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« on: May 01, 2007, 06:18:40 PM » |
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Where and when do you all meet? The weather should be great!
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Dmitri
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2007, 09:19:27 PM » |
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I can't make it this Wednesday. I hope there will be others still interested in going for a ride.
Enjoy!
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2007, 09:14:03 AM » |
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i might go out to belmont after work tonight for a quick ride, but probably wont get there till 7-7 30.
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DrSaw
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2007, 09:26:14 AM » |
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Sorry, a bit to late for me. THX
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2007, 12:42:36 PM » |
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Looks like I might be able to make it out today for a ride, say 5:30-6 @ the stables on Northwestern?
dz
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2007, 12:49:56 PM » |
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I have to go out earlier. Just found out I may have Lymes bite. Getting meds and bloodwork this evening.
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2007, 07:42:37 PM » |
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Where do you think you picked up a tick? I thought it was a little too early, I better start checking more thoroughly...
-pete
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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2007, 06:42:19 AM » |
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Could be anywhere! I am in the Wissy almost daily biking or dog walking. Also with RIV, was in woods 5+ hour each day Friday and Saturday. Luckily I work with a large group of doctors, and was prescribed something immediately and went for blood work the day the bullseye spot was noticed on my arm.
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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2007, 09:20:57 AM » |
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The big ones are wood ticks, and they don't carry lyme. It's the tiny ones, deer ticks, who do. And they are tough to find.
A friend was diagnozed with lyme last year and there were few lessons to be learned from it.
One, is that it takes up to a month for it to show in the test. For instance if one is bit and infected in April, the tests will show him/her negative for lyme till May... So get tested regularly. It's not a huge deal if it's caught early but if it's let go it might have serious permanent effects...
I'm going to make an apointment with a doc and have it standing every two months to get tested from March till Nov. I've found deer ticks on myself back in Feb when we had warm days... Nuts!!!
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« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2007, 12:08:13 PM » |
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Nasty little bastards.
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« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2007, 03:26:14 PM » |
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Thanks for scaring the SH*T out of all of us. I'm sure most of us will be doing thorough inspections of our legs and arms after a ride. Thanks for the heads up tho.
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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2007, 11:43:45 AM » |
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i got lymes 2 years ago. the small tick had bitten me on the end of my ... you know what. It was horrible. About 2-3 weeks later, i got violently ill and it was lymes. Dr. gave me some meds and killed it quickly... it is the worst pain i ever felt... all my muscles were drained and i felt like a zombie...
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« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2007, 02:05:26 PM » |
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yeah i found one of the little bastards heading for my "unit" one time as well. under the spandex and everything.
so don't just check the arms and legs, GO FULL BODY.
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« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2007, 11:09:40 AM » |
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I went out for just an hour or so last week and caught a deer tick crawling along my arm when I was driving home. They are definitely out there now.
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« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2007, 12:50:29 PM » |
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Lets do it. 6:30 Valley Green lot! Ride fast so the ticks don't getcha.
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« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2007, 02:43:25 PM » |
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Do you know 100% when you've been bitten by a tick?
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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2007, 04:02:00 PM » |
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Do you know 100% when you've been bitten by a tick?
nope. not all deer ticks are lyme carriers and in more than 1/2 of the cases you never find the tick. the biggest problem with deer ticks vs. wood ticks is they are so small that unless you're looking for them, and i mean really looking for them, you'll never notice it's there. that was the case for me. if you do find one and it's withing the first 24hrs or so of of attaching you'll be fine. it takes a while for the bacteria to make its way from the tick to you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_died_of_Lyme_disease
check out the caption under the picture "Nymphs are about the size of a poppy seed." we're talking super tiny compared to wood ticks.
i never even had a bullseye which is one of the dead giveaways for lyme.
typical symptoms are, but not limited to:
- flu-like fatigue
- muscle aches
- headaches
- "bullseye" rash mark at the site of the bite
- concentration/focus issues
- night sweats
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« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2007, 10:53:22 PM » |
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If I can make it I'll be there 630
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« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2007, 10:42:01 PM » |
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Wednesday ride, 5:30 at stables, around 6 at VG.
Come on out, enjoy the weather, ride hard!
dz
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« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2007, 11:49:42 AM » |
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I'm gonna try to meet you guys at 6 at VG. Hopefully you won't kill me within the first half-hour.
Jon
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« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2007, 03:04:06 PM » |
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going to try and make it too..., but don't wait for me
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« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2007, 03:05:41 PM » |
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I'm in. See you at 6
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Dmitri
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« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2007, 03:50:38 PM » |
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I'm gonna try to meet you guys at 6 at VG. Hopefully you won't kill me within the first half-hour.
Jon,
No risk of that. I'd be dead by then already, after half an hour on Indian trail!!! :-)
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« Reply #25 on: May 23, 2007, 09:00:33 PM » |
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Well, you guys whooped me pretty badly tonight. I don't usually ride those trails that fast and can't do the climbs as quickly. Hunter pointed out a while ago that he was 15 years younger than Nick - I'm 15 years OLDER than Nick and can't quite keep up with you younger guys - even if you are on singlespeeds!
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« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2007, 09:42:01 PM » |
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jon, we commented several times during the ride that we would all be so like to ride at all that many years in the future, let alone at the pace and quality you got!
I hope you had good time with us never the less and will come back to show us how it's done! 
dz
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« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2007, 09:52:32 PM » |
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Good ride Jon. You must have been hammering cause you were not too far behind us. Impressive. We always ride faster when we are pushing each other. You're the man.
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« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2007, 10:09:51 PM » |
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tom's right...you are the man! great ride tonight guys!
J
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« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2007, 10:13:20 PM » |
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Exactly! Tell that to Lou "I'm so tired from 5 days of riding I can't pedal" Harris!!!
After he said that could I possibly let him keep on passing me in his 45 lbs DH bike?!?!? If it killed me... Which it just about did!!!
Great ride, you guys all rock and know how to push the pace and ride hard!
dz
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