Super J

Any advice? After a long few months of severe lower back pain,cramps and pins and needles in my legs,and numereous visits to Chiropractors I found a physiotherapist who refused to asses me without a scan or two and, now its solved,I have severe disc degeneration between L5/S1. Now,I have been given an entire gym workout program for core,lower back and abs, and its really working, for when I bend down,lift heavy objects and general posture, as for cycling,no good! Great posture helps nothing if you bent over in a racing position and believe me, you cannot contract your core for 3 hours during a race,I can barely breath when flexing my core!! My question is this, after finishing the Satalite race on saturday in 7th V/B I could barely walk or hold my torso up straight and by the time I got home,my spinus errectus had swollen up to the extent that it looked like I had half a tennis ball under my shirt! What can I do...... I've tried pain killers,anti-imflamatorys,deap heat,athritic drugs........ Any ideas?

Well,I do eat but what is enough..... I think maybe a incorrect carb ratio,I really don't know?

Anybody out there suffer or know howe to prevent or deal with this? On a training day, once I have got to work toward the mid day and afternoon I get a terrible energy dip,so bad that I can barely keep my eyes open, I am tiered,sleepy and very lathalgic, this is especially worse on hot days,the cooler,the less intense. I suspect a insulin/blood sugar dip or something along those lines, my bike ride home is at a snails pace but once I am home and it cools down I am back to normal..... Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Non technical-disc!! Technical,climbs and plenty corners-808! You need power to keep a disc's momentum going,a 808 accelorates a little easier...... My choice-Mavic disc rear,808 front!!

Team SKY are issued with a really violently fast looking TT helmet with a built in vissor made by "KASK" or something like that,I can't quite make it out as the last letter is 'mirror image'. Anyone got any idea what brand it is and if it is available here in SA?

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Ok,what I meant was,are they available in SA yet,and if so,where?

Has anybody seen the new Oakley fast jacket,if so,where......

Where abouts are you?

The best advice is this..... A: its generalising when saying leg length is a factor. Firstly look at your cadence,do you power a large gear or spin a easier gear,reason being,the longer the crank,the greater the arc or revolution circumferance,thus the "longer" the period spent in the "dead spot" ,roughly the 7 to 11 o clock position. So a power rider will generate enough force to "push" through the dead spot while a spinner relies on speed through that dead spot,the only reason people assume longer legs mean longer cranks is that longer legs have more muscle mass to produce power with.......but it isn't always the case!! I push a 180 54 tooth crank on my TT bike but can't climb with it but my training bike has 175 and climbing is a dream as it "spins easier"! Secret is, build your bike according to your style and strong points!

Inside TDF anti flu tip used by team HTC,the entire year!! 1000mg vit C and Zinc tablets,at first it may dry out your lips a little but its the best anti viral cocktail ever,don't just leave it till you sick!!!

All 3 my bikes are D/A equipped and the first thing I do is chuck the pads,they too hard,I don't find them noisy but they scour the alu braking suface badly and pick up the alu residue and wear the surface even faster!!

Most likely got pitted bearing or dry beary,especially sealed bearings,believe me,the grease don't last forever..... Take the sealed brg out,go to brg man,and get a new set, won't cost R50!

Its easy! Take it to a Auto engeneering works,they can re-thread,tap or heli- coil or re-cut and over size and supply a new bolt.

Hang on just a second! So whats the actual issue here,a stollen bike or a guy not riding with a helmet,which is risky BUT entirely his choice or a debate about selective crime prevention,so in Cape town its OK to steal a bike from a rider without a helmet,now this is all from the worst drivers in SA,WITH OR WITHOUT SEAT BELTS!!! Maybe the guy really has a problem and maybe he really misses his bike!!! If you Cape town bunch cant,wont ,or refuse to help him,send him up here........ We will help with his bike and organise a helmet,after all,he obviousley likes cycling,aint that what counts!!!

OK,try this,firstly put a blob of prestic or chewing gum,strawberry works best,on the valve,to take valve rattle out the picture.Secondly,leave the wheel out in the sun for a while to warm up the spokes so they expand or lengthen a little...... now squeeze some grease into and around the spoke heads in the hub..... take it for a hard ride,if the noise is gone,its the spoke tension that is wrong causing the heads not to seat snuggly and move under torque.My zipps do the same on hot days.Also lightly grease the free wheel body where the cassette slides on,the cogs may also be moving slightly on the splines and clicking as they take up slack and seat!

He pulled outa the Olympic TT........ Its called DTD! Dope Test Disorder !!!! He made a ewe turn !!!!

I will be there on my farm gate!! oh, by the way,is anyone recording the Tour cos I am a tad busy at work and missing most of it,I would kill for a copy to watch when things cool down somewhat. Thanx J

Yeah, BIG BONEDED....... My girlfriend tells me that all the time ha ha ha!

Well, the cycle lab lads really enjoyed the race, route and organisation, maybe turn the race around on top of that nasty little bump a few km later to spice thungs up a little next year but otherwise, thank you, it was worth the drive!

There are only only 4 real frames in cycling that have proven themselves over the years with quality, results and back up........ Colnago,Merkx,Bianchi and Pinnarello....... All the rest are waanabe!!!!! TRY ONE!

lets wait for the girls to get back and then set him up against them in a private race...... every minute he looses,he has to wash and polish thier bikes for a week!!!!!

Hey Big Man. Why dont you phone up all those girls on the team and challenge them to a 150 km race around Hekpoort............... Cherise would put you in the red so fast, you wouldnt know what to do!!!!! How many Worlds medals do you have? As for Cherise and crew,go over,do your best cos there are loads of us back here that are really backing you up,win or not!!!!! Didnt a ass like you once say that Robbie, no sirname needed, wouldnt make it in Europe either, pack your bags and move to Zim, you should fit right in there!!!!! Sell your bike and start taking the bus cos we dont need Wombles like you in our sport!