Comments on: Advice for Sponsors of Professional Bike Teams http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/ 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: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-2/#comment-502604 Unknown Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:59:04 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502604 re. Bev, and Vehicular Homocide:  It cracks me up that people take you seriously enough to actually get mad.  re. Bev, and Vehicular Homocide:  It cracks me up that people take you seriously enough to actually get mad. 

]]> By: Jason http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-2/#comment-502605 Jason Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:25:33 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502605 Hey just to let you know Even though Discovery is the sponsor of the team OLN still remains all broadcast rights.   Keep on strategizing though.....we need more solid marketing ideas Hey just to let you know Even though Discovery is the sponsor of the team OLN still remains all broadcast rights.
 
Keep on strategizing though…..we need more solid marketing ideas

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-2/#comment-502606 Unknown Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:23:39 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502606 I can't think of an appropriate response to Juels that doesn't involve finding her and taking very specific and 100% effective preemptive action.  Gee wiz.   One of the first times I ever saw a Hummer live and in person was one pulling in to a Burger King; all black and shiny chrome.  The driver door opened and this tiny little guy with a moustache and periwinkle 1980's track suit descended like Neil Armstrong feeling his way down to the surface of the moon.  I think Juels must be like that.   If it helps, just think of the threat being said with her squeaky little voice squeezing out through the eighth inch crack she opens the window of her monster minivan  to project her power through. I can’t think of an appropriate response to Juels that doesn’t involve finding her and taking very specific and 100% effective preemptive action.  Gee wiz.
 
One of the first times I ever saw a Hummer live and in person was one pulling in to a Burger King; all black and shiny chrome.  The driver door opened and this tiny little guy with a moustache and periwinkle 1980’s track suit descended like Neil Armstrong feeling his way down to the surface of the moon.  I think Juels must be like that.
 
If it helps, just think of the threat being said with her squeaky little voice squeezing out through the eighth inch crack she opens the window of her monster minivan  to project her power through.

]]> By: Yokota Fritz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502607 Yokota Fritz Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:52:12 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502607 We must be like twins or something. Today was my last day at National Semiconductor. Monday I start at Sun Microsystems. I had to clear bike stuff from four different offices at my work place today -- spare tires, spare tubes, even a spare bike. Lights, clothing, shoes, batteries -- I brought home four boxes of nothing but bike stuff. I *still* don't get the Gelati Farms thing. What's the attraction there? We must be like twins or something. Today was my last day at National
Semiconductor. Monday I start at Sun Microsystems. I had to clear bike
stuff from four different offices at my work place today — spare
tires, spare tubes, even a spare bike. Lights, clothing, shoes,
batteries — I brought home four boxes of nothing but bike stuff.

I *still* don’t get the Gelati Farms thing. What’s the attraction there?

]]> By: Brooke http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502608 Brooke Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:52:08 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502608 Fatty,   Welcome to Alpine!  And, may I say, you've made a great choice.  It's a wonderful place to live and you really can't get much better than American Fork Canyon.  Best wishes for happy cycling and happy everything else our fair city has to offer (check out the mountain bike race at Alpine Days every August--I think you'll find it agreeable).   PS.  I'm enjoying the blog--glad MSN featured you! Fatty,
 
Welcome to Alpine!  And, may I say, you’ve made a great choice.  It’s a wonderful place to live and you really can’t get much better than American Fork Canyon.  Best wishes for happy cycling and happy everything else our fair city has to offer (check out the mountain bike race at Alpine Days every August–I think you’ll find it agreeable).
 
PS.  I’m enjoying the blog–glad MSN featured you!

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502609 Unknown Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:34:36 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502609 Could you imagine how Juels' road rage would be if she didn't "melt away" the stress?? Keep swimming Juels!! For the love of God and all humankind Keep swimming!!!! Could you imagine how Juels’ road rage would be if she didn’t "melt away" the stress?? Keep swimming Juels!! For the love of God and all humankind Keep swimming!!!!

]]> By: joe http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502610 joe Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:28:57 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502610 As a large man myself (6 foot, 220 and proud), I felt I should weigh in on a few points here.  Having been called fat some time ago by an in shape bike riding female who thought she could keep up I was hurt.  She was hurt more when we did a short mountain ride and she struggled to say in sight (of course like our leader said we are riding in a group so we slowed down to ride together).  We stil laugh about the day she called me fat and we still ride together a lot.  As for the definition of a sport...I say anything you can do for fun or competition that is not judged and therefore subjective.  Anything that you are either scoring point against someone else or another team.  Or racing against the clock or some one else should cover it.  I still cheering for Team Discovery, but Jan Ullrich will always be my mentor/leader/hero.  I'm not fat, I'm just high waisted.   Joe As a large man myself (6 foot, 220 and proud), I felt I should weigh in on a few points here.  Having been called fat some time ago by an in shape bike riding female who thought she could keep up I was hurt.  She was hurt more when we did a short mountain ride and she struggled to say in sight (of course like our leader said we are riding in a group so we slowed down to ride together).  We stil laugh about the day she called me fat and we still ride together a lot.  As for the definition of a sport…I say anything you can do for fun or competition that is not judged and therefore subjective.  Anything that you are either scoring point against someone else or another team.  Or racing against the clock or some one else should cover it.  I still cheering for Team Discovery, but Jan Ullrich will always be my mentor/leader/hero.  I’m not fat, I’m just high waisted.
 
Joe

]]> By: bryan http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502611 bryan Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:59:20 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502611 Dear Fatman, This is a riot!  I love the blog and took particular interest as Im looking into buying a mountain bike to get back into shape.     "Get back into shape?"  Well, yes at one time in life I was in shape.  Back at Ft Bragg, NC in the US Army Special Forces Assesment and Selection course I was in very good shape.    3 weeks of sleep depervation (avg 3 hours a day) and food depervation (1 MRE a day) we would do land navigation movements with 100 lbs ruck sacks of gear, food, and water not to mention carrying a mock m16 in hands at all times.  Our land navigation movements were 10-30 kilometers in length through good ole Ft Bragg back brush.  Along with land nav we would do obsticle courses and team solving problems like carrying a 250 lb duffle bag filled with sand in a stretcher with steel poles balanced on the back of our ruck sacks 10 kilometers.  Things that would widdle 400 strong bad ass soldiers down to about 70 or so.  Then graduation day just to celebrate we got to do 26.2 miles with our 100 lbs ruck sacks timed.  All on lack of sleep and lack of food and injuries.    Now im a 37 year old bartender going to school full time for IT and Im not quit in that good of shape (lol).  Your blog has given me some motivation to try to get back into shape and maybee not take it so serious and just have fun.    Like when I ran the Berlin marathon and tanked so bad I walked the last km.  I actualy had an older German fellow approach me while I was walking in obvious pain and he handed me his mug of beer and yelled at me, "fur kraft!" (for power!)  So after taking a swig of his beer I asked him for a cigarete and finished the last km of the Berlin Marathon with a smoke :-)    Ill keep reading it If you keep posting it, Bryan Dear Fatman,
This is a riot!  I love the blog and took particular interest as Im looking into buying a mountain bike to get back into shape. 
 
 "Get back into shape?"  Well, yes at one time in life I was in shape.  Back at Ft Bragg, NC in the US Army Special Forces Assesment and Selection course I was in very good shape.
 
 3 weeks of sleep depervation (avg 3 hours a day) and food depervation (1 MRE a day) we would do land navigation movements with 100 lbs ruck sacks of gear, food, and water not to mention carrying a mock m16 in hands at all times.  Our land navigation movements were 10-30 kilometers in length through good ole Ft Bragg back brush.  Along with land nav we would do obsticle courses and team solving problems like carrying a 250 lb duffle bag filled with sand in a stretcher with steel poles balanced on the back of our ruck sacks 10 kilometers.  Things that would widdle 400 strong bad ass soldiers down to about 70 or so.  Then graduation day just to celebrate we got to do 26.2 miles with our 100 lbs ruck sacks timed.  All on lack of sleep and lack of food and injuries. 
 
Now im a 37 year old bartender going to school full time for IT and Im not quit in that good of shape (lol).  Your blog has given me some motivation to try to get back into shape and maybee not take it so serious and just have fun.
 
 Like when I ran the Berlin marathon and tanked so bad I walked the last km.  I actualy had an older German fellow approach me while I was walking in obvious pain and he handed me his mug of beer and yelled at me, "fur kraft!" (for power!)  So after taking a swig of his beer I asked him for a cigarete and finished the last km of the Berlin Marathon with a smoke :-) 
 
Ill keep reading it If you keep posting it, Bryan

]]> By: Thom Allen http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502612 Thom Allen Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:14:25 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502612 Nice blog. Great comments. You're moving to my neck of the woods, and it just so happens that I'm a FatCyclist who loves riding in the Utah mountains (and the urban mountains too). Look me up some time when you get here, love to ride! Nice blog. Great comments. You’re moving to my neck of the woods, and it just so happens that I’m a FatCyclist who loves riding in the Utah mountains (and the urban mountains too). Look me up some time when you get here, love to ride!

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams/comment-page-1/#comment-502613 Unknown Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:56:07 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/03/30/advice-for-sponsors-of-professional-bike-teams#comment-502613 clearly none of you have seen the updated version of dawn of the dead. those zombies wouldn't be deterred much by a five iron. maybe one of those new drivers, but only if vin diesel is wielding it. and only for a little while. clearly none of you have seen the updated version of dawn of the dead. those zombies wouldn’t be deterred much by a five iron. maybe one of those new drivers, but only if vin diesel is wielding it. and only for a little while.

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