(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

Where are you in the healing process now? Another month or...

 

MRI is booked for Wednesday 25th, at 18:50, next physio session, basically him asking questions, is booked for 5th March, just had my next appointment come through for fracture clinic, to discuss MRI results, for 27th March

I am slowly getting more movement in my elbow, I can now reach to put pills in my mouth (just), still slowly getting there with my shoulder movement, my wrist is the main issue at the moment, very little movement without pain, hence the MRI scan

 

There definitely seems to be a solid plan for your treatment which is good to see. Sounds like at least a couple more months but you are making progress. Keep up the physio and you will get there I'm sure.

Just before Xmas, I developed some unexplained shoulder problems. No accidents, no falls, no fights in the car park (haha). It became quite painful and was waking me up if i moved the wrong way at night. Saw a physio who gave me some simple exercises to do, which I had zero faith in. It all seemed far too easy, and was over in ten minutes or less per day.

Now five weeks or so later, its not 100%, but I'm well on my way. Now I will be surprised if I don't recover fully.

 

My physio asked what exercises I had been doing, and he just said to carry on with that, at the last meeting, he suggested that instead of straightening my arm, I do it with my upper arm on a table, and slightly push down on my lower arm

Problem with that is, due to the shoulder issue, I can't get my arm high enough on a table in a comfortable position, so, I am trying it a different way

 

Received this

 

Had a new Michelin Medium Enduro rear tyre (the OG, not the new compound and block pattern) fitted to the Beta and, after 2 rear punctures in the last 4 rides, caved in and had a mousse installed.

 

Seems rather an unnecessarily cruel thing to do

 

Is it true that it's illegal to run mousse in tyres on the road?

 

I've heard this. Because the tyre's not inflated, it's being used improperly (or something like that) and so it's not suitable for the road (paved or BOAT, etc)... FFS!!!

 

I hear that the new Medium 2 is no good. I'm currently running the originals and wonder if I would be able to feel any difference. I'm never going to do an Enduro race - only doing dirt lanes, Byways, etc & the roads in between...

 

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2024/may/anti-puncture-mousse-tyre-tech/

Seems a pretty comprehensive explanation so far as I can tell, never having heard of it before.

 

I need to remind my mate in case we meet plod on our outings...

 

I prefer these, you can run any tyre pressure you want for different terrains, even 0 psi.

TUbliss Motorcycle Dirt Bike Traction Tires Tubeless

 

That looks interesting!

 

I've got them in/on my WR250F, work great and don't break down like mousses can.

 

Yup - my Sherco 300 has this system - seems to work well so far... My mate with his mousses seems to have better off-road grip (but hates it on tarmac). Could be that he's a much better rider than me
Unfortunately the PO who installed them put the heavy valve/grip right next to the tyre valve, so I needed 180gm of weights to balance them both!!

 

I considered Tubliss but though you don't get pinch flats anymore, you can still get punctures from rocks and nails and it also seems like a lot of faff to fit, including drilling the wheels, which I'm not keen on. I may be wrong about that but I didn't have much time to do a lot of in depth research as I needed the bike back in service asap.

 

I have only heard bad things about the Medium 2 rear and it seems that Michelin took the feedback seriously enough to re-issue the original Medium rear, so I decided to be a sheep and went for one of those. Oddly, there don't seem to be any issues with the Medium 2 front and that's what Billy Bolt runs, so unless Michelin do bespoke rubber for him it should be a good tyre, although there's always the possibility that you need to have BB levels of talent in order to make it work properly. The only issue I have with fitting the MM2 front is that it only comes in fat sizes (90 and 100) and I wanted to stick with an 80. I've still got the OE Shinko 216MX on for the moment and it's working well, so there's no rush to decide.

 

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Here is a good explanation, however I'd caution that in Wales it has been widely reported that their non traffic police are aware of this law and have been known to hand out tickets for said offence.

https://www.adventurebikerider.com/article/legal-the-legality-of-tyre-mousses/