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    From Kenneth Litwak@kennethdlitwak@gmail.com to rec.bicycles.misc on Thu Sep 21 16:48:43 2023
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    I don't bike in the rain. So, between rain from mid-December here in southern California, surgery in March with no permission to ride until late May and packing and moving, which started :May 7th and ended August 21, and too much unpacking and a task with a deadline, and a bike accident on June 6th, I have not been on my bike very much this year. I tried to end that long season of little riding, I retired and moved to a good place for riding. However, my attempt to ride today failed miserably. My bike kept going to the left, no matter how hard I tried to go straight. I don't know what's wrong, but this is the pits. Any advice for getting back on the bike without falling? Oh for the days when I was trying to be a racer and put in 175-200 miles per week. I don't know what to do. Ideas? I don't want to trash my Madone trying to overcome this. Thanks.
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  • From Mortimer Houghton@mortimer@VivoBook.X512D to rec.bicycles.misc on Mon Sep 25 05:23:43 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.misc

    Kenneth Litwak <kennethdlitwak@gmail.com> writes:

    I don't bike in the rain. So, between rain from mid-December here in southe= >rn California, surgery in March with no permission to ride until late May = >and packing and moving, which started :May 7th and ended August 21, and to= >o much unpacking and a task with a deadline, and a bike accident on June 6t= >h, I have not been on my bike very much this year. I tried to end that long=
    season of little riding, I retired and moved to a good place for riding. =
    However, my attempt to ride today failed miserably. My bike kept going to t= >he left, no matter how hard I tried to go straight. I don't know what's wro= >ng, but this is the pits. Any advice for getting back on the bike without f= >alling? Oh for the days when I was trying to be a racer and put in 175-200 = >miles per week. I don't know what to do. Ideas? I don't want to trash my Ma= >done trying to overcome this. Thanks.

    Do you know why your bicycle is veering to the left? That sounds rather odd
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  • From NFN Smith@worldoff9908@gmail.com to rec.bicycles.misc on Wed Sep 27 16:36:07 2023
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    Kenneth Litwak wrote:
    I don't bike in the rain. So, between rain from mid-December here in
    southern California, surgery in March with no permission to ride
    until late May and packing and moving, which started :May 7th and
    ended August 21, and too much unpacking and a task with a deadline,
    and a bike accident on June 6th, I have not been on my bike very much
    this year. I tried to end that long season of little riding, I
    retired and moved to a good place for riding. However, my attempt to
    ride today failed miserably. My bike kept going to the left, no
    matter how hard I tried to go straight. I don't know what's wrong,
    but this is the pits. Any advice for getting back on the bike without falling? Oh for the days when I was trying to be a racer and put in
    175-200 miles per week. I don't know what to do. Ideas? I don't want
    to trash my Madone trying to overcome this. Thanks.


    To me, this sounds like you could have an inner ear condition that may
    be affecting your balance.

    I think it's worth checking out with a doctor.

    Smith
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