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handsy
handsy NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 209
edited 8. Sep 2010, 09:13 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hello to all the gang and the newbys, well I have not been to acctive of late so I have borrowed a bike (Ohh I hear You say) well went out the other day and could only do a short journey. So I am going to take it really easy. its so hard now to do things that for years I have just took for grannted. I am going to try.

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  • gemmapetken
    gemmapetken NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 263
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    oooooooooohhhhhhhhh i love my bike. can only do a little way but always push myself too far!!! but its such a great thing to do and i only learnt last year!!
    Gx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Well done to you handsy, that is wonderful. A little and often is far better than a splurge every once in a while! I wish you well. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,440
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Well done you John!

    Good to see you keeping up your new positive frame of mind - hope it gets easier riding the bike.

    Exercise is so good for us isnt it? :)

    Love

    Toni xx
  • fayrose
    fayrose Member Posts: 241
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Well done you Handsy, I'll be cyber-peddling along with you. :D

    Fay x
  • bluebeard
    bluebeard NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 260
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I love my bike , betterr for me than walking on the hard roads

    xx
  • agslegs
    agslegs NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 28
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Don't you just love cycling. I got on my bike for the first time in a year about 3 weeks ago. I was knackered after about 5 mins!! I have to keep my journeys short but I love the feeling of working out again. Just a shame I get sore ankles afterwards. In any event I am a fair weather cyclist so I think the bike will go back into the shed until the sun comes back out :lol:

    Keep up the good work
  • julie47
    julie47 NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    well done handsy

    I would love a bike but i cant as i couldnt hold handlebars and then pull the brake to stop. or even get on.


    I used to love cycling me an OH used to do miles

    enjoy

    juliepfx
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi John :)

    I love my bike. Doesn't matter if you do not cycle far. Good for you for borrowing a bike and having a go. :D You are doing well.

    Go careful now and look after yourself,

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • ironic
    ironic NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 2,361
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi John,
    Now about the carrier boxes that fit onto the bike. Please make sure they are big enough to carry all the paint pots and brushes.
    There is a list of us awaiting your decorative skills but don't forget I was the one who offered the bacon butties :lol::lol:

    Seriously though well done for getting out on the bike. Not sure I would remember how to ride a bike. Could be interesting... :shock:


    Lv, Ix
  • caprica
    caprica NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 195
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    well done! biking is a great way to keep fit and i'm sure you'll notice a huge difference after only a few rides. when i first started last year i could barely do one lap of the park without stopping (and I didnt have RA then!) but it gets easier once you have your technique down and a bit more muscle.

    and the others are right, short rides most days are way better than long rides once every two weeks.

    good luck!
  • happyhopper
    happyhopper NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 11
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    handsy wrote:
    Hello to all the gang and the newbys, well I have not been to acctive of late so I have borrowed a bike (Ohh I hear You say) well went out the other day and could only do a short journey. So I am going to take it really easy. its so hard now to do things that for years I have just took for grannted. I am going to try.
    I see from your profile that you used to like walking in the countryside. I used to do the same and to replace walking have found that some of the larger nature reserves run by the RSPB and Wildlife Trust have mobility scooters which means I can still go and see birds and wild flowers. Most larger reserves also have nice tearooms and shops. I keep buying more bird boxes and have even had a bumble bee nesting in one. We also still have some swallow chicks in a nest and some house sparrows have recently fledged from under the workshop tiles. Watching the birds keeps me occupied now that I can't do as much!

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