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When I get too heavy (fat) my bike starts clicking. Touching up any too loose spokes helps, then I clean and grease where the spokes rub together. That seems to fix it for a while. But the real solution is to lose my excess weight.

Re: Re: Thanks Jay. I did not know about hunger pangs meant that you are burning fat. I always thought it was associated with the body cannibalizing muscle for protein. I am losing weight at about 0.5 Kg (1 lb) per week. Trying to get it to at least 0.7 Kg (1.5 lbs) per week, because I done it...

Re: Thanks for input. My last goal was WMC in Austria, but hit the deck alone and a DNF. I lost unconscious for 40 minutes before paramedics rescued me. Had temporary brain damage. Bike broke in four places. Don't recall what happened. Lost big goal motivation after that due to change of...

Okay. Thanks for your responses. You have helped me to realize that my current goals, or lack of them, are not strong motivators. I am currently overweight. That alone is an anchor in itself, and hard to move towards any goal I wish to access/experience. So I will just focus on losing the...

I know I would benefit from doing gym sessions, especially when the weather is too bad for a ride. But I have a long standing problem with getting motivated to do gym workouts. I even bought a simple home gym, but having trouble getting into any routine with it. I am lucky to get three goes at...

I read this book many decades ago. Worth reading. "The Secret Life of Plants". https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Plants-Fascinating-Emotional/dp/0060915870

Rode up a short hill yesterday, about 2 km long, in a 39 x 25. Sure is easier than a 23, and I noticed a slight increase in speed since I was turning the cranks faster (spinning).

Thank you all for your help and sharing.

Re: Re: Wow. Thanks for sharing your story of coming back and beyond. Very inspirational. Thanks for getting me to think about what it is I enjoy most about cycling. For me it's about fanging it down the road while everybody is trying to catch me but to no avail :lol: . But at the moment...

Re: Re: To clarify myself, I am a late bloomer in cycling, and race in a masters group. A few years ago I had a bad fall and both recovery (slight brain damage) and motivation to return to cycling has been slow. I am just now giving it another go because it is the only thing that empowers me to...

Re: Is that possible to know that by a field of riders you are unfamiliar with. Or is it something measured in others during a race, like doing probing breakaways/attacks? Or are you referring to 'dropping them' in terms of breaking away and riding at a TT pace, until they are too far for them...

Re: Oh, that's a good one. :lol:

Re: Thanks Alex for info. Learnt a new word today - 'parcours'. Could you tell me more, or refer me to info, on how to out sprint a better sprinter?

I break away from the bunch in an attempt to win the race alone. However a sprinter bridges the gap. He won't take turns. What can I do to get rid of him? All I can think of is to... Attack again in the hope of dropping him. If not, perhaps repeat the attacks to wear him down (but I too am...

Re: Thank you for those good points to remember for a wet hilly day: Lower tyre pressure say from 120 to 90 psi. Try and ride on smooth surface for more contact with road surface. Always keep weight over rear wheel sitting or standing (push hip back). Watch out for 15% plus gradients. Best to...