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02-02-20, 12:48 PM
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02-02-20, 01:08 PM
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datlas may roll his eyes at this, but are you on a statin?
02-02-20, 01:10 PM
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I very careful around bunched up riders. I saw one man go down as his front wheel dropped into a grove that had the same effect as a railroad and who suffered a broken hip. This was very early in our ride when we were all very close together. I surmise that he did not see the grove due to proximity to the rider just ahead. A second club crash occurred about 15 minutes before I caught up on another ride. I was informed two bikes got tangled up and one rider was taken away by ambulance. The situation around bunched up cyclists is very unpredictable.
02-02-20, 01:10 PM
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Crits have more experienced riders so you may have a point there.
02-02-20, 01:14 PM
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02-02-20, 01:17 PM
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02-02-20, 01:19 PM
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I was just speculating about possible causes of otherwise unexplained exercise related myalgia. I have my own anecdote.
02-02-20, 01:24 PM
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High dose statin is one of the usual suspects. Ok to stop it for a few weeks and rechallenge. If it’s clearly the bad actor, try a lower dose or CoQ10. My cardiology colleagues love high dose statins but don’t understand that the muscle aches are dose-dependent. So I love to suggest Lipitor 10 or 20 mg, not 80. Or Crestor 5-10 mg.
02-02-20, 01:25 PM
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02-02-20, 01:27 PM
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Speaking of crashes, I had one this spring. It was my first in several years. I think I have had 3 crashes in past decade. Is that typical? All were really rider error btw. I hope for no more.
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02-02-20, 01:30 PM
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02-02-20, 01:35 PM
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datlas may roll his eyes at this, but are you on a statin?
I’ll just pretend I’m on the road to having massive guads
02-02-20, 01:40 PM
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short ride wind was savage. Today I had multiple cars pull out right in front of me. It was almost weird the amount of times it happened. Wasn’t wearing a light out front but was wearing a bright yellow wind breaker.
The group ride I am with I havnt seen any crashes yet, but we had a situation last week that could have ended very bad. Along our route is a hill with a fork at the bottom. Two lane road, no divider, and always a lot of traffic. We usually go right at the bottom, and out of know where half the group decides to go left. The group ended up splitting and luckily nobody went down.
The group ride I am with I havnt seen any crashes yet, but we had a situation last week that could have ended very bad. Along our route is a hill with a fork at the bottom. Two lane road, no divider, and always a lot of traffic. We usually go right at the bottom, and out of know where half the group decides to go left. The group ended up splitting and luckily nobody went down.
02-02-20, 01:43 PM
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Role for statin is nuanced. Cardiologists want everyone in one for reasons stated above. Issue is if you are low risk, say 2% chance of event in next 10 years, do you want to take a pill daily to cut that to 1%? Probably not.
OTOH if you are at high risk, say 20% you could cut that to 10%. Probably a good idea.
OTOH if you are at high risk, say 20% you could cut that to 10%. Probably a good idea.
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High dose statin is one of the usual suspects. Ok to stop it for a few weeks and rechallenge. If it’s clearly the bad actor, try a lower dose or CoQ10. My cardiology colleagues love high dose statins but don’t understand that the muscle aches are dose-dependent. So I love to suggest Lipitor 10 or 20 mg, not 80. Or Crestor 5-10 mg.
02-02-20, 01:45 PM
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02-02-20, 01:46 PM
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02-02-20, 01:46 PM
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Not sure where that is but it even sounds warm.
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02-02-20, 01:54 PM
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Thats a pissing contest for sure.
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02-02-20, 01:59 PM
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That’s fine. Prava is weaker but good enough in most cases.
02-02-20, 01:59 PM
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02-02-20, 02:25 PM
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We did have 2 calls of shame from heat exhaustion, however.
