I hope you all enjoy the weather in the UK and are taking advantage of the dry conditions to get out and ride.
Recently my riding buddie and I stopped for a coffee when we were met by two other cyclists whom we both knew. I should point out that we are all ahem 'men of a certain age'. All four of us had a melanoma story to tell,
It's worth recounting our exposure to UV, 1, A long term cyclist, mostly MTB. 2, An accomplished audix rider. 3, My companion was a surfer but now rides MTB's. 4, For myself I was a windsurfer in the early 80's until I discovered Mountain Biking. There was a lot of pi55 taking, especially of the rider who had to have most of one ear removed, (can you only ride in circles now) comes to mind?
This weekend I bumped into another cyclist that I knew and he is waiting for a hospital appointment to have something removed from an ear. That made five of us out of five.
Whilst we live and ride in Southern Spain the damage was done some 40 years ago in the UK, (none of yur foreign UV for us).
I really don't want to pi55 on any ones bonfire but can I suggest that you read the advice on the Cancer UK or the NHS sites, I wish that I had BITD.
I wrote more but when I reread it it came across as lecturing, so I deleted it and will stop now. Oh and enjoy the good weather whilst it lasts.
Recently my riding buddie and I stopped for a coffee when we were met by two other cyclists whom we both knew. I should point out that we are all ahem 'men of a certain age'. All four of us had a melanoma story to tell,
It's worth recounting our exposure to UV, 1, A long term cyclist, mostly MTB. 2, An accomplished audix rider. 3, My companion was a surfer but now rides MTB's. 4, For myself I was a windsurfer in the early 80's until I discovered Mountain Biking. There was a lot of pi55 taking, especially of the rider who had to have most of one ear removed, (can you only ride in circles now) comes to mind?
This weekend I bumped into another cyclist that I knew and he is waiting for a hospital appointment to have something removed from an ear. That made five of us out of five.
Whilst we live and ride in Southern Spain the damage was done some 40 years ago in the UK, (none of yur foreign UV for us).
I really don't want to pi55 on any ones bonfire but can I suggest that you read the advice on the Cancer UK or the NHS sites, I wish that I had BITD.
I wrote more but when I reread it it came across as lecturing, so I deleted it and will stop now. Oh and enjoy the good weather whilst it lasts.
