Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Meh. Not fuzzed in the least. Yeah, the original was a FANTASTIC film. But what's he going to do to get this one the same appeal and "wow" factor as the original? We'll see when it comes out.

Jees, dude. If your conversation on the bike is in any way as condescending as your tone in this here post, I don't blame your wife for wanting to klap you stukkend. You'll let her ride in front. Pah! You just carry on digging yourself deeper, pal.

I do hope that was sarcastic, bro. If not, you're definitely going to be in the ***! Seriously. Train by yourself, RIDE with your wife. Don't force her to conform to your training regimen when all she wants is to be able to ride with you, and spend time on the bike.

I've always been ambidextrous. I was a LH'er as a lightie, but back then it was "strange" so it was trained out of me at a primary school level. To this day, I play cricket & golf left handed, but my dominant hand is my right, which I write and play tennis / squash with. The swopping thing was just something that I found irritated & confused opponents who were better than me. It works, for a while...

yep. Also get ahead of her on the trail when it comes to the singletrack. She might not be able to keep up with you, and you might have to go super-slowly, but she will be watching where you brake, which line you take and which things you avoid. This will all make up her "training" and will make her feel like a superstar when she does things that, just a week ago, she would have baulked at. Just never, EVER, ride circles around her. She WILL feel as if you're mocking her with your superior strength & ability

Yep. On rides, I am the pack-horse, the puncture-fixxer-upperer, technical section guru, motivational speaker & general dogs body. But I do it, because she wants to learn, and it's a ride. Rides are fun.

Sometimes that is unavoidable, but if it does happen, refer to the above.

Absolutely. And yes, we do all go up at different speeds, so there may be a time when you do pull away from her. If so, practice your track stands, or cycle back down to her and offer some sustenance, or stop 20m up the road and take out that banana/fruit bar that you had packed for the ride, and tell her you just wanted to have a bit of a stop and appreciate the view... After all, ad MH says - it's about spending time with her.

Or make it clear that you're there for HER - it's not a training ride for you. Same when I play squash against my wife. She's a player for WP. I'm most definitely not. But, she plays down to me. I accept that if she were to play "properly" I'd never get a shot in edgeways, even if my ability to swop hands does freak her out substantially.

100% and another reason you need to do that is that she won't ride with you anymore, otherwise she will feel that she's "keeping you back" or "slowing you down" not to mention that, at the moment, you don't want to ride WITH her at all. Rather, you're doing your own ride and justifying the time out by saying she was there with you, when in actual fact she's feeling deserted, and being forced to ride with nobody to keep her company... And it was your idea in the first place, which makes it even worse. So yes, of course it's normal. She wants to ride with you, or rather, when you invite her for a ride, she wants you to be there with her to show her how it's done. Trust me - I've done this with my wife as well.

funny... all i can think about when i read the topic headline is "I'm a little drunk and I need you now..." seriously though, dude. Heal up!

nice. sounds like a superb price as well...

yeah, the LEFTY is cool. Really good idea for certain applications, and looks mean. But still... I'd rather have the jekyll to be honest. Or, even better - the Yeti SB66. Ooooooooooooooh!

ROFL. Kosmo, I still can't bring myself to trust a rear triangle assembly, that, in order to provide travel & suspension for the rear wheel, is designed to flex sufficiently in order to provide said travel. Gimme a pivot anyday... the Scalpel just "feels" - wrong... Not to say that it's an unattractive bike. But heck, I dunno. Perhaps because I'm just a podgy b4stard...

Congratulations for earning yourself boggerall support and/or empathy when your house gets broken into and your laptop, computer, car & entire home entertainment system gets swiped, and you have to re-build your entrance because the crooks drove through your living room wall to get into the house. KN0B.

I sum up as such - BULLSH!T!

You'd better. Otherwise you'll be left behind and the skewers might fall off due to the extra speed.

Bwahahahahahaha! No, but you go faster!

Congrats, man! First of many, I hope...

Rocket front Ralph back. Always the burlier tire at the front.

ROFL. Dude, I wouldn't even get out of hobbiton. In fact, I might even die tomorrow, seeing as I'm riding 46km on my dh bike on the cape town charity ride. Riding in to town, doing the ride, then riding home. GASP! 25kg of bike. 102kg of self. 3kg of camelbak with water and tools. 8".travel front and back, no lockout. No propedal. Maxxis minion and high roller providing the grip. Eek!

I'll have me one of them...

in short - it's crap