I agree and sociopaths can act in seemingly altruistic ways. The firefighters who steal gear from other companies at fires only want to fight better and the docs who falsify their patients' records to get them better treatment only want them to do well.

Now I'm wondering how many trainer hours it takes to wear out my little ring, with 30% fewer teeth and constant pedaling at 180w+.

Pretty much identical here. It was 66° and NNW at ~20 mph when I finished my ride. At least the biblical flooding is over for a few days.

I think keel hauling is better for cramps.

Your mass may vary?

Yes, it does.

Planning on seeing the Black Hawk statue? My wife and I blew by there back in the mid 90s on way to a sub 5 hour century on our tandem. :thumb:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_Statue

With these varying chainring mileage claims, I think that we can divide Addicts in to two camps: those who slamdance on the peddles and those that who don't.

Works as well as anything else, I guess.

Good point. Their normal is a warped version that their parents forced upon them.

I churn butter, and grind away at a happy 75-80 rpm.

This

Took a walk with the family over to the co-op and back. The little girl wanted to take her 3-wheeled scooter; we let her but brought the stroller just in case she got pooped out. Welp, lemme tell ya - we knew that she was one stubborn determined little girl, but damn. She made it all the way there and all the way back, about 2.5 miles total. She sounded very much like a cyclist, at one point saying, "well, my legs are pretty tired and hurty," and "are we almost to the hill? I like going down hills! Yay hoo!"

When she eventually gets a bike, I'm pretty sure she'll drop me sooner rather than later.

I heard it’s the nerve. :innocent:

Proof: from their website:

IT'S A BATTLE OF NERVES

Your nerves are what trigger muscle cramps and lingering soreness during or post-exercise. It’s not dehydration or electrolyte-imbalance. HOTSHOT was created to quickly target these nerves to prevent or stop an active cramp and reduce next-day muscle soreness.

It is! It is! It's a fatigue-related increase in the excitability of muscle spindle afferents, but we're going to get pages and pages of hydration, "electrolytes" (my other pet peeve) and gluten.
Someone is wrong on the Internet.:troll:

It's stupid, but that stuff or pickle juice might actually work via some brainstem reflex.

You should probably have a few on hand. ;)

Hmm... I'm getting rather snotty.

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I only get cramps towards the end of a long and hard ride. I believe they are related to muscle fatigue and not necessarily electrolytes or other usual suspects. Regardless of cause, I hate them.

I had a cramp once.

Oh?

You are right. They occur when you're out of shape or pushing it beyond your usual limits. Studies in athletes have consistently failed to find an association with dehydration or electrolyte losses. Hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, and hypomagnesemia cause cramping, but at clinically scary levels, which no one can possibly get to by sweating on a bike. [/RANT]

You done good. Kudos.

I can't handle this idiocy anymore.

When I got in the car this evening I was literally shivering. And I had a sweatshirt on.