Non-Electrical Recumbent For a Few Days – BionicOldGuy

On Friday I used to be out for an extended experience on my recumbent and I occurred to look down at my entrance wheel and observed a damaged spoke. The wheel appeared in adequate form, not too badly “out of true”, and was nonetheless ride-able. So I headed dwelling and switched bikes, finishing the experience on my upright. I later took an excellent take a look at the wheel and located it truly had 5 damaged spokes. All broke on the J-bend the place the spoke comes out of the hub. I used to be stunned as a result of I’d by no means damaged a couple of spoke earlier than and likewise often there’s an audible ping. That is my entrance wheel with the electrical motor, so the spokes are subjected to torque from the motor in addition to impression, e.g. from potholes. It had carried out simply high quality for properly over a yr so I assume I should have hit one thing pretty massive not too long ago. I ordered alternative spokes on Amazon, being happy to seek out out they arrive in customized lengths so I may order the correct dimension. I’ll repair the wheel once they are available and get it again on the street. I’ll try to remain on smoother roads sooner or later.

Within the meantime I can nonetheless experience my upright if I would like electrical help, and I’ve the unique wheel again on the recumbent. The timing is fortuitous. I hadn’t been driving my upright sufficient since I recovered from my final bout of sciatica. So my butt was getting sore on longer rides on the upright. A got here throughout an amusing time period for this on an ultramarathon biking web site: “marshmallow butt”. I must toughen my butt again up, from “marshmallow” to “iron”, as a result of in Might I’m getting into a pal’s van right down to Paso Robles for just a few days of biking, and my recumbent received’t match so I’ll be taking my upright. I’ll be certain to get extra saddle time in on the upright earlier than them.