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Lapho izingane ezincane zimbona edlula ngakhona, zicabanga ukuthi uyi-Energy Ranger.
Abantu abadala abazi ukuthi bacabangani. Bayamdinga ukuthi ayeke futhi azicacise, kepha uthanda ukuqhubeka nokushintsha - esondweni lakhe elilodwa elinenjini.
Hlangana noTony Roberson, ongumuntu, oneminyaka engu-68 ubudala waseTwinsburg ogibela ibhayisikili likagesi.
UTony Roberson, 68, waseTwinsburg ukhombisa ibhayisikili lakhe elisebenza ngogesi e-Akron ngoLwesine Septhemba 3, 2020. Umbiko omuhle webhayisikili kagesi kubathandi bakagesi abahamba emigwaqweni.
Uyayikhubekisa indawo? Kuzo zonke izindawo. Amadlelo aseWestern Cleveland afana neRocky River. IJap iyaphuma njengeChardon. ECreston eWayne County. Emigwaqweni emikhulu ngamapaki. Ku-Ohio nase-Erie Canal Towpath.
Ohambweni olulodwa, wahamba yonke indlela ehamba phambili esuka endaweni yakhe yokuhlala eTwinsburg eya edolobheni laseCleveland kaningi.
URoberson uyincipha enentshebe emhlophe enkulu. Kodwa-ke lapho elingana, kuyakhathala ukwazisa ukuthi ubukeka enjani, ngenxa yokuthi uthole indlela ekhandlayo yokuthi ukuthwala isigqoko sokuzivikela nokugwedla kunengqondo kakhulu.
Lapho eqala ukushayela ezinyangeni eziyi-10 ezedlule ngebhayisikili elincane elingabizi kakhulu, wayephethe isigqoko sebhayisikili kuphela lapho ehla ekhandleka. Akazange aphule noma yimaphi amathambo, kepha wenza isitshalo sobuso esidinga ukuthungwa ngenhla kweso lakhe.
Muva nje ugqoke isigqoko sokuzivikela sobuso esigcwele, kuhlangene namaphakethe endololwana, amapayipi amadolo, ama-hip pads namaphakethe amahlombe.
"Uma ushayela, uzowa," esho. “Ngisho ukuwa okuphelele. Yisondo elilodwa nje vo. Awunakho ukunethezeka kokwenza iphutha. ”
URoberson wayengazi lutho ngama-unicycle kagesi aze afike kuwo wonke ngenkathi ebheka i-trike ukuze afake ku-assortment yakhe. Lapho ebona i-video yentsha ehamba ngamabhayisikili, wathi kuye, “Hawu, kungenye into futhi! Ngiyacabanga ukuthi ngingakuzama yini lokhu. ”
Uzimisele ngokuthenga eyodwa ekunciphiseni kokuphela kwenani lemali, i- $ 600, ukubheka ukuthi uzohlomula kulo mdlalo noma cha. Ahlukahluka ngokubiza kusuka ku- $ 500 kuya ku- $ 3,000.
Ngokushesha nje lapho exhunywe, wafaka imali engu- $ 2,150 ngeKingsong 18XL.
Uma uhamba kancane, uye phambili uzokwazi ukuya kundleko eyodwa. Ku-15 kuye kumashumi amabili mph, uRoberson angasebenza ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-70.
Ijubane elikhulu lebhayisikili lakhe lingu-31. Amanye amabhayisikili angahamba ngama-45. Uyakwazi ukucabanga ngama-45 mph esondweni elilodwa elincane?
Ulijabulela kakhulu isondo lakhe ukuthi, ukube ubekade esebenza, uthi, ubezolisebenzisela ukuhamba kwakhe nsuku zonke.
Lokho kwakungeyona inketho phakathi neminyaka emithathu eminingi kaRoberson e-Atlantic Metal eTwinsburg. Ubeqhuba i-crane, esusa amakhoyili amakhulu abuye awalayishe ezimotweni.
Wazalelwa e-Arkansas kodwa esemncane ubaba nomama wakhe bathuthela endaweni eseMount Nice eCleveland, entshonalanga yeShaker Heights, futhi wagcina ephothule e-JFK Excessive College.
URoberson nomlingani wakhe basondela emkhosini wabo wokugubha iminyaka engamashumi amane. Banezingane ezimbili (eyodwa kubo bonke eyayiphiwe ibhayisikili lokuqala likaTony) kanye nabazukulu abangu-6.
Kuze kube yilesifo esiwumshayabhuqe, uthando olusha lukaRoberson lwalumenza abe abangane abasheshayo. Ujoyine i-gaggle ebizwa ngokuthi yiCleveland E-Ryders, abakhubazeka emapaki… ngaphakathi emadolobheni… cishe noma iyiphi indawo enomgwaqo omkhulu ogandayiwe.
Uthi: “Ngikhathazekile ngokuthi angikwazi ukukhubeka nalaba bafana. “Besihlangene nje kwaphela amasonto ambalwa lapho ubhadane luhlasela….
“Inkinga eyingozi ngokweqile. Kodwa-ke njalo uma kuphelile, sizobuye sihlangane futhi. ”
Isici esisodwa se-COVID-19 asizange sithinte: amandla akhe okuthuthukisa izinwele zobuso. Udlala intshebe esezingeni lomhlaba.
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi ubekade ekhuphuka isikhathi esingakanani, uyahleka. “Ngaso sonke isikhathi benginohlobo oluthile lwezinwele ebusweni bami. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili edlule, ngathi, 'Kungenzekani uma ngimane ngiyivumele ikhule?' ”
Manje uyazi.
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