Bonk-ette?

fatandwheezing

Is there a name for a mini bonk - e.g. when your halfway up a climb and you just can't make it, but after a couple of minutes rest you can get going again?

redddraggon

bonk means you've run out of fuel. If you stop and have a rest and a few minutes later you can get going again, that's not a bonk, not even a little one.

You've probably just gone anaerobic for too long...

Anonymous

A bonk is when you can go no more, full stop.

fatandwheezing

I've had a bonk before, and it's no fun. Anaerobic sounds right as it felt like my lungs were on fire. Worst ride I've ad in months, but still happy how far I got up the hill considering it was the end of my ride.

Frank the tank

No such thing as a "mini bonk". You've either hit the wall or you haven't.

I remember it taking me an hour and a half to cover the last four miles of a ride home. I would have quite happily curled up and died at the side of the road but pride would not allow me to phone for a lift home.

dilemna

redddraggon wrote:

bonk means you've run out of fuel. If you stop and have a rest and a few minutes later you can get going again, that's not a bonk, not even a little one.

LoL. Sorry I know bonking is serious but it's the way you write it.

Crapaud

I've only bonked once! I'd got the fine art of taking enough food to fuel myself down to a T and then someone unexpectedly added another 20 miles to the day's route. I had to strategically topple off the bike onto some soft looking grass, because I didn't have the energy to lift my leg over the bike. Luckily there was a vending machine nearby where I bought 4 Lion bar like things - I could feel the energy surge around my body when I'd eaten them (a very strange sensation). Now I always take an extra banana, or an emergency gel, with me.