Built Up Many Bikes Now I Have a Disability But Still Do When I Am Able!
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Built Up Many Bikes Now I Have a Disability But Still Do When I Am Able!
Hello Everyone,
I've never been a professional Bike mechanic but I've always been fascinated by bikes and bike building. I've been numerous bikes from frames and restored numerous more. Now I'm 56-years-old and have permanent nerve damage in my dominant hand and arm. Even typing is painful. Some days I cannot do much on my own. I still occasionally work on and now occasionally mid-drive e-bikes. I'm in the middle of an e-bike bike build now and do to the nerve damage in my hand I am pretty sure I finally to try a 4th hand tool for brake, gear cables, zip ties. I know many amateur and professional mechanics have 4th hand tools they seldom or never use and I never did but think due to my disability need to try because I'm finding I cannot hold cables to adjust brake and such as I used to and that's why I am here.
TomAllyn (Pronounced Tom Allen) Allyn is my middle name.
I've never been a professional Bike mechanic but I've always been fascinated by bikes and bike building. I've been numerous bikes from frames and restored numerous more. Now I'm 56-years-old and have permanent nerve damage in my dominant hand and arm. Even typing is painful. Some days I cannot do much on my own. I still occasionally work on and now occasionally mid-drive e-bikes. I'm in the middle of an e-bike bike build now and do to the nerve damage in my hand I am pretty sure I finally to try a 4th hand tool for brake, gear cables, zip ties. I know many amateur and professional mechanics have 4th hand tools they seldom or never use and I never did but think due to my disability need to try because I'm finding I cannot hold cables to adjust brake and such as I used to and that's why I am here.
TomAllyn (Pronounced Tom Allen) Allyn is my middle name.
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Welcome to the board. Sorry to hear of your disability, but glad you are carrying on as best you can. Keep posting. I look forward to seeing pics of some of your builds once you get 10 posts.
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Welcome to bike forums! Sorry about the nerve damage, but good for you doing the best you can with it. I was hit by a car when I was 23, 1991, and it was not good. The most significant injury was traumatic brain injury and living with it 28 years has been problematic. But I also do the best I can. In 1999, I crashed a second motorcycle; most significant injury that time was a broken neck. After 17 years, I got back into bikes. But my balance is not what it was, probably a delayed brain injury issue. In 2017, I broke my hip in a mountain bike accident; could not walk, so they replaced my hip. Riding after surgery was painful, but I did it anyway – almost 5,000 miles in 2018. I’ve been assembling and modifying adult tricycles last couple years, and the most helpful information I found on the internet was via bike forums. For that reason, I joined. Glad you did too…
BTW, a 4th hand tool would be nice. My tools are bottom of the line, and the selection is minimal. For a 4th hand tool, I often use locking pliers.
BTW, a 4th hand tool would be nice. My tools are bottom of the line, and the selection is minimal. For a 4th hand tool, I often use locking pliers.
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Welcome to bike forums! Sorry about the nerve damage, but good for you doing the best you can with it. I was hit by a car when I was 23, 1991, and it was not good. The most significant injury was traumatic brain injury and living with it 28 years has been problematic. But I also do the best I can. In 1999, I crashed a second motorcycle; most significant injury that time was a broken neck. After 17 years, I got back into bikes. But my balance is not what it was, probably a delayed brain injury issue. In 2017, I broke my hip in a mountain bike accident; could not walk, so they replaced my hip. Riding after surgery was painful, but I did it anyway – almost 5,000 miles in 2018. I’ve been assembling and modifying adult tricycles last couple years, and the most helpful information I found on the internet was via bike forums. For that reason, I joined. Glad you did too…
Wow, I don't know that I'd keep riding after all of that!
BTW, a 4th hand tool would be nice. My tools are bottom of the line, and the selection is minimal. For a 4th hand tool, I often use locking pliers.
Wow, I don't know that I'd keep riding after all of that!
BTW, a 4th hand tool would be nice. My tools are bottom of the line, and the selection is minimal. For a 4th hand tool, I often use locking pliers.
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