I went to the bike shop this arvo and said to the guy... Im resurecting my old road bike and I need a few bits and pieces, it hasnt been riden in 18 years... he said well alot has changed since then and the first thing I looked at was a new pump...its tiny!! Pumped up the tyres, and it was good to go!!
 
I almost fell over when I found out how much tyres are these days...Im sure I was paying about $10 each back in the day!! Bought a few spare tubes, looked at helmets and thought I've spent enough for today!
 
I bought a new seat....one of these...
 

 
 
 
I fitted up the Edge 800 and went for a quick ride...2kms and I was knackered!! Had a play with the log file and uploaded it to strava, Im looking forward to spending some more time on the bike...

Wow! Crazy stuff!  Can you still ride with a cast? 
 
I rode past some poor guy sprawled out on the road a week ago - looked like a car reversed out of a driveway onto the cycleway.  Ambulance guys had him in the full neckbrace.  Made me ride a bit more carefully!
 
Have to be careful when you're injured.  In 2005 I spent a week getting over a knee reconstruction and spent the whole time buying car stuff on the net!  And another RS2000!

not good mate, hope it wasnt the suicide shifters you have to blame,
 
glad your keen to get back on, 

Phil

Well I've been initiated back into cycling well and truly now... hit a small puddle on a dry track, turns out it was moss or something. The back wheel broke traction while picking up pace and slipped out to the left!! Violla!! Busted right wrist!! The interesting part is that I dont remember hitting the deck or getting a few hundred metres back up the track! Told the doctors at the hospital I had memory loss...I thought it was for about 5 mins or so. I got out of Liverpool HP this morn and came home, grabbed the edge 800 and down loaded the ride data.... very different story!! Looks like tko for about 5 and a bit mins then came too...made my way 50m or so back then out again for 5 mins! then another 50m and out again for 3 mins! then made it to the front of the school where my memory returns...total of about 25mins of time lost forever but captured via gps and heart rate monitor!! Now just need to head back to HP in a few days once the swelling goes down and get the bones screwed back together...funny as it may be, I cant wait to get back on the bike... Im sure that tko has damaged my commonsense quartex!

 
I KO'd myself in the early 90's - took the bike for a ride one Sunday afternoon, got about 100 metres down the road and my first recollection is the following Wednesday in Intensive care of Hospital. No - I wasn't wearing a helment (weren't compulsory then). Cracked skull, broken collar bone, 3 weeks in hospital and 7 weeks off work. I've got no idea what happened but the back end of the bike was a big mess (throwaway).

My old bike is for sale - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330713763846
Forum members get $50 off the final price if it goes over $400 (I'm expecting it to)
Pickup only in Sydney

Jesus Phil, you don't do things by halfs, that is a good one... i was in your spot about 18mths ago just getting back into it, funny because i look back now and was throwing high fives with my brother when we made it down to the local roundabout and back... woohoo we did 10k's!!!! Now i wouldn't even bother to kit up for anything less than 30. Took about 3mths to get up to a reasonable level of fitness that i could do my current loop happily.
I started on a Scott S40 which is an alloy frame/carbon fork which was smooth, but didn't take long to get back into it and ended up with a Cervello Soloist and then building up my current ride which is a full carbon LOOK 585, one word inspiring! Makes you just want to push even harder...
Unluckily, 3 weeks ago while out my brother was hit by a car. The driver was overtaking another car in a 50km/h zone doing approx 90-100km/h while approaching a traffic calming area, we couldn't all fit there at once so upon locking them up and skidding for 13metres he eventually got my brother who ended up over the bonnet, then went through the air to land on a traffic island. Was pretty scary when they where taking him away in the meat wagon but he didn't end up to bad, just some road rash, fractured ribs and massive bruising, a very lucky boy.
Back to your accident, did they not keep you O/night when you told them you blanked out? That is the first thing the Ambo's asked my brother, and that is while one of the Fire Rescue fellas inspected his helmets, very focused on anything head related.
Anyway, like my brother i hope you are on the road soon, as for your bike it will get you going and give you time to look around at what everyone else is into. For Peddles i use LOOK but Shimano SPD are very easy to get in and out of, as others have said MTB peddles are good as the cleat is recessed into the shoe so easy to walk in but are smaller so offer less surface area to get the power down. The best purchase i made was some cycling under shorts, didn't really want to wear nicks at the start (had to loose some weight first) so found on ebay some cycling under shorts, have padding like nicks but you through your shorts over the top....ahhhhhh, much better for down there :-)
 
Found my local bike shops are excellent and support them but sometimes you can find an unbeatable bargain here...
http://www.torpedo7.com.au/
 
Cheers, Mick
 
 

Ouch!
I went for a ride on the M7 with Kevin yesterday. He pushes pretty hard so will be quick in no time at all. You had better hurry and get back into it!
We did 38kms

Phil

Looks like its in good condition:)

Hopefully next week I'll be back on the bike again...the wrist has about 30% movement back, almost rotate's far enough to hold the bars properly again!!

Since I've been out of action, the old girl has had a full freshen up so keen as to get back on.

No not yet he is resisting signing up for some reason