What happened?

[elk]

what is a bonk?
A drop in blood sugar when you're being active?

elk
learning yet another whole new vocabulary....

[indigoiis]

I think some of my bonks are psychological.
I did my first century this weekend, and at mile 85, passed by the start.
Then it was like a cloud went over. Suddenly, the road sucked, I had a headwind, too many cars, my legs felt like lead, and I got crabby. Every bump was met with "ow OW!". Every turn was "you've got to be KIDDING me!".

I ate some m&ms, raisins, lint from the bottom of my top tube bag.

I'm not sure if the lint helped any, but the rest of it did. I was back in the saddle, so to speak.

I think psychologically my eyes saw the beginning and registered it and I knew I only had fifteen more miles, but psychologically I was done.

I think sugar helps the brain, too.

[Scarlet]

Congrats on your century!!! I am sooooo envious, mines this Sunday
so I will remember to make sure I have that lint in the bottom of my rucksack
dont fancy bonking although thats the English term for making lurvvvvve, so maybe I will be up for it when i hav finished??????

Scarlet x

[Nokomis]

Did you check your breaks? I had a ride that I started, and thought I'd have to abandon in under 5 miles - couldn't keep up, couldn't turn the pedals over, was working way too hard..

We found that my breaks were rubbing, once that was fixed had no problems.

[RoadRaven]

what is a bonk?
A drop in blood sugar when you're being active?

elk
learning yet another whole new vocabulary....

In NZ in non-cycling circles, to bonk is something you do with another consenting adult in private somewhere!

But yes, in sports events like cycling, to bonk is to "hit the wall"... to suddenly find yourself with depleting energy... and to truly bonk can mean that you tumnble off your bike - your body just gives up, some people have virtually passed out because their body has said "excuse me, you might want to go on, but there is physically no way that you can"

[elk]

thanks, RR...interesting that that one word means THOSE 2 things...hmmmm

i can totally imagine the sports bonk...i should probably carry Larabars!!!

[nomummytummy]

In NZ in non-cycling circles, to bonk is something you do with another consenting adult in private somewhere!

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and that is why I'd never buy a 2nd hand bike seat! who knows whether they bonked on it or not!!!!

[RoadRaven]

Just make sure you keep nutrition up - if it is a looong ride, I would start eating about an hour in, and eat every half hour. I don't eat much, just half a muesli bar at a time - unless I feel hungry and then I eat a whole bar.

The longest ride I have done took me 4 hours and that regemin of eating was enough. I may have needed something more substantial if I had had to output more power (it was a training ride, not a race) or if I was going to be longer in the saddle.

LOL, NMT, I hadn't thought of that as a reason for no second hand seats...