Snowflakes, Unemployment checks, Winter Again

Well I've dropped the ball here now haven't I? After the bicycle accident, I was in physical therapy for 4 months, working on getting strength and flexibility to my hands. They're much better but still a bit mangled. I rehabed my knee riding my geared road bike on a stationary trainer for a few weeks. My sore hands were what kept me off the bicycle for even longer.

In September I did get out again on the geared bike to stretch my legs. I made it 12 miles before realizing I'd spent all the energy I had. I turned around and limped home. There have been a few other short rides, 25-30 miles, not much more than that. I haven't ridden the Langster since the crash. It still has quite a bit of dried blood on it.

Another autumn brought another lay off despite the agreement made with my employer that I would not accept a job up in Portland, ME but rather stay on in Portsmouth for year round employment. Sometimes I think I'm getting over it, but the anger will still rise up if I think about it. So now I'm stuck in the unemployment system of New Hampshire State, something I had hoped to avoid. I don't expect this to be read by thousands of admiring fans. But if you are reading this and are in the Portsmouth/York, ME area and need some work done on your bicycle or bicycles, please consider hiring me to do the work. I do excellent, complete repairs, I'll save you money and treat you and your ride with respect. I'll even show you how to do repairs if you wish to learn.

Otherwise, I'm looking at leaving the bicycle industry at least for the mean time. There is no other bicycle shop in this area I imagine myself working at. I also don't want to work in New Hampshire anymore.

So for now I won't delete this site. Who knows, perhaps I will have something to post over these cold months to come. Then again, there might not be much going on here either.

If you do happen to be reading this and have any bicycle related questions you'd like answered, please send them along and I'll respond in post style. Take care and keep the rubber to the road, JoshB.