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Shopping tomorrow
Feb. 27th, 2009 19:59My knee is really swollen... I was on it too much yesterday (as I am every Thursday), and today didn't help. I'm very frustrated by the stalemate going on. It's healing quite well, but my doctors admit that I am indeed using it too much.
To that end, tomorrow I'll be driving to Mountain View and Soquel to look at a couple of recumbent bicycles listed on Craigslist. The prices are reasonable -- about $500-600 -- and they look like nice bikes. We'll see whether a recumbent in general suits me, and whether these in specific fit me.*
( My logic: )
We'll see how I like it once I get into the saddle. Hybrid trikes are more stable and pretty nice for flat riding, but they start at $2,500 even on Craigslist... I want to be damned sure that's what I want before paying that sort of cash. I figure that even if the bike takes a little getting used to before I can start and stop reliably, I'm closer to the ground to start with, right? ;)
* Yes, I have tried to think of every other possible option to spare my knee. Others have brainstormed in an effort to find something else I could do. This is, essentially, my best hope for getting healed up, if it works.
To that end, tomorrow I'll be driving to Mountain View and Soquel to look at a couple of recumbent bicycles listed on Craigslist. The prices are reasonable -- about $500-600 -- and they look like nice bikes. We'll see whether a recumbent in general suits me, and whether these in specific fit me.*
( My logic: )
We'll see how I like it once I get into the saddle. Hybrid trikes are more stable and pretty nice for flat riding, but they start at $2,500 even on Craigslist... I want to be damned sure that's what I want before paying that sort of cash. I figure that even if the bike takes a little getting used to before I can start and stop reliably, I'm closer to the ground to start with, right? ;)
* Yes, I have tried to think of every other possible option to spare my knee. Others have brainstormed in an effort to find something else I could do. This is, essentially, my best hope for getting healed up, if it works.
