Originally Posted by emilio700

Oh yeah, you'll think something is broken. The longer and higher your training, the quicker you gain it back. For those that had just begun riding, it takes longer to get back to the same level. Weird thing about cycling, your body undergoes a profound transformation and adaption yet you look only a little different. One common reference point is your resting heart rate and recovery rate.

When relaxed, your average sedentary 30yo male has a resting HR of something like 70bpm. An occasional cyclist maybe 50bpm. A frequent recreation cyclist that does high intensity training rides 30-40bpm. My lowest resting HR back in the day was usually 32bpm. I could walk around for 10 minutes, sit down and be at 32bpm within one minute. Now my resting is a sad 55bpm and it takes a while to get back after moving around. I need to ride more obviously.

When you are less fit, it takes a while to recover. Walk up a flight of stairs at normal speed and your HR might take 10 minutes to drop to resting. Jog for 5 minutes and it takes an hour.

Originally Posted by Joe Perez

So following up on the Swisstop pads...

Haven't had a chance to test them in the wet yet, but in the bitter cold, they're doing well. Slightly grippier than stock (and loads better than the Grey Matter.) Noisy as all hell right now, though I didn't bother toeing them in as Emilio suggested, I just threw 'em on straight. I'll try adjusting that tonight.

The ride this morning didn't feel quite as arduous, though a lot of that is probably the warmer weather- we're up to 11° this morning.

Originally Posted by hustler

Fixed my bars finally today since they were bent. Now, just 3-4 more months of waiting to ride outside. My right arm and hard are getting stronger but there are still extreme mobility issues. FML

Originally Posted by dcamp2

once you get back to normal, normal feels awesome.

Originally Posted by dcamp2

dang- that seems like a long recovery period... I broke my arm last year, got surgery and was road riding within two months. My break wasn't nearly as bad as yours though. You keep the pins/plates right?

Hang in there. being injured sucks, but once you get back to normal, normal feels awesome.

Originally Posted by Leafy

For hussy sake I hope he keeps the pins. My dad broke his wrist bad once and they took the pins out. One was stuck really bad and the novacane wore off and they shoulder on trying to take it out. My mom freaked when the doctor came out covered in blood head to toe. I mean it was just supposed to be a simple outpatient small cut and yank with pliers job that turned into a bit of a battle of wills.

Originally Posted by hustler

Is it strange that I think I have a memory of looking at my arm, opened-up, on the table during surgery? Is that even possible?

Originally Posted by Joe Perez

Did you look at your arm, opened-up, while on the table during surgery?

If so, then it's possible to have a memory of it.

Originally Posted by hustler

I get that all the time, "It's just a broken arm, stop faking/complaining/being weak." I think it's exceptionally bad because there was so much soft tissue damage. My index finger and thumb are still not working properly, when I touch the incision points (rubbing cream on scars) it makes my arm and fingers burn and the never flip and the fingers move, I have about 90* of rotation on my wrist, and I just recently gained enough strength to start the car with my right hand. I don't know why my recovery is so long, but it's real.

All the new metal stays unless there's a problem. I don't want any more surgery, I can't afford it.

Originally Posted by dcamp2

Sucks... breaking both bones that bad is not 'just a broken arm'. lol

I'm in the same boat with the pins/plates... i have some in my elbow, and most of the time it's fine, but sometimes i'll pick something up weird and have shooting pain in my arm right at the pins. I've also had pins taken out of my hand, but they were put in with the understanding that they needed to be taken out later.


I tried to do local anethesia with my arm surgery, but eventually they knocked me out completely. I guess i was joking around with the doctors alot. They pulled a piece of bone out of my arm and showed it to me. freaky.


Here is me tripping *****:

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau

Screw you guys, I have multiple titanium plates in my head.

Originally Posted by rleete

When you get near the microwave, do you **** your pants and forget who you are?

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau

Sometimes I wake up with blood on my shirt and no memory of the previous 8 hours.

Originally Posted by dcamp2

I tried to do local anethesia with my arm surgery, but eventually they knocked me out completely. I guess i was joking around with the doctors alot. They pulled a piece of bone out of my arm and showed it to me. freaky.


Here is me tripping *****: