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Soarerv8

Über Member
Thanks for waiting for me @Randyberlin I was doing ok and then started to get cramp at about 8 miles in, backed off a bit and it felt ok so caught you up and at 14 miles got it good and proper so had a wander around the garage pedalled a bit more but it was hurting so I packed up. Moral of the story is don't forget to take a drink out to the pain cave.
 
Thanks for waiting for me @Randyberlin I was doing ok and then started to get cramp at about 8 miles in, backed off a bit and it felt ok so caught you up and at 14 miles got it good and proper so had a wander around the garage pedalled a bit more but it was hurting so I packed up. Moral of the story is don't forget to take a drink out to the pain cave.
We were very even. I must weigh more because I only kept up on the downhill spots. I know what you're saying about a cramp. I'm thinking of the very desperate step of changing my diet instead of the Statins.
 
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AAAC 76C

Large Member
Location
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We were very even. I must weigh more because I only kept up on the downhill spots. I know what you're sating about a cramp. I'm thinking of the very desperate step of changing my diet instead of the Statins.

I get cramp after the effort and night cramps almost never during the effort.
No so bad at the moment.
I don't really blame it on the Statins more dehydration etc so I always finish at least 0.5 litre of SIS Sports drink with every exercise session, sometime one during the session(s) and one after.
 

AAAC 76C

Large Member
Location
LIVING THE DREAM
Thanks for waiting for me @Randyberlin I was doing ok and then started to get cramp at about 8 miles in, backed off a bit and it felt ok so caught you up and at 14 miles got it good and proper so had a wander around the garage pedalled a bit more but it was hurting so I packed up. Moral of the story is don't forget to take a drink out to the pain cave.

The cold won't help either.
 

<Tommy>

Illegitimi non carborundum
Location
Camden, London
Oh, I think we need more detail than that! ^_^

Ha! fair do. It was pretty rediculous.

Skip to end for conclusion...

Commuting to work earlier in the week I got a puncture in my rear wheel. Took back wheel off, changed tube, on my way. Very smooth Tommy, Mclaren F1 pitstop team would be proud of that! I think to myself as I move off. A bit further up the road I slow as there's a red light ahead. The light then turns green so I begin to accelerate, out of the saddle as I'm going up a small incline. At this point, and seemingly out of nowhere, the bike stops dead, and I'm straight over the handlebars with no warning! I'm clipped in so the bike follows me until I land in a crumpled mess on the floor with no idea what had caused it. There's no cars directly behind me thank god, and all those around me who witnessed it had the decency not to immediately break out into laughter. No doubt that kicked in some time soon after. It must have been a bizzare sight to see. At first I was more worried about the bike but other than scuff marks to the brake levers I think it's ok. Then the adrenaline wears off a little and I can feel the pain in my wrist and back. I've had broken ribs before which I wouldn't wish on anyone.. Even though it hurt it didn't hurt that much so that was a relief. I was more worried about my wrist being fractured (which I've also had before), but now I'm fairly confident it's just bruised. I got to work and cycled home that night but I've been pretty tender all week. My wrist is OKish but the back still seems mad at me...

Quite honestly what's worse than the pain is not being able to cycle at the moment. That and the fact that when I'm not cycling I use all my cycling energy on planning things cycling related to spend money on!

Oh yeah. The conclusion is:

Muppet didn't tighten his rear wheel properly. Wheel drops out. And said muppet lands in a big mess on the floor... :B)
 
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AAAC 76C

Large Member
Location
LIVING THE DREAM
Ha! fair do. It was pretty rediculous.

Skip to end for conclusion...

Commuting to work earlier in the week I got a puncture in my rear wheel. Took back wheel off, changed tube, on my way. Very smooth Tommy, Mclaren F1 pitstop team would be proud of that! I think to myself as I move off. A bit further up the road I slow as there's a red light ahead. The light then turns green so I begin to accelerate, out of the saddle as I'm going up a small incline. At this point, and seemingly out of nowhere, the bike stops dead, and I'm straight over the handlebars with no warning! I'm clipped in so the bike follows me until I land in a crumpled mess on the floor with no idea what had caused it. There's no cars directly behind me thank god, and all those around me who witnessed it had the decency not to immediately break out into laughter. No doubt that kicked in some time soon after. It must have been a bizzare sight to see. At first I was more worried about the bike but other than scuff marks to the brake levers I think it's ok. Then the adrenaline wears off a little and I can feel the pain in my wrist and back. I've had broken ribs before which I wouldn't wish on anyone.. Even though it hurt it didn't hurt that much so that was a relief. I was more worried about my wrist being fractured (which I've also had before), but now I'm fairly confident it's just bruised. I got to work and cycled home that night but I've been pretty tender all week. My wrist is OKish but the back still seems mad at me...

Quite honestly what's worse than the pain is not being able to cycle at the moment. That and the fact that when I'm not cycling I use all my cycling energy on planning things cycling related to spend money on!

Oh yeah. The conclusion is:

Muppet didn't tighten his rear wheel properly. Wheel drops out. And said muppet lands in a big mess on the floor... :B)

Tommy, you said it!
We all do Muppet things every now and then, it's what makes us human.

Unfortunately for me that is not logical and hence a bit of a Muppet statement!
 

Breedon

Legendary Member
I won't make the start line today I'm afraid. Don't want to compete with other people's war stories (Get well soon Steve!). But I injured myself in the most stupid of circumstances earlier in the week and I'm still licking my wounds...
Come on tell the class:tongue:
Lol you won't make that mistake again
 
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bobinski

Legendary Member
Location
Tulse Hill
Ha! fair do. It was pretty rediculous.

Skip to end for conclusion...

Commuting to work earlier in the week I got a puncture in my rear wheel. Took back wheel off, changed tube, on my way. Very smooth Tommy, Mclaren F1 pitstop team would be proud of that! I think to myself as I move off. A bit further up the road I slow as there's a red light ahead. The light then turns green so I begin to accelerate, out of the saddle as I'm going up a small incline. At this point, and seemingly out of nowhere, the bike stops dead, and I'm straight over the handlebars with no warning! I'm clipped in so the bike follows me until I land in a crumpled mess on the floor with no idea what had caused it. There's no cars directly behind me thank god, and all those around me who witnessed it had the decency not to immediately break out into laughter. No doubt that kicked in some time soon after. It must have been a bizzare sight to see. At first I was more worried about the bike but other than scuff marks to the brake levers I think it's ok. Then the adrenaline wears off a little and I can feel the pain in my wrist and back. I've had broken ribs before which I wouldn't wish on anyone.. Even though it hurt it didn't hurt that much so that was a relief. I was more worried about my wrist being fractured (which I've also had before), but now I'm fairly confident it's just bruised. I got to work and cycled home that night but I've been pretty tender all week. My wrist is OKish but the back still seems mad at me...

Quite honestly what's worse than the pain is not being able to cycle at the moment. That and the fact that when I'm not cycling I use all my cycling energy on planning things cycling related to spend money on!

Oh yeah. The conclusion is:

Muppet didn't tighten his rear wheel properly. Wheel drops out. And said muppet lands in a big mess on the floor... :B)

I read that comic book style and very enjoyable it was too! ^_^ I hope you heal quickly TT.

Have I told you about the time I was riding slowly and somehow managed to ride into and arse over tit a bollard:whistle: on a bike lane:blush:
Life Is much safer on the NEO.
 

Breedon

Legendary Member
I read that comic book style and very enjoyable it was too! ^_^ I hope you heal quickly TT.

Have I told you about the time I was riding slowly and somehow managed to ride into and arse over tit a bollard:whistle: on a bike lane:blush:
Life Is much safer on the NEO.

I did something similar although it could of ended a lot worse, came to a junction waiting to turn right i was checking my sat nav, i then was able to go so moving a long slowly i was still checking my sat nav looked up and was 3ft away from the kerb i was going straight at the kerb not turning as i should, i hit the curb noticed the plastic bollard was broken with a very sharp pointy end so i had to do a sas style barrel roll over the ballard and hit the floor felt like a right tit and thank full i walked and cycled away.
 

<Tommy>

Illegitimi non carborundum
Location
Camden, London
I read that comic book style and very enjoyable it was too! ^_^ I hope you heal quickly TT.

Have I told you about the time I was riding slowly and somehow managed to ride into and arse over tit a bollard:whistle: on a bike lane:blush:
Life Is much safer on the NEO.

The ones that seemingly happen in slow motion are the weirdest!
 

Breedon

Legendary Member
That rerun went a lot better than last time 3m 56s improvement randy and soarerv8 where working well together for about 11 miles was a little worried at the start as they got the time down to around 20 seconds, felt good so kept a nice pace that was comfortable.
 

Soarerv8

Über Member
We were very even. I must weigh more because I only kept up on the downhill spots. I know what you're saying about a cramp. I'm thinking of the very desperate step of changing my diet instead of the Statins.
Was up at nearly 103kg at the end of Jan. Decided enough was enough and cut sugar out of my diet almost entirely. Am currently sat at 91kg 6 weeks later with the added benefit that my blood sugar level is significantly lower sitting right to the bottom of a normal level whereas it was up towards the top of normal and probably a year away from pre-diabetic. Don't think I have chopped bkool yet from about 95kg but plan is to be at 80kg by the end of May when I go for a bit of a treck.

Really enjoyed rising with someone it is one of the things I think bkool does better than the other program.
 

Whorty

Gets free watts from the Atom ;)
Location
Wiltshire
The ones that seemingly happen in slow motion are the weirdest!
My only real crash (lots of slammed breaks and skids into cars as they pulled across me in London!) was slow motion. Coming across Waterloo Bridge towards Strand/Aldwich. Lights on red so me and 20+ other cyclists sitting there waiting for green. Normal next is a mad dash to get across the junction and up the cycle lane at the side of the Wellington pub, and up towards Covent Garden. I'm not at the front of the group so no point me rushing too much as I'm never gonna make that path first. Lights green, everyone shoots off and we're all wheel to wheel; get to the cycle lane and numpty at the front has a nervous momemnt and hits his breaks. Domino effect follows as we all pile into the back of each other. I went over my handle bars but had a very nice soft landing on 2 other cyclists :tongue:
 

AAAC 76C

Large Member
Location
LIVING THE DREAM
I read that comic book style and very enjoyable it was too! ^_^ I hope you heal quickly TT.

Have I told you about the time I was riding slowly and somehow managed to ride into and arse over tit a bollard:whistle: on a bike lane:blush:
Life Is much safer on the NEO.

We all have similar stories I expect.

I have at least 2, one was me and one was a fella behind me.

My one was fortunately on an incline after haring down the inner dual carriage way in Yeovil at over 30mph.
The stay from one of my sports style mud guards, a bit like crud racers but with steel stays, came adrift and went through the front spokes and ripped just short of half of the 24 front spokes in half before I came to a standstill lying down sideways in the gutter.

The other one was riding home from work at pace through our central park, Nine Springs, on the footpath/cycle way (where I also walked my dogs).
As approached the small hump back bridge over a culvert I thought I could see a pedestrian on the other side who may or may not have a dog.
I slowed as I approached the bridge and low and behold it was a fellow dog walker with his Jack Russel.
I was just dropping off the wooden planked bridge, which was wet with rain, when I heard a crash behind.
A guy chasing me obviously though I was being too cautious going over the bridge so he thought he would overtake me and then saw why I was slowing and applied his brakes hard on the wet wooden bridge with the obvious consequence.
I did think "what an idiot" or similar and then, as we gathered ourselves and rode away, he told me that it was the second time that had happened to him on that very bridge i.e. saw a dog at the last minute and had to brake hard and came off.
You can take a horse to water!
 
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