I just came back from hospital again as a follow-up to my back and neck. Seems I returned to the bike too early. I am experiencing numbness in my left arm and they are concerned that the caged vertebrae is shifting. So it’s off the bike completely for at least a month, followed by an MRI to see what is going on.
So I’ll be selling my Genesis Tarn and simply working on my road bike until I can ride it again. But no matter what, taking anything bumpy in the future is unlikely.
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Ouch. Sorry to hear that mate. You seemed to be really enjoying riding again.
That sucks.
What about the turbo?
I had a disc in my neck replaced about a year ago... it took about 6 months before I braved doing anything on a bike, and about 8-9 months before feeling like doing anything technical... but aside from being a little more wary of some of the more technical bits, I'm happily riding again.
In other words, don't give up on riding the bumpy stuff completely... it did feel like such a long time though!