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edscoble
pea
Hi all
I've been a member of LFGSS for a few years but only recently have I been back on this forum. Some of the bikes on here are amazing and a joy to look at. Anyway, last year I retired from downhill racing and was gutted (I've quite a few old injuries and now have arthritis in my knee and elbow) so I wanted something new to ride that could fill a big hole in my life. My best mate managed to sort me with a new(ish) frame- a cannondale! In the MTB world I stayed well away from 'em. We heard all sorts of bad things about them and one name that went around was 'crack and fail'.
It was a great bike. Fast, responsive and light but most of all it was fun. I really didn't know that a Cannondale could be that much fun. In the summer I ended up doing 60+ mile rides in a day. It was different to DH but it filled in massive gap in my life. It was brill!
On January 2nd I went for a new year bike ride to shake off the Christmas cheese and blow away the cobwebs. I decided to head to the hills with my camera on a lovely sunny day. I set off on a main road giving it some with my legs of iron (well, lead really). Traffic was quite heavy with big lorries overtaking me so I went for cycle path instead.
About 5 seconds after taking the cycle path this happened. I fell through my bike, not off it. One dislocated finger, a massive shock and the feeling that I'd been punched by the Hulk.
And that's my Cannondale story
Pea