Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Monday, September 28, 2020

Two Reasons I Ride a Recumbent Trike

Two of many reasons...

REASON NUMBER 1

It's just  a lot of fun.  Many humans ignore the fun factor in order to live up to the expectation of others who want you to be "normal". Especially now with the explosion in bike sales due to the pandemic I see many riders, young and and older, who simply do not seem comfortable riding their new steed.

If I were younger and armed with the knowledge and legs (and $$) I would care less about the expectations of others and I be riding the roads on a VTX or Catrike 700 (depending on budget). But I see the day coming when recumbents are more common place.


REASON NUMBER 2

Round two...left wrist CT release. 
Physical setbacks haven't slowed me down. Well...maybe sometimes but in comparison to a traditional diamond frame there is very little to stop me on a recumbent trike. Much of my post op physical therapy and mental therapy was done riding a trike.

My Repair List 

Knee right arthroscopic 

Knee right arthroscopic

2008 Shoulder right rotator cuff repair

2009 Back L4, L5 - Foraminotomy

2009 Back T5,T6 - Foraminotomy

2011 Heart 2 stents LAD

2012 Hip left arthroscopic

2012 Hip right arthroscopic 

2013 Hip right replaced

2013 Hip left replaced

2020 Back  L1 to L5 and S1 - Foraminotomy, partial  

         laminectomy, Discectomy, Coflex clip L4,L5.

2020 Wrist right - carpal tunnel release

2020 Wrist left - carpel tunnel release


I waited until I went I  Medicare in 2019 for the 2020 surgeries. Co-Pays and deductibles were killing me. 

No more surgeries on my 'To Do" list!!