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Jan. 6, 2025, 11:42 a.m. -  BarryW

Jeremy, Glad you are recovering from that accident. Sounds gnarly.  However, as someone that has recently recovered from massive abdominal surgeries (2 in 2 years) to have my colon removed (Crohn’s disease) I have been through the recovery program. And let me tell you that cutting all the way through your main adbominal muscles is a lot to come back from. Especially twice. Then I broke my shoulder this summer riding bike park, ugh.  But . . . The inherent lie that a powered machine is needed is ridiculous. The real answer is what humanity has done for all time until very recently. We come back, little by little and eventually with work get back to where we were. Myself I have spent the last two years (since the final surgery) doing everything to get back to feeling good on the bike. And while I can appreciate your journey, the ebike was a crutch. You could have done the same effort on mild trails, the same effort as on the ebike. But as always with these stories you were greedy, you didn’t want to put in the real work but wanted a cheat code to not have to put in the same time. And unfortunately the industry has convinced far too many people that it’s just an evolution of riding bikes. And it simply isn’t. Be real, ride at your limits, and if those are too low than accept that, OR change your limits with the work required to make that happen. But bicycles do not = powered machines. That’s a different sport and one I am not interested in.  I did read the article for the human story, but the push that ebikes = good, feels like you’ve drank the Kool-Aid.

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