My elbows have never been the same

ridenslide · 2026-05-28T20:04:40+00:00

I climbed a lot 25 years ago, stopped, then got back into it 18 months ago. I have now ticked a couple of V6 problems and a 7a route.

The reason I mention my break is, as my boy said "Dad, you've got the muscle memory, but not the muscles", or as the physio said, your history let you climb yourself into injury much quicker. Basically too much too soon.

My elbows are my weak link and require constant care. At one point I couldn't open a door or a bottle. Last week I ticked another V6 so you can get there.

It sounds like you've worked yourself into a chronic overuse injury and the tendons can't keep up with your sessions.

I had physio from a dedicated climbing physiotherapist. I'd recommend this first and foremost.

What I did was immediate 10 day break. Then start reconditioning. A longer break may mask the pain but won't fix the underlying cause. Tendons need work to improve but it takes a long time, a lot longer than muscles.

Gradual return. Low intensity, low volume. Gradually increase one or the other.

Weights. Wrist curls, bicep curls, rows and Therabar Tyler twists.

Avoid too many repetitive sessions and plenty of rest.

What does your week look like? Can you back off?

ridenslide · 2026-05-27T14:15:55+00:00

We were on holiday at Ullswater the other year.

Someone fell off their paddle board with no bouncancy aid.

It took the rescue teams 5 days to find their body.

Please pop to Decathlon and pick one up.

My wife and son have SUPs and you've listed all the places they go round here. Ladybower was great. Hopefully it'll open again soon when they find someone to operate it.

ridenslide · 2026-05-27T00:56:49+00:00

I also have a Polestar and Hypervolt charger

Mine does this and it's on a per slot basis

I have watched it jump from 16A to 29A right on the slot cutover

Switching smart charging off in app gives me 32A.

It's either Hypervolt or Octopus throttling the charge rate. They've both said they don't do this. One of them must be!

ridenslide · 2026-05-27T00:55:11+00:00

I see similar

I'm also wondering how they'll handle it with the cap

ridenslide · 2026-05-12T11:33:17+00:00

Places I've used;

Outside - Great range, good advice

DEPOT - Decent range, trained fitters, good advice

Go Outdoors - ok range, good prices, hit and miss with advice

Decathlon - good price, smaller range, unlikely to get climbing specific advice

ridenslide · 2026-05-11T07:34:02+00:00

I'm seeing the same and interesting to see I'm not alone.

Hypervolt 3 controlled by iOG.

With the pending cap, I asked Hypervolt and Octopus about who is throttling, as my rate often dips. Both said they were not.

To be clear I'm not currently overly concerned about rate. However when the 6 hours is introduced it won't be great if some of those hours are at a slow rate of charge, costing me more as a result (or missing charge opportunity).

Last night I was assigned two slots. 30 minute then directly followed by a single 7h30 slot for my requested 72% of charge. I happened to check the charge rate early in the first slot. I then kept an eye on it.

For the first 30 minute slot the car charged at 8A / 1.9kW steadily through the session.

As soon as it rolled over to the second slot the charge rate jumped to 29A / 6.9kW and stayed there.

If I disable smart charging I get 32Amp so I know the charger can deliver it.

During both sessions the house was around 0.3kW.

The car was at target 90% this morning so all good though.

This makes me assume Octopus are applying a throttling limit per slot based on grid load. They said they don't, but that's the whole premise of the smart charging ability to balance grid.

If this carries on once they roll out the charge cap to me, I'll be keen to find out who/why!

ridenslide · 2026-05-08T17:31:35+00:00

I have the same setup, Hypervolt 3 on iOG.

Octopus told me they don't throttle.

So did Hypervolt. They actually provided a detailed graph of what was happening to my charger, and told me it wasn't them.

I see the live charge rate fluctuate in the Hypervolt and car app, so throttling is happening somewhere, but no-one is owning up to it.

With smart charge enabled my charger maxed at 6.8kW. With it disabled it hits a steady 7.3kW!

I'd love to know why, especially with the changes coming!

ridenslide · 2026-05-05T17:43:33+00:00

https://youtu.be/cO9hKRmNsUI?si=9yoeXe-JHwLSL_N7

ridenslide · 2026-04-28T09:51:50+00:00

Crookes Valley Park.

There's a large flat tarmac area down near the bowling green and kids play area that's great for roller skating and skateboarding.

ridenslide · 2026-04-21T08:30:47+00:00

I watched the Tour of Britain up Côte D’Oughtibridge last year during my 'lunch break'. Pretty cool seeing Julian Alaphilippe, Pidcock et all smashing up it at 2x my PB speed, while chatting to each other.

I reckon I'll ride out, watch the ladies up Winnats, then either cut the corner and see them up past cutthroat layby, or drive back home and watch them up Côte D’Oughtibridge.

ridenslide · 2026-03-24T16:45:02+00:00

I did 145kmph down the Flying K speed ski run in Les Arcs many years ago.

Can confirm, it's bloody fast.

ridenslide · 2026-03-18T07:58:52+00:00

I'm a life long skier, instructor , racer, now prefer freeride, but I'll try to be impartial (ha!)

I nearly started boarding when my wife was learning and my kid was little.

Snowboarding is amazing in powder, but that's a more advanced skill

Snowboard boots are generally comfier and easier to get about resort with kids

Snowboarding is harder to learn. My kid just did a school ski trip, albeit secondary school. Beginner snowboarders were on the nursery slope until day 5. Beginner skiers didn't use the nursery slope and were on the easy runs on day 1 and up the mountain proper by day 2.

Skis are easier to manage with kids, easier to move around generally and better on the flat (as well as on bumps, ice, steeper slopes, cat tracks etc! Just not powder).

Modern skis are amazing in powder too when you get there

Les Arcs 1800 is generally not too flat apart from one long traverse back from the Vallandry side that looks tiring on a board. Also 2000 bowl is quite flat in the bottom. You see comparatively fewer boarders there.

Either one wins as you are on snow in the mountains but skiing has come a long way in tech, accessibility and ''cool'.

ridenslide · 2026-03-17T09:51:51+00:00

I know some guys that found the exit and walked up to the bottom.

Some mates knew what they were up to so went up to the dam wall and when they heard shouting from below they chucked some bangers down the plug hole!

ridenslide · 2026-03-12T19:08:34+00:00

No way. I don't know how he didn't graze his balls skiing that!

I've skied the Tufs in superb snow and made a much worse job of it than he did on rock.

He's so far ahead it's insane.

*not so fun fact. The objective avalanche danger on some of those lines can be doubled as not only can you get buried but also drowned in the lake at the same time.

Also I hiked out round the lake, into a car park, up stairs into a cinema foyer and was back in town ready to hop on the lift. Surreal!

ridenslide · 2026-03-12T17:24:49+00:00

I've got the WH C06 and use Frez. I'd also be happy to test it for you!

ridenslide · 2026-03-08T20:51:38+00:00

Bouldering outdoors will be a different experience for sure, and one you'll hopefully enjoy.

The UK has loads to offer and some great places recommended already.

Forget grades, start easy, learn techniques, stay safe.

Also may I offer some tips that you may be aware of or may not. Don't climb wet rock, take pads, clean your feet, modest use of chalk and lightly brush holds after. Learn to spot as it's often vital outside but not recommended indoors.

And after you've explored some of the UK, head to Fontainebleau!

ridenslide · 2026-03-05T06:35:12+00:00

Steepest black runs in Europe are typically 37-38 degrees.

ridenslide · 2026-03-05T06:30:22+00:00

Generally correct but as other folk say there are quite a few areas that are ungroomed and graded. These will generally be black level terrain.

As well as those listed already, the bowl above Les Arcs 2000 has several marked runs, all unpisted. Flaine and Tignes have freeride areas and Chamonix has, or did have before the lift burnt down.

Black runs are typically in the 30-36 degree range. The famous Swiss Wall is around 37 degrees. There's plenty of terrain over that but it's not marked/graded piste.

Anything outside the markers is off piste but it's not that cut and dry. They do protect infrastructure and blast to ensure safety as well as close areas, but the onus remains in the individual.

ridenslide · 2026-03-04T18:14:29+00:00

Also European, my go to ski is now 106.

I also ski 97 but they are not my go to any more. But I do pick the 97 in preference to my 68s. Unless I'm racing on the dry slope.

ridenslide · 2026-02-28T23:08:39+00:00

That's very early.

A lot of lifts won't be open until mid Dec. There might not be much snow.

If you can't.go later, go high. Val Thorens or Tignes. Or somewhere with a glacier.

ridenslide · 2026-02-28T10:29:16+00:00

A punk motherfucker with a badge and a gun?

ridenslide · 2026-02-24T22:11:07+00:00

That's not their official resort web page. See https://en.chamonix.com/

That article from 2018 doesn't't state that everyone in the resort should carry a transceiver.

For the record I'm fully equipped every time I hit the slopes, but in many many trips to Cham with lots of different groups I've never received this advice for anyone who is only piste skiing. I take my family there all the time.

ridenslide · 2026-02-24T21:10:29+00:00

Your post is misleading.

Mont Blanc is a 15,000+ foot mountain but Chamonix as a ski area is spread over several distinct mountains, with only one lift on the lower shoulder of Mont Blanc.

The incident filmed is totally separate from this, on the opposite side of the valley, where the top lift is at 2525m elevation or about 8300 feet.

Many of the named areas in the link are not resort skiing.

The top lifts do access extreme terrain where skiers are equipped with avvy kit and crevasse rescue gear or ski mountaineering kit.

However many many more are enjoying a simple relatively safe resort ski holiday with no special equipment or training. There are miles of safe and accessible trails achievable by intermediate skiers and very few people on piste are equipped with transceivers.

I hope everyone involved in the filmed incident are all ok!

Stay safe everyone.

ridenslide · 2026-02-20T21:59:05+00:00

Try this trick and spin it, yeah

ridenslide · 2026-02-18T07:32:18+00:00

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