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Sort of what other people said. From experience:

• loosen/internally lubricate the joint before starting (just slowly putting it through its full range of motion in all axes)

• be most careful about unnecessary snatching at the pedalstroke, especially when pushing off or accelerating

• relax, and don't fixate on the troubled area, as it tends to make you pedal unnaturally

• don't be afraid to pop an Ibuprofen after your ride for the first few days, as it can help to subdue mild soreness that you might misinterpret as the beginning of another massive flare-up, making you fixate on the area whilst off the bike as well, which tends to exacerbate things

Good work on managing to rest it for so long!

All good advice. Cheers, repped.

Resting was not easy. On the plus side I have read more books in the last two weeks than I have read in the last two years.

I do love a good cat on an invisible bicycle pic.

My sister just bought a new house with TV aerial ports in most of the rooms. We plugged the freeview TV in and tried to search but nothing found. I undid the port(?) and it's hooked up to coaxial cable.

Should there be something inbetween the tv and the wall or is it more likely that the coaxial cable isn't attached at the other end?

Vague I know, too vague?

Is there an actual antenna anywhere? Or is is leftover cable/sky install?

@stonehenge If anything I'd say a turbo/rollers session would be safer. If it does start to play up you can stop right there. A bit boring especially on a day like this but I'd be worried of it coming back as dammit said

edit: oh what a nooby fail I've done. Talk less people.

It's one of my favourite oeuvres.

Ahhhh....cat quota for the morning.

Is there an actual antenna anywhere? Or is is leftover cable/sky install?

It's a new build so we assumed the developer had installed an aerial. We can't see one on the roof but thought maybe it was in the loft/roof.

I suppose they could have just installed the cables but not hooked them up. Just wanted to check I wasn't missing anything obvious

@stonehenge If anything I'd say a turbo/rollers session would be safer. If it does start to play up you can stop right there. A bit boring especially on a day like this but I'd be worried of it coming back as dammit said

edit: oh what a nooby fail I've done. Talk less people.

I'd agree with rollers (if you're competent/confident, and don't stress any joints whilst getting clipped in), but I've found the turbo cons (static position, tendency to pedal without fluency unless you concentrate) can outweigh the pros (controlled environment, home), particularly with overuse injuries.

If it's new build then the cables will run back to one big antenna and dish.

Or not- as was the case in the last new build I lived in, where the cables ran back to nothing because they ran out of cash when it came to dish purchase.

Ask the building management company directly what the situation is.

What was that 80s cartoon where the animals (mostly lions?) in a zoo kept trying to escape and they rode around on an invisible bicycle?
The Hair Bear Bunch were always trying to escape the Wonderland Zoo.

Sorry but I've not got the patience to work out how to embed at the moment. Google "help it's the hair bear bunch" to find lots of video.

So, who won the Tour de France?

Has this been resolved?

Is this still for sale?

dies

The Hair Bear Bunch were always trying to escape the Wonderland Zoo.

Sorry but I've not got the patience to work out how to embed at the moment. Google "help it's the hair bear bunch" to find lots of video.

thank you, thank you, thank you!

The Hair Bear Bunch were always trying to escape the Wonderland Zoo.

Sorry but I've not got the patience to work out how to embed at the moment. Google "help it's the hair bear bunch" to find lots of video.

I am so glad I didn't see this as a child - scary characters!

hair bear bunch by alexecrawford, on Flickr

If you wanted to make pedaling easier with a lighter wheelset, but you could only afford one wheel, would it make more sense to buy a rear?

The logic being that that is the one you are actually pushin when you pedal. Or does it make no difference because both are making contact with the road?

Please assume that both wheels will be just as strong as each other.

I would think rear would make the difference, but I am to physics what Hauska is to empathy.

So I've got a garmin 705 for planing and recording my routes on the weekends. It came with a HRM which I'm keen to use, how do I calculate my upper and lower limits (which are useful for training) so I know when I'm in the main fat burning 'zone'

it has some rough algorythms based on age, use them and see how you get on

how do I calculate my upper and lower limits (which are useful for training) so I know when I'm in the main fat burning 'zone'

You don't calculate, you measure, using a ramp test. If you want to determine HR zones for training, you need your resting HR and HR[sub]max[/sub], and you can only find your HR[sub]max[/sub] by an actual test, since it varies so widely between apparently similar individuals.

Also, the so called fat-burning zone doesn't seem to stand up to examination. If you want to lose lard, the best use of your time seems to be High Intensity Intervals http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=HIIT+for+weight+loss although you might not actually lose any weight - HIIT tends to build lean muscle mass about as fast as it sheds blubber, so you end up in better shape but the scales keep reading the same.

It's a new build so we assumed the developer had installed an aerial. We can't see one on the roof but thought maybe it was in the loft/roof.

I suppose they could have just installed the cables but not hooked them up. Just wanted to check I wasn't missing anything obvious

I had had the same. New build, dead sockets.
It turned out the were connected to an aerial in the loft, right next to the water tank, which frankly does fuck all.

Same for the phone sockets - not connected to anything (£125 for a BT technician per socket to make it work).

So, who won the Tour de France?

Quite few people won something. Cuntador lost apparently. or something.

So, who won the Tour de France?

In 2010? Apparently this should be resolved next month.

Which tub tape = Tufo or Velox?

Velox.