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Motorcycling post op….easy rider?

User
Posted 31 May 2014 at 02:58
Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Hhhhhhmmmm.

I see another PCa motorbike ride-out coming on. Last couple were to the Ace cafe and before that to Skegness but that was a couple of years ago.

Could post a call out to the other riders once we are all back from our trips?

How I wish I could join a ride like that! I just finished a 5-day 1600 mile trip, arriving back home last Monday (26/5/14). The 1st 1400 miles were wonderful.... The last 200 not so much. Got caught in a series of thunderstorms that included bone-soaking rain, bike smashing wind gusts and hail. Whilst on the ride, I saw another biker that had this patch on his vest: "If you don't ride in the rain... you don't ride". I rode.

Best,

Lawrence

"I am not young enough to know everything."

Oscar Wilde

User
Posted 31 May 2014 at 11:48

I'm up for ride so long as it isn't raining http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif

User
Posted 02 Jun 2014 at 15:55

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Hhhhhhmmmm.

I see another PCa motorbike ride-out coming on. Last couple were to the Ace cafe and before that to Skegness but that was a couple of years ago.

Could post a call out to the other riders once we are all back from our trips?

 

I'd definitely be up for that

User
Posted 03 Jun 2014 at 10:51
Sorry to post this. I know you guys are responsible riders, but this weekend there was more carnage, this time on an unprecedented scale near here. PLEASE be careful. You and your families have quite enough to put up with as it is. Also please remember the emergency services who have to pick up the bits.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-27657545

Tony

TURP then LRP in 2009/2010. Lots of leakage but PSA < 0.1 AMS-800 Artificial Sphincter activated 2015.

User
Posted 05 Jun 2014 at 14:14

I just wheeled my classic Kawasaki Z1100 out of the garage onto the drive. It started second go. Deck chair, cup of tea and a biscuit and a bit of warm sunshine whilst I listened to it burble away.

 

Can't help it....where's my crash helmet

 

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User
Posted 05 Jun 2014 at 17:03

Whoa ho!

 

I've been a while away from here but my old shipmate Murf told me there was something "Motorcycley" going on!

 

Yes we used to organise a few ride outs and meets a while back but I must confess *blush* life got in the way and I let it drop,

 

Also there was a nasty incident in the Nell Gwynn tea rooms in Barnes involving Murf (again) that I'd rather draw a veil over...

 

The PMCC (Prostate Motor Cycle Club) may yet ride again!

 

Yes it's about time the leathers were dusted off metaphorically speaking - unfortunately a combination of holidays, work and Jury Service will tie me down for a bit.

An Ace meet up might be quite viable though.... any takers?

 

Whilst you are here , I am semi retired and run a part time Mobile Coffee Van Business that is Motorcycle-Themed ... It's called ...

Cafe Racer Coffee Bar (bit of a clue there!)

I use it for Prostate Cancer awareness ( also charity events for Macmillians, Stephs Wishes and various other charities ) as well as the odd fee paying job to subsidise it....

 

Could you all please do me a big favour and visit my Facebook page and LIKE it?

I have got 820 likes currently but charities seem to take you seriously the more "likes" you have....I would love to get to 1000! (grovel)

Here is the page;  www.facebook.com/caferacercoffeebar 

Thanks in advance 

 

Ross

 

 

 

 

Edited by member 05 Jun 2014 at 17:07  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 05 Jun 2014 at 19:34

Well...I couldn't help it. Bike jeans on and a light jacket and had a little tootle round the local villages in the sunshine. Got to wear my new Schuberth C3 Pro too for the first time. Posted some letters etc.

 

It doesn't get any better than this...I love summer http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif

User
Posted 05 Jun 2014 at 19:35
Aaaaaaagggghh! Two of my three favourite guys in one thread. Good to hear from you and yes, we will be up for a ride if we can time it for after France (back 23rd July).

'Liked' the page, Denden .... you are nearly at 900 already x

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 05 Jun 2014 at 20:29

Thanks Lyn! Great to hear from you too!

 

Yes i've boogered it up by starting two treads at once... everytime i navigate around I can't find where I was before ... confused...

 

Yep summers here - let's see what we can do!

 

User
Posted 06 Jun 2014 at 16:52

My thread seems to have gone off at a tangent which is fine with me as it's bike based. I'd be very interested in some kind of a PCMC thing or just a ride out. Meeting at the Ace would work. Maybe we can get something going later in the summer.

I've just ordered an Airhawk R cushion to go on the bike I'm using in the US next week. Specially designed with a cut away in the 'tackle' area. That combined with the two wheeled armchair that is a BMW R1200RT I should be fine 6 weeks post op :)

On a more serious note I am being careful. I've ridden good distances for the last week or so with no ill effects. Insurance is all fine with everything declared and sign off from my GP...oh and I'm completely dry now (from 4 weeks post op) so I don't need to fill my bags with pads!!

User
Posted 07 Jun 2014 at 06:36

Hi Nick - your right I didn't answer your question.

I had no problems personally. I left it about two weeks after my robotic Da Vinci op before I was back in the saddle and although my bike at the time had a hard seat (sportsbike more like a plank covered in vinyl ) it all went fine.

Mind you I didn't ride long distances - maybe 80 - 100 miles maximum but I didn't feel a trace of discomfort.

In fact I was more worried about busting a stitch if, whilst manoeuvring at slow speeds or pushing it about , I unbalanced the bike and had to strain to get it back upright.

All went well though.

 

Ross

User
Posted 07 Jun 2014 at 10:48

Watch out for those BMWs...I'm just reading in the current copy of Motorcycle Monthly of a motorcyclist in California (it had to be in America of course) who sued BMW claiming his BMW bike which has a 'ridge like seat' gave him a 'severe priapism' or a prolonged erection which lasted 20 months (Aaaagh!) and ruined his sex life and gave him 'substantial emotional and mental anguish'. His claim was backed up by his urologist who gave evidence on his behalf and told the court that vibrations from the machine could have caused the priapism.

 

Better than Viagra then.

 

 

 

Oh, by the way, he lost the case.

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User
Posted 07 Jun 2014 at 18:53
So perhaps a short ride on the bike is better than drugs!
"I am not young enough to know everything."

Oscar Wilde

User
Posted 17 Jun 2014 at 07:20
Bit of an update.

I am on my US bike trip and all is well physically. Having ridden for 7 days averaging 350 miles a day I have had no ill effects. At around six and a half weeks post op it's far better than expected.

I have been using an Airhawk R cushion on my bike which is brilliant. Riding has been great in Washington State, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming so far. Even snow storms at 11,000 ft over Bearstooth Highway was ok. Currently in Cody Wyoming off to Yellowstone then on to California.

Glad I made the trip and thanks for the encouragement and support.

Nick

User
Posted 17 Jun 2014 at 09:10

I am really pleased you're having a good ride with no side effects Nick as I've decided after all to go on our trip to Austria. We leave on Friday. We're keeping it down to a couple of hundred miles a day, we have good hotels with pools and saunas on the way too. I am feeling strong and fit, been swimming most days so it should be fine.

 

Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming on a bike...one of these days!

 

Steve

User
Posted 17 Jun 2014 at 19:17

What a great trip so far, Nick.  Snow at 11000 ft?  You're certainly a better man than I am.  I can't even breath at 11000 ft!  Not only do you sound fit, it also seems that you chose the right bike for the tour.  Too bad you're not going to be in my neighborhood (Arkansas), but should the time ever come, we have some wonderful twisties here in the Ozark Mountains.

Best,

Lawrence

"I am not young enough to know everything."

Oscar Wilde

User
Posted 08 Dec 2016 at 19:46
A brilliant example for life after the operation

I have booked a coast to coast motorcycle holiday in April and I am booked in for surgery on January 3rd

I hope I a follow your example.

Can you tell my the insurance company you used and any other tips for a holiday after surgery.

David Howard

 
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