Turbo

[FurForksSake]

Hi,

not sure if this is the right board but I’ll risk it for a biscuit.

I am going to have hip surgery for the third bloody time. It won’t be my last, I have dysplasia so my hips will continue to become in need of surgery until they need replacing. One is more painful than the other, one is more decrepit than the other, it’s all very odd and annoying.

anyway, hip preservation specialist is making me do prehab until surgery in November so I’ve got about 11 weeks. I’ll be seeing a specialist physio for physio and desensitisation and hydro for muscle and strength stuff. On top of this he chucked in that he wants me cycling and swimming, ha! I can’t walk for five minutes! Anyway, the physio and hydro will apparently help and then I can start the other bits.

DH tells me I should just get on my bike and cycle. I’m quite terrified of this and haven’t used my bike in a couple of years, it about 5 years old and is a decent mountain bike that’s not a steel frames monster.

I want a spin bike to have in the bedroom. Would a turbo make sense? They seem to be much cheaper than when I looked years ago but I literally haven’t a clue what to buy or how much stability you need on one. Could I do it in the house?

DH uses a turbo pretty regularly - it lives in the garage most of the time, and when he wants to use it it's a quick setup: back wheel comes off the bike, bike attaches to turbo instead. Ride bike, maybe with Zwift or similar, then put back wheel back on the bike and tidy it away.

The main issue really is that it's quite noisy, and he gets hot cycling indoors so has a fan going as well - not super sociable!

I wouldn't have one in the bedroom though, bikes take up a lot of space and they're not clean. Definitely a downstairs/outside thing.

DH's is an Elite Suito, if that's useful - he got it secondhand, they're not a cheap option.

That is helpful, I guess I will be in the garage! Luckily it’s a double garage but also my ceramic studio.

Don't discount cycling outdoors assuming you can do it vaguely safely. It is a great mood boost.

I got told to swim and cycle when I had hip issues (nothing like as severe as yours), but now love both.

Thanks @GOODCAT we live somewhere with cycle paths but I live at the bottom of a hill!

DH tells me I should just get a gym membership as he doesn’t want more stuff cluttering the garage 😆

I was thinking yesterday that the gym might be easier. If requested by your doctor they may even do you a prescription - my mum had prescribed gym membership for a couple of years when in recovery from cancer treatment.