble, but discounted them as you can’t remove the battery for charging.

I’ve no power or heat in the bike store, and concerned over battery life being reduced by the cold.

Although … if I can’t get the funds for the Paralane, the missus might have to lump a Ribble in the hallway 🙂

[Oldfatgit]

Doug.F. wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

Doug.F. wrote:

Hope you continue to improve.

 Trust I am not being insensitive,but what hapened ?

 

Best wishes.

 

Doug.

Thanks for your good wishes Doug, much appreciated. I was doing 30mph down hill and a car turned right, across my path. He hit me, and apparently I was airborne for a while and landed through his windscreen. Thankfully, there was a paramedic unit 5 or 6 cars behind me who stopped, got my heart restarted a couple of times, and arranged for assistance and an airlift to A & E

 

 

 What a dreadful experience ,

All my best wishes for a complete recovery.

 

Yours

 

Doug.

 

 I hope the car driver will be prosecuted.

 

Thanks Doug.

Because he admitted guilt at the scene, it was a fixed penalty Careless Driving … didn’t go to court.

 

Although, as an octogenarian, he might find getting insurance a bit harder.

[Oldfatgit]

Doug.F. wrote:

Doug.F. wrote:

Hope you continue to improve.

 Trust I am not being insensitive,but what hapened ?

 

Best wishes.

 

Doug.

Thanks for your good wishes Doug, much appreciated.

I was doing 30mph down hill and a car turned right, across my path.

He hit me, and apparently I was airborne for a while and landed through his windscreen.
Thankfully, there was a paramedic unit 5 or 6 cars behind me who stopped, got my heart restarted a couple of times, and arranged for assistance and an airlift to A & E

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brooksby wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

The top image is of my Raleigh Revenio, August last year.

The bottom image is the same bike, 5 minutes later (although the image was take a week on …)

Yeesh.  How was the rider?

11 broken ribs 3 fractured vertebrae Bleeding in to lungs Bleeding in chest cavity Left ulna broken – pinned and plated, and a scar that runs from elbow to wrist Left patella smashed in to 4 pieces – pinned and wired Full thickness tear of left PCL Bone damage within the knee Amnesia – I have lost the time from a few mins before impact on the Friday evening through to around the following Monday afternoon. A week in HDU, a week on the orthopedic ward. 5 months of not being able to lift anything heavier than a cup of tea and not being able to bend my knee

Christ! I hope you’re getting better, now…?

 

Most of it has healed without further issue … but the knee is the problem.

I’ve limited walking ability – gradients hurt, and I live at the top of a hill – and I’ve got about 20 – 25 miles of cycling before my knee gets too painful.

I’m a club cyclist (which is great as since the accident my solo confidence is shot), and I don’t have the distance for a club ride.

I’m not letting this beat me though… LBS has a Paralane E2 e-road bike coming in soon to test – and I’m looking forwards to it 🙂

[Oldfatgit]

brooksby wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

The top image is of my Raleigh Revenio, August last year.

The bottom image is the same bike, 5 minutes later (although the image was take a week on …)

Yeesh.  How was the rider?

11 broken ribs
3 fractured vertebrae
Bleeding in to lungs
Bleeding in chest cavity
Left ulna broken – pinned and plated, and a scar that runs from elbow to wrist
Left patella smashed in to 4 pieces – pinned and wired
Full thickness tear of left PCL
Bone damage within the knee
Amnesia – I have lost the time from a few mins before impact on the Friday evening through to around the following Monday afternoon.
A week in HDU, a week on the orthopedic ward.
5 months of not being able to lift anything heavier than a cup of tea and not being able to bend my knee

[Oldfatgit]

Thank you for this, I’ve been

Thank you for this, I’ve been looking a Gain or a Ribble – but what I’ve read about the control on the top tube puts me off. I know its not something that you constantly have to play with

It’s good to see that after a 2 hour ride you still have plenty of power left – I’d be looking at trying to get 60 or so miles out a battery on a club ride.

I’m looking at the Fauza powered Paralane2, but that’ll be depending on a test ride …. If I don’t like it then I might join the Gain club 🙂

 

[Oldfatgit]

The top image is of my

The top image is of my Raleigh Revenio, August last year.

The bottom image is the same bike, 5 minutes later (although the image was take a week on …)

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