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From: T i m on 3 Sep 2008 05:42 On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:19:57 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear(a)gmail.com> wrote: >In article <n9ksb4djjnjofjldutifdjc7f7e2ssesra(a)4ax.com>, T i m says... > >> Well (with respect) we will have to agree to disagree (otherwise I >> wouldn't have replied in the first place), unless you would be so kind >> and explain how anything I said had any relevance to the reply and >> hence why it should have been left in? > >Oh FFS. I give up. Shame. I only asked for help re the Unitrack FFS (but this is the Usenet etc ....) ;-) Ho hum. All the best .. T i m
From: T i m on 3 Sep 2008 05:48 On 03 Sep 2008 09:37:46 GMT, crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: <snip> >Getting back to the point, when buying a bike some of us go for a >practical answer and others go for fancy toys. Its all a matter of >objectives. For my purposes since retirement the GS is overpowered for >the task but has far better brakes etc than the damned 125 that tried >to kill me instead of stopping. Indeed, horses for course etc and I'm surprised that within a group (motorcyclists) generally known for their comradery that there are (here) a minority that seem to want to be otherwise? Al the best .. T i m
From: Eddie on 3 Sep 2008 05:55 Champ wrote: > > Interesting - I feel like my upper body has got stronger, initially > using the chair (which is hard work), and now using the crutches > (which is harder). Mine certainly did, at least in places: the muscle on the inside of my forearm would pop out like a tennis ball if I bent my fist inward. -- Eddie eddie(a)deguello.org His: ZX-9R, Elefant 900 http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm Hers: Monster S4R, GSX600F (breaking, everything must go!)
From: Eddie on 3 Sep 2008 06:05 T i m wrote: > > Indeed, horses for course etc and I'm surprised that within a group > (motorcyclists) generally known for their comradery that there are > (here) a minority that seem to want to be otherwise? "seem" is a key word here. Wind you neck in and stop overreacting. Oh, and that's not how you spell camaraderie, assuming that's what you were trying to spell. -- Eddie eddie(a)deguello.org His: ZX-9R, Elefant 900 http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm Hers: Monster S4R, GSX600F (breaking, everything must go!)
From: Champ on 3 Sep 2008 06:46
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:23:00 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >>>But the lost core and upper-body strength has taken two years of hard >>>work, and I'm still not sure it's back to what it was beforehand. >> >>Interesting - I feel like my upper body has got stronger, initially >>using the chair (which is hard work), and now using the crutches >>(which is harder). > >Hardly surprising, though. The thing that sufferred most for me was my >overall fitness level - sure, the legs were still strong, but I was >unable to sustain any high level of activity sufficiently long to get >properly fit - the pain would kick in too early - so I think I got >progressively less fit right up until about six months ago. Oh sure - I know my general level of fitness has been fucked. I'm actually looking forward to being able to train and get it back. >Even during this last ski season my fitness didn't improve that much - >I think I was doing too much, such that I was hurting too much to >really push it, if that makes sense. Probably I'd have done better, >fitness-wise, with only about half as much skiing and a lot more gym >work. But sod that, eh? Any day on the mountain is worthwhile in and >for itself, IMO. No argument from me :-) -- Champ What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk |