Fibrillation

dannyfrankszzz said:

I'm hoping to go touring through the Alps this summer on my bike.

I got the following reply to a posting I made,

"Listen, bro. Don't want to pour cold water on your plans, but have you checked out the "hills"
you're planning on riding up?! Best you get GOOD health insurance and a light weight defibrilator
would be a necessity."

Have I got anything to worry about? Are the Alps really that gruelling? I would have thought that
if you take it slowly, then there won't be a problem.

Fibrillation! The screen printers nightmare!

I would suggest that if you use a good screen printer, fibrillation (where the fibres of a jersey
poke through the printed surface) woudn't be a great problem unless you wash at over 60 degrees C!

The Apls are doable but the fitter you are the more you'll enjoy them. Sure some of the hills are
long, some are steep, some are long with steep bits. If you have low enough gears and don't be silly
you'll be OK. I am not a particularly good climber but I have done most most of the big cols[1] and
mountains on 39x24 and included them in 80 mile rides.

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I'm hoping to go touring through the Alps this summer on my bike.

I got the following reply to a posting I made,

"Listen, bro. Don't want to pour cold water on your plans, but have you checked out the "hills"
you're planning on riding up?! Best you get GOOD health insurance and a light weight defibrilator
would be a necessity."

Have I got anything to worry about? Are the Alps really that gruelling? I would have thought that
if you take it slowly, then there won't be a problem.

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"Listen, bro. Don't want to pour cold water on your plans, but have you checked out the "hills"
you're planning on riding up?! Best you get GOOD health insurance and a light weight defibrilator
would be a necessity."

Absolutely. And you should also get a doctor to operate it, a support team, a mechanic, an SUV to
carry them all, and pay someone like Mr Armstrong to do the riding lest you tax yourself.

This advice wouldn't have come from a 'merkin would it?

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dannyfrankszzz said:

I'm hoping to go touring through the Alps this summer on my bike.

Quoted message said:

I got the following reply to a posting I made,

Quoted message said:

"Listen, bro. Don't want to pour cold water on your plans, but have you checked out the "hills"
you're planning on riding up?! Best you get GOOD health insurance and a light weight defibrilator
would be a necessity."

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Have I got anything to worry about? Are the Alps really that gruelling? I would have thought that
if you take it slowly, then there won't be a problem.

Obviously a halfwit. Even if you actually have heart problems (as I
do) and could die from over-exertion (as I could), there's no problem so long as don't over-exert
yourself, i.e., go slowly enough (as I
dp). In many such cases (as in mine), exerting yourself by riding uphill at a pace within your
limits is good for the heart, strengthens and improves it.
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Yes, Alps are hard work, especially if, like me, you arrive at them way overloaded with camping gear
and way underloaded with common sense.

No, they are not impossible. Other people's ideas of what may constitute "sensible" gears may differ
radically from mine, but compared with the BRITONS' hills, Alps are not often that steep. They *do*
tend to go on for a while, though. And do not forget that they're a long way south and thus can get
bloody warm. Drink plenty, and watch out for mad Italians riding in packs...

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dannyfrankszzz said:

I'm hoping to go touring through the Alps this summer on my bike.

I got the following reply to a posting I made,

"Listen, bro. Don't want to pour cold water on your plans, but have you checked out the "hills"
you're planning on riding up?! Best you get GOOD health insurance and a light weight defibrilator
would be a necessity."

Have I got anything to worry about? Are the Alps really that gruelling? I would have thought that
if you take it slowly, then there won't be a problem.

You have nothing to worry about if you are moderately fit. Get your bike and bits to be as light as
possible to save effort on the way up and your brakes on the way down. Be prepared for it to be cold
coming down; even in summer. It can take many hours to climb the bigger cols but they can all be
done without needing to be Lance.

Go for it, you won't regret it, well, I never have.

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I'm hoping to go touring through the Alps this summer on my bike.

If you're fit go for it. I toured in the Alps last year and the Pyreneees this year. The sense of
achievement at the tops of the climbs is what keeps me climbing.

Good luck,
Ken.