Southern chaps - riding advice please

[Paladin]

You don't need a clown suit, Dave, you already have a reputation....

Altho a Darth Vader costume would go with the all black bike!

[buggsubique]

or we could come to your place for birthday cake.
we need to bring a pressy,,, not for you...
just keeping options open..

mate, just having more bikes pull up would be like 1000 christmases for my boy - he lives for bikes! just keep your helmets, gloves and keys secure!

Anyway, sorry off topic.

[junkmanjoe]

ok,
sure young fella wont trip over my safari mate.

i guess we only a few kms away so why not call in.
put the jug on we be there in about 3 weeks.
if you going to be around.
whats ya boy in to.
what age.

my boys 8 this year.

[CookMySock]

[...] painful but kept at bay by Panadol & Voltaren

Wow, you guys are having fun, but just watch out with Voltaren - I had a major crash after being loaded up with Voltaren. I felt like my riding was godlike and I fucked up real bad.

As you were. Wish it was me.

Steve

[JATZ]

If your not to full of cake and doing the kenepuru rd, shoot out to Titirangi bay, all gravel from where the road turns right at the head of Kenepuru

[buggsubique]

OK so it turns out that we might be doing a birthday dinner on Thurs night - that's fine - I can still ride that day. The Mrs it turns out has squash training all weekend - here was I thinking I was a bad dad by wanting to go for a ride! So might butter up the in-laws and see if they can mind the zoo while dadda bear goes feral.

Might just have to bail back up north late on saturday is all. If I can ride I will!

[junkmanjoe]

If your not to full of cake and doing the kenepuru rd, shoot out to Titirangi bay, all gravel from where the road turns right at the head of Kenepuru

just looking at my map.
found Kenepuru Head.
so is Grants lookout in the right direction...

[JATZ]

just looking at my map.
found Kenepuru Head.
so is Grants lookout in the right direction...

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9,10....Arggggh 10 char.

[Paladin]

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9,10....Arggggh 10 char.

I am SO lookin fwd to meeting you SI nutters - my kinda sense of humour!

[junkmanjoe]

okies
just looking at my new zealand motercycle atlas.
and my wife thinks i cant read....

[Paladin]

Wow, you guys are having fun, but just watch out with Voltaren - I had a major crash after being loaded up with Voltaren. I felt like my riding was godlike and I fucked up real bad.

As you were. Wish it was me.

Steve

I'm sticking to the recommended dose on the Diclofenac but am definitely maxing out on the Panadol daily allowance on days like today and thursday after the physio had beat me up! I found out early on today goin up Mt Dick that the back is nowhere near ready for me to ride standing up with all that pull coming thru my arms from the handlebars! OUCH! Rode sitting down alomost the whole time the rest of the day! Corrugations on Homewood farkin hurt too!

[warewolf]

I don't know the details, but my wife commented it is VERY bad to do heavy exercise while on anti-flams like Voltaren. Something along the lines of it accelerating or aggravating the injury. It'd certainly mask the pain that signals damage is being done. Great for recovery and rehab, but shouldn't be used prior to or during an event - I know lots of ppl do so.

btw voltaren and panadol combined make an excellent field painkiller for serious injuries. Recommended at the last first aid course that I did.

[marks]

Ahem....... Why are you fullahs going back to Picton ? Why not head over the Maungatap then go to Golden bay, shoot into the Cobb or out to Totaranui with a side trip to Birds clearing then back to Nsn or crash here and catch up with ya mates at St Arnaud.
That way you miss the god awfull drag up the Wairau

God I hate Dial up......

Jatz has a good point - you give yourself many more options if you meet us in St Arnaud.

The Wairau Valley is mind numbingly boring - I'd miss it if I could but its by far the quickest way from Picton to St Arnaud

We'll have stuff all time in Picton - late in and early out

[pete376403]

I'm sticking to the recommended dose on the Diclofenac but am definitely maxing out on the Panadol daily allowance on days like today and thursday after the physio had beat me up! I found out early on today goin up Mt Dick that the back is nowhere near ready for me to ride standing up with all that pull coming thru my arms from the handlebars! OUCH! Rode sitting down alomost the whole time the rest of the day! Corrugations on Homewood farkin hurt too!

Have you got any sort of back support / kidney belt / corset / (suspenders and a bra-a-a-a) that you could use? Might help hold you together.

[Paladin]

Have you got any sort of back support / kidney belt / corset / (suspenders and a bra-a-a-a) that you could use? Might help hold you together.

Oi! My outfits I wear on saturday nites out are not for discussion on this forum!



The major problem area is between the shoulder blades to the left and right of the spine and the discs in the spine in that area,and above right shoulder blade so the female attire aint gonna help that I don't think, and neither is a kidney belt. Thx for the thought tho Pete!
Physio again this mornin, Wednesday and friday too this week - she's goin intensive on me to try get me as pain free as poss for the Invasion Ride 21st May! i have so many stretching exercises to do i can't freekin remember them all! Ugh!

It IS improving tho - not anywhere near as sore today as I thought I would be after riding y'day, which is really good news! Its just that main area high on my back - freekin continuous pain mate - put it this way, it still hurts just sitting still or swallowing drink or food, and thats' 3 weeks from the accident! Still, better than a broken neck or fractured spine or worse. I DO realise I was VERY lucky!

Anyway, onwards & upwards!