@Mojo333 Roger the clothes rubbing on the incision site. I mostly wear my shirttails out for that very reason. I was conscious of material rubbing that area on my ride. It wasn't my bibs, so much as the jacket I was wearing that had items in the pocket. All bent over riding into the wind, my pocket was rubbing the incision area. Losing the jacket wasn't an option. It was around 55F, wind out of the NE at 15-25 with higher gusts and it was spitting rain. My jacket was staying on, thank you. My gloves were wet. Heck, I was wet. It took two-hours and a nap to get my hands to warm back up. I have heavier gloves, but chose to go with the lighter pair. It would have worked except for the precip.
The ride was great, no problema with 19mi/31km or 600 feet of climbs. However, my membership in the ODIC is written in stone. I was the only cyclist I saw that day. Also, no other riders using Strava rode that route. I not only had the top time, I had the only time... My riding buddy begged off because he had a relative show up unexpectedly. I drove by his house and there was a strange pickup in his driveway with an out of state tag, so he was probably telling the truth.
I guess I am now officially Hard Core, man! The weather was actually awesome. I was riding up hill, into the wind, cursing because I needed a lower gear. It was blowing so hard, my speed at the bottom of the big hill was 10mph slower than when I rode it two weeks before. I'm thinking riding 25 miles on a calmer day wont be a problem.
What is even neater, is that I am not sore. Finally, back in shape! Now if I could just get rid of that 10# I put on after surgery
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