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Thanks. I returned his bike to him this afternoon . I don't know what he has been told about his rehabilitation but he said he's only left his house a couple of times since returning from hospital. He says he feels a bit vulnerable just stepping out of the door.
The Apollo is a bit of an abomination and I don't think it is worth spending any money on even though it is only 8 months old. The Gtech came up in conversation as a possible way of easing him back into commuting to work.
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I know this is a bit off track, but I completely understand that feeling of vulnerability. I was away at the time of my "incident" and was in Portsmouth and returning to the IOW and my car.
I was OK walking onto the ferry but felt fearful just walking off the ferry and was not too sure that I could actually do it. In my case and I suspect most others this type of feeling passes in a fairly short time scale.
freezing77
I am not too sure that changing to an ebike is the correct track to follow.
Most cardiologists recommend moderate to fairly strenuous exercise post heart attack. But to avoid absolute extremes. This is after something like a 6 week or so period of rehabilitation.
Cycling along with brisk walking being particularly recommended. I speak having been through this some 5 years ago. Your friend should of course seek his own personal recommendation from the post op rehabilitation team.
Back to the gtech bikes, I have no knowledge of these, but a conversion kit for their current hybrid may also be a cost effective answer. I have fitted one to a friends moutain bike and whilst not a trivial task it is not too difficult for anyone with a modicum of engineering nous.