[Knee op is tomorrow!]

Hi all thanks for all the ideas I shall try some soon.
Knee op is tomorrow!

I've just got the bocks working again (new hoofs and problems with wrong bearings grr) so now time for some hefty 'condemmed man ' bock! 
 

thanks xs, i hope you don't mind i reposted the image on webbo's bockopedia wiki here http://w3bbo.com/bocking/index.php?title=Bocks_Comparison the page still needs some work

thank you Mr Frank. I hope you don't mind, but i included your info on webbo's bockipedia (wiki) here http://w3bbo.com/bocking/index.php?title=Bocks_Comparison

Yeah, I did that a bit when I was changing the hoof on one and it was out of action for a bit. It definetly broke the spring in a bit, cos next time i was on both, that one was going down futher lol.

Thanks peeps, keep the ideas coming!

Convert all your CD to MP3's, I'd need at least 3 months to do that !

done that already lol

Sit on the forum and answer everyones topics.

You can still excersie your upper body ( people in wheel chair excersie ) beside you'll be told to do some form of excersie on your legs ?

i'll have to do press ups and stuff. Yeah there will be lots of work to get the strength back

Can anyone think of any super mods to do?

Hey everybody!

I'm going in for surgery on my left knee on the 15th September  , which means I won't be able to walk for 2-6weeks, and bocking will probably be longer. 

Now I know that's gonna make me pretty nuts  not being able to run/jump around or anything, so has anyone got any ideas of things to do to prevent the onset of insanity from not excersising or alternative forms of excercise or just any crazy 4ss sh1t so i won't be so bored?

Many thanks all!

(except my feet point outwards rather than inwards). Basically when standing up with my knees pointing forwards my feet stick out at "10-to-2" and making both my feet point forwards can be painful (or just impossible) because then my knees are pointing inwards.

Do you have any pain walking up stairs? I have had for a long time and I wear insoles in my shoes so that my knees are straighter (even when bocking). Try standing up with your feet shoulder width apart and raising the arch of your foot to see if it pushes your knees outwards - that's what my insoles do...

I'm now finally going in for Tibial tuberosity transfer (moving some bone) in a couple of weeks.

i think bill c may know more?

Wow Becky are you a gymnast? That doesn't look possible!
It's so confusing to look at, and amazing too!

Yeah believe it or not the hockey tape is actually tougher than you might think.
It goes pretty hard after a while too.
I wrapped my Poweriser Springs in a couple of old inner tubes and then taped with hockey tape. Find the hockey tape suppliers on the forum, i think i got mine from 'demon xtreme sports' in the uk for about £20 i think...

Ive recently been experiencing pains while on my bocks, been bocking for 3 weeks now and pretty much almost everyday.
It started back Wednesday when I tried to jump higher and suddenly, I felt really winded.

Getting winded *ahem* so isn't that just stitch - i.e. where you're not getting enough air so should stop for a bit?
It sounds like you have a bit of muscular pain too?

An i got that sharp pain in my right side while bocking today - only when jumping. I figured it was stitch so i stopped a bit and it goes away. I figure it'll go away once my body is a bit more used to it (have been off the bocks for a while )

OK, so in the process of changing the hooves over to 7's hooves (my poweriser hooves were showing metal O_o), i changed the bushings (number 2 in this pic) to the split ring things (i will post a pic at some point).


I had to get my stepdad to unbend the frame around that part because it'd bent inwards on the poweirser bushings (and mashed the end of the bushings).

There was much less movement immediately after the change, although after using it a bit, some movement has crept back in, noticably at the other bearings ( 1 in the picture, and at the top of the spring), so I'll have to try changing them all when I get the parts from 7's to do the other hoof (yep, one 7 hoof, one poweriser with superglued bike tire mod, it's good on the grass with one foot and off the grass with the other lol).

i'll post back when i have some more news.

^^ dremmel cuts it!
dremmel + cutting disc FTW!

seconded on the dremel. It made lots of sparks though!
Once you've had them on a while the metal wire shapes itself to the hoof and when they wear out on one side it's then easier to turn em over.

oh and run up or at least a few steps before you do a bounce with both feet.
Plus i find its easier if you've been on them for about 15minutes.

Yeh the cheapest we can get bocks - pro-jumps - from here is £135 which is $250
The ones I bought - PoweriSer 2008 (PR5070) - are £200 which is about $372

I ran into a thorny branch on bocks in the dark.
The blood was dripping off my face!