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I'm hoping to get booked in for early May so my three months will be over winter (Southern Hemisphere here). There is a 160km event I would like to do at the end of November so if I get the surgery when I want it I will have three months to train for 160km event. One idea I had was to take the left pedal off my bike and…

https://www.twincoastcycletrail.kiwi.nz/Twin-Coast-Cycle-Trail-Map-2018.pdf I'm gonna do this tomorrow. Hope I can sleep well tonight.

I don't know. I haven't tried anything else. I don't get these kinds of pains very often and when I do I just take it easy 'til they go away. This time, however, I gotta ride tomorrow. If I don't ride at the back of the bunch the guy behind me will look after me anyway. I'll just let them know before we head out. If it's…

Last resort, it doesn't agree with my stomach.

Whenever I ask her to massage my muscle she gets suspicious... But seriously, I was thinking hot bath with a hot cloth on my neck, but it's the middle of the day and 30C (86F) weather, so maybe this evening. As for beer, one (or six) is never enough and I've got a ride early tomorrow. Beers and BBQ on tomorrow night though…

Well, I did the deed yesterday. https://www.strava.com/activities/2103214336 A bit slower than I was hoping but my training fell off badly around Xmas and New Year so I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. Having said that, the main goal was simply to complete my first event and set the bar for the next one, so,…

Fasterer

Kayaking, not swimming.

Yeah, we got his rego and name but apparently he needed to be at a medical appointment many miles away so off he went. He did wait for half an hour or so, cops are hard to find when you're ruralish.

Insurance isn't compulsory here, but accident related injuries are covered by ACC (Accciden Compensation Commision, the government pays for your treatment). She does have an expensive bike but it looked like only the wheel was damaged. Leaving the scene of an accident where someone has been injured is illegal, so the…

Probably because of this.

Coasting. Once I hit the 50's pedaling makes me wobbly.

I just read Rule #5. It's definitely part of the solution.

I always descend on the drops, easier access to those darned brakes. 75? Not on my best day. 60 max. But all the hills around here have corners, lots of corners. And traffic.

I used to be, but not any more. Thanks Bike.

Tha's another question I was going to ask, should my weight be mainly on my feet or on my seat? But I guess you've answered it. My weight should mostly be on my outside foot?

Not an actual pic but it's a 2nd hand Giant Defy 2 five or six years old.

Top one is 3.86km mostly slight decline. Second one is 367m steepish climb.

Near the beginning of WW1 all British soldiers were issued with steel helmets. The War Office was shocked to discover the number of reported head injuries increase drastically. panicking they began to issue a recall of the helmets. Then they realized that the number of DEATHS had decreased by the same amount. Those…

I ran a half marathon last weekend so now I'm hanging up my running shoes for a little while and training for 150km bike race at the end of January. Lots of trucks around here so hopefully I don't become Ben Jam instead of Benjamin. Christmas is gonna be hard. I usually let loose with the food and beers at that time of the…

Yup

10pm Sunday here in NZ

I did some hills too

Hey, thanks everyone. The trainer did come with a skewer which I have now fitted. All is working okay. I don't really use this bike anymore since I got a dedicated road bike but will I have put the factory skewer back in to use the bike off the trainer? The trainer is a cheap no brand thing from a department store. The…