Originally Posted by
Pantah
I had the weirdest sidewall puncture on my BMC last weekend. I had the rear wheel off and in my lap while running a rag through each of the sprockets when out of nowhere, I hear a small hissing come from the tire. While I was holding it. Move it around until I find there's a teeny tiny puncture in the sidewall with some scuffing around it, must have ridden a bit too close to something. Thing is, last time I rode it was at least two months ago and it held air the whole time since. Moved the wheel so sealant could get into the puncture and I got lucky, the stuff didn't spray out and I had just aired up the tires before the leak made itself known. Tiny bit of sealant poked through and immediately dried, no mess.
That's a weird one. Mine was very evident what happened, I just hit a big ol' chunk of asphalt that was sitting up above the rest of the pavement. I'm normally pretty good at scanning the pavement, but I was trying to close out my ride up one last climb and was too busy staring at my power meter. Next thing I know, a big clunk and hissing air...Dynaplugged it and then found out the battery on my e-pump was dead. Fortunately I was only a 5 minute walk from home.
Originally Posted by
rsbob
I had sciatica and can really sympathize. What helped and ultimately stopped it was an ultrasound guided cortisone shot with the longest needle I had the displeasure or seeing. But it really worked for me, so I would do it again. If it reoccurs.
Hope yours resolves and stays away,
Good info, something for me to "file away" for the future. I've been feeling really good after the fitting, even though my hip angle actually closed up even more.
Part of my issues last year, is due to work and life circumstances, I wasn't able to really do my off-season strength training. I felt like I was fighting with injuries all season long...my power on the bike rebounded well, but the joints and connective tissue just weren't quite at the same level.