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It might be worth looking into if you can find a trustworthy person in your area who has the machine. It can be an alternative to surgery and it seems to work for some people. My clubmate/friend is a chiropractor and he does decompression now and he has helped other people in our club.
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Just got done with follow up televisit for my back. I reported no improvement which is true. now they want to do an EMG nerve conduction study before going further. Sounds like fun. Their approach is to shoot and then find the target later - apparently. That's why they call it PRACTICING medicine. Practice? Practice? SMFH.
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A bird flies over and the internist says, "could be a duck, but we must rule out goose, and, of course, there's a chance it's a very big sparrow," and by that time the bird is out of sight.
Another bird flies over and the radiologist raises his gun and says, "There's a silhouette against the sky, which likely represents a duck, suggest clinical correlation," and the bird is gone.
A bird flies over head, the surgeon fires immediately and says, "what the **** was that?"
Yes, that EMG/NCS should have been done first.
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I decided to spend time getting meatloaf in the oven and then riding on Zwift, as opposed to riding IRL. I was astonished just how FEW people were on. And most of them were doing workouts, which I guess makes sense - if you have the time to ride IRL, you do. If you don't, you Zwift, but if you're going to do a structured workout, Zwift just works better than the road. At least for a lot of people.
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I need to figure out a way to charge admission to my home tomorrow. I could buy a new bike if this keeps up.
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I had the end of a shoelace do that to me once. Drove me bonkers until I looked down and saw it bounce off the crankarm. Tick.......tick.......tick..... ...tick
Another good one was when my thigh would hit the seat bag and cause the contents to hit.. or the little plastic doodads on the zipper to strike the seat tube.. tink.....tink.....tink....
Another good one was when my thigh would hit the seat bag and cause the contents to hit.. or the little plastic doodads on the zipper to strike the seat tube.. tink.....tink.....tink....
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Sounds too serious for me. I checked the Strava feed for my club, and looks like yesterday's ride was about 20MPH, 30 miles with about 1800 feet vertical. I would much rather drop it a notch and aim for 17-ish on a course like that.
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Here's one that might be a bit of a stretch but hey I'm bored at work without much to do - your NDS picture of it in the water thread makes it look like the bolts that hold your littlest chainring on are about the same distance from the BB as the downtube coupler. Any chance one of them backed out and is touching the clamp on every rotation?
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No correlation to the road, or how much power I am producing. It only makes the sound when I pedal. It used to be a quieter tap and it wasn’t every time I pedaled. Now it’s louder and constant. Checked the coupler, no play.
My shoes don’t have shoelaces.
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Here's one that might be a bit of a stretch but hey I'm bored at work without much to do - your NDS picture of it in the water thread makes it look like the bolts that hold your littlest chainring on are about the same distance from the BB as the downtube coupler. Any chance one of them backed out and is touching the clamp on every rotation?
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Had one fall out of a Campagnolo crankset and mtb cranks, too. I always use blue Loctite on them now.
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I was hauling ass down hill yesterday and heard a clang, clang like something metal bouncing on the rocks. I just checked that my front disc rotor was still there, figuring that was the most important thing that: I could visually inspect on a trail while going 25 mph, would be likely to need on such a descent, and would make that sound.
Gladly no parts seemed to be missing upon a visual inspection at home.
Gladly no parts seemed to be missing upon a visual inspection at home.
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Squeezed out for my last VA ride of Spring. Mostly easy, with a little sightseeing, and a few moments of fury. I keep missing out on targeted segment Top 10s, which is a) frustrating and b) a sign that there aren't as many strong riders here as there are in MN. ![Embarrassment](images/smilies/redface.gif)
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I was hauling ass down hill yesterday and heard a clang, clang like something metal bouncing on the rocks. I just checked that my front disc rotor was still there, figuring that was the most important thing that: I could visually inspect on a trail while going 25 mph, would be likely to need on such a descent, and would make that sound.
Gladly no parts seemed to be missing upon a visual inspection at home.
Gladly no parts seemed to be missing upon a visual inspection at home.
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