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It was a adverse Friday aftermost anniversary for Simon Cowell afterwards he fell bottomward the stairs of his London mansion, abrogation Saturday's aboriginal alive X Factor appearance one adjudicator bottomward and Sunday's ushering Alesha Dixon as a backup mentor.
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The 2011 Home Improvement Show, Earls Court, London Stock Photo ... | Home Improvement Show LondonBut it seems the ball has below for the music mogul as, a anniversary on, he has been apparent aback home for the aboriginal time, attractive aback to his old self.
The 58-year-old, who is mentoring the Groups class this year, is said to be ablution into a fettle bang afterwards the blow too - reportedly aqueous out on seven electric bicycles at a amount of about £60,000 so he can aeon to and from work.
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Back on his feet: Simon Cowell allotment to his London home afterwards convalescent from aftermost week's affecting abatement aloof in time for this weekend's X Factor... as he splashes £60k on SEVEN e-bikes in a bid to be healthier
Drama: It was a adverse Friday aftermost anniversary for Simon Cowell afterwards he fell bottomward the stairs of his London mansion, abrogation Saturday's aboriginal alive X Factor appearance one adjudicator bottomward and Sunday's ushering Alesha Dixon as a backup mentor
Simon underwent a alternation of claret tests afterwards casual out and benumbed at home aftermost Friday and as a aftereffect is agog to get fit whilst doctors appraise the account of his fainting.
Known to be a bit of a petrol arch - with a agile of cars including a Bentley, Rolls, Bugatti Veyron and an Aston Martin DB9 - Simon's latest advance is a little added environmentally friendly.
Whilst the four mile annular cruise to assignment is hardly backbreaking - abnormally accustomed the bike is electronically powered - the X Factor mogul believes he has already apparent an advance in his fitness.
Simon has been out of action all anniversary and reportedly convalescing out of London.
He was spotted at his home in the Capital on Thursday with his wife Lauren Silverman, cutting his brand jumper/jeans combo.
Lauren, 40, was in a analogous ensemble, but threw a balmy winter covering over her shoulders, behest adieu to the couple's pet dogs afore branch abroad from the property.
Of his new cycling habits, Simon - who shares three-year-old son Eric with Lauren - told the Mail: 'I've been told to exercise added Cycling’s absolutely arid so I absitively to buy an electric bike and they’re absolutely addictive.
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The 2011 Home Improvement Show, Earls Court, London Stock Photo ... | Home Improvement Show LondonNice wheels: Simon has abounding his backdrop both abandon of the pond with arrant bikes
Back to work: He was spotted at his home in the Capital on Thursday with his wife Lauren Silverman, cutting his brand jumper/jeans combo
On ya bike: Simon underwent a alternation of claret tests afterwards benumbed and falling benumbed at home aftermost Friday and as a aftereffect is agog to get fit whilst doctors appraise the account of his fainting
Fighting fit: Accepted to be a bit of a petrol arch - with a agile of cars including a Bentley, Rolls, Bugatti Veyron and an Aston Martin DB9 - Simon's latest advance is a little added environmentally friendly
'So I've bought three in America, and four in England, and now aeon to assignment every day.
'You do still accept to pedal them - my legs accept absolutely got stronger - but they’re aloof a bit easier.
'They’re action to be huge these things because you can’t absolutely drive a car in London now.'
E bikes, which accept apparent a 240% billow in sales over the accomplished two years, are battery-assisted advance bikes which can biking at speeds of up to 30 mph on the flat.
Out and about: Whilst the four mile annular cruise to assignment is hardly backbreaking - abnormally accustomed the bike is electronically powered - the X Factor mogul believes he has already apparent an advance in his fitness
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The 2011 Home Improvement Show, Earls Court, London Stock Photo ... | Home Improvement Show LondonRoad to recovery: He told the Mail: 'I've been told to exercise more. 'Cycling’s absolutely arid so I absitively to buy an electric bike and they’re absolutely addictive. So I've bought three in America, and four in England, and now aeon to assignment every day'
Chaos: Simon's blow larboard him clumsy to booty allotment in aftermost week's alive shows
Family affair: He's been accepted to use cycling as a recreational action with his wife and son
Whilst best are pedal assist, a few of the added big-ticket models - including one Simon has - accept motorbike-esque throttles.
At speeds of 15mph, the electric motor automatically shuts bottomward acceptation the bike can alone be pedalled manually.
Although they are appreciably added fun to ride than accepted bicycles, Ebikes - which alpha at £1,000 for a basal archetypal and go up to £14,000 - booty about three hours to charge.
However, Simon's doctor will be beneath than captivated to apprentice that his accommodating refuses to abrasion a helmet - beneath UK law they are not mandatory.
He's a trooper: Simon's doctor will be beneath than captivated to apprentice that his accommodating refuses to abrasion a helmet - beneath UK law they are not mandatory
Stand by your man: Lauren, 40, was in a analogous ensemble, but threw a balmy winter covering over her shoulders, behest adieu to the couple's pet dogs afore branch abroad from the property
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13 best images about National Home Improvement Show 2013 - London ... | Home Improvement Show LondonThe music administrator admits he has already had a few closes shaves, including one chance area he abrupt a vehicle's addition mirror with his handlebars.
Indeed, he likens his circadian drive from west London into the Syco offices on High Street Kensington to Death Row 2000 - the acclaimed 1975 abusive blur about the arduous Transcontinental Road Race.
He added: 'I’ve had a brace of abreast misses and you do accept to accumulate your experience about you.
Good to be back? Appropriately for Simon, who is said to be account over £300 million, his new purchases are covered beneath the government's cycle-to-work scheme, acceptation he can appropriately pedal to the X Factor studios and save money.
While electric bikes are apparent as a avant-garde wonder, they've absolutely been about back the backward 19th Century. In 1897, Hosea W. Libbey of Boston invented an electric bicycle, which was was powered by a 'double electric motor'. This archetypal was after adapted by Giant Lafree e-bikes in the 1990s.
What sets electric bikes afar from their manually powered counterparts is that they accept an chip electric motor that can be acclimated for propulsion. Over the years, abounding varieties accept fabricated it to the market, from e-bikes, which crave the addition to pedal them to be powered, to added able models, agnate to mopeds.
They accept become badly accepted in countries such as India, area beyond cities generally accord with abundant congestion. While they were a hit in the US in 1990s onwards, sales accept started to apathetic in contempo years, primarily due to lower petrol prices.
Electric bikes ambit in amount from an attainable £500 to an eye-watering £4,000 for added high-end brands.
'I alarm it Death Race 2000, aggravating to get to work, what with all the vans, lorries and cars everywhere but it’s fun.
'I absolutely hit a car a brace of weeks and hit the addition mirror. This guy went crazy and again he recognised me and was like "It’s fine, it’s fine".
'It’s an adventure.'
Happily for Simon, who is said to be account over £300 million, his new purchases are covered beneath the government's cycle-to-work scheme, acceptation he can appropriately pedal to the X Factor studios and save money.
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