#234

Oooh how was it? Did you fart?

#235

Touching cloth from 20 minutes in?

#236

It was very very hard work to not fart, but that was the least of my problems.

Firstly there was an expectation that youā€™d done some yoga and were at least glancingly familiar with downward dogs etc. Then it was also partly flexibility stuff (and a bit of pilates) which I was not correctly configured for. THen there was partnering up with a random so they could tell you how terrible everything was.

#237

If I could have just shat myself and been sent home it probably would have been more dignified.

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#238

Itā€™s hard isnā€™t it? Iā€™d defo have parped at least a few times in 2.5 hours let alone whilst contorting all over the place.

Pairing up in any kind of exercise capacity is always a dreadful thing.

Do you at least feel a bit more flexible now or whatever you were trying to achieve?

#239

umā€¦

#240

Hmm. I donā€™t do a 200km ride every week, and how much I cycle fluctuates, but Iā€™ve definitely upped my mileage recently. A bit. Iā€™ll take it a bit easier I guess. Probably not though :muscle:

#241

Exact same happened to me yesterday!

Did a long ride on Saturday (for meā€¦) and thought Iā€™d be recovered but I pretty much bonked after 5km yesterday :rofl:).

It was windy but my legs were on fire, I aborted and went to buy gin :roll_eyes:

#242

Buying gin sounds like a much better idea tbh.

#243

  • Pavement cycling is illegal in the UK, but Iā€™m sure weā€™ve ALL hopped up a kerb and down at some point. I do to on rare occasions if thereā€™s a double decker bus behind or a queue, etc. Canā€™t recommend it, but you know the roads and situation. No driveways, clear path, can see for a whileā€¦ have done. Will do so. Often unclip one side and pootle just in case someone calls me out on it - Iā€™m just helping the traffic out, officer. May be worth checking out some local cycling confidence groups - council might offer some (is it called bikeability?), or Cycling UK / Breeze.

  • Practice! Local bike shops often run nights regarding the above AND basic maintenance. If youā€™ve got a great independent shop nearby, could be worth popping in and just saying you wouldnā€™t mind someone spending 5 mins to run through it, then buy a few inner tubes as a thanks. Once youā€™ve got a decent pair of tyre levers and had to do a couple in the rain, youā€™ll be able to sort it in under a minute.

#244

takes me fucking ages (like 20 minutes) just to get a tyre back on, and usually results in bleeding thumbs

#245

Get one of those idiot tyre levers I posted before :sunglasses:

#246

Pavement cycling isnā€™t always illegal. There are shared-use pavements indicated by signs like this where cycling on the pavement is permitted.

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#247

Also tbh if I got a flat on a commute Iā€™d just roll to the nearest bike shop most likelyā€¦ Sod faffing about in the city in rush hour changing tyres.

Obvs this depends on your commute

Tbh last week I got a flat rear and just ride home on it :hushed:

#248

We all know how absolutely awful those (normally) are, though.

#249

Last time I got a puncture I was right near a bike shop. I changed the tube myself but couldnā€™t for the life of me undo my rear track nut so I had to sheepishly walk it to the shop and say ā€œhey, I can do this myself but Iā€™m very weak, can you undo this for me?ā€.

I then got TWO more punctures on the way home, and plasticmike had to come and rescue me with a new tyre. Awful.

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#250

That makes it not a pavement :stuck_out_tongue:

#marckeemode

#251

Well, if youā€™re going to be like that.

Footway or footpath is the correct term for what most people call a pavement. ā€˜Pavementā€™ has no legal basis.

#252

Youā€™re a pavement.

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#253

Youā€™re a shared use path.