"Morgans" wrote in message
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I'm not sure I understand. You say you would use a bike as an aid to
getting around, but not a scooter? Why? I hope not vanity.

What? Vanity's not a good enough reason? grin

There's probably a couple of reasons, I guess... Resorting to a scooter
would be admitting that the injuries over the years have won... That would
be the first step in admitting that the adrenaline induced behaviour of my
youth was not necessarily a good idea and I'm not quite ready for that
declaration right now... Frankly, I didn't think that I would live long
enough for the sort of abuse I put my body though to come back to haunt
me... grin

I'm also not all that crazy about something running on batteries so even if
it was a battery powered bicycle / moped, I wouldn't use it... The mechanics
of the act of bicycling does not put the strain on my knees that walking
does and it even has the benefit of being a form of exercise...