<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sorry to hear of your mishap Dave. I feel your = pain - specifically in my ankle! I managed to stumble on the edge of a sidewalk = at the local 4th-of-July parade (my son was marching - playing mellophone) and = badly sprained my ankle. Crutches for some period of time (I hope not more = than a few days).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I had a 70-mile bike ride scheduled for this = morning - had to cancel. I was hoping for my first 500-mile month, but this makes for = a bad start.  :-(</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Makes shop work a real pain in the a.......nkle! = (It's really hard to carry tools when on crutches.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sorry I don't have any suggestions for a hurting = wrist - except maybe a recumbent bike!  <A href="http://www.bentrideronline.com/STP/carfreepage.htm">http://www.be= ntrideronline.com/STP/carfreepage.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV><FONT id=role_document = face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>It was a great night to watch fireworks and play hide and seek = with my 5 year old son and my wife.  It wasn't a great night to take a = tumble onto concrete and try to catch myself with my hands.  I ended up with = two really sore wrists, which hopefully aren't broken, and if broken, are hopefully usable(particularly odd for someone who spends so much time = on a bicycle and hasn't suffered an injury like this in 20 years of = riding).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kind of scary to see the very thin line between being healthy and = able to work, and being injured to the point of disability.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wasn't there a thread not long ago about wrist braces?  I = was on vacation for awhile, so I missed alot of things in a mass-deletion = when I got back.  I'd appreciate it if anyone could send info about this = thread or about wrist braces.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At least I can type...:-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>