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Festa · **Posts:** 1542 **Location:** South Ockendon

First off mate, this is really shit news

many of us have shared some good times riding with you had some proper laughs in Wales etc, your a mate to many of us with or without riding so long may that continue..

Have you thought about getting behind a camera like I do at times, will get you out with us all and is a lot if fun getting that epic jump shot..

Lastly ill give 400 for your bike you spazer lol

8600keith · **Posts:** 483 **Location:** Basildon, Essex

Cheers h, ill be out and about at danbury, herts for a catch up.
mate you've seen my camera skills...not great!
that is a tempting offer and if i hadnt of sold it already, i may well off taken you up on that!

beardee · **Posts:** 1025

8600keith wrote:

mate this is my 3rd opinion, this time from a private consultant in london. he said the same as the 2 other NHS doctors ive seen. all 3 cant be wrong and im not risking screwing my back up any more and not being able to do things, especially with the kids.
decision has been made, im gutted but its not the end of the world.

Ah! what a shame!. :thumbdown:

Time to get a new form of transport, we will give you a push at danbury/herts

Dazer · **Posts:** 178

Sorry to hear your news mate

kev · **Posts:** 569 **Location:** Dovercourt

Gutted for you.

nellon1969 · **Posts:** 171 **Location:** Stanford-le-Hope

Sorry to hear your news. I gave up rugby after medical advice at 21 after damaging ankle ligaments, so i sort of know how you feel.

Chin up, your kids are more important than a bike ride!

Grin · **Posts:** 729

Really Gutted to read this Keith, hope that the friendships you have made on here continue buddy. Wishing you well and if you have to give up the biking i hope your back gets stronger mate. See you about at Danbury hopefully

ManiacInBlack · **Posts:** 22 **Location:** Braintree

beardee wrote:

from a quick search, recumbent bikes are the way to go

Sorry to hear that fella

, but all may not be lost, this ^ was the first thing I thought too. I've had a couple of KMX Karts & loved it, its like pedaling a lazy boy

, I've tried a two wheeler as well but couldn't ride it, would take some practice & I only had a few mins in it, don't think it would take more than a day to get it down though. I did a double century on the KMX towing a Bob trailer ( Santa Pod to Scarborough ), no pain at all anywhere except a bit of a sore ass which didn't set in untill I'd been going for 15 hours

. Thats what I got it for, long distance on a normal bike does my back in too, a light seconds worth of pedaling in 22 years will do that though

. KMX are a bit harsh off road as they're not suspended ( and don't fit on single track anyway ) but they're quite cheap & very cheap second hand on ebay, there's plenty of other manufactures that make suspended ones but they get a bit pricy. Well worth considering I think, worth a test ride at least. :thumbup:

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