Comments on: Desert Island, Desert Island Bike http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/ 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: Zed http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501769 Zed Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:10:49 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501769 Hey Don C., if you're referring to Mary-Ann of Gilligan's Island fame, she actually lives in the next valley over from me--in Idaho. Maybe she'll get trapped on some island while filming for her next 'Spud Fest' movie festival. Hey Don C., if you’re referring to Mary-Ann of Gilligan’s Island fame, she actually lives in the next valley over from me–in Idaho. Maybe she’ll get trapped on some island while filming for her next ‘Spud Fest’ movie festival.

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501770 Unknown Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:52:56 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501770 Just a quick response to MuMo and then I'll give my island description. <p> Fatty's blog _does_ take a long time to come up in either Firefox or Safari. It's at least formatted correctly in Firefox. In Safari, the right hand text in the blog is hidden behind the right hand side table element (the column with the Banjo Brothers ad at the top). And "upgrading" to something other than Firefox or Safari may not be possible if nathanv is on a Mac - MS doesn't support the Mac version of Explorer anyway. What's the problem with the HTML? My guess is it's got some MS Explorer specific code that Firefox has created workarounds for that Safari doesn't have. So, yes, it can be annoying for some of us. <p> Now where's my island? Just south aways from me. Well, a few hours flight. It's not deserted, but it's still darn nice. Let's all head to Jamaica mon. If we could get rid of the crazy drivers, we could ride beautiful roads all around the island, hit some trails in the afternoon, and then eat jerk chicken/pork on the beach for dinner as the sun goes down. Barring that, I'd suggest Elba. Beautiful roads, nice beaches, and great food. A nice ride up to Napoleon's Chair (where he looked across to his homeland), then down a wonderful descent and then back to the beach for some red wine and pasta (preferably with some squid or octupus in the sauce). Yum. I'd have to have a road and mountain bike on both islands, so I guess I'm violating the precepts of the game here, but it's my fantasy so :-P! Just a quick response to MuMo and then I’ll give my island description.
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Fatty’s blog _does_ take a long time to come up in either Firefox or Safari. It’s at least formatted correctly in Firefox. In Safari, the right hand text in the blog is hidden behind the right hand side table element (the column with the Banjo Brothers ad at the top). And "upgrading" to something other than Firefox or Safari may not be possible if nathanv is on a Mac – MS doesn’t support the Mac version of Explorer anyway. What’s the problem with the HTML? My guess is it’s got some MS Explorer specific code that Firefox has created workarounds for that Safari doesn’t have. So, yes, it can be annoying for some of us.
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Now where’s my island? Just south aways from me. Well, a few hours flight. It’s not deserted, but it’s still darn nice. Let’s all head to Jamaica mon. If we could get rid of the crazy drivers, we could ride beautiful roads all around the island, hit some trails in the afternoon, and then eat jerk chicken/pork on the beach for dinner as the sun goes down. Barring that, I’d suggest Elba. Beautiful roads, nice beaches, and great food. A nice ride up to Napoleon’s Chair (where he looked across to his homeland), then down a wonderful descent and then back to the beach for some red wine and pasta (preferably with some squid or octupus in the sauce). Yum. I’d have to have a road and mountain bike on both islands, so I guess I’m violating the precepts of the game here, but it’s my fantasy so :-P!

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501771 Unknown Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:34:15 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501771 Dope Control - how long you been livin' on Manhattan?  You might want to recount the number of aliens in NYC - I think there's more than two.  Having ridden in NYC, I can understand why you think your bike is invisible - no driver ever seemed to see me, and I'm 6'0" and 278.  And how 'bout them Hebrew National Franks?  Good think you got them or the natives'd starve.  (Though I think they're made in Bensonhurst, not uptown, but who's counting, right?)  Dope Control – how long you been livin’ on Manhattan?  You might want to recount the number of aliens in NYC – I think there’s more than two.  Having ridden in NYC, I can understand why you think your bike is invisible – no driver ever seemed to see me, and I’m 6′0" and 278.  And how ’bout them Hebrew National Franks?  Good think you got them or the natives’d starve.  (Though I think they’re made in Bensonhurst, not uptown, but who’s counting, right?) 

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501772 Unknown Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:12:10 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501772 My island was constructed in the South Atlantic by the extra terrestrial race credited with the construction the pyramids of Giza and kick-starting such advanced ancient civilizations as the Incas and Mayans. For them, it served as a runway for their colossal spacecraft, but today it is visited only by a publicity-shy collective of super-intelligent highway surface engineers who use the island as a test bed to further their quest for the perfect road surface. They do this at night. The island is 25 miles long and 30 yards wide. At one end of the island lives a small community descended from two aliens that were left behind when their comrades departed Earth for the last time. Their staple diet is hot dogs - it is all that they can eat. At the other end of the island is a hot dog factory. The aliens have recruited a legion of truck drivers to satisfy their huge appetite for the hot dog, who spend their days driving from one end of the island to the other at terrifying speed, though never once losing control of their vehicles or straying from a perfectly straight path. My bike is not visible to the naked eye. It is a product of the world's finest nano-technology lab, and though it boasts conventional frame geometries, its tubes have the tensile strength of spider's silk the thickness of a waitress's arm. When I ride it, the frontal area I present to the wind is smaller than the surface area of a bottle top. On the island I hold time trials. Dope Control (Seeking a sub-hour '25' this year) My island was constructed in the South Atlantic by the extra terrestrial race credited with the construction the pyramids of Giza and kick-starting such advanced ancient civilizations as the Incas and Mayans. For them, it served as a runway for their colossal spacecraft, but today it is visited only by a publicity-shy collective of super-intelligent highway surface engineers who use the island as a test bed to further their quest for the perfect road surface. They do this at night.
The island is 25 miles long and 30 yards wide.
At one end of the island lives a small community descended from two aliens that were left behind when their comrades departed Earth for the last time. Their staple diet is hot dogs – it is all that they can eat.
At the other end of the island is a hot dog factory. The aliens have recruited a legion of truck drivers to satisfy their huge appetite for the hot dog, who spend their days driving from one end of the island to the other at terrifying speed, though never once losing control of their vehicles or straying from a perfectly straight path.
My bike is not visible to the naked eye. It is a product of the world’s finest nano-technology lab, and though it boasts conventional frame geometries, its tubes have the tensile strength of spider’s silk the thickness of a waitress’s arm. When I ride it, the frontal area I present to the wind is smaller than the surface area of a bottle top.
On the island I hold time trials.
Dope Control (Seeking a sub-hour ‘25′ this year)

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501773 Unknown Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:54:36 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501773 You do know how to dream, don't you! Love your island! I guess Cosmo hasn't actually read your blog... LOLOLOL!! Hasn't a clue what you do for a living... I think perhaps he or she needs to upgrade his/her browser and/or system and/or get a new server. All he or she would need to do is..... blah, blah, blah... Hugs, MuMo You do know how to dream, don’t you! Love your island!
I guess Cosmo hasn’t actually read your blog… LOLOLOL!! Hasn’t a clue what you do for a living…
I think perhaps he or she needs to upgrade his/her browser and/or system and/or get a new server. All he or she would need to do is….. blah, blah, blah…
Hugs,
MuMo

]]> By: Bryn http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501774 Bryn Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:32:57 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501774 What's My Island? I live on 3 islands. I live in Australia (an island), i live in a suburb called Hope Island (an island) and in that suburb i live on a street which is called G********  Island (an island), (like im going to give out my full address, i dont want all my fans knowing). Therefore Fatty, i dont have 1 island, i have 3, lucky me! What's My Bike? I currently have 2 bikes, one been a Giant TCR road bike, which i love dearly and the other been a Steel Framed Australian Made average(ish) mountain bike, u wouldn't know the name, so why mention it. These bikes are great for my island. One is great for sprinting down the street with and the other is great for riding around parks and over the hills/jumps out the back. I guess i can say i love my island, but not as much as my bikes! What’s My Island?

I live on 3 islands. I live in Australia (an island), i live in a
suburb called Hope Island (an island) and in that suburb i live on a
street which is called G********
 Island (an island), (like im going to give out my full address, i
dont want all my fans knowing). Therefore Fatty, i dont have 1 island,
i have 3, lucky me!

What’s My Bike?
I currently have 2 bikes, one been a Giant TCR road bike, which i love
dearly and the other been a Steel Framed Australian Made average(ish)
mountain bike, u wouldn’t know the name, so why mention it. These bikes
are great for my island. One is great for sprinting down the street
with and the other is great for riding around parks and over the
hills/jumps out the back.

I guess i can say i love my island, but not as much as my bikes!

]]> By: Nanget http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501775 Nanget Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:02:28 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501775 I already live on the island that some are commenting about, BIG Mike lives here too. So we are already living the dream. However i recall an american tourist (bogucki - his name i think) thought he could ride across western australia "W.A.? It doesn't look that hard". Australian's know that W.A. is huge, it is massive and not the kind of thing to ride a bike across. One day after he left another tourist found his bike. 1-2 days after that a t.v. helicopter spotted him wandering around in circles. He may or may not have been deported immediately on the grounds of being an idiot.   I would like to see how riding would go on that "Lost" island on tv. You'd need a mountain bike of some type, made from strong steel. A gun holster (and gun) to fight off monsters would be good. It would have a camo paint job so you could hide it from the other survivors. And a couple of big water bottles. Actually i think the bottles would be the most useful thing, ditch the rest.   I already live on the island that some are commenting about, BIG Mike lives here too. So we are already living the dream. However i recall an american tourist (bogucki – his name i think) thought he could ride across western australia "W.A.? It doesn’t look that hard". Australian’s know that W.A. is huge, it is massive and not the kind of thing to ride a bike across. One day after he left another tourist found his bike. 1-2 days after that a t.v. helicopter spotted him wandering around in circles. He may or may not have been deported immediately on the grounds of being an idiot.
 
I would like to see how riding would go on that "Lost" island on tv. You’d need a mountain bike of some type, made from strong steel. A gun holster (and gun) to fight off monsters would be good. It would have a camo paint job so you could hide it from the other survivors. And a couple of big water bottles. Actually i think the bottles would be the most useful thing, ditch the rest.  

]]> By: Donald http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501776 Donald Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:59:25 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501776 I would go for a medium sized island, a hill with about 3000 ft of elevation and singletrack winding up one side and stunts going down the other.  It would have trees growing gu and spagetti. Fresh water running all around, and all sorts of game animals. I would have a 6 inch travel titanium bike with a horst link and buried parts all over the island. Did i say Mary-Ann is on the next island over didn't I?. I would go for a medium sized island, a hill with about 3000 ft of elevation and singletrack winding up one side and stunts going down the other.  It would have trees growing gu and spagetti. Fresh water running all around, and all sorts of game animals. I would have a 6 inch travel titanium bike with a horst link and buried parts all over the island. Did i say Mary-Ann is on the next island over didn’t I?.

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501777 Unknown Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:20:10 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501777 cut-and-pasting comments from a gear head I know...not my opinion, but sounds like good advice.   Yeah, except he's not that bright to choose a fixed gear that he have to mountain bike on.  Sure, it would be fun to learn.  But when you have a pannier full of goat meat, it would be really hard jump over every log no matter where you are on your pedal stroke, which would be necessary on a fixy.  What he really wants is a flip-flop rear hub that allows you to switch easily from fixed to single-freewheel by just flipping the rear wheel around.  If hehad a nice big ring in front, he could have a little sprocket fixed in back for the loop, and a big freewheel for the mountain biking (with a better gear ratio for climbing the mountain, and the ability to just coast downthe mountain with his panier full of goat.)The way he's got it set up, the island better have a really good clinic for knee injuries... cut-and-pasting comments from a gear head I know…not my opinion, but sounds like good advice.
 
Yeah, except he’s not that bright to choose a fixed gear that he have to mountain bike on.  Sure, it would be fun to learn.  But when you have a pannier full of goat meat, it would be really hard jump over every log no matter where you are on your pedal stroke, which would be necessary on a fixy.  What he really wants is a flip-flop rear hub that allows you to switch easily from fixed to single-freewheel by just flipping the rear wheel around.  If hehad a nice big ring in front, he could have a little sprocket fixed in back for the loop, and a big freewheel for the mountain biking (with a better gear ratio for climbing the mountain, and the ability to just coast downthe mountain with his panier full of goat.)The way he’s got it set up, the island better have a really good clinic for knee injuries…

]]> By: Big Guy on a Bicycle http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-501778 Big Guy on a Bicycle Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:16:56 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/02/08/desert-island-desert-island-bike#comment-501778 The Island - A high ridge trough the middle that gets just above the treeline.  Has to be mostly sandstone for good traction.  Into the trees would be some long straight downhill stretches next to winding trails so I could take my choice.  Terrain here would be mostly hardpack dirt, with a few rocks and roots thrown in.  Some of the turns on the winding path would be banked (just like a bobsled run, eh?).  Down near sea level would be open fields of low-growing grasses so my dogs (I get to take them too, right?) can run and frolick along side without having to be directly in front of me.  All of this leads down to a narrow sandy beach where I can drop the bike at the edge and then just go drop into the surf for a nice swim with the dogs.   The bike - a 29" Single Speed Seven Sola Ti mountain rig.  Fixie not a requirement.   The questions - Oh, yeah.  You telegraphed that one way early. The Island – A high ridge trough the middle that gets just above the treeline.  Has to be mostly sandstone for good traction.  Into the trees would be some long straight downhill stretches next to winding trails so I could take my choice.  Terrain here would be mostly hardpack dirt, with a few rocks and roots thrown in.  Some of the turns on the winding path would be banked (just like a bobsled run, eh?).  Down near sea level would be open fields of low-growing grasses so my dogs (I get to take them too, right?) can run and frolick along side without having to be directly in front of me.  All of this leads down to a narrow sandy beach where I can drop the bike at the edge and then just go drop into the surf for a nice swim with the dogs.
 
The bike – a 29" Single Speed Seven Sola Ti mountain rig.  Fixie not a requirement.
 
The questions – Oh, yeah.  You telegraphed that one way early.

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