Well it has been a while, I but I would have to say I am back... I plan to be back for a while and do lots of good rides.
For those that do not know me I blew my knee out in June of 06 and got my knee rebuilt in Oct 06. New ACL thanks to a donor achylies tendon in place of my ACL. Had my MCL and PCL fixed while they were in there and the cartilage fixed itself over time. My scar tissue recently broke up and my knee has been feeling good.
My friend Brett invited me out to a shuttle day and DAMN did I have a good time. Got to ride with the old friends I used to ride with pre-injury. I am still sore from this weekend but my sh*t-eating grin is still intact.
All my old stuff went on CL this week as did anything I did not think I needed around the house and, well made the mistake of walking into a bike shop today. I now have a new ride sitting in the kitchen (so I can keep staring at it not believing its mine) and I look forward to getting out and ripping it up again. I will not be riding the new bike for a few weeks till I get a few more things sold to pay for it but that will not take long with the motivation of wanting to ride it SOOO bad.
Its not the best bike in the world but it was only slightly out of my price range and should serve me very very well. I got one hell of a deal on it and compared to the old crappy gear I was riding this thing is like a Bentley. Hope to see you all out at seatac and on trails soon!!!
If you see my crash please don't throw to much at me while I am picking myself up
For those that do not know me I blew my knee out in June of 06 and got my knee rebuilt in Oct 06. New ACL thanks to a donor achylies tendon in place of my ACL. Had my MCL and PCL fixed while they were in there and the cartilage fixed itself over time. My scar tissue recently broke up and my knee has been feeling good.
My friend Brett invited me out to a shuttle day and DAMN did I have a good time. Got to ride with the old friends I used to ride with pre-injury. I am still sore from this weekend but my sh*t-eating grin is still intact.
All my old stuff went on CL this week as did anything I did not think I needed around the house and, well made the mistake of walking into a bike shop today. I now have a new ride sitting in the kitchen (so I can keep staring at it not believing its mine) and I look forward to getting out and ripping it up again. I will not be riding the new bike for a few weeks till I get a few more things sold to pay for it but that will not take long with the motivation of wanting to ride it SOOO bad.
Its not the best bike in the world but it was only slightly out of my price range and should serve me very very well. I got one hell of a deal on it and compared to the old crappy gear I was riding this thing is like a Bentley. Hope to see you all out at seatac and on trails soon!!!
If you see my crash please don't throw to much at me while I am picking myself up