haha, so he's a cheat with a small whanger, he'll never live that down 😆

thats a very strange point of view, it looks like you have giant grasshopper legs or something, couldn't watch much as they were freaking me out 😯

For me not all rides are about improving, some i'm just happy to be out riding, others i'll be trying to hit something I haven't before or take a corner faster and if that goes tits up its annoying but at least your trying. If you fall off pushing yourself you feel good because you know your pushing it. On the other hand if you make an arse of things you normally find no problem then its time to through the dummy out (or have a caramel).

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I find that if I've been drinking the night before my confidence goes down the pan.

I find that if I've been drinking the hour or two before before my confidence goes through the roof 😉

Liked the OP though, made me laugh, we all have days like that and it does suck when you know you can ride better.

yeah agree, all there stuff is great and some really awesome trail building.

the problem with these situations is you'll be lucky to speak with the same person twice and they will keep passing the buck while you incur more charges and stress. My fiancées mum eventually accepted a half arsed settlement on the basis she couldn't face the additional time it would take to maybe get a better result in which time more charges would have been applied. I f@#$$%ng hate banks.

its very black and white, reflectors need removing.

banks are assholes, thats my only conclusion from trying to help my fiancee's mum out in a situation created entirely by the bank being useless w@nkers! Could you open another account with a different bank and change the DD manually so there is no contact between the new bank and original bank. Not sue if that would work to stop any more similar situations.

fair enough, I don't think i've bought anything for my bike in about six months and that was a set of brake pads but i've always had trails on my doorstep pretty much.

surely once you have the bike, it costs way less than they gym?

My bike spending is on hold as I try to clear some debts, I've had a very enjoyable last few years but time to calm down a little and pay for it 🙁

Here's a start

http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/benmacdhuigreyman.php

glad its your son, imagine sharing a chair ride up with ton 😯

REGO works well, can't hurt to give it a try and see if it helps.

the 456 looks nicer than than the original pictures, what weight is it?

we need Team America… F… yeah!

Ride Guide Sweden Ep 124 about 18:30 in i'm sure is filmed using one of these things

I've seen some film with steve romaniuk filmed using something similar, can't think what it was in though.

I'm glad you put a replay in, I genuinely didn't know what had happened!

😆 I'm still not sure!

WTF! I had to watch just to see what all the WTF's were about, wished i hadn't! WTF!

for a short while – helium atoms are small and leak fast

Bung some stans in there, that'll hold em in!

surely helium would be better 🙂

Ok, I will… because i'm right 😉

wiki thinks they are pretty much the same 🙂

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_(medical)

Physical fatigue is the inability to continue functioning at the level of one's normal abilities.[1][2][3] It is ubiquitous in everyday life, but usually becomes particularly noticeable during heavy exercise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtraining

Overtraining is a physical, behavioral and emotional condition that occurs when the volume and intensity of an individual's exercise exceeds their recovery capacity. They cease making progress, and can even begin to lose strength and fitness. Overtraining is a common problem in weight training, but it can also be experienced by runners and other athletes.

The link you quoted describes over-training as being unable to recover quickly enough and subsequenetly that having an effect on performance, hence feeling tired and fatigued 🙄

Overtraining is a physical, behavioral and emotional condition that occurs when the volume and intensity of an individual's exercise exceeds their recovery capacity

😆 sounds like a description of being tired and fatigued to me.

I may be knackered immediately after a long ride but probably fine the next day. If I'm pushing hard on my commute every day I start to feel more tired and fatigued by the end of the week, legs feel a bit dead, etc. If thats not being tired and fatigued and caused by over training then I don't know what is.

crikey, how do you get tired or fatigued then?

I had similar issues, see this thread http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-long-can-you-pedal-standing-up

I could cycle for ever sitting down but my leg strength was pathetic and my thighs burned after a very short time standing up, previously I had never stood up much and always sat and spun my way up hills. Since that thread about a month ago I have made an effort to pedal standing up as much as possible when i come to a hill on my commute. The difference in the space of a month has been amazing, my legs are far stronger and it actually makes a difference when your sitting and spinning too, your able to spin faster rather than winch your way up.

could you not have just decked the whole thing? Eaiser than filling a big hole.

looks quite steep to me.

the other way to fix it is to bring some southerners up as they have more appealing blood so they tend to get hit harder than the natives!

why don't the midges just move down south then?

in an effort to be somewhat useful

surely landscape architects just layout some pretty flowers around the car park, you would be better asking a road engineer 🙂

is running barefoot the singlespeed of running? I don't get it.

buyer should have asked for pics or at least some deatils before buying, the seller doesn't state what condition it is in, it would be better if they had but buyer should have asked more questions.

you could use the bike rack on the car if you have one and if it clamps the top tube and holds the bike away from the car.

😆

why is there not an advert for cougar life at the top or side of the page, google ads fail.

do all the people still giving advice realise that 3 months time ended about a month ago 😆

when your out training try and ride a lot of it standing up, even if its just for short distances then a rest then a bit more then a rest, you will find yourself getting better, will really improve your leg strength.

Why are we still using rear QRs? Can we have a better solution please?

agreed, i'd like to see maxle's on the rear become as normal as a 20mm front.