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Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Q2 : I've just brought a pair or ordinary M+S gloves for the colder
season that's just upon us. After 10 minutes the fleshy bit where palm
meets thumb starts to ache. Remove gloves and ache goes in a minute or
two. Any ideas why?

Q3 : Just noticed this morning (gorgeous autumnal with remains of summer
warmth) that there are loads of mushrooms in the relatively recently
cultivated fields. I've not noticed this before. Is it just me or is
it a plague year [EVERYBODY PANIC!]

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Peter Fox said:

Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Pushing the pedals hard at a low rate of rotation as opposed to
putting less force in but your feet going like the clappers
i.e. spinning.

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Q2 : I've just brought a pair or ordinary M+S gloves for the colder
season that's just upon us. After 10 minutes the fleshy bit where
palm meets thumb starts to ache. Remove gloves and ache goes in a
minute or two. Any ideas why?

Most cycling gloves have padding to avoid that. Buy some.

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Q3 : Just noticed this morning (gorgeous autumnal with remains of
summer warmth) that there are loads of mushrooms in the relatively
recently cultivated fields. I've not noticed this before. Is it
just me or is it a plague year [EVERYBODY PANIC!]

I noticed quite a few when I was outside the office the other day but
I've not seen a general mushroom invasion.

Chris
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Chris Eilbeck

Peter Fox said:

Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Cycling with low cadence and high torque, in a gear that would be considered
too high by a spinner. I wouldn't know if you are more or less likely to do
this after eating wild mushrooms.

~PB

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Peter Fox said:

Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

High torque/low rev pedalling - can cause knee problems and accumulation
of lactic acid in the muscles.

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Q2 : I've just brought a pair or ordinary M+S gloves for the colder
season that's just upon us. After 10 minutes the fleshy bit where palm
meets thumb starts to ache. Remove gloves and ache goes in a minute or
two. Any ideas why?

Seam in the wrong place? Forefinger/thumb of gloves too short?

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Q3 : Just noticed this morning (gorgeous autumnal with remains of summer
warmth) that there are loads of mushrooms in the relatively recently
cultivated fields. I've not noticed this before. Is it just me or is
it a plague year [EVERYBODY PANIC!]

Edible mushrooms? Maybe they've been using spent mushroom compost as a
soil improver.

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Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Cycling like mashing potatoes - a series of disjointed vigorous
downstrokes; also known as 'pedalling squares'.

I prefer to think about the difference between good and poor cyclists as
the difference between piston engines and a turbine. A piston engine, like
a potato masher, operates by vigorous downstrokes (although in a piston
engine at least they're regular); a turbine, like a good cyclist, powers
all the way round.

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Q2 : I've just brought a pair or ordinary M+S gloves for the colder
season that's just upon us. After 10 minutes the fleshy bit where palm
meets thumb starts to ache. Remove gloves and ache goes in a minute or
two. Any ideas why?

There's an important nerve in that web of skin between the thumb and the
fingers. Too much pressure or vibration on it causes palsy. I suspect
there may be a large seam or something which presses in there?

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Q3 : Just noticed this morning (gorgeous autumnal with remains of summer
warmth) that there are loads of mushrooms in the relatively recently
cultivated fields. I've not noticed this before. Is it just me or is
it a plague year [EVERYBODY PANIC!]

Probably the farmer has bought some used mushroom compost from a mushroom
farm?

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'You cannot put "The Internet" into the Recycle Bin.'

Peter Fox said:

Q2 : I've just brought a pair or ordinary M+S gloves for the colder
season that's just upon us. After 10 minutes the fleshy bit where
palm meets thumb starts to ache. Remove gloves and ache goes in a
minute or two. Any ideas why?

I've got some sheepskin BHS gloves I've been using for years. They're
brilliant. Although they got sodden the other day and I was thinking about
supplementing them with some sealskinz for rainy days.

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Q3 : Just noticed this morning (gorgeous autumnal with remains of
summer warmth) that there are loads of mushrooms in the relatively
recently cultivated fields. I've not noticed this before. Is it
just me or is it a plague year [EVERYBODY PANIC!]

It's a great year for mushrooms.

A

Peter Fox said:

Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Mashing up a hill involves dragging a sound system to a local
high-point and proceeding to spin dub-plates in a dance hall stylee,
blending the tunes together in a pleasing manner.
So 'mashing' is equivalent to 'spinning'.

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sothach said:

Peter Fox said:

Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Mashing up a hill involves dragging a sound system to a local
high-point and proceeding to spin dub-plates in a dance hall stylee,
blending the tunes together in a pleasing manner.
So 'mashing' is equivalent to 'spinning'.

Excellent :-)

sothach wrote on 16/10/2006 10:53 +0100:

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Peter Fox said:

Q1 : "Mashing" as in "mashing up hill" what does this mean?

Mashing up a hill involves dragging a sound system to a local
high-point and proceeding to spin dub-plates in a dance hall stylee,
blending the tunes together in a pleasing manner.
So 'mashing' is equivalent to 'spinning'.

And on the way back down you can brake dance ;-)

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Peter Fox said:

Q3 : Just noticed this morning (gorgeous autumnal with remains of summer
warmth) that there are loads of mushrooms in the relatively recently
cultivated fields. I've not noticed this before. Is it just me or is
it a plague year [EVERYBODY PANIC!]

It's that time of year (end of September to mid October) for mushroom
picking.

Ideally, you're looking for small (~5-10cm) pale mushrooms with a
pointed black/brown nipple on top and dark underbelly.

It's legal to pick these whilst riding if you can bend over that far
without falling off, but illegal to remove them from the field (as this
would constitute 'processing'

This leaves the only option of picking and eating immediately.

I'd advise you tie a piece of string to your house when you cycle to the
field, so that your return journey won't be overly complicated by the
ingestion of said mushrooms.

Recite to oneself "This is a piece of string. It is not a doorway to
another universe". You'll be home by tea.

;o)

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