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Old 04-06-2008, 07:06 AM
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Default Re: My Bike Is Done! (for now)

My grips are gone... I usually take the grips off my bikes because they are used and the grips are stuck like cement, I have to cut them off. I use heater hose and black tape for grips. So far it works pretty well.

I had a bad gas smell when my fuel line was leaking a little. I think the air movement was spraying gasoline back on me.

I could hardly walk a straight line when I started to ride. My balance was sooooo bad. these days I have much much less balance problems. I think stroke victim who are fit enough should ride bikes on the bike trails at least. Big old comfortable ones with giant tires but they will relearn their balance I'm sure. The brain seems to rewire itself. I didn't have a stroke but I bet it would work for them the same way.

Now I did fall the first time and I was terrified a few times at first but it does work after a while.
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