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Hope you didn't bet too much @7VEN.

Maybe try to wriggle out of it by playing the forrun card?

Michelin Ultra Sports are available in 27" x 1 1/8" (28-630).

@Tababa if you are in luck you might get one.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/cycling-parts/derailleurs/sram-x7-9-speed-low-clamp-front-bike-derailleur
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/cycling-parts/derailleurs/sram-x7-9-speed-high-clamp-front-derailleur

mercedes sprinter, therefore van

O rly?

Has anyone on here broken the top of their femur (hip) and had a dynamic screw put in?
I have both a full break and a long fracture after my wheel slipped into a ridge on a crappily designed cycle path at Vauxhall X. Rain probably didn't help.

If so, please reassure me that the pain will soon ease, and the swelling/oedema go down?

I'm home now after spending 6 days in King's, and although I'm finding the pain management really fucking hard, I'm finding it even harder to keep my legs up which iirc is the only way to move the fluid?

My guts have been all over the place too - 72 hrs of severe projectile vomiting and diarrhoea post op. I'm still struggling to find anything I can eat without feeling queasy, or it vacating my body immediately. So much for morphine bunging you up!

It's nice to be home, but the place suddenly feels like a- an obstacle course and b- a health and safety nightmare. Very reluctant to ask people to do things for me. Trying hard to keep chipper - if I stop, that's when I get depressed. Only 6 more weeks on crutches.
On the plus side, I has a Ti screw :) Happy Christmas everyone!

Having done this a couple of years ago I found the pain was fairly quick to ease. The frustration of being on crutches for six weeks when I felt perfectly OK was the worst thing for me. Although I did ride my bike a little before the end of the six weeks and carried the sticks in my pannier, not that I am recommending this.
In the longer term it has not affected my riding a bike at all, did the Dunwich dynamo again last year, I can no longer run as I used to but was never that keen on that as an activity.
I trust that your recovery goes well, start physio as soon as you can is the only thing I would really recommend. You may have to pester a few people for this to happen.

There is quite a long thread on bike radar covering this.
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12571535&hilit=hip

Maybe a better link http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12571535

Not quite the same but I snapped my thigh bone 5 years ago and ended up getting a good chunk of ti put in.

Many commiserations to you.

Cannot offer any advice on the food front. I got put on codeine post surgery rather than morphine and that blocked me up.

Once you get through the adjustment phase in a week or so, start thinking about Physio. Good rehab makes a massive difference.

Shit, hope you heal up quick . I should stop bitching about my hip really.

Ha! Too true but will side with @mdcc_tester on this!
Merry Christmas to you and yours Sam.

How do I find out what petrol stations in southwest London are open?

Drive to them.

@Miss_Mouse

Le massive ouch. GWS

One advantage/disadvantage is you'll now get a free leg massage whenever you go through security at an airport

Thanks, hopefully King's follow-up care will be good. I only just got discharged from orthopedics for my collarbone!

For the hip, I'm on codeine, paracetamol and morphine, plus a fuck tonne of other things including thiamine, vit Bs, anti-nausea and an anti-clotting drug I have to inject myself with every day.

Finding the whole thing quite overwhelming to be honest, especially with it being Crimbo.

One advantage/disadvantage is you'll now get a free leg massage whenever you go through security at an airport

Or bitten by police dogs?

Should be alright, just keep your drugs in the suitcase

Also hope you feel better soon, it sounds horrible

@cruffiton, @Emyr – thanks for the input. Have spent some time review hunting - it looks as though Schwalbe have the edge due to availability and an apparent resistance to pointy things. The last few punctures have been thorn, thorn, loose barb from barbed wire (may have been a short bit of baling wire) and thorn. No prizes for guessing the hedgerow species of choice in this part of the world…

Oh, Alex, what rotten luck. :(

Something that's often stressed in these circumstances is the known problem that badly-constructed innocuous features like kerb upstands pose to cycling. Various calculations have been made over the years that they cause a much more considerable proportion of injuries than more visible problems (as visible problems are more easily identified and acted upon).

Very reluctant to ask people to do things for me.

Don't be, don't push yourself to the background at such a difficult time. If you do too much, it may impede your recovery.

Get plenty of rest and get better soon!

I have just gone to book a skiing holiday for the family in Slovakia via Mountain Paradise. Although they get mentioned in the press quite a lot, I can find no independent reviews.
I have now been sent a payment request
which is is requiring payment via bank transfer, I have all but walked away from dealing with them because it feels unsafe. Am I being unduly wary?

You must find independent reviews before staking up on a non-reversible bank transfer.

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74 st, 72.5 ht, going from a 395mm to 370mm fork what will the affects be?

You putting road forks on Talbot?

Nope, just wondered what the effects would be