Dried up is bad. Get some 2nd Skin-type-jello-glad-wrap pads. Much less painful.

exactly !! :)

So I take it you won the OTB competition then. Must've been a speccy to land on your arse. Most sane ppl would be happy just landing on their hands and/or noggin :p

not so speccy, it was more off a OSOB caused by FWWLD than an OTB.

That is, an off the side of the bike landing on some rocks in the trail from a front wheel washout in loose dirt.

Hmmmm... don't you just hate it when those "brain to foot" messages don't get through. :)

My weekend wasn't much better. Cactus on the second climb of Blood Hill courtesy of a hard day's riding the day before. I'm still stuffed.

I'm still stuffed from the 1995 Melbourne-Yarrawonga.....

LOL I'm stuffed thinking about it. :)

WTF are they?

something like this....there are heaps of brands out there. Heals much faster.


http://www.botac.com/outdoorrx.html

How am I supposed to pick scabs if I don't grow any? :)

*gag* Ungh, I wish I hadn't googled that.

yeah....no scabs mean no cool scar when it finally heals after weeks of picking, either. :)

It's on his posterior. Let's hope Climbo's not interested in picking his arse...

Still trying to get my head arround how a wound is supposed to heal if it never dries out. Might have to look into this one some more.

I'd like to get some of those gauze tubes that the roadies use to hold the wound pads in place though. They're cool. Gauze bandage sucks, and I'm alergic to that paper tape stuff.

*cough* not that I plan on falling off in the near future, of course.

Although I like to pick my arse, usually it doesn't hurt so much. Anything like Brave Soldier ointment also makes wounds heal super quick. I've used it before and it's very good stuff.

Next on the hit-list -

Killingworth
Glenrock
GNWalk

Ok, dumb question...someone educate me on what a 'compact' frame is?

I'm in the process of selling my dirtbike and thinkin of transferring the $ into some cycling bling....

Remind me not to shake hands next time we go riding.

cue Thylo's rant......

compact basically is sloping top tube, i.e. like mine. Some companies use it it like Small, Medium and Large etc to cover one or two "actual" frame sizes with one frame. Others like Serotta make compact in ALL available regular sizes.

OK, and the benefits of sloping top tube are..?
Or is it just a personal geometry preference..?

The sloping top tube is the side effect (not the reason).

The triangle created by the seat tube, rear stays, and chain stays is smaller and closer to an equilateral triangle. By doing this it creates a more rigid support for the drivetrain, which means pedal drive goes directly to the wheel. The theory is correct, but it can be compromised by poor choice of materials.

Lesser effects are slightly reduce frame weight (when comparing frame built of the same materials) and marginally lower centre of gravity.

it saves your nads from whacking the top tube when posing around after a race. :)

It lets you hang out heaps of seatpost. Very pro.

OK, so given my slight stature.... should I be looking at compact frames in preference over traditional?

Go for something like this: