hmm... there is a solution to your problem... you just need a riding buddy that you can "use" to rid of that pesky after-ride erection and can clean your bum correctly so you don't have a fire in your ass. may I suggest a border collie?

waki- maybe you need to get new friends, haha. And yes seat position has a huge affect on pains (lower back or inside of your leg for example) or numbness (in your crotchtestinal region as said above) when you ride. For me I find that it helps a ton when the seat is nose down a bit giving you that support on your butt and it's forward enough so that you're putting your weight mainly on the wide part of the seat but not hanging off the back. Also how you position yourself as you ride, how much your back is arched for example, can affect pains but I only find that to be a problem on longer rides.

intensemack- I've broken mine twice and based on my experience, without surgery, I was back riding my bike just after 3 weeks... like I said it's all dependent on the doctor/trainer, the break, the rider and what you're trying to get back to doing so it's obviously not going to be the exact same 3-4 weeks for everyone... doi. But heal up fast man!

^ Collarbones take around 3-4 weeks to be cleared by a doctor to do normal stuff, depending if surgery is needed or not. As a professional slope athlete however, who knows because that's all up to him and/or the people behind him. They/he might decide it's better to take a longer time off to build up to where he was previously or they/he may decide that the quicker he gets on the bike the better. Your best chance for an accurate answer is to ask him yourself.

Can someone fill me in on what's up with that dude wearing the red flannel in the picture just above Andreu's flat 3?

angryham- just stop... hopefully one day you'll receive the education needed in order for you to realize why this is...

You watched that video and that's what you come with up with?

Can anyone tell me how to make that face palm guy? It'd be perfect right now...

sam, those were just examples as to why women MAY be more drawn to surfing than mtbing and you're clearly not understanding, or not paying attention to, my point...

But did you ever think that maybe more women are drawn to surfing because it's cheaper, on a nice beach, relaxing ambiance, prefer tanning/swimming than sweating/getting muddy, from a place where surfing is more popular, etc? There's countless reasons why you cannot compare two different sports and that's really all I'm saying. There's no huge mystery or issue as to why there aren't more women bikers out there... I don't see why this dude Mitchell brought it upon himself to try to make an issue out of it anyways, haha.

^ Comparing two completely different sports, especially two CLUBS for two different sports, is the farthest thing from fair.... To be honest, and this isn't personal, but that's a flat out stupid thing to do. To say the comparison is fair is to say that both sports have been around as long as each other, at the same level of popularity and that both sports have the same costs and benefits, intrinsically and extrinsically. If you think mtbing and surfing are that similar then you have a serious misunderstanding of one of the two sports. Hell why not compare skateboarding to rock climbing next?