Comments on: A Scientific Explanation of Why Cycling Hurts

By: mary grace

mary grace — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:08:17 +0000

i know that some of the superstitous belief have a basis

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:06:50 +0000

i know that some of supertitions beleifs has a basis

By: Col

Col — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:46:54 +0000

BikeMike’s comment: “To the pain” Was that from the “Princess Bride?”

By: caeL

caeL — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:56:23 +0000

Why, if pain pellets are attracted to slopes as balloons are to statically charged hair, do we not encounter these pellets on the way down a slope?

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:43:10 +0000

I personally have much experience with the pain pellets that inhabit the ground. There is also a strange phenomena that occurs when I encounter the pain pellets on the ground…..my cycling buddy simultaneously laughs, crys and snorts snot bubbles. It’s almost enough to make me want to wipe out on purpose just to experience this, video tape it and win $100,000.00 on AFV.

By: McBain_v1

McBain_v1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:15:23 +0000

“Pulling out the snake” could land you in serious trouble with the local constabulary here in England. I imagine that should you “pull out your snake” the local plod would then introduce you to several pain pellets that oddly choose to adhere to the business end of their truncheons (the latter being a useful item to encourage you to assist the police with their enquiries).

I’ve noticed that inclement weather also seems to make pain pellets cluster more heavily, e.g. pi$$ing rain seems to make the concentration of pain pellets on steep slopes more noticeable.

By: jro_rocks

jro_rocks — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:04:07 +0000

My Canadian friends have a great synonym for the weave. They call it “Pulling out the snake!” As in, “That hill was so steep, I had to pull out the snake!”.

By: blinddrew

blinddrew — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:45:39 +0000

Thing is, not so many hundred years ago, this was science…

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:17:13 +0000

Hi Fatty,

This surely now must be elevated to ‘Top Posts’

On a serious note, I had to buy a new saddle last year and found myself asking the question ‘How does one choose a new saddle?’ I am yet to find a satisfactory answer. Maybe you could apply your other-worldly powers of thought to this and provide some insight….

With thanks in advance.

Lyndon

By: MattC

MattC — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:01:48 +0000

I am just guessing here, but is it possible that the pain-pellets somehow slip up/over/around someone on a ‘bent’ when they are descending or on the flats, yet somehow congregate in even larger quantities for the climbs? Maybe at speed they just don’t suck around fast enough to hit the rider, but at slower speeds (climbing) they hit more. Hmmmm..some study sure is in order here! And funny how pain-pellets look JUST LIKE ROCKS sometimes on the MTB!