BONK symptoms

[Debian]

It's a fat necked bottle....


You ask for a half litre (or litre!) of local, and they fill the carafe, presumably from a vat in the kitchen. Being France, the house plonk will be emminently drinkable, and cost less than bottled stuff....

The first time I toured in France it was baking hot (too hot, a couple of us had to cut days short because of it) and we were knocking back the chilled Orangina at every cafe stop...

I've never toured, let alone outside these shores. I'm seriously considering spending a week or two cycling in France this summer though.

I'd be really interested in any hints or tips you can give on touring in France Arch, when and where you went, how you sorted accommodation, what you packed with you etc. Total know-nothing here about touring.

 

[Arch]

I've never toured, let alone outside these shores. I'm seriously considering spending a week or two cycling in France this summer though.

I'd be really interested in any hints or tips you can give on touring in France Arch, when and where you went, how you sorted accommodation, what you packed with you etc. Total know-nothing here about touring.

Can I suggest you start a thread in Touring? Then you'll get wisdom from many, most of them more experienced than me, and we won't derail this thread...

I'll look for your thread....

 

[cyclecraig]

My earliest signs of bonking strangely is a tingling in the end of my fingers....weird!!

Soon as that happens its eat whatever is within arms reach!!!

 

[Valy]

It's a fat necked bottle....


You ask for a half litre (or litre!) of local, and they fill the carafe, presumably from a vat in the kitchen. Being France, the house plonk will be emminently drinkable, and cost less than bottled stuff....

The first time I toured in France it was baking hot (too hot, a couple of us had to cut days short because of it) and we were knocking back the chilled Orangina at every cafe stop...

I see - I googled that, fat necked bottle but was expecting it to be a drink or a food of some sort.

My earliest signs of bonking strangely is a tingling in the end of my fingers....weird!!

Soon as that happens its eat whatever is within arms reach!!!

I get numb fingers sometimes, well more or less on all of the longer rides, or maybe on all... I dono.

 

[HobbesChoice]

I have a further question about this, how are your glycogen reserves affected by the cold temperatures or does it make no difference? If you are feeling cold do you use a lot of fuel trying to warm yourself or is it too small to make a difference.

Hi summerdays. We do burn more energy when we're cold, so it would make sense that reserves are affected.

 

[HobbesChoice]

Hi Hobbes and thanks for your concern.

Have been through all the gamut of cold symptoms, at the rate of a new one every day. Now I just have a really rattly cough, but otherwise feel pretty good. So the arrival of my cold was almost certainly what prompted me to feel so rough....

So, heeding the advice of the much more experienced riders on here, I shall not be touching the bike this weekend, and I will be VERY careful about taking it slowly when I do get back to riding.

This weekend, the most exercise I can look forward to is a bit of a walk....

Ooh, that rattly cough will hang around for a little while, but I'm glad to hear that you're pretty good other than that.

Yes, those symptoms do look like your body was just depleting fast due to an illness. At least you know those symptoms now though, so another experience under your belt

I barely did any exercise this weekend, but I hope your walk went well.

 

[Debian]

Hi Hobbes and thanks for your concern.

Have been through all the gamut of cold symptoms, at the rate of a new one every day. Now I just have a really rattly cough, but otherwise feel pretty good. So the arrival of my cold was almost certainly what prompted me to feel so rough....

So, heeding the advice of the much more experienced riders on here, I shall not be touching the bike this weekend, and I will be VERY careful about taking it slowly when I do get back to riding.

This weekend, the most exercise I can look forward to is a bit of a walk....

How's it all going now? Getting better I hope?

Don't push it until you're properly better, especially in this weather. As I said earlier after my nasty cold / flu / whatever it was it took about four weeks before I was OK to ride. I felt OK earlier than this but as soon as I exerted myself on the bike I dissolved into fits of coughing like my lungs were about to burst! It does pass though eventually.

 

[Salad Dodger]

update

Mrs SD and I went away for the weekend, and we walked about 5 miles along the seafront. But as there was lots of ice about (Folkestone, Kent area) it was a slow walk, which suited me. Incidentally, my first ever experience of walking on a beach in the snow. Proper 3 or 4 inch deep snow.

I still have the cough, plus a rotten sinus pain/infection - no stranger to this as I used to do a lot of white water canoeing and most winters ended up with a sinus infection - so as of today I am on penicillin, to clear the sinus and the cough.

I promise faithfully to take it VERY slow when I make a comeback.

Oh, and by the way - I took my first look at the bike since the fateful trip. It's got a p**nct*re.............

 

[Valy]

Mrs SD and I went away for the weekend, and we walked about 5 miles along the seafront. But as there was lots of ice about (Folkestone, Kent area) it was a slow walk, which suited me. Incidentally, my first ever experience of walking on a beach in the snow. Proper 3 or 4 inch deep snow.

I still have the cough, plus a rotten sinus pain/infection - no stranger to this as I used to do a lot of white water canoeing and most winters ended up with a sinus infection - so as of today I am on penicillin, to clear the sinus and the cough.

I promise faithfully to take it VERY slow when I make a comeback.

Oh, and by the way - I took my first look at the bike since the fateful trip. It's got a p**nct*re.............

Oh I've been getting a few of those since I started cycling. (punctures)