Tour de IHC

Jason, Katie, and Miss B came down a week or so ago to visit (sort of) and to watch the Tour of Utah (mostly). They took Landon along to watch and the little bug he had to buy a new road bike suddenly became an obsession. The next few days, Ron and I had off for a little "stay-cation" which included shopping around almost every bike shop in the valley looking at bikes. By the way...did you know there are a million bike shops around here??

After looking and looking, he settled on the first bike he had looked at. He has worked really hard this summer mowing lawns and this was a big investment for him. He bought the bike and had it fitted for him...

Once everything was adjusted and set, he put on his melon protector and headed for home.

Because the gears and brakes are different than he has had before, Ron and I followed him for a while to make sure he had the hang of it. Then, we headed for home to wait for him to ride up the hill.

After a while, Landon showed up, pushing his bike up the hill. Ron told him to "get on it and ride up the hill." Landon yelled back, "I crashed!" The closer he got, the more we could tell that it was more than just a little crash. There was road rash on his legs, arm and back. He started complaining about his arm. WHAT?? He had a basketball game later that day and so we decided to have it checked out before his game...

Yep...you guessed it. No game for Landon that night. He broke his left arm just above the wrist. He sported this lovely sling for a day and then we went for a more permanent model in green:

He will be showing this beauty off for four weeks and then hopefully, all will be better.

He has ridden his bike once since then, but doesn't really have the grip to squeeze the brake, so he won't be doing as much riding as he would like.

As for the bike, it has a new wrap in its bars, not green though, in blood red!