How to hit back after a hit ??

gravelmuncher said:

It's been a few months since my tangle with a hit/run stationwagon, but
after healing and repairing - i'm still "planning" on riding, but not
actually getting out there. To be honest - i'm kinda sH1t scared of
the highway, and this is where things are getting comlplicated due to
the fact that in order to ride near my home, the old Great Western is
my only choice of route.
I've been on the trainer, but i'm bustin' to get on the road. Do I
just "snap out of it" ? Anyone got some advice?

~J~

Just like riding a horse. Gotta get back on it and suffer a period of
fear. Dutchy was like that on our big downhill for quite a while after
his fall (well one of them 😉 ), and I recall after a major fall it took
me a good couple of months to get right again in my head (wow 40kmh
seemed bloody fast for the first few rides).

DaveB

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:46:08 +1100

gravelmuncher said:

It's been a few months since my tangle with a hit/run stationwagon, but
after healing and repairing - i'm still "planning" on riding, but not
actually getting out there. To be honest - i'm kinda sH1t scared of
the highway, and this is where things are getting comlplicated due to
the fact that in order to ride near my home, the old Great Western is
my only choice of route.

go round the block. or two. Say "5 minutes and that's that".

You'll probably end up riding more because you like it.

See if you can find someone willing to give you and your bike a lift?
If the GW is your route then I presume you aren't anywhere near a
train station that you can get to elsewhere... What about the M4?
I suspect that's less scary than the GW once you get on it, are you
anywhere near it?

Zebee

On 2006-03-09, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

gravelmuncher said:

It's been a few months since my tangle with a hit/run stationwagon, but
after healing and repairing - i'm still "planning" on riding, but not
actually getting out there. To be honest - i'm kinda sH1t scared of
the highway, and this is where things are getting comlplicated due to
the fact that in order to ride near my home, the old Great Western is
my only choice of route.
I've been on the trainer, but i'm bustin' to get on the road. Do I
just "snap out of it" ? Anyone got some advice?

Just like riding a horse. Gotta get back on it and suffer a period of
fear. Dutchy was like that on our big downhill for quite a while after
his fall (well one of them 😉 ), and I recall after a major fall it took
me a good couple of months to get right again in my head (wow 40kmh
seemed bloody fast for the first few rides).

Maybe that's a feature, not a bug.

Not getting the same fun out of cycling anymore?
Going 95km/h down the Col de Steep too slow to pump the adrenaline
anymore?
Need a pickup?

CyclesBeFun has a service for you! We'll jam a stick in your spokes
while you are travelling at 85km/h, and you'll fall, be hospitalised
for a few days, and when you come back, cycling at 40km/h will feel so
much more exhilarating!

--
TimC
"Indicators: There are controls in each vehicle that cause little bits
of coloured plastic to flash on and off at the corners of your vehicle.
Pretty, aren't they?" -- friend of Richard Sherratt in aus.bicycle

Zebee Johnstone said:

... What about the M4?
I suspect that's less scary than the GW once you get on it, are you
anywhere near it?

Zebee

Only about 10 km from the M4 Zebee, and about 2min from a station. You're saying go somewhere else for a ride - I like that idea, thnx 🙂

~J~

gravelmuncher said:

Only about 10 km from the M4 Zebee, and about 2min from a station. You're saying go somewhere else for a ride - I like that idea, thnx 🙂

~J~

And ride with another rider or a couple of other riders if you can. You won't feel as exposed as you would on your own.

And welcome back onto 2 wheels

SteveA

gravelmuncher said:

It's been a few months since my tangle with a hit/run stationwagon, but after healing and repairing - i'm still "planning" on riding, but not actually getting out there. To be honest - i'm kinda sH1t scared of the highway, and this is where things are getting comlplicated due to the fact that in order to ride near my home, the old Great Western is my only choice of route.
I've been on the trainer, but i'm bustin' to get on the road. Do I just "snap out of it" ? Anyone got some advice?

~J~

perhaps take the bike somewhere first and go for an easy pootle and build up to it. as mentioned with others could help too (altho this was freakin me out to begin with...)
PS 'our big downhill' still has the better of me. keep thinkin 'what if' 😠 🙁

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:04:02 +1100

gravelmuncher said:

Only about 10 km from the M4 Zebee, and about 2min from a station.
You're saying go somewhere else for a ride - I like that idea, thnx 🙂

That's what I was thinking, yeah 🙂

Try the Cooks River cycle path from Homebush, or one of the other
mostly off-road rides. You won't be breaking any speed records but
you will be out on a bike and nowhere near cars. Plenty of
non-highway roads around the CR path to play on and get used to
tintops again.

And while the path is flat, you can find plenty of fun hills nearby!

Zebee

gravelmuncher said:

It's been a few months since my tangle with a hit/run stationwagon, but
after healing and repairing - i'm still "planning" on riding, but not
actually getting out there. To be honest - i'm kinda sH1t scared of
the highway, and this is where things are getting comlplicated due to
the fact that in order to ride near my home, the old Great Western is
my only choice of route.
I've been on the trainer, but i'm bustin' to get on the road. Do I
just "snap out of it" ? Anyone got some advice?

~J~

--
gravelmuncher

I'm just back commuting after a couple of months off due to crashing
into coupe that cut me off. As others have said, find a quiet time and
go for a causal ride. You'll remember why you love riding. You'll
definitely feel nervous particularly if you come across situations
similar to the accident. Eventually time will heal. But that won't stop
you watching every driver expecting them to do the wrong thing. It's
amazing how fast 60KPH feels and how much harder the hills feel after a
few months off the bike, that's just more incentive to get the miles up
to return to the fitness pre-crash.

Good Luck.
DaveA

flyingdutch said:

perhaps take the bike somewhere first and go for an easy pootle and build up to it. as mentioned with others could help too (altho this was freakin me out to begin with...)
PS 'our big downhill' still has the better of me. keep thinkin 'what if' 😠 🙁

When I am going down a hill that is getting me edgey, my brain starts on the "what ifs" in graphic detail - ie front wheel falls off cos the quick release isn't properly adjusted, forks plough into the bitumen etc etc etc. Does anyone else get that detailed and graphic? And why can't I get that detailed and graphic doing mental rehearsals and visualisations of winning races or sprinting up hills, or cornering at Kew etc????

I am about to ride my newly broken in mare this weekend, having not ridden a young horse since a very bad fall off a boisterous baby several years ago (and not riding much at all in that period). Same deal - am going out with a friend, and we are taking it easy, just cruising along on quiet roads and bush tracks, and out to enjoy the ride. I am nervous but looking forward to it. Most important thing is to have fun - make good & positive experiences for yourself, and do you what you need to, to make those experiences a reality.

warrwych said:

When I am going down a hill that is getting me edgey, my brain starts on the "what ifs" in graphic detail - ie front wheel falls off cos the quick release isn't properly adjusted, forks plough into the bitumen etc etc etc. Does anyone else get that detailed and graphic? And why can't I get that detailed and graphic doing mental rehearsals and visualisations of winning races or sprinting up hills, or cornering at Kew etc????

that's not helping 🙄

yeah think those. also think the Kew stuff 😄
funnily enuff more the cornering thing recently which helps at kew with the other bits 😄

flyingdutch said:

that's not helping 🙄

yeah think those. also think the Kew stuff 😄
funnily enuff more the cornering thing recently which helps at kew with the other bits 😄

*laughing* sorry Dutchy - I nearly didnt describe the graphics, just for you hehehehe

I get so frustrated at my brain - it's totally out of control at times with all those scary negative thoughts. It just refuses to behave itself and focus on positive images at times! And Wired to Win was no help in showing how to unmap all those mapped negatives! 🙁

A good corner sets up for a good ride up the straight bits. I have to relearn how to immediately drop a bad section of riding ie leave the mistakes behind on the road where they happened and ride into the next bit of road with a new positive thought and attitude (does that make sense?). Always look up the road I guess - focus where you are going, not where you have been, as that no longer exists (be in the moment Jedi!! hehe )

gravelmuncher <[email hidden]> wrote
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Quoted message said:

It's been a few months since my tangle with a hit/run stationwagon, but
after healing and repairing - i'm still "planning" on riding, but not
actually getting out there. To be honest - i'm kinda sH1t scared of
the highway, and this is where things are getting comlplicated due to
the fact that in order to ride near my home, the old Great Western is
my only choice of route.
I've been on the trainer, but i'm bustin' to get on the road. Do I
just "snap out of it" ? Anyone got some advice?

Take up Mountain Bike Riding (assumign you have a bushland area to do it
in), no cars 🙂

--
Trevor S

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

Dude, I got wiped out by an 86-year-old assassin at an intersection
about 2 years ago. And now, approaching ANY similar-styled intersection
that has a vehicle waiting to turn at the same spot, I get the
automatic white knuckle grip on the handlebars.

Sometimes I'll even start saying out loud, "don't turn, don't turn,
don't turn...."

I think it stays with you - but I know I'll be OK. It just means that
I'm extra vigilant around those sorts of intersectipons, and that's not
such a bad thing!! Of course, if it meant I fell into the foetal
position every time I saw a white commodore (her weapon of choice), it
might be a different matter... But just get back on the bike, and
you'll slowly get used to it again.

Good luck mate!!!!

Abby

warrwych said:

*laughing* sorry Dutchy - I nearly didnt describe the graphics, just for you hehehehe

my first ride back last may was sh1t!

rode around the block scared sh1tless. no cars, just me and my head talkin.
Got off, stalked around swearing my head off, contemplated kicking bike
thinking "This is it. I either give in and let some old @%#$ take my love away from me or I get even!". That's when I realised I couldnt get even.
The idiot had taken my functioning shoulder away from me, so i jsut got mad. Jumped back on bike, absolutely tore it up for an hour, cured (and shagged)

In aus.bicycle on 9 Mar 2006 17:23:57 -0800

Absent Husband said:

I think it stays with you - but I know I'll be OK. It just means that
I'm extra vigilant around those sorts of intersectipons, and that's not
such a bad thing!! Of course, if it meant I fell into the foetal

Well.. after I got run off the road near Bordertown by someone passing
2 trucks on a blind corner, blind corners made me scared.

I think it took about 10 years to lose the twitch.

Zebee

Dave A said:

I'm just back commuting after a couple of months off due to crashing
into coupe that cut me off. As others have said, find a quiet time and
go for a causal ride. You'll remember why you love riding. You'll
definitely feel nervous particularly if you come across situations
similar to the accident. Eventually time will heal. But that won't stop
you watching every driver expecting them to do the wrong thing. It's
amazing how fast 60KPH feels and how much harder the hills feel after a
few months off the bike, that's just more incentive to get the miles up
to return to the fitness pre-crash.

Good Luck.
DaveA

great to here your out and about again Dave!
The last we heard of you, you were in sh1tsville and banged up bad 🙁

what was the outcome/s of all that (if you dont mind me asking?)

more importantly, how's the bike 🙄

flyingdutch said:

Dave A said:

I'm just back commuting after a couple of months off due to crashing
into coupe that cut me off. As others have said, find a quiet time and
go for a causal ride. You'll remember why you love riding. You'll
definitely feel nervous particularly if you come across situations
similar to the accident. Eventually time will heal. But that won't
stop
you watching every driver expecting them to do the wrong thing. It's
amazing how fast 60KPH feels and how much harder the hills feel after
a
few months off the bike, that's just more incentive to get the miles
up
to return to the fitness pre-crash.

Good Luck.
DaveA

great to here your out and about again Dave!
The last we heard of you, you were in sh1tsville and banged up bad 🙁

what was the outcome/s of all that (if you dont mind me asking?)

more importantly, how's the bike 🙄

--
flyingdutch

Thanks Dutchy,
Wrist is on the mend, good enough to ride with a wee bit of pain,
otherwise all is fine.
Missing power up the hills, overall speed is down.
Insurance for bike damage is coming through. Bike had minimal damage
it's mainly,
sunglasses and other clothing.

It will be quite a few weeks before a BR, due to fitness and confidence
in a bunch.
See you on BR ???, to be confirmed.

Although are there any plans for ppl to meet up for the Comm Games?

Thnx everyone, for your positive replies. Seems it's just the motivation I need to get out.

~J~