Just curious to see how people have adapted their bikes after injury. I know there’s a lot of road racers that swap gear shifters, levels to other place so I’m sure there’s more people have done
For those that are interested or it may help, I’ll share mine.
After a bad wrist injury which left me with no movement I have toyed with the idea of a thumb throttle for the last 5 years. Yesterday was the day I finally got to try it after getting hold of a raptor throttle
Initially it was so strange, I was nose diving on the jumps and going to twist the throttle back mid air didn’t do a thing! Another thing that i noticed was hoe Sensitive the throttle was. In the deep turns it was so good. Burying the bike and going to wide open in a split second and exploding out of the turn was a good feeling. Something that I could never really do before. Gripping was difficult, as the thumb is on the throttle I had to use my fingers more. On the larger straights landing off jumps it was a lot better saving split second here and there. There’s certainly pros and cons to it, but after 2 sessions it felt more natural and I was jumping a lot better. I’m sure it will feel more natural eith some hours on the bike so I’m going to stick with it.
I thought I’d share as some people might be in the same boat
