Yet Another Cycling Forum
Random Musings => DIY => Skip Bike and Bodge It => Topic started by: Blade on 28 January, 2018, 01:51:24 pm
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Last few months I've been having trouble with both my wrists. Have currently got around 60% grip strength in my left wrist and 40% in my right wrist. It also gives me quite a bit of pain when I jar or twist my right wrist.
When riding a conventional road bike, I'm unable to ride on the hoods, climb when out of the saddle or brake heavily. Riding on the drops is VERY painful. After a couple of hours riding, wrists start to ache badly.
Still awaiting confirmation from a specialist , but my G.P. tells me that it's wear-related osteoarthritis.
I own a recumbent trike with disk brakes and under-seat steering. Using the trike puts very little stress on my wrists, but the problem is that the rear derailleur is operated by a twist grip. I just lack the ability to change gear as it's too painful.
Had a think about it, and on a day when the pain wasn't too bad, I bodged a new gear lever.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43412024@N03/25073494617/in/dateposted-public/
I used a plastic clip from a back light, a long bolt and a piece of tube. Gear changing is now pain free :thumbsup:
Edit. Even though I keep trying to put the link in an img. I still can't get the photo to show. :(
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It needs to be the URL of the image itself, not the URL of a webpage containing the image.
[img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4759/25073494617_3dafd07ea6_z.jpg[/img] would work.
If you use flickr's share button, it'll generate BBcode to do this for you:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4759/25073494617_3dafd07ea6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EcEdpk)IMG_20180127_144936835 (https://flic.kr/p/EcEdpk) by John Bladon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43412024@N03/), on Flickr
Nice bodge. :thumbsup:
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Thanks Kim. Much appreciated. :thumbsup: