What Ive learnt from bikeforums.net today, do not mount a bike on a car roof. You always forget its there

nada,

there are no 'sections' really, the club is mostly just a bunch of guys and gals of all ages and abilities giving it a go. for an introductory ride you can't go past the coffee ride on sunday mornings (so long as there's no race on the same day). its a cruisey ride at recovery pace where the emphasis is on having a yak and a coffee, and becoming comfy riding in a group. PM me if he wants more details on best pickup/drop off points for his current ability/fitness.

other option is to ride in E grade (25km) at calga. it's the social/beginner grade and riders can stay there as long as they like. Unless they blitz it of course, then they'll be asked to move along to D grade.

+1

Also, the people on TAT IV have somewhat questionable taste in music.

To Jock, thanks for the reply, will get the toyboy to PM you as soon as he gets off the phone.

Rolled up to the EVCC Crits today and was told that yep, yer in C grade.
They're definitely a bit quicker than D, plenty more attacks, less recovery... what a blast!!

...oh yeah, I f*****n won it!!!

cool!! bunch or group sprint, or otherwise?

up to B grade?

Bunch sprint... managed 56km/h. B grade my arse
I think I just pissed orf a bunch of C graders that'll want to rip my legs orf next week.

Looked fer your name in the entries...

...and they had prizes fer grade winners. Scored some nice leg warmers and some winter gloves.

no cash?

Is everyone calling you a bandit?

"you come in here with your shiny shoes and you think the own the god damn, then you have the audacity to win races, after you've trained your arse off in secret for the last 5 years"

hey what happened to Jan in the tour of Rommandie?

101st in Stage 3 - the Jan is lulling his opponents into a false sense of security.

Yeah, 30 bucks...
hehe, nah, not bandit... I'm getting Phil Anderson (cos I'm Phil (flipper in some places ))
A few came up to me afterwards that I didn't really know, and they knew my name, which was nice... they're a real friendly bunch.
One of the B graders that I raced with at the Club Champs is giving me advice and helping me along.

and ready to inflict massive pain from his dark church that is his thighs.

The lamentations of the weak will be music to his ears.

for anyone into michelin prii tyres there's a decent deal going at https://www.buzzardbike.com/index.htm. ~AUD50ea including 2xtubes! dura ace brake pads at ~AUD13pair too.

Struth!
Mate, I hope your recovery is quick and sound. What brought you down?

Tnx Thylo, I'll pass on your no.

You could talk to my nephew Dean at The Edge Cycles in West Gos. 43211566. He would only be too happy to put hubby in touch with some local training/social rides.

well that differs from what i learnt this afternoon - deep heat is no way to treat a groin strain! i dont think my boys will ever be the same again.....

They will recover eventually, but for future reference do NOT use Deep Heat, Dencorub, Finalgon, Voltaren cream or any related creams in that area. Also avoid things like Isocol rubbing alcohol (unless you are some sort of twisted masochist )

If you need to apply heat to the groin area, use a WARM (not hot) heat source - a hot water bottle wrapped in several layers of towel is one way to go.

I shall restrain myself from enquiring too deeply into the nature of the activity responsible for the original injury.

hahaha. best ways to treat a groin strain are:

1. gentle massage: GF/SWMBO required.
2. Rest & Ice
3. gentle stretching once pain and swelling dissapate

application of chillis and deep heat come equal LAST on the list....











.... as you now know

eh, i found that ice was doing the trick yesterday..... just thought that seeing as im supposed to race tomorrow and its only a very minor injury id test out how it feels with deep heat. umm not good is the answer!

have had a stretch tonight and all is good, much better than it was on friday, seems like i can ride OK, its just about an hour after that it gets tight. may go and see a physio if pain keeps up.

cheers on the advice, and for the record it was nothing kinky, just sprints / hill simulation on the trainer on thursday night

while were on the subject of all things tender and precious, whats the best way to deal with saddle sores / chafing? have found that since ive been loosing a bit of weight my shorts arent as tight as they used to be and have been getting a little movement hence chafing, my shorts are hardly loose, so whats the story? my cousins a chef and swears by talc powder, is that the way to go as a preventitive? what about as a treatment?

This would have been a good time for blacsac to chime in...

Are they chafing-type sores, or the big pimple kinda ones?

I get the big, blind zit sorta things, and when they don't respond to pimple cream, nothing beats soaking in a shallow tub of very salty, warm water, for at least 10 minutes. Works better than any cream I've tried.

Hey you Aussies, how insane would I have to be to cycle from Darwin to Adelaide?

Through the middle that is!