anyone gonna get one of these http://www.shuttlebike.com/ ?

Nah, its over hyped, she took it in her stride !
Bit of a cry for 30s, then straight on the boob for some tucker and all was good.

Yeah, they generally get over it pretty quickly. My 2 were fine with it... thought they'd go ballistic.

The response to the pain of the injection is shortlived (as you observed). However, some children can get a bit of a temperature and become niggly after a vaccination, so that's what you need to watch out for. If it happens, Kiddy Panadol is the go.

My wife is not strong enough to hold the girl down and while I'll get stuck the duties, I've been known to faint at the sight of needles. I think I might still need the scotch!:(

Wattsy, the best technique is to sit her on your lap and clamp your arm around her, holding the arm which will get the injection in place. This method has two advantages, it means you can keep a firm grip on a wriggling, screaming toddler and also means you can look away at the crucial moment and therefore avoid crumpling to the floor. ;)

4-year olds are deadly when it comes to injections - I remember needing a tetnus jab as a 4 year old after stepping on a rusty nail. My sister and brother-in-law took me to the doctor and my brother-in-law reckons he could hear me screaming out in the street when I got the injection (he was sitting in the car)

Lemme see......ummmm....NO!! :D

I hope you left some for the baby...

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

jock, climbo etc. have come down with real bad sinus today so no calga. have fun!

Jock told me he was bringing the pump with him...

I'll book her in and give it a try...will give you a brief update after the deed is done.:(

tetnus shots hurt. My arm felt dead for the rest of the day after I got mine.

Yippee! I can be a cycling hardman too.
You could have a ball with this.
Bonking during hard rides? try this...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un06/jun24news (last headline)

... even if it doesn't make you win, at least you won't roll out of bed.

This is old news and the use of EPO under medical supervision to treat the side-effects of chemo hardly compares with misusing EPO to obtain a performance advantage.

Who were the leftovers dribbling back to the finish line at Calga around 16:00 this arvo?

Went past in the Jag on the way home from town where we went to the Kathmandu sales - some good bargains to be had there boys and girls, if you are interested.

different story

Yeah, but it's an extension of the same thing - and who cares anyway? The guy has retired, he was never caught, so why are people still going on about it? Like he's the only cyclist in the history of cycling to use performance enhancing substances and not be caught?

Maybe he is as clean as a whistle, and maybe he is not, but in the absence of hard evidence to indicate he used performance enhancing substances, it is all becoming a little tedious. (and no, I am not a Lance fan by any means)

its because hes adament to the point of being very litigous that hes clean. the more he insists, the more that ppl are going to try and find fault.

this would be the drawback of winning 7 straight TDF's, esp after cancer. any other successfull racer would not have drawn this much interest without the 2 above pre requesits.

I was one of those dribblers Matagi after blowing a fuse something supreme.

We were riding along nicely as a well oiled bunch, with those that wanted to work putting in plenty of time in the house of discomfort. And some dickhead was riding along with our pack, not entered in the race, but making an awful nuisance of himself. I wanted to jam my pump in his front wheel, but I was sure that a 2.5" CO2 cartridge probably wouldn't cut the mustard. :)

Anyway, it was a good training ride after racing at DGV last night. Legs sore after having to do a little bit of light work after 10 weeks. Bloody good fun tho. Plenty of ******s had sheep stations on every race, in every division from 1-4. Standout was Patrick Bolan in the sprint race, who led out and kept a cool eye on World Masters Sprint champion Peter Barnard and then stood him up royal with an outstanding demonstration of savage acceleration and pure speed.

Will (the Hoff) from Peleton broke his collarbone after polaxing a fallen rider in the Div2/3 combined race at the end of the night. On the video replay you could see his downtube buckle before he hit the ground. In his defence it was his first ride on track for a long while and he just sucked himself into staying down instead of heading up the bank. He almost rode the thing into the ground but lost his nerve and put his hands out just at the last minute. Painful way to learn that rolling is better that an outstretched arm.

Oh well, you probably didn't notice the british racing green Jag that went past at warp speed then. :p

One good thing about this forum - now we know when not to take our bikes down to Peats Ridge Rd. :)
In fact, I would feel seriously uncomfortable trying to ride along there with a race in progress.

Oh yes, as little as 2-3 weeks off the bike can set you back significantly in terms of fitness. It gets worse as you get older - not that I'm suggesting you are old or anything. :p

Thanks for the vote of confidence Matagi :p

Yup I'm slow. Actually I'm pretty fast, it just takes about 1km to get up to speed instead of 20m. :lol:

and I climb like a god too... erm sorry, typo... that should have read dog.

But 5 weeks into the long haul back everything is on track. The huge gains of the first 3 weeks have been replaced by the usual grind: small improvements coming with an increasing training workload. My winter ist kaput, so training is now focussed on the summer crit and track season. And I can keep dreaming of being ready for next year's track titles.

damn, that track pump you probably had in your car would have done the trick! appologies about not being there, not been a good year for me sickness wise. why i cant get sick during the working week is beyond me even had SWMBO begging me to go so i wouldnt be complaining next week when im at one of her friends weddings!

bad news for the hoff. how was the other guy?? wheres pams airbags when you need em?