Electric Bikes!

tigerfish
tigerfish Forum Participant Posts: 1,362
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edited November 2014 in General Chat #1

Has anyone got any experience of the new breed of electric bikes?

I am suffering from severe back pain caused by lower spinal Arthritus.  My Doctors say that there is no cure other than increasingly effective pain killers that I am avoiding at the moment as I dont want to take them until absolutely necessary.

The trouble is that I cannot walk much over 200 yards without my lowerback & pelvis going in to a sort of spasm. That in turn means not enough exercise, - so putting on weight.  Physio turned down my suggestion of swimming saying that it would put  a strain on exactly the wrong place,- my lower spine.   She suggested an Electric bike, but they are about £1,700 !!  Thought of static exercise bike but again advised that they tend to be set up for muscle toning and development but not light exercise?

TF