So I think this year I'll do the 100K to start out.  Who is carpooling up there?  I can drive if I have to, but I can only carry 2, maybe 3 bikes on my standard trunk mount bike rack.
 
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I got an e-mail from her and sent in my request, but no conformation yet...

Confirmation received...now who's carpooling?

Quote from Rawhide on Jun 13^th, 2012, 4:53pm:

 
DJ, you were already on the list, so Susan had obviously forwarded her stuff to Michelle.

I be confirmaroonied!  

I'd think about cancelling the HHH, Bud.  I was in the pillow-sling for 8wks post-op and another 4wks without the pillow.  I don't know just how extensive your reconstruciton will be, but even if you can ride 100mi one-handed, the risk of a fall on the repaired shoulder that soon after surgery would not be worth the risk, if it were me.
 
I know it's not the words you wanted to read, but discretion is the better part of valor, and all that.
 
Now, IF you can borrow a trike...then I'd talk to the doc post-op about maybe doing the ride.  But I bet you will have only had at best, your initial post-op followup visit, where they will check to make sure the incisions are healing.  Do you know yet if you will get arthroscopic, or the full incision surgery?

In my case, I don't think a fall would undo repairs. The surgeon says the joint needs reshaped and rebuilt, but none of the tendon tears I have need worked on. It's just a matter of degeneration, over use, normal wear, and arthritis that are making everything in the joint not pivot and slide like it's supposed to. For that reason, it's only supposed to be a 4 to 6 week rehab. I know better than to ask the surgeon when I can ride. He'd say six weeks, which is exactly what my lung surgeon said.  
 
I'm thinking I'll be at HHH. I might ride a shorter route at an easier pace with more stops, but as long as I feel ok, I'll be there.

Quote from Rawhide on Jun 13^th, 2012, 4:53pm:

 
 
I sent an e-mail to Susan on 05.29.12 and got no reply.  I then sent one to Michelle yesterday after reading that she is  now in charge.  She just sent me an e-mail stating that they are full.
 
Looks like I am SOL.