midgetdrunk

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• If you're Happy and you know it post in here

  in General • 15 years, 11 months

  

  I just got back from a ride, and I am notably happier than when I left.

  And I think that's just splendid.

• Back pain

  in General • 15 years, 11 months

  

  Hi all.

  I only recently started to ride again after 4 years or so off a bike; In my mid-to-late teens I rode trials pretty much exclusively, which resulted, due to a terrible riding position (tiny frame, too short a stem, constantly being hunched), in the muscles in my lower back weakening to the extent that they would twist and spasm out at the slightest strain (standing up quickly, sneezing etc.) rendering me completely immobile for anything from 15 minutes to an hour. I went to physio, did some core exercises for a while and everything was fine. I gave up riding a few months later and thought nothing more of it.

  A month or two ago I bought my first fixed gear (fuji track with the otp bars swapped out for some nitto flats if anyone's interested :). I absolutely love it, but just recently my back's started to ache a bit in the same place as before, and I was wondering if anyone else on here has suffered any similar problems and what they did about it if they have? It might just be that I need to change my riding position (in which case any advice on how to figure that out would be great) but I just figured I'd ask in case it's a more common problem than that.

  Cheers guys.

• Mint Sauce - MBUK Cartoon

  in General • 15 years, 12 months

  

  Ahaha yes! i remember those straps. Did anyone get the Mint Sauce keyring?

• Mint Sauce - MBUK Cartoon

  in General • 15 years, 12 months

  

  I can't even begin to describe how much love I have for Mint Sauce. Everything about it. Jo Burt's artwork, the little song lyrics/passages weaved into the page. Used to fucking knock me sideways every single month.

  A few years ago when I threw out nigh on 4 years' worth of MBUK issues, I cut out all the Mint episodes (episodes? strips) and kept them all in a plastic folder. I'm totally gonna dig that out.

• What is a hipster? Look at this fucking hipster...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 16 years

  

  fucking hell, that website nearly made me cry.

• Welcome

  in General • 16 years

  

  This is the most elegant post I've ever read.

  I'll second that. Amazing.

• Welcome

  in General • 16 years

  

  @ midgetdrunk

  hippy's gonna love you

  This, I mean..

• Welcome

  in General • 16 years

  

  Fixed!

  Glad to hear it :)

• Welcome

  in General • 16 years

  

  Hallo all. I'm new here.

  Got my first fixed a month or so ago - already crashed it when some drunken a-hole jumped out in the road in front of me. Got some lovely bruised ribs but I kinda see it as a christening :)

  Anyway, it's good to be here.