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BoardsMember wrote: »Maybe a doctor/scan is required to diagnose the cause so it can be treated effectively. Just because they don't know what the problem is doesn't mean there isn't one.
I can 1000% endorse this. Was getting some slight knee pain after runs back in March /April including slight stiffness which went away after 20 minutes or so so I ignored it. HUGE mistake. I was doing an easy treadmill run Good Friday morning and my knee suddenly collapsed. Long story short is I ended up having to have knee surgery in August followed by two months on two crutches with no weight bearing whatsoever allowed on my operated knee. My running days are now permanently over but I'm fine to cycle (so I bought a road bike and now love it!!) but despite being able to get out for two hour spins as I did both yesterday and today I'm struggling to walk without pain and there's a 50% chance I'll have to get a partial knee replacement in a few months unless the daily exercise and weights regime I'm on changes my walking dynamic so the damaged part of the knee no longer takes my weight as I walk. I basically have no cartilage or lining left in the most used area of my knee. Golf is almost 100% over which is depressing as I'm a member of a club and love playing.
Not cool given I'm only 46!!!
Moral of the story - don't ignore knee pain. If it doesn't go away with some physio get your GP to refer you for an MRI. The damage I did to my knee AFTER I got the initial symptoms are what did most of the damage for me
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My spins are getting few and far between recently due to family stuff and the deteriorating weather. Thankfully I got out today and headed up Cruagh that I'd been avoiding. I got up it no bother. The last km before the Glencullen turn off is steep as fook but doable. I went from there to Glencree and down to Enniskerry. At times I'd have been glad of an oar or two. There was some amount of water coming down those hills. I went from there to Enniskerry and Bray.
The hill up Killiney from the south is tough enough but at least it's short.
A slow day but 66km @22.2km/h up 800m and home in time for the rugby and hearty beef stew served up in front the TV by Mrs. crosstownk.
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Today I got back on a bike outside for the first time since crashing in August and it was AWESOME. I did 3 laps of the carpark before the shoulder said no more but it was deadly. I can reach the brakes now with both arms-won't be long before I can use them with both hands yeahie!
This is my face now:
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Left home today in a hurry to do some training in Phoenix Park - tried to clip the right foot and woooo! - almost fell on the road.
Forgot to put the chain on.
D'oh.
The rest of the spin was pretty unremarkable except for a few top ten places in Phoeno
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My puncture woes continue!!.. Two today!.
After seven punctures in just short of three weeks I've no confidence in getting in to work or home now, but I'm stuck for money atm so no new tyres yet
Oh, headphone cable broke (after two punctures) so no music ~ and I hate cycling without music.
Got home, showered, lay down and licked my wounds.. I'm fighting in three more weeks so trying to concentrate on training for that and forgetting about my cycling woes ~ but its hard :mad:0 -
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Traffic incident on Crumlin road this morning meant that a long section of Crumlin Rd was closed off with garda diverting traffic down a side street (hope anyone involved in the crash was ok).
As a main vein into the city, the result was traffic chaos as cars, buses, lorries all tried their best to push and nudge their noses down tiny Crumlin roads.
I was so grateful to be able to zip through it all on my bike.
Reached some red lights on the canal, stopped. A guy in clipless pedals pulls up level with me and unclips. He looked the biz, nice road bike, padded lycra tights, cycling jersey, full drinks bottle in his holder, better let him on ahead of me when the lights change, save him the trouble of over taking me.
Lights change, instead of the expected surge from himself which I was ready to follow, there was a pause whilst he took his time and finally set off.
For what seem the longest time I remained stuck behind my not so fast cyclist friend as he pedalled a few rotations, slowed up to freewheel, pedalled a few rotations, slowed to freewheel, pedalled a few more rotations before slowing to freewheel.
The cycle lane in front was for once beautifully empty and stretching out in a long straight empty line ahead of us.
There was no one in front of him.
He was in front of me
'What are you doing? Why do you keep slowing to freewheel? Just keep pedalling, keep a steady pace, I thought you were going to be fast!'
I was patient and stayed behind until a break in the canal traffic finally allowed a safe overtake which I readily took.
Has anyone ever actually verbalised their internal mental 'advice' for fellow cyclist commuters?
I haven't and don't think I ever would for fear of a box or sounding patronising.
Actually that's a lie, I did once cycle alongside a schoolboy who I saw cycling way too close to the kerb every morning and suggested he cycled more in the middle of the cycle lane to avoid hitting the kerb/ drain covers etc.
But that seemed ok to say.
Anyway - theme of the post is don't judge a cyclist by its cover
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Lights change, instead of the expected surge from himself which I was ready to follow, there was a pause whilst he took his time and finally set off.
For what seem the longest time I remained stuck behind my not so fast cyclist friend as he pedalled a few rotations, slowed up to freewheel, pedalled a few rotations, slowed to freewheel, pedalled a few more rotations before slowing to freewheel.
Killer combo! I've encountered the looks-fit-all-the-gear types who are startlingly slow, and the up-out-of-the-saddle-pedalling-then-rest-for-ages, but never yet combined in one neat package. The pedal / freewheel thing bugs me where someone's speed is erratic. Makes them unpredictably awkward to overtake.
I only verbalise advice if someone's directly endangering themselves or me. I've been known to verbalise loudly
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »Makikomi - are you sure it's your tyres that are at fault - particularly considering you are using tyres which would be considered puncture resistant.
Are the punctures on one wheel only?
Have you swapped the tyres from front to rear and vice versa?
Have you thoroughly checked the rim tape?
Are the punctures on the outside (tyre side) of the tube or on the inside (wheel side)?
Checked it all.. What I did was I took account of my route, until recently I traveled up Parnell St (from the Summerhill direction) and used to go to the lights at Bolton St DIT before taking a left towards Stoneybatter.. Well about two weeks ago I changed route and cut out the DIT lights to go through the Fruit Markets off Caple St.. I'm wondering now if I was picking up staples from packaging there (although I never found anything embedded in the tyre).
My next course of action was to change the tyres front to back.
My cycle today was, thankfully uneventful ~ I didn't go near the fruit markets area 0 -
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The fog yesterday morning was quite scary.
I had a bit of a debate with myself during the journey whether to cycle the walkinstown roundie or get off and walk around it. I was kind of terrified tbh. Very poor visibility, even though I was so well lit up that I was expecting a call from the DAA about planes wanting to land on me.
My sensible self lost the debate (as usual) but luckily there were no nutters driving on it at the time so I made it around alive.
I, like many others here was shocked by the lack of lights/visibility of fellow "cycling commuters". The weirdest being the ones with really good front light and no rear ones, while wearing dark clothing.
I don't get that.
I also passed the 7000 km mark this week, which I am chuffed with considering its my first full year of cycling.
Ridewithgps reckon about 13 days and 5 hours in the saddle with 250,000 calories burned off. That's a lot of beer and pie tbh.
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Ryder Hallowed Cheddar wrote: »My puncture woes continue!!.. Two today!.
After seven punctures in just short of three weeks I've no confidence in getting in to work or home now, but I'm stuck for money atm so no new tyres yet
Oh, headphone cable broke (after two punctures) so no music ~ and I hate cycling without music.
Got home, showered, lay down and licked my wounds.. I'm fighting in three more weeks so trying to concentrate on training for that and forgetting about my cycling woes ~ but its hard :mad:
We need a volunteer to change his/her next puncture and fund the root cause of the problem.0 -
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I'd a grand spin today out the N81 to Brittas and then I went via Ballysmuttan for the first time. It's a short nasty 100m climb at about 7%. I went from there over Blackrock Hill and then back into Blessington, Manor Kilbride and home.
A nice day for a spin despite the fact that my feet were frozen. Plenty of water on the roads which didn't help.
No records set today but I'm happy with 65km and 500m @ 25km/h.
I might get a quick spin in tomorrow before family takes first place.
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133k from Wexford up to the mast on Mt Leinster and back. Should have been 120k but decided to tack on a few extra k to complete the Nov Gran Fondo challenge. Had to stop and let my heart rate recover 3 times on the climb to the mast and on the 3rd occasion where I stopped was a little too steep to get going again, which I discovered when I tried to get going again and ended up falling to the clipped in side! No harm done to me or the bike, except I landed on that little plastic logo Assos put in the arse of their bibs and I feel like I've had 20 injections in me butt cheek!:eek:
All in all a brilliant day for it. Still managing with just two layers (nike base layer and a gabba shortsleeve with lidl arm and leg warmers and the aforementioned bibs). I've committed to the Marmotte next July and my goal for today was to climb Mt. Leinster without letting my heart rate out of zone 3 to practice pacing. The decision to head up to the mast was a spur of the moment one but what the heck, don't think there'll be too many more opportunities before Spring. The descent still scares the bejesus out of me!
Welcome to the club everyone should try that climb its pure pain
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