Comments on: Axioms and Epiphanies http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: A Confidence Apogee | Forged Cyclist http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-526232 A Confidence Apogee | Forged Cyclist Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:52:25 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-526232 [...] to the Fat Cyclist commentor from whom I poached the “Confidence Apogee” event [...] [...] to the Fat Cyclist commentor from whom I poached the “Confidence Apogee” event [...]

]]> By: Zed http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501687 Zed Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:38:29 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501687 My wife was reading through my journals the other day when I wasn't home. I called home, and she started reading sections to me (out of torture, I'd assume). Then she said, "Here's one that is so typically you." She then read this epiphany I'd written in my journal when I was a 14-year-old: "Life is so much better when you're going downhill on a bike at 40 miles an hour." I very seriously doubt it was at 40 mph, but the epiphany is as true today as it was then. I'm going to assume you've done pretty well, and that you're 164.9 My wife was reading through my journals the other day when I wasn’t home. I called home, and she started reading sections to me (out of torture, I’d assume). Then she said, "Here’s one that is so typically you." She then read this epiphany I’d written in my journal when I was a 14-year-old: "Life is so much better when you’re going downhill on a bike at 40 miles an hour." I very seriously doubt it was at 40 mph, but the epiphany is as true today as it was then.

I’m going to assume you’ve done pretty well, and that you’re 164.9

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501688 Unknown Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:06:07 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501688 I havn't any profound thoughts.  However, drafting behind CTA busses is fun and the buzz from the diesel exhaust is nice too!   168.2 pounds I havn’t any profound thoughts.  However, drafting behind CTA busses is fun and the buzz from the diesel exhaust is nice too!
 
168.2 pounds

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501689 Unknown Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:03:58 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501689 Is the weight portion going to be played like The Price is Right?  I am going to guess two-fitty.   Aximomatically, more cowbell is a good thing, always. Is the weight portion going to be played like The Price is Right?  I am going to guess two-fitty.
 
Aximomatically, more cowbell is a good thing, always.

]]> By: GravityGifted http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501690 GravityGifted Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:54:10 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501690 i forgot to guess your weight...38 lbs less than me.. i forgot to guess your weight…38 lbs less than me..

]]> By: knobby tires http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501691 knobby tires Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:43:48 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501691 this is pro'lly self-evident to everyone else, but i didn't realise it till i rode home through a thunderstorm;   'whilst riding (unprepared) in the rain, no matter how fast you go, you're never riding fast enough' this is pro’lly self-evident to everyone else, but i didn’t realise it till i rode home through a thunderstorm;
 
‘whilst riding (unprepared) in the rain, no matter how fast you go, you’re never riding fast enough’

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501692 Unknown Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:49:20 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501692 My axiom/epiphany: Rush-hour traffic that looked non-negotiable from the point of view of a pedestrian on the sidewalk suddenly appears to be a sieve of routes from my saddle. I still enjoy flying down University Avenue, laughing at people waiting in line to get on the highway. I'm gonna say 172lbs, just because. My axiom/epiphany:
Rush-hour traffic that looked non-negotiable from the point of view of a pedestrian on the sidewalk suddenly appears to be a sieve of routes from my saddle. I still enjoy flying down University Avenue, laughing at people waiting in line to get on the highway.

I’m gonna say 172lbs, just because.

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501693 Unknown Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:39:40 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501693 Epiphany: My mountain bike hates me.  It never fails, if I have a high speed dismount from my mountain bike (read endo or otherwise falling off at a high rate of travel) the bike will hunt me down and land on me after I smack the ground.  Usually this hunting down ends with a handlebar or seat against the helmet, although sometimes after I have said some particularly naughty things about the bike, it ends with a pedal or chainring to the back to bring me off my high horse. Epiphany: My mountain bike hates me.  It never fails, if I have a high speed dismount from my mountain bike (read endo or otherwise falling off at a high rate of travel) the bike will hunt me down and land on me after I smack the ground.  Usually this hunting down ends with a handlebar or seat against the helmet, although sometimes after I have said some particularly naughty things about the bike, it ends with a pedal or chainring to the back to bring me off my high horse.

]]> By: Jim http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501694 Jim Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:50:35 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501694 axiom:  Behind the wheel of every gigantic Hummer, you will find a very small driver. axiom:  Behind the wheel of every gigantic Hummer, you will find a very small driver.

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies/comment-page-1/#comment-501695 Unknown Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:03:28 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/02/axioms-and-epiphanies#comment-501695 Epiphany: After 10 years in Seattle and participating in the UW Ride in the Rain for the first time, riding in the rain isn't so bad. If I had neoprene shoe covers and my ancient gore-tex gloves didn't leak like cheesecloth, it would be mostly harmless. Admittedly, my commute is only 5.6 miles, and I still can't see going out regularly in the wet for several hours. At least not without tiny wipers for my glasses. Weight guess: 169 pounds. Epiphany: After 10 years in Seattle and participating in the UW Ride in the Rain for the first time, riding in the rain isn’t so bad. If I had neoprene shoe covers and my ancient gore-tex gloves didn’t leak like cheesecloth, it would be mostly harmless.

Admittedly, my commute is only 5.6 miles, and I still can’t see going out regularly in the wet for several hours. At least not without tiny wipers for my glasses.

Weight guess: 169 pounds.

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