From Whence the Pain?

Pain, you say?

--Sparty

uh oh

Do you feel no pain?

Sparticus said:

Pain, you say?

--Sparty

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umarth said:

Do you feel no pain?

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I just choose to perceive that sensation as "this is what getting stronger feels like" or "this is what winning feels like" etc.

Easier said than done... yeah, I feel pain... if that's what we collectively want to call the sensation that makes some people quit or consider quitting. But at the same time I do my best to welcome that feeling. Doing so -- as well as the sensation itself -- has its positive aspects.

--Sparty

pain is an illusion.

[email protected] said:

pain is an illusion.

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Tell that to my taint after a century.

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umarth said:

Tell that to my taint after a century.

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Just imagine your taint somewhere nicer and sunny? Or start to ride a fixedgear offroad Or get a bigger ratio so your outa the saddle more often....

Maybe that's it. Realizing that pain is relative. Just when I think it can't possibly get any worse... it does. At times like that I look back and think, "Huh... guess I didn't have it so bad after all."

The upside is I realize I can endure more pain than I thought I could. Still doesn't make it pleasant... but the experience steels my resolve and builds my confidence.

--Sparty

People still use the term wanker?

And if the taint is hurting you need some more hills to ride up so you are not sitting

I vote for "having only one gear".

My trails are far from smooth, but at least with rigid I can compensate by using better form, choosing the right lines, etc to minimize the pain. No amount of form or skill is going to make grinding out long climbs less painful though

SlowerThenSnot said:

Just imagine your taint somewhere nicer and sunny? Or start to ride a fixedgear offroad Or get a bigger ratio so your outa the saddle more often....

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I rode my fixed gear to Portland and after the second flat forty mile stretch, I had to get a taint transplant because the doctors said it was too late to save the one I had.

boomn said:

No amount of form or skill is going to make grinding out long climbs less painful though.

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I run and bike commute, so the hills and whatnot usually aren't murder. It is hard to replicate the long downhills when everything closes up during the winter, so for the first rides back in Spring it hurts, especially since my C1 (atlas vertebra) is out of alignment.

umarth said:

I run and bike commute, so the hills and whatnot usually aren't murder. It is hard to replicate the long downhills when everything closes up during the winter, so for the first rides back in Spring it hurts, especially since my C1 (atlas vertebra) is out of alignment.

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My favorite bike quote: "It doesn't get easier, you just get faster" - Greg Lemond

I like to push myself uphill and down. Even when I'm in my best shape the hills still hurt because I'm pushing faster. But as I get better at descending on a rigid bike the payoff is less pain. That's the difference I was trying to explain

You have to Make Pain Your Friend.

I read I quote I wanted to post here... and now I'm pissed I can't find it again. At least I've got something to do at work tomorrow now.

Wish I Were Riding said:

I read I quote I wanted to post here... and now I'm pissed I can't find it again. At least I've got something to do at work tomorrow now.

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Mtbr.com- how mountain bikers pretend to work at work.

I guess I don't look at challenging hills as 'pain' because it is somewhat fleeting and rarely leaves me hating life, during or after. If I didn't like uphill, I would ride XC.

I like exhausting myself. I have way too much energy from sitting in front of laptop all day.

big_slacker said:

I like exhausting myself. I have way too much energy from sitting in front of laptop all day.

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Amen brutha! :thumbsup:

even when i ride my geared bike, the gt peace, i still stand almost all the time, i guess outta habit from ssing

Whence = From Where

From Whence = From From Where

"the pain is here to tell me that i'm still alive" A gold star for who can tell me from whence this quote is from.