Hi John,
Some unsolicited advice from someone who has been a successful knee rehab 
(total rupture of the quad tendon).   You are on restricted activity for those 
first few weeks to both allow your body to heal and minimize the chance of an 
unintended injury to the surgical repair.  There can be very significant and 
permanent consequences to damaging the surgical repair before it heals.  Take 
those 3-4 weeks and do exactly what your surgeon and PT recommend - and nothing 
more.  In the great scheme of things the fitness you lose in 3-4 weeks (or even 
3-4 months) is of no consequence compared to facing a lifetime of impaired 
function due to trying to push your recovery too quickly.

Good luck with your knee surgery and best wishes for a speedy and complete 
recovery.

Rich

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> I'm getting a partial knee replacement done on Sept 28th, and am supposed to
> not bicycle or drive for about 3-4 weeks.   A hand-cycle would give me some
> mobility during that recovery time.  Does anyone know where I might borrow a
> hand-cycle for a few weeks?  
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