Mental Trousers
18th April 2015, 15:37
24th August 2014 at 12:01pm was the last time I had been on my race bike. That day ended with a trip to the A&E Department with a broken right clavicle. It's been a long wait to get back to normal but recently I'd been cleared by the surgeon to get back to everything I usually do, including getting back on my bike. The first possible race day was going to be Round 4 of the AMCC, 7 months and 19 days since I'd last ridden.
There were a couple of track days leading up to 11th April, including the Big Bike Day Out, but I wasn't going to be able to get to them. So my first time back on the bike was going to be an actual race day.
I was confident it wasn't going to be a mistake, but it was going to be extremely hard physically...
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There were a couple of track days leading up to 11th April, including the Big Bike Day Out, but I wasn't going to be able to get to them. So my first time back on the bike was going to be an actual race day.
I was confident it wasn't going to be a mistake, but it was going to be extremely hard physically...
Click to continue ... (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/entry.php/5750-AMCC-Round-4-Hampton-Downs)