Out of action for a while...

Well folks I am a couch spud for a bit, doctor's orders. I had a physical for the first time in almost 10 years today and now I am taking it easy. It all started from a bike crash this afternoon on the Newport Back Bay.

I have a slight bit if skin cancer on my left ear (I always knew about that) and a few problems attributed to years of cycling. Lower back is totally messed up, my ear cartiladge is also messed up, whereas my right ear canal is partially collapsed from the wreck today, a few broken teeth (molars), and my blood ph is apparently off.

I have every dvd I ever wanted, now I just want to kill some time, and good recent books, since I have to sit outside while the paint fumes fill my place?

 

One of my bikes is a Bursford Ultimate, the designer Bruce Bersford designd chasis for Lola, and he was killed riding one day. I ended my pro career in an accident and my plastic knee cap prevents the real power nowadays. I could only wish to do a tri, i have a dense bone composition, so I have trouble floating.

and I am not young, just a little immature. why grow up when i can still have toys? my girlfriend is a clear 10 years younger than me (she is 20) but she live in la mesa, so i have nobody to comeover with a good bedside manner.

I was up all lastnight spitting up blood and bits of teeth while I wait for my oral surgeon to return from vacation. (we went to Johns Hopkins together and he knows I am a big baby when it comes to the dentist)

 

Actually I was bicycling, my Ducati is acting weird. So the only thing between me and the road at 30 mph, was a millimeter or two of spandex.

 

Intact? nothing to damage.

I have so many scars: 2 bullet holes, a bullet fragment, sheet metal scar on forehead, a pierce that entered right ringfinger and exited right index finger severing stuff (it is hard to even hold a can of coke without crushing or dropping it and my typing sux for it), a plastic plate on my kneecap, so many burns, loads of dog and snake bites... loads more i can't even see to report on but my girlfriends (and a cellmate the one xmas I spent in jail for speeding) say are nasty.

I cycle about 14-16k a year, so I will need to make up about a thousand miles next month when I go riding again.

 

Actually we popped them right out on location, left wrist, left elbow.

If we ever meet in person, ask me about them, I don't want to go into details here. Damned training excersizes always leave me bloody and miles from a hospital. But great for parties when my friend says "remeber the time I shot you... twice and the third time when I nearly blew your head off"

Anybody that has ever been to a public range has had close calls too.

 

My brother is afraid I am gonna scrap him for parts one of these days.

 

In response to a PM on the Ferrari bike thread, yes when I crashed I was riding my Colnago for Ferrari CF3. The bike is fine.

http://www.colnago.com/homecf3/CF3/immagine004.jpg

 

I still have stiffness in my back and neck, and forget about chewing really hard foods, not like i am mocking my mom's thanksgiving cooking, i am just saying on the way back home, i had to go to the drive-through for something soft.

The bike is fine, the spokes are going to be replaced and the chain I broke is getting an upgrade.

I am gonna ride my Kestrel with Spinergy wheels next week, a reall soft ride, I'll try less thn 10 miles and see how I feel.

I wished I could ride, I really need to ride, I can't stand not riding. It is an addiction. Must ride.... I am thinking about the Colnago CF2 Ferrari mointain bike, since I hate mountain riding, but the cush suspension should be good enough for riding errands around town and the upright position will be soft on my back. Now to call the dealers.

 

Well I live in LA so you pass just above and beneath me. I may go to SD to see my g/f. http://www.triathletezombies.com/

I never did Tri's because my knee is blown and i can't float, i sink when i try to swim but Santa Barbara is a big place for Ti's I see Lance Armstrong out there every now and then when they have one going on.

I am gonna try to ride to Newport Automart, to check the F40, since it is only a mile from me, I should be ok, but I am still sore. I try to walk down 17th street to Triangle Square everynight, but I can barely move the following morning.