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hgoh wrote:
> First-time poster...
>
> I've recently developed an arthritis-type condition. Sucks badly seeing
> as I'm still on the right side of 30 but life goes on. In my case, it's
> mostly affecting my hip joints and lately my left ankle has been
> killing me in the morning. Last week or two, it's been difficult to do
> any activity that involves running because of the ankle. I've found
> that if I cycle though, the hips and ankle actually feels almost normal
> for at least half a day. I'm trying to put in short sessions of around
> 20km as often as I can but between the weather, number of hours in a
> day and how my body feels at the time, it's sometimes hard to get out
> on the road.
>
> Started thinking about getting an indoor trainer. Yes, I've heard all
> the usual negatives about it being boring and not the same as being on
> the road but if it will help me get in 30 minutes a day on the bike,
> that's a positive for my joints.
>
> Anyone here have a trainer they're interested in getting rid of?
> Otherwise I'll have to look at getting one new - a few sub-$300 models
> in mind.
I'm not selling mine, but if you do want to get a new one, have a look
over this :
http://www.aboc.com.au/perl/tips.pl?p=spinners
Cycle Science in Mitcham has a good selection of them.
> First-time poster...
>
> I've recently developed an arthritis-type condition. Sucks badly seeing
> as I'm still on the right side of 30 but life goes on. In my case, it's
> mostly affecting my hip joints and lately my left ankle has been
> killing me in the morning. Last week or two, it's been difficult to do
> any activity that involves running because of the ankle. I've found
> that if I cycle though, the hips and ankle actually feels almost normal
> for at least half a day. I'm trying to put in short sessions of around
> 20km as often as I can but between the weather, number of hours in a
> day and how my body feels at the time, it's sometimes hard to get out
> on the road.
>
> Started thinking about getting an indoor trainer. Yes, I've heard all
> the usual negatives about it being boring and not the same as being on
> the road but if it will help me get in 30 minutes a day on the bike,
> that's a positive for my joints.
>
> Anyone here have a trainer they're interested in getting rid of?
> Otherwise I'll have to look at getting one new - a few sub-$300 models
> in mind.
I'm not selling mine, but if you do want to get a new one, have a look
over this :
http://www.aboc.com.au/perl/tips.pl?p=spinners
Cycle Science in Mitcham has a good selection of them.
