• @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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    426 months ago

    Buy a bicycle that makes you want to ride it. If you get to the point where you no longer want to ride it, trade it in for another one that you do.

    I can’t overstate how important it is take care of your mental and physical health. In fact, I would say that this is far more important than buying a house. Your mind and body are your primary home.

      • Zagorath
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        126 months ago

        No suggestions because I’m not your doctor and have no idea what would or would not be a potential risk. Just wanna say that damn, that sucks. I really feel for you.

      • @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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        46 months ago

        You should definitely ask a qualified expert. I would think swimming might be a good option though. As well as being good exercise it can also be really pleasant and relaxing to just float and play in the water.

      • bluGill
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        46 months ago

        Always follow yourdoctors advice. There is a lot of snake oil out there that sounds good but will kill you.

      • @Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        It’s time for this silliness to come to an end. You must ride a bike. We all must. It’s not a weird fringe form of transportation that only people in Portland and Colorado do. It’s just simply the way we all get around for moderate intra-city distances.

        Ah yes, because we all live in areas where everything we need to access is a moderate intra-city distance away.

        • NebLem
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          16 months ago

          A better critique would be lack of ability or safe routes, since many workarounds are needed to allow kids and those physically less able to get around by two wheels.

          The vast majority of adults travel within 10km of their homes for most errands, which is definitely possible to hit with an analog bike. Ebikes can enable making double that distance easy.

          That being said, even in actually rural areas where you are biking on a narrow shoulder with 50kph+ traffic next to you 20km each way in 0°C temps, many that don’t have other options still bike, so really it’s a preference for comfort/safety not lack of ability stopping most.