6 hours ago, e-Roottoot said:

I finally got back out on my bike after months of going no further than a mile or 2.  I had issues with my artificial legs and could not get repairs carried out.  Now sorted out and ready for getting back into the daily habit of biking regardless of the weather.  It was cool and dry this morning so fine to see how I would feel. Only 10 miles done with full assistance but I will stick to that for distance daily this week until I see how my back, knee and heart 💖 gets on. 

Then i will reduce assistance while sticking to the same length of ride and then go out twice then 3 times a day until back covering longer distances on single rides.

 

 

 

That's not you trying to walk on water in the first piccie, then?

 

Seriously, though, glad to see you're able to get out and about again - and I'm envious of the scenery!

Edited 23 May, 20215 yr by MikeTheThinker

@MikeTheThinkerHe was Fly Casting.

There were other fishers across at the sailing club getting ready to go out in boats.

There used to just be Pike and some Perch in there but now stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Edited 23 May, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

My bum needed no 'breaking in', so back to 20-30 miles twice a day using full assist and that allows 10 miles or more still on full assist.

I will leave it a while to back at full fitness and then get longer rides in using less assistance. 

Great pictures, George!

 

BTW I hope you're not a hayfever sufferer with all that Rape pollen ...

It is all around this area. The issue i find is once they spray it and are holding it waiting to be harvested.

The Coniston is four and a half years old now, and still going strong.  Celebration today as I did my first proper ride since my hip replacement, doing a 20 mile round trip along Eastbourne sea front, up over Beachy Head to Belle Tout and back.  Hip feels absolutely fine, but unlike George, my derrier is feeling it a bit, even with my favourite B17 saddle.  Took a snap of the Beachy Head lighthouse on the way past. Nigh on perfect cycling weather 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Gaz

 

Edited 28 May, 20215 yr by Gaz
Added a pic

@Gaz for about 5 years now i have been wearing my Padded Cycle Pants over my pants even when not cycling as they make my artificial leg much more comfortable and help the suction.

I have 3 pairs of a more brief size & tight and 3 pairs that are a bit baggy.  All are getting a bit thread bare and ready for replacement. 

 

Like these, but they were £8 a pair when i bought them, and they have been worth every penny.

(The padding is on the inside as i wear them, not on the outside.)

 

EDIT, 

Found the same as i have @ £7.99 and ordered more. 

 

 

Edited 8 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

11 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@Gaz for about 5 years now i have been wearing my Padded Cycle Pants over my pants even when not cycling as they make my artificial leg much more comfortable and help the suction.

I have 3 pairs of a more brief size & tight and 3 pairs that are a bit baggy.  All are getting a bit thread bare and ready for replacement. 

 

Like these, but they were £8 a pair when i bought them, and they have been worth every penny.

(The padding is on the inside as i wear them, not on the outside.)

 

I went out with a mate who'd obviously put his padded shorts on in a rush, thing was the insert was bright red so he looked like a baboon! Padded shorts should go next to skin to stop chance of chaffing, might not apply for your need, and indeed feels a bit wrong 'just wearing knickers' as my wife says.

@NJRJWhen i was younger i wore cycling shorts with chamois leather inserts and that was horrible as were people using banana skins or the banana to soften the 'leather' or to make their bum more comfortable.

I also remember the days of caffeine suppositories.

21 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@Gaz for about 5 years now i have been wearing my Padded Cycle Pants over my pants even when not cycling as they make my artificial leg much more comfortable and help the suction.

I have 3 pairs of a more brief size & tight and 3 pairs that are a bit baggy.  All are getting a bit thread bare and ready for replacement. 

 

Like these, but they were £8 a pair when i bought them, and they have been worth every penny.

(The padding is on the inside as i wear them, not on the outside.)

 

Cheers George - I'm a more recent convert to cycling shorts.  I'm very self conscious of my disability, my right calf being some 3" less in circumference than my left.  But a couple of years ago I thought F'k it, bought some, and haven't looked back.

 

I've a risk of dislocation of my new hip joint, so getting back in the saddle has been with care and a fair bit of trepidation as I don't want to have to land heavily on my right side, so I've been doing shorter rides. This morning was only going to be about five miles, and I was in jeans.  But it was so nice to be out I just kept going.  Serves me right, but it'll be shorts from now on.

 

Gaz

 

I always wear a BMX Shin Guard on my own leg but forgot the first day out this week and was very conscious after i noticed.

I can not find ones big enough anymore that are velcro fastening, so it was a pair i bought and made one guard out of them. (I now have a spare after buying another pair.)

(I always buy lots of things once i find what i like incase there is a 3rd WW or a Pandemic or the likes.)

My 5 pairs of long shorts from George @ Asda that i have had for years have finally fallen apart after lots of patching and strengthening so now i have a few pairs of 'Dickies' Industrial work shorts.

Below the knee and nice secure pockets and key loop etc.    Sorted for years to come hopefully.

 

1 hour ago, e-Roottoot said:

George @ Asbo   that i have had for years

Yeah, this is actually good kit for the (lack of) money it costs.

I got 2 pairs of the 'Baboon arse' inners recently, 1 pair for here and the other to go to France, the only thing I found odd at first was how short they are at waist at the back but I think that's more being used to larger Madison inners/shorts. 

Comfort otherwise was fine

From Lightinthebox I think but generally available on Amazon/Bay of E etc? 

Amazon delivered new pants already in less than 24 hours.   That is pretty hot, just like my pants this morning.  I set out in the mist and now it is over 20 degrees and time to watch the Giro d,Italia with a beer on the comfort of my sofa. My favourite day of that or any race with a mountain top finish. 

Edited 29 May, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

58 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

My favourite day of that or any race with a mountain top finish.

My favourite days of any stage race are mountain top finishes, preferably with a good live descent before the final climb.

I had a rear puncture on the Orbea and removing the rear wheel is not simple or quick.

I have a 'slime' tube in now.

Getting used to it now and using less assist unless required and getting more range from it now in pretty hot weather.

I have not decided yet if i am buying a 'Range extender' battery for it yet.

It just tops up the main battery when it is not being used so i might not bother.   The bike rides OK without using the Motor.

It is ages since i have ridden my big bike and i had kind of forgotten just how smooth and quick it is.

It has loads of power, but i had forgotten that it was time for yet another chain & cassette as it does consume them far too quickly. 

On 06/06/2021 at 13:27, e-Roottoot said:

I had a rear puncture on the Orbea and removing the rear wheel is not simple or quick.

I have a 'slime' tube in now.

 

Appreciate you're on slime now, but a Gaadi tube might get you out of trouble:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaadi-Double-Ended-Bicycle-Inner-Tube-change-tube-without-removing-your-wheel-/201999778559?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQjwh_eFBhDZARIsALHjIKfGMxrnfArnanKTlvAcdKOZ2XMDlIty1QmgzqW1dMksIPJ3nqw20o4aAh6wEALw_wcB

 

Gaz

 

Edited 10 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

If you use them correctly then these are brill. So easy to use.

 

https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-self-seal-repair-patches/p/0258276

 

And IIRC I've had maybe five or so of these on one tube at one point, and the tyre stayed inflated for ages. At the time I didn't have a replacement tube.

 

And they got me home when one valve partially split from the tube one day, with four of these used to patch the split. Dodgy tubes off ebay though so maybe serve me right some may say. They weren't cheapo tubes though to be fair.

Edited 9 June, 20214 yr by Tilt

Summer Solstice.

 

 

Edited 21 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

Pedal Assisted Buggies, Karts & Bikes for disable riders or passengers for hire at Girvan Sea Front South Ayrshire Scotland.

Edited 23 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

I'm currently riding an e-bike to and from work as parking on site would be £22 and public transport to and from is very difficult. I didn't think I would ever ride a bike again after several knee injuries (I still have 4 bikes at home, as I can't bare to part with them ). The bike weighs over 25kg and I carry a further 10kg of stuff in my panniers, sometimes even more. The bike is a Trek Powerfly 4 and is a bit of a dog to get past 15.5mph on the flat. The weight, massive off-road knobblies and what feels a bit like motor drag, make it very hard work, as does the lack of higher gears for quick road work. I have one big hill on my journey and although I get my pulse and breathing up substantially on the climb, there is no way I could get that bike and load up the hill without the assistance, my knees would not thank me at all (yes I do spin rather than grind). 

 

Being an ex-roadie, I find the road speed very limiting, but off-road, the motor is a beast. 85nm of torques things (abut the same as the Mini 1275 GT) is astonishing, as is a rumoured peak power of well over 500W (Bosch apparently underrate their motors). Sadly, the bike tyres are too wide to fit in a regular bike rack! So I need to find a tree or some such, to lash it too. More appropriate tyres will be fitted at some point. The range is reasonable considering the route I take and the 'intelligent' eMTB mode is still working out my average range as it takes a while to settle in. I do find getting my 'leg over' quite a task, especially on the hill I have to mount the bike on. It's very tall and with the giant Ortlieb panniers it's a good workout for you hip socket. 

 

Surprisingly, not being clipped in hasn't been the problem it normally was for me. Maybe it's the motor assist that helps me and stops me trying to pull up with my non power stroke leg? Also I intend to cut the bars down a bit, as they are too wide for general use and prevent the bike getting through countless gaps. Plus I can't lift the bike when fully loaded, at least not in any meaningful way. 

 

I have looked at chip tuning, just to get a small lift to maybe 20mph on 'non-public' roads of course, but Bosch have anti-tuning software that causes a lot of problems for those that fit them. You have to do a 90 minute penalty ride with no power to reset the most common fault code this causes and after 3 strikes, you have to have a factory reset at your dealers. Many users claim to have bricked their motors! 

A dropper seat post is the greatest thing ever in my opinion. 

Worth every penny of about £100 for one that does not need feeding through the frame. 

 

I am riding my bike with a Bosch Performance motor just now. It does not have e-MTB enabled.  When i am pedalling and getting to around around 17-18 mph i change gear and go back to 15.5 mph because i prefer to spin and save my knee.

 

I have my Brose Motor on my Specialised Chipped for 'Offroad' Use.  Actually i end up riding much the same speed which is as was standard and when the 'Wheel Circumference' is not changed on the Mission Control.

 

I got the bits to chip my Yamaha motor Fatbike but have never bothered to get it fitted.

 

 

Edited 27 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

Earlier i did a 12 mile ride having started with 23 mile range in Turbo and stayed in Turbo and got home with 17 mile range showing.

No headwind, scorchio and as much downhill as up and i was feeling good after doing the ride yesterday on a pushbike.

 

It shows eMTB but then just goes to Sport. 

 I ride in Turbo mostly unless trying to get range to get home. 

20*oC plus and 35-40 mile range.  10*oC sort of temp and 25-28 miles.

Edited 27 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot