Comments on: When Bad Rides Go Good

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:48:09 +0000

So am I missing something? Hill repeats are done on multiple hills. So what happened on the other four climbs? Did you go up them in the big ring? Inquirying minds want to know.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:36:13 +0000

If the Seattle area were truly bike-friendly they would have rope tows at hills like that.

By: IronFast

IronFast — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:11:37 +0000

So you like biking, huh? Cool! Lots of bike info here. This might be the nexus behind the matrix…I’ll have to look around more to substantiate that comment, but it might just be true!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:58:23 +0000

Fatty,
I smelled it coming…big ring, my fat ass.
I have had the same problem…sorta…I was cruising along thinking how Eurofesh I was and how easy it was turning that 52×17 over at 100 rpm when I looked down and saw it was on the 42…"whoopsie", followed by despair and a quick stop at the Java store/B-R 31 Flavors.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:30:43 +0000

Next up: hill repeats on Novelty Hill (the snoqualmie side).

If you got into RAMROD and it sounds like you won’t possible be in shape to do that, can I have your ticket?

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:22:32 +0000

Is cadence=IQ a temporary condition?

By: jim

jim — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:46:20 +0000

I have made this mistake one time before. The nice thing about finally making the realization of the problem is that you go from thinking yourself a pansy to thinking…"damn, I’m a stud."

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:34:15 +0000

And Dug, my friend, you misunderestimate me if you think I was stooping to insult Fatty in that manner. Anybody who knows me, knows that it was reaching up from my usual position.

Besides, who needs a triple, when you can roll with a compact double. All the bottom end of a triple and more top end than a double. That’s much more wussy, and more manly than the traditional double *at the same time.*

53:19, I’m guessing? 73 gear inches? Don’t be shocked if zombies make their way out to that hill to harvest chunks of tendon and bone chips from the road side. It’s not healthy to climb in that combo unless you’re doing *at least* 17-18 MPH. And if you’re climbing a 12% grade at that speed… well, you’re not healthy to begin with, something wrong with you.

By: barry1021

barry1021 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:56:11 +0000

OK True Confessions:

Yeah, I just HATE it when I find I have done 12% grades in the big ring. For some reason MY TRIPLE is so much easier to walk up the hill in the small ring.

b21

PS Have I mentioned I am old and the ONE TRUE FC?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:11:55 +0000

i’m pretty sure fatty has no triple. if fatty had a triple, i would have used that as grist long ago.

don’t get me wrong, i’m not saying fatty is some kind of he-man. i’m just saying, al, accusing fatty of the dreaded triple is stooping pretty low, even for you.