After enough years of cycling and some long multi-wk. or simply multi-day long, self-loaded touring rides, I feel like such a strange baby reading all this about the painkillers.

When dearie took the occasional Tyelnol, I thought he was unusual..simply because he has some other problems, ..sleep disorder, a knee that flares up at times, a shoulder muscle from a farming machinery accident years ago.

I just was not aware it was a common practice..among people doing certain sports regularily.

and I ride hybrids or my folding bike which is more effort since it's a less swifter type of bike. No, I actually I've never had a bike with dropped handlebars...yet.

Yea, well whimpy me. But I feel fine on bike.