Nearly all A with increasing amounts of C.

Which begs the question – Why am I on a B forum?

I’ve just read your last update. Generally I would say yes to telling work about your mental health and suffering from depression. The caveat is if they are generally not a sympathetic company or too small to have proper HR support. I would always want to know if someone in the business has a mental health challenge and how we can help them.

^^ true, the bikes intrude but it is effectively ‘just’ a bike room and ease of access was my primary focus. Will soon be housing a motorbike too. I’ve got too many bikes and really should sell some as there are probably 5 I use a lot

We completely renovated our house a couple of years ago. I’d always wanted to spec the ‘perfect’ garage. Pictures are below. I did use Dura Garages for the units. They are undeniably expensive but it’s nice to get the exact units to fit the available space. I had the floor tiled with porcelain tiles (Dura Garage tiles were way too expensive) – I found some for about £1.20 each. First mistake was to use light grouting rather than dark. It looks good initially but soon looks messy. I wanted a window as it’s good to have useable light without needing lights – should have got an opening window and placed it higher up. Hormann roller door is pretty good. Am using Steadyrack mounts for bike storage. The LED light panels are really cheap and way better than fluorescents in my opinion. Garage has about 20 electrical sockets and is networked and has wi-fi coverage. Has a sink with hot/cold water which I use all the time.

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Cons
– Not much commuting (really noticeable what a difference it makes to fitness)
– 50th birthday in lockdown (and getting a hot water bottle!!)
– Persistent shoulder injury (rotator cuff)

Pros
– Started best job I’ve ever done – 10 months of virtually running a business. Never thought it would work but it has.
– Explored local area from Twickenham on gravel bike and done some great rides. Gritty 130 being the best (in Wales)
– House renovations that almost killed me in 18/19 came into their own in ’20 and made WFH way more enjoyable

Stats
– 8000km
– 65k metres ascent

Happy Christmas to you all

I am always amazed at this forum and the people on it – the support is palpable.

I will 😄

Salivating at the thought of picking this up. In the workshop having some parts fitted.

My thoughts are with you

Hi – my AF seemed very random. Sometimes the spikes were very short (<5s), sometimes they lasted for hours. It mostly occurred during exercise but not exclusively.

It does sound like your issue is equipment focused but, if you’re not certain, it’s very quick to get checked out.

Personally I’d get checked out. Similar thing happened to me 5yrs ago. Turns out I had atrial fibrillation.

When people talk about ‘rich’ what does that equate to? £80k, £200k, £2m, Lewis Hamilton wealth?

I’ve ordered a set of these

https://redshiftsports.com/products/kitchen-sink-handlebar

My Seven Evergreen SL

Just bought GripGrab for MTB. My Enduras died quite quickly and GripGrab look to have a better under the shoe fitment. No zips either.

I have Spatz and Castelli for road shoes. The Spatz got damaged quickly and they now have bought out a V2 which looks more robust.

Custom Sturdy Cycles All Road – my 50th birthday present to myself.

Thanks – decided to delete and reinstall and that seems to have worked

Also a fan of the Bontrager 200RT. It’s really small, a bright light and good battery life.

Great ideas – thanks both

I’m sorry to hear that so many are having a tough time and I hope it improves quickly for you all.

I’ve certainly had my ups and downs and feel OK at the moment. Getting decent sleep proved to be way more important than I ever expected and found mirtazapine to be a miracle in this regard. I’m off it now but wouldn’t hesitate to go back on if I needed to.

I try and live more in the moment. It’s not always easy and some moments are a bit crap. I turned 50 last week and it feels a bit odd but then, it’s just a number.

Take care

Globalti- I found mirtazapine to be fantastic. I slept immediately the first time I took it and did so every night for the year or so I took it. It takes time to come off but I cut tablets in half and had no issues.

Good luck. Funnily enough it was a house project that took me over the edge. It was way harder and more stressful than I expected. But getting sleep really helped me turn things around

Well, I’ve backed it so will review when it turns up

Certainly tempted by the Bobber. Generally, if I have any spare time I’m on my road or gravel bike. I like the idea of touring by motorbike but would rather bikepack. So, I’m likely to use a motorbike for some commuting but mostly for fun.

Thank both – was briefly worried

I’d also make sure cassettes are clean with a layer of grease on freehub. If the cassette is not one piece then clean this and lightly lube. I had issues on two press fit BB bikes – turned out it was the Dura ace cassette and ethirteen one

^^ – what’s an inner mushroom fix? Is this something different to anchovies/Dynaplug?

Steadyracks work well for me:

Always found the Japanese films like ‘The Ring’ scary. Earliest memory I have of a horror movie is ‘Horror Express’ that I saw when I was 7. Pedestrian now but scared the living daylights out of me for years.

Quite like this shortie on Youtube.

I train ok on bisoprolol. It’s impacted my ability to do hills quickly as my HR maxes out about 20-25 beats lower than it used to. However, on the flat and for sprint efforts I’m just as fast as I was. I’m 49 and cycled 11000km last year. Talking to a cycling cardiologist he says beta blockers can be performance enhancing for some and you become very efficient within a certain HR range. This seems to be the case for me. However, some people in my cycling club could not tolerate bisoprolol and chose to come off it.

I’ve had a couple of ablations for AF and have also been diagnosed with a genetic clotting disorder after a PE and leg clot. I’m on rivaroxaban and bisoprolol. Beta blockers make exercise more challenging but I have adapted well and still do lots of cycling.

Rohan mountaineering salopettes from circa 1985. Still use them in proper winter conditions.

I completely agree with the last three posts.

There’s a stress capacity for everyone – if the worst thing that has ever happened to you is a broken rear derailleur then, at the time, that elicits your biggest stress response to date. It gets put into perspective when you experience a significant illness or death of someone close.

I am a CEO of a business. Many, many times smaller than the Cooks and Bezoa of the world. It can be stressful for particular reasons – meeting the expectations of shareholders, clients and staff but I don’t think I suffer more than a junior employee who has just joined and is sweating over a product launch or sales target. Life experience teaches me to put things into perspective and most of the time it works – but it doesn’t always and I suffered lots of anxiety 15 months ago, has periods of not sleeping for over 48hrs and ended up on mirtazapine (which worked wonders). I changed my role and sorted myself out.

I think stress response is down to the individual, not the job they do

Another saying go to GP

I’m fit and developed Atrial fibrillation at 44. Endurance athletes are reportedly 5x more likely to develop arrhythmias – if it’s not C-19 related

Just bought a GiantMouse ACE Biblio titanium folder. V light and a lovely design overall.

I had the 820 and upgraded to the 830. The difference in the touch screen is night and day. I have not tried the 520 or 530. I have no issues at all with the 830. Battery life is massively improved as is the touch screen. The screen is a little bigger too

185cm and a 57.5cm Salsa Warbird (ride a 58cm road bike)

Hi Merak – The TPT Slide is $80 shipped

TPT Slide : Titanium Pocket Tool

Cycled the 20 London river bridges this morning

I bought a Seven Axiom SL in 2003 to celebrate the birth of our first son. I would say it’s done a conservative 40,000km and is still going strong. Absolutely the most comfortable bike I’ve ridden.

Thank you!