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cosmolinguist) wrote2024-04-24 10:03 pm
First bike ride
The weather gradually changed from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny as the day went on, and I wasn't too spoonless after work, and the combination of these two things made D suggest that we go for a bike ride.
It was my first one since before I broke my ankle so we took it very easy. About a mile each way, stopping in the middle for a couple of pints (I had a nice pilsner, perfect in the sunshine).
Pedaling is fine for my ankle but there are other things: for some reason I can only get on the bike by standing on the left side and throwing my right leg over it (so, all my weight is on my weak leg). It does not work the other way around. I have no idea why. Also, a thing I never noticed until today is that when I'm coasting, my legs always stop in the position where my left is the one that's extended: again, holding most of my weight. This I did try to change but it was always a matter of noticing how my legs reflexively ended up and then trying to alter their position once it'd made my leg twinge. Not ideal.
But the short ride was okay. I can tell I've Done Something, but my ankle isn't particularly sore or swollen. So I think I struck the right balance.
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Oh yeah, dismounting is a little rough too because I'm on the verge of being too short for my bike so it really does depend on what now feels like a fair amount of time with my weight being on that foot before I can bring the other leg over the bike.
I think I would need to practice too, to do it the other way.
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I do have a step-through frame, which helps some, but it's still a whole set of movements that I only use when I'm cycling, and in general when I'm cycling I either don't have time to mess about or just want to cycle around and relax, not learn hard things.
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Yeah that makes a lot of sense! It's good to not do hard things when there's no reason to.
I haven't ridden a step-through very much but I'm sure I'd still have to stand on the left side. Though it'd probably be easier on my ankle just now!