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by Screwy
Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:33 am
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: A bumpy year
Replies: 27
Views: 44234

Re: A bumpy year

Not been on for quite awhile :( Unfortunately Shaun died in June of this year , his cancer relapsed in June of 2016 and Shaun ended up in ICU and had to be resuscitated on 5 occasions and we where told to prepare for the worse but Shaun fortunately pulled through ,he then developed pneumonia and aft...
by Screwy
Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:03 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: A bumpy year
Replies: 27
Views: 44234

Re: A bumpy year

Putting a face to a name
Shaun a couple of weeks after diagnosis and just starting with sepsis .
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and eleven weeks later
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by Screwy
Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:49 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: A bumpy year
Replies: 27
Views: 44234

Re: A bumpy year

Back at clinic yesterday and have been told that a tissue match has been made , Shaun is having a transplant from cord stem cells , this basically means that in a fridge somewhere is a placenta with Shauns name on it so no donor preperation and less chance of major complications after the transpant ...
by Screwy
Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:51 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: A bumpy year
Replies: 27
Views: 44234

Re: A bumpy year

Everything's going well at the moment Andrew , after a few scary moments when Shaun developed sepsis and chemo having no effect on the Leukemia he suddenly turned a corner and we ended up coming home :2t: Been at home nearly six weeks now with only the odd trip back for a blood transfusion and a sli...
by Screwy
Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:43 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: A bumpy year
Replies: 27
Views: 44234

Re: A bumpy year

Thanks guys , I'll try and keep you all up to date as and when I can . Bad news yesterday , Shaun's leukaemia is not treatable using steroids and chemotherapy which now only leaves a bone marrow transplant as a viable treatment and that means finding a match on the donor register , the consultant do...
by Screwy
Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:36 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: A bumpy year
Replies: 27
Views: 44234

Re: A bumpy year

Well 2014 started out with some doubts but came good in the end , 2015 started out well with over 1000 km ridden by the end of March but has now ended before it's really started as my five year old has been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia :( treatment is ongoing and generally the outcom...
by Screwy
Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:08 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: Going on a bike ride,I may be some time!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 13311

Re: Going on a bike ride,I may be some time!!!!

Balls of steel tbh , he's going to be circulating the Milton Keynes bowl on a recumbent pedalling with one leg :blink:
by Screwy
Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:07 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: Going on a bike ride,I may be some time!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 13311

Re: Going on a bike ride,I may be some time!!!!

Bad news , Steve Abraham was hit from behind by a suspected drunk scooter rider Sunday morning around 08:10 am, he has two broken bones in his ankle that may require plating and pinning . Not sure if his attempt at the record is over as their has been no formal announcement just a facebook comment s...
by Screwy
Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:56 am
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: qualifier's and other ride's
Replies: 12
Views: 12421

Re: qualifier's and other ride's

andrew wrote:local news the other night mentioned rosedale abbey chimney bank climb, and i confess i thought of our lovely screwy ;)
Doing the Pendle 600 in June pretty sure that will take care of any doubt's about hill's :D .
by Screwy
Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:39 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: qualifier's and other ride's
Replies: 12
Views: 12421

Re: qualifier's and other ride's

Did a route check Wednesday for this weekends Red Rose Audax , Cold start with plenty of frost about but by dinner time it started to rain and the wind picked up , the second leg from Glasson dock back to Halifax was mainly into a headwind that was gusting up to 30 mph so my legs are still hurting t...
by Screwy
Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:22 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: C5 on eBay
Replies: 1
Views: 3182

Re: C5 on eBay

Probably wouldn't take much to turn into a viable electric car what with modern motor and battery technology just rip out all the old gear carefully and replace with light weight modern components .

Paul
by Screwy
Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: qualifier's and other ride's
Replies: 12
Views: 12421

Re: qualifier's and other ride's

I did the Fleet Moss Randonnee Sunday only managed to record some of the track due to the cycle computer not auto recording but still a great day out .
by Screwy
Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: Fixed gear
Replies: 10
Views: 11663

Re: Fixed gear

Fine so far , though I'm staying clear of the local 20% hills in all honesty :whis:

Paul
by Screwy
Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:07 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: Fixed gear
Replies: 10
Views: 11663

Re: Fixed gear

Hehe not yet , been thrown about a bit when I've forgotten I'm on fixed and stopped pedalling .


Paul
by Screwy
Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:03 pm
Forum: Cars Trikes and Bikes
Topic: Fixed gear
Replies: 10
Views: 11663

Re: Fixed gear

Historically you rode Fixed to build base fitness ready for the summer , you have no lower gears to fall back to on the hills and you have to pedal all the time come what may on the descents ,this teaches you to develop what the French call Souplesse basically a good pedal action that doesn't fight ...