Only twats ride with worn cleats

Clive - This is all very upsetting. Have the quacks given you a realistic date for getting back to normal bum situation?

I'm seeing the surgeon tomorrow and hope that he can give me a realistic date. The nurse yesterday, who was very impressive and clearly very experienced, said that it would be a matter of weeks for the hole to fill and that there was no short cut. I have an inch and a half deep hole in my arse which needs care and time to heal over. Maybe a month from now. Etape de Caledonia is looking dodgy as is the Tour of Wessex. Long steady rides this summer to get rid of weight and build core fitness for a spectacular year in 2011.

Cliveo, how big a lump of glue are we talking (measurements)?

Good luck with the recovery, sounds like some progress is being made at last!

Hopefully, this will be one of the last chapters in this saga, but this thread just gets epiccer and epiccer. :)

Putting all of Clive's posts together that document his condition would be an amazing, if slightly unsettling, read.

Finish healing soon, Clive!

Clive, once again, my best wishes for your recovery. I've only been off the bike for a couple of months, and the ride this weekend (although I didn't complete it) lifted a whole dark cloud from my mind. Looking forward to seeing your happy smiling face, riding in the sun.
See you soon,
tim

Clive - Just seen that David Beckham is also crocked and likely to miss the World Cup. Give him a call and see if he fancies a spot of Golf over the summer.

Cliveo, how big a lump of glue are we talking (measurements)?

40mm x 40mm x 10 mm

That is 40mm long, 10mm wide and 40mm deep. I now have a 40mm deep hole in my backside.

The lump was irregular in shape and tapered in width but only slightly in length.

The lump was irregular in shape

don't be so harsh on yourself.

The lump was around 1.5" x 1.5" x 0.3". It tapered into a point. It had sat an inch a and a half into my buttock causing understandable discomfort.

The lump was irregular in shape and tapered in width but only slightly in length.

Just saying what everyone's thinking........

How about lose bolts on the cleats?

Dangerous. Tighten them.

Dangerous. Tighten them.

What if one bolt falls out and the cleat just spins. Yes that twat was me tonight at souths. Am amazed how panicked and confused i got trying to figure out what was going on.

Yup, you can't clip out and the only option is to un-shoe. Not good.

Happened to me once. At traffic lights. In rush hour. Lesson learned.

What if one bolt falls out and the cleat just spins. Yes that twat was me tonight at souths. Am amazed how panicked and confused i got trying to figure out what was going on.

Better maintenance would stop this.

Better maintenance would stop this.

Never checked cleat bolts as I usually but a little loctite in. But will from now on.

The bolts are M5 10mm countersunk?

Size is unimportant if badly maintained.

Just seen the surgeon. Some good news.Will give details when I get home from the football.

That'll be the only good news you're getting tonight then Clive. ;-)

Size is unimportant if badly maintained.

I'll bite what maintenance of cleat bolts do you do? With locite thread lock and correctly tightened.

Just seen the surgeon. Some good news.Will give details when I get home from the football.

Happy happy happy.

Lynx. I've never needed loctite on cleat bolts, in fact I go the other way and use copper slip to aid removal.

That'll be the only good news you're getting tonight then Clive. ;-)

oh dear....
;D

Erasing the latter part of the evening from my mind (UEFA fascist conspiracy - again) ...

I went to see the surgeon this evening. He inspected my arse and the wound that he had made in it. The original lesion is now closed and although there is still some fluid around the back of my buttock it is considerably improved on how it was before the first operation. The only way to treat the remaining part of the lesion would be to open my buttock completely and roll it back and remove all the scar tissue that has formed. He could not do this through the opening that he had made as the lesion is simply too big and his arm seemingly too small to reach the deepest depths of my buttock. It would not be worth such drastic surgery. I will have to live with the slight remaining lesion. It may spoil the fine symmetry of my backside but should not impair my life otherwise.

The surgical wound is now healing well and is separated from the lesion. Although I have an inch and a half deep hole at present, it should heal by the time I next see him in three weeks. For the moment I must continue with daily dressings but the nurses will monitor it and move me to every other day when appropriate.

Interestingly, even if the original doctors had spotted the lesion, he reckons that surgery would have been necessary. Simple drainage would have resulted in the lesion refilling.

Finally, I asked him if I could start gentle exercise.

He said yes as the lesion was no longer a worry and separated from the entry wound. Gentle exercise would be fine.

How about cycling on a turbo?

Yes that would be alright.

How about on the road?????

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, tomorrow I will ride on the turbo, gently and see how it goes and build up my wasted muscles. On Saturday I will try a gentle road ride.

So you see, whatever corrupt practices UEFA may try and throw at us, at least today has brought some good news for which I have been waiting for ten weeks. Indeed it is ten weeks since the surgeon said that I would be able to ride again in 10 to 12 days. A very long ten weeks.

It's not over yet and there may still be a set back or two to come but the beginning of the end is here.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sod the corrupt German officals, sod Platini, sod UEFA]

!!!!!!!W O O T

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