Why?

off-one

Just a few observations after todays ride.

Why: Did I get chronic knee pain today on my first geared ride, after months of riding just single speed, with no problems?

Why: Is the best place to hold a conversation in the middle of the bridleway?

Why: Do I launch of drop-offs on the Voodoo, but usually bottle out, when on anything else ? Does that extra inch make all the difference?

But the most burning question for today is. Why do alpaca's need coats? Dont they come from the Andes? Surely a drizzley hillside in Sheffield is nothing in compairison?

strodey

Good post, i need these questions answering too, all except the singlespeed one i'm not hard enough for one of those!
Did you use the same pedals and seat height?

off-one

Yep, even got the tape out.

supersonic

Yes, I think the problem with the pain is a different set up, or maybe the knees not used to higher cadence on some parts ;-)

wings988

Why do people take 6ish years olds on a red route trail? I saw a little lad barrell roll about 5 times after he fell of on a decline of Ftd at the Chase, his stupid idiot Dad was following. I rode by and heard lots of crying.

supersonic

wings988 wrote:

Why do people take 6ish years olds on a red route trail? I saw a little lad barrell roll about 5 times after he fell of on a decline of Ftd at the Chase, his stupid idiot Dad was following. I rode by and heard lots of crying.

Could be a coincidence, but maybe you want to read this...

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12609908

BorisSpencer

My lad's seven and I don't think there's anything on FTD that he couldn't handle.
I haven't taken him because we're 2 hours away, and if I did it would be when it's quiet.
Bottom line - kids are supposed to fall of bikes, it's what they're designed for.

noodleman

Why alpacas at all? My mate has three of them(did have four but one died) whats the point? cant walk em, cant eat em, dont lay eggs and they can cost over £5000 quid. Hello :?:

dave_hill

noodleman wrote:

Why alpacas at all? My mate has three of them(did have four but one died) whats the point? cant walk em, cant eat em, dont lay eggs and they can cost over £5000 quid. Hello :?:

Wool. Simple as.

And you can eat them. You can eat anything if you try hard enough.

They're also phenominal herding animals - they have a natural instinct to herd other critters. My mum's friends son has some on his sheep station in Australia - he's credited his alpacas with saving most of his sheep by instinctively herding them away from approaching fires.

dave_hill

Why, in all the infinitesimal size of the universe, do walkers/kids/dogs want to occupy the self-same bit of it that you are in at any given moment?

cee

dave_hill wrote:

And you can eat them. You can eat anything if you try hard enough.

hmmm....not polar bears liver pate or komodo dragon tongue soup though surely?

Steve_b77

wings988 wrote:

Why do people take 6ish years olds on a red route trail? I saw a little lad barrell roll about 5 times after he fell of on a decline of Ftd at the Chase, his stupid idiot Dad was following. I rode by and heard lots of crying.

I had exactly the same thing happen on the Marin Trail, belting down one of the rocky slab bits and there's a father with small child on small childs type bike bumbling along.

"Coming past" was the shout, so father instructs child to stop bang in middle of rocks (all of about 3ft wide is the trail at this point!!!

Cue mucho braking and mutterd swearing (small kiddie present), look back and the kid falls sideways off the rocks onto another rock, promptly cries.

Why oh why do people do this when their kids can't handle it?

I could've been nasty really, 13st of rider + 30lbs of bike v's a 5/6 yr old :shock:

turpinr

why why why does my front wheel always head for any horse/cow/sheep shit that's on any trail.anybody else get this problem

cee

turpinr wrote:

why why why does my front wheel always head for any horse/cow/sheep shoot that's on any trail.anybody else get this problem

you need to learn the art of high speed dung dodgin'

Finbar Saunders

turpinr wrote:

why why why does my front wheel always head for any horse/cow/sheep shoot that's on any trail.anybody else get this problem

If you look at it you will drift towards it. A quick glance is fine, but if you are trying to figure out what the animal in question had for its tea the day before you will certainly head towards it.

Finbar Saunders

noodleman wrote:

cant walk em, cant eat em, dont lay eggs and they can cost over £5000 quid. Hello :?:

I say the same for some of the bikes I see! Can you ride an alpaca? That might be it.