Oh No! I'll have to use the car now !

[The Old Geeza]

No, I haven't binned any of my bikes, so you can all breathe a sigh of relief (or disappointment, for those who were just itching to say 'Told ya' so').

No, nothing like that.

I have a physical (medical) condition that now means I have to put my bikes to bed for the winter and use the car instead.

I suffer from what is know as perthes disease, which affects my hips to such a point that it becomes difficult (sometimes almost impossible) to walk, let alone 'cock' my legs over a bike.

The cold weather only worsens the situation. So, I have decided to put the bikes to bed for the winter.

This may sound surprising to a lot of you but, Perthes is usually associated with younger children. I never realised it, but I had this illness when I too was a child of (say) 12 years old. But I never knew it, nor did my parents. At that time I was a gymnast (yeh, go on then, laugh) and I always put the pain down to either 'Growing Pains' or muscle aches due to the activities of being a gymnast.

And the story could go on - blah, blah, blah.

Suffice to say, I now need to have both of my hips replaced.

Here's a link - https://www.perthes.org.uk/

So. The bikes have now been put under cover and I'm using the car instead.

I hate it. It takes longer to defrost the car and scrape the ice off it than it does to get the bike started and ready to ride.

Give me the bike any day. I love it.

Still, I'll be back on the bike in the very early Spring. Even sooner if the weather looks promising





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[White Noise]

hope that the spring comes round quick for you!
sounds a right shitter!
guess the pain is so much worse in the cold!
just remember to be nice to bikers while you are in your car and not get too jelious!
WN
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[The Tot]

I'd rather have the car to be perfectly honest. Trying to start my bike up today at 5 degrees was nigh on impossible! Maybe it's a sign i need a new battery, but it started off fine.
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[vfr800]

Sorry to hear that mate, lifes a shit if you let it bother you. I'll lookout for you on sunny day's then.
Had to do London in the van this week, see my new post to find out why, it makes sence but it is bloody frustrating, might get a bigger van so i can put me bike in the back and have the best of both worlds!
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[Rookie]

I wouldn't appreciate commuting on a bike at these temperatures myself anyway, I think a few more people will be forced to go fair weather biker this year. Brr. I made it through last year going 10 miles each way, but God I got cold, in January I wanted nothing more than a car.

[dodsi]

Sorry to hear that.

You will keep posting on here? wont you?

[Ragdoll]

sorry to hear that you old fart, but probably best at your age Seriously though, if you look after yourself now and do as you're told, you'll soon be back on the bike...better that than not riding again.

Look after yourself
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[White Noise]

[The Old Geeza]

[Ragdoll]

[The Old Geeza]

[The Old Geeza]

[Ichy]

After many years of martial arts training I understand the difference this kind of weather makes to old (ish) blokes like us. Most mornings I wake up with pains in my knees and shoulders sometimes to the point that I have to roll out of bed because I simply can't stand up. A regime of sit ups, push ups, and pull ups usually sorts me out but I always worry how I will cope when I'm really old.

It sounds stupid but it feels like I lost a friend when it hurts too much to ride the bike, its not the bike, it could be a c90 for all I care, its everything to do with being stuck in a car on an hour long commute.

Look after yourself chap, plenty more summers to go yet, could always move to Spain.

[Ragdoll]