Cyclist run over by cement mixer (care delayed by Hot World catastrophists)...

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Forgive me if this topic has been addressed on this thread or elsewhere, but I didn't find anything when I conducted a search. I have severe osteoarthritis in my left hip, and the surgeon I conferred with said I was definitely a candidate for a total hip replacement, which I'm sure many of you know is a common procedure with a high success rate. He said it is totally up to me to decide on how to proceed, surgery or not. PT or steroids won't help my condition. However . . . I'm disinclined to undergo surgery now because I usually don't feel any pain. I'm in pain when I walk more than about half an hour.

My main question is: Are any of you cycling regularly (and happily) with bad hips? I'm wondering if I can hold off surgery for another five years or so by cycling almost daily. I'm inclined to say it might work since I've already been in this condition for more than ten years now. I'm also wondering if anyone here has had success with moderate workouts on ergometers like the Concept2.

I turned 65 in August. My right hip is in good condition, which is unusual, given how bad my left hip is, according to my PCP. And my knees are perfectly fine.

Ausfix, maybe my experience would add to your thinking. I have dealt with RA for many years with only minor impacts on my cycling, anti-vibration gloves, Selle Anatomical saddles, larger tires with lower pressure, Ti gravel frames which seemed to further dampen vibration and bumps than my usual steel, etc. Then I turned 70 and OA came on and is an entirely different beast. On bad OA days I now ride a Catrike recumbent trike, which greatly relieves my back, hands and wrists. I find I like it and am not concerned that in the fullness of time my days on two wheels may well end.
Edit: No OA in my knees to date, only a little RA in the left but with Indomethacin I am good to go quickly.

I not one of those whose cycled with bad hips, but I have had a total hip replacement. Crashed one afternoon, broke the ball off the femur neck and had a new hip the next day. I also watched my wife suffer through an arthritic hip so that’s what I’ll use as basis for feedback.

Just my two cents but my thoughts are to not put off the surgery any longer than you really need to. I have no limitations with my replaced hip and never think about it. The only thing I notice where something is different is when I try and pick up something really heavy. Otherwise it does great. I watched my wife suffer as she put it off 1-2 years longer than she should have. I think she also wound up creating other joint issues from favoring the bad hip and doing repetitive unnatural movements for her other joints. Plus it limited what we were able to do together. Anyway, go ahead and do the due diligence on the common replacement procedures along with who you’d prefer as a surgeon. The anterior procedure (incision more forward) seems to provide a much quicker recovery as it’s less invasive with muscle tissues. Mine was posterior or coming in from the side. I’m fine with the posterior procedure I had but recovery is a bit longer. Doing the research now will help you be more prepared to help you make a decision when you’re ready to do it. Just avoid watching YouTube videos of replacements before you have it done!!!

Knee replacement is a far bigger deal than hip replacement...

I struggled with the same decision about delaying surgery. Though I could still ride a bike, I had to limit intensity to avoid pain. Skiing was out of the question.I am 69 and came to the decision that at best I had 10 good years of physical activity left. Modern hip replacements usually last much longer than that. So I had the replacement done in April. Was back on a stationary bike in 4 weeks and on the road 2 weeks after that. No regrets whatsoever.

Had one bad hip (arthritis) at 56. Doc said whenever I'm tired of the pain/inconvenience, I'm a candidate for total hip.
I rode until the hip pain cause KNEE pain. Basically had to lay the bike down to step over it and my left knee stuck out as I peddled. The "twisted" condition caused the knee pain ( clipless pedals). That was 9 years ago. Relief was instant. Back on the road in about 5 weeks.

Now... it's the other hip. Same scenario: hard to lift leg over the bike, knee pain is starting to appear so... total hip is scheduled for February!

One thing I did the first time around was to get a Cortisone injection. That created so much relief that it convinced me to go ahead with the surgery!

I was very diligent about my PT and that seems to be the trick for recovery. Of course I was 9 years younger the last time so... hoping for the best!
Also, anterior procedure is well established now so I assume that is what your doc would do. Recovery is much better that way.

Dropper post helps that mount/dismount thing
 

Before I put a dropper post on the bike, I just about had to lay it down to swing my leg over the seat. Dropper saved that. That it's on a Trek Domane (road bike) bothers some but not me. Not at all. It works, and saves my sorry behing.

To those of us who do the maintenance and repairs on our bikes--do you enjoy it as you did (if you did) when you were younger. I ask, as I've always been mechanically inclined and enjoyed working on just about anything. I recently replaced a front 3 spd road derailleur on my wife's bike and repacked the rear hub on my bike, as well as a few other things. I did like knowing it was done correctly, to my liking, and not having to be concerned about how much care someone else took while working on them. But I did not enjoy doing it nearly as much as when younger. My mtn.bike was built up from a bare frame (a replacement for one which broke). Had a ball putting literally everything on that bike and getting it all to work together. Haven't built one like that for decades, but can't imagine enjoying it nearly as much now. How about you?

Me, too. It's not as satisfying as it used to be, and I don't do it as well as I used to do it.

I used to rebuild as well as R&R engines in cars in my hot rodding days, built a few bicycles as well. In fact I built a rear wheel lacing a 3 speed hub into a 26x2:25 mountain bike wheel for fun them built it into a bicycle. when I worked at a Bike shop in Vegas. It was kind of a cool oddity. Some homeless looking guy came in liked it and payed cash for it. I never saw it again even though I told the guy it had a 30 day warranty.
Now days I don't do much and I'd rather pay a mechanic to do what I used to do. I guess this is what happens when you get older. :50:

My days of breaking down and reassembling engines in the spare bedroom of my mobile home in grad school are waaay behind me. I still enjoy working on my bikes though. I have enough that I couldn't really afford to take them to a shop for everything. I am just about done with Doug Fattic's framebuilding class, and have been assembling parts with which to build up the frame into a bike.

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I am down to one bicycle and I am very happy with it. It’s a touring bicycle, and heavy, but a joy to ride. I tinker around with it a lot and built up a new set of wheels last week or the week before. I enjoyed building the wheels, but I wouldn’t want a job building wheels. I would say that I still like doing things for my bicycle, but I like riding it a lot more than I like working on it. I also like to look at it.

I'm 70 years old and still enjoying restoring old bikes. Run of the mill cable replacements and brake adjustments don't hold the same thrill they did when I was thirteen years old and I was just learning, but I don't find them excessively tedious. The last few years I've been teaching myself how to paint bike frames. I've done about ten at this point and I can see steady improvement. It seems like every frame I paint I make a different mistake, but I usually don't make the same mistake twice!

I no longer enjoy replacing a CV joint on a Westfalia camper while lying on my back in the dirt four hundred miles from home but I've been having a great time helping my son completely rebuild his Vespa scooter. In fact I'm looking for a nice automotive restoration project... Anyone have a Citroen 2cv Truckette or a Steyr Puch Haflinger they want to sell?

Brent

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Getting colder out...
About 61° but, warmer than last week...

Sure, rub it in... Today's forecast high here (Chicago) is 31°, the best of the next ten days, though we're supposed to get snow flurries all day. 17° is the forecast high for Christmas. I might have to break down and set up the rollers.

California? I ask because I just got back from a month (November) in Southern Arizona and wasn't real thrilled about the temps. Picked up Covid, too. Anyway, my view was the same. :)

That's rough!
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Yeah, currently, the forecast for Southern California coastal on Christmas Day is 70°...

myalgia???

Sheesh! May have already had Omicron and didn't know it...

https://www.kxan.com/news/coronaviru...ovid-symptoms/

Got the Omicron-specific booster today and went for a bike ride... other boosters had no effect on me other than injection-site specific shoulder pain that was gone by the next day. This one took me out but fortunately - saved by an over 8% ABV IPA.

Turned 65 in August. Still tearing it up pretty good out on the trails. My wife thinks I'm going to die out there eventually. I'm good with that. Hoping it's another 20+ years out though!
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Some winter days locally are so nice, you can see the light and the joy of getting out on a bike. 60* last Saturday. 50* and dry yesterday.

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The winter triple means enjoying the hills at a slightly lower exertion level.
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But it's damp & wet a lot, so I rotate bikes on the trainer. Views are the same.
One positive thing about indoor riding, you sure can work out the little niggles to find a perfect position. Or (for me), those little tweeks necessitated by an ungracefully aging body.

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Reposition the brake levers, saddle tilt and/or height, etc.

Technically arrived to this thread in November 2022 after turning 65. But I forgot how the internet works after 65.

Like a summer day here only colder...
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Just ordered one of these from my LBS. Had been thinking about it for awhile, but now that I've just been diagnosed with a melanoma that went unnoticed for two months, I'm becoming more aware of my longevity. Next week I'm having a PET scan and the following week surgery and lymph node biopsy to see how far along this thing has progressed. I will have to wait six weeks after surgery to ride it, but at least it should be nice and warm by then.

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Sorry to hear of your diagnosis but hopefully they can deal with this. I am at Dana Farber in Boston every week helping out and they are having great success with Melanoma treatment. At 71 myself one can’t help but think about what ever we have left in the tank. Beautiful bike and I’ll pray you get a lot of rides in the future.
Hang in there.

Thank you so much.

Those PET scans are amazing for locating even the smallest traces. Good luck and keep pedaling. I am recovering from surgery for damage from radiation. Hope to be riding by May. Enjoy that bike!

Well, wadayaknow. The bike shop just called to say that the bike I ordered is not available, and there is no eta. The factory doesn't even have a production date for my size, plus Shimano is way behind in their supply, so the soonest would be this fall, but maybe not until next year if ever. Damned supply chain ! :mad:

So, I went back to the bike shop and spoke with the head honcho, and after much discussion I have decided to buy this bike instead.

https://trek.scene7.com/is/image/Tre...id=800&hei=600

It's the same price and specs as the Cervelo, but a bit lighter. The only thing I don't like about it is that the bar and stem are one piece, so I can't rotate the bar to adjust it's position. Also, both the bar and stem are flat on top, so attaching accessories like a bike computer will be a challenge.

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