Comments on: 48 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/ 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/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503417 Unknown Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:34:51 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503417 OK, Fatty~   Enough is enough!  Start writin',  cause I'm gettin'  B-O-R-E-D   Rita OK, Fatty~
 
Enough is enough!  Start writin’,  cause I’m gettin’  B-O-R-E-D
 
Rita

]]> By: Born4Lycra http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503418 Born4Lycra Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:49:31 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503418 I enjoyed a shimmy last weekend. The bottom half ofmy seat stem decided it was not talking to the top half so they parted company as I and the rest of my bike went through a roundabout.Normally I would have gone round it but somehow screaming and swearing (well high pitched swearing really) just seemed to suggest It was more appropriate to go through it. I shimmied myself big time. Avanti warranty came through tho so I'll be back again tomorrow. Cheers - welcome back Fat Man and thanks to you Dug. I enjoyed a shimmy last weekend. The bottom half ofmy seat stem decided it was not talking to the top half so they parted company as I and the rest of my bike went through a roundabout.Normally I would have gone round it but somehow screaming and swearing (well high pitched swearing really) just seemed to suggest It was more appropriate to go through it. I shimmied myself big time.
Avanti warranty came through tho so I’ll be back again tomorrow.
Cheers – welcome back Fat Man and thanks to you Dug.

]]> By: turnonthejets http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503419 turnonthejets Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:28:40 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503419 Too funny!  I thought of the same two words as I read it...and while I decended recently.  I moved from flat Ottawa, Ontario to very very hilly Western Newfoundland and had an experience not too different.  Keep the meaty side up! Too funny!  I thought of the same two words as I read it…and while I decended recently.  I moved from flat Ottawa, Ontario to very very hilly Western Newfoundland and had an experience not too different.  Keep the meaty side up!

]]> By: barry1021 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503420 barry1021 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:31:24 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503420 Well golly Gee Uncadan 8, thx for the compliment (I think), and may i say you have an amazing intellect and subtle yet fully developed sense of humor. As for your suggestions, there are solid reasons why option 3 is the only viable one. Once in a while, when the light is just right and Jupiter aligns with Mars, i can write something that would be a "4" on the FC and Al M Comedy scale (which for some unknown reason goes from 1.75 to 10.58). However if I HAVE to write something for deadline, my fingers twitch, sweat begins forming in pools at my feet, and i fart uncontrollably. Also I believe bloggers should not only be entertaining in style but also content, and sadly, I lead an unbelievably boring life. The culmination of my biking experience was two weekends ago when I completed my first road century (thank you, thank you very much), an event that would fail to make the Top 500 FC rides of all time. The biggest highlight was 6.5 hours in the saddle and not peeing once!! See what I mean? And biking is the most exciting part of my life. Sad, but true. As for your second idea, well it is said the camera adds 10lbs, so we have to rule that one out right away. So with the powers that be permitting it, I will toil silently here, hoping someday to win something which I shall never receive. Life is good.   B21 Well golly Gee Uncadan 8, thx for the compliment (I think), and may i say you have an amazing intellect and subtle yet fully developed sense of humor. As for your suggestions, there are solid reasons why option 3 is the only viable one. Once in a while, when the light is just right and Jupiter aligns with Mars, i can write something that would be a "4" on the FC and Al M Comedy scale (which for some unknown reason goes from 1.75 to 10.58). However if I HAVE to write something for deadline, my fingers twitch, sweat begins forming in pools at my feet, and i fart uncontrollably. Also I believe bloggers should not only be entertaining in style but also content, and sadly, I lead an unbelievably boring life. The culmination of my biking experience was two weekends ago when I completed my first road century (thank you, thank you very much), an event that would fail to make the Top 500 FC rides of all time. The biggest highlight was 6.5 hours in the saddle and not peeing once!! See what I mean? And biking is the most exciting part of my life. Sad, but true.
As for your second idea, well it is said the camera adds 10lbs, so we have to rule that one out right away.
So with the powers that be permitting it, I will toil silently here, hoping someday to win something which I shall never receive. Life is good.
 
B21

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503421 Unknown Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:06:01 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503421 Hey Fatty,  :)   Welcome back, glad that the move went well.   I looked up Traverse Ridge Road on Mapquest,(by the way, it looks like a squiggly U shaped road).  I am pleased to note that you are not going up and over the point of the mountain next to I-15.  For a moment I though I would need to give you warnings about big dump trucks and gravel . . . but since it looks like you won't be going near that road.  Happy riding!   And don't worry about the snow, after major storms the roads get cleared pretty quickly, you'll just have to worry about the cold bitter wind sweeping down the mountain!  :)   -Liss   Hey Fatty,  :)
 
Welcome back, glad that the move went well.
 
I looked up Traverse Ridge Road on Mapquest,(by the way, it looks like a squiggly U shaped road).  I am pleased to note that you are not going up and over the point of the mountain next to I-15.  For a moment I though I would need to give you warnings about big dump trucks and gravel . . . but since it looks like you won’t be going near that road.  Happy riding!
 
And don’t worry about the snow, after major storms the roads get cleared pretty quickly, you’ll just have to worry about the cold bitter wind sweeping down the mountain!  :)
 
-Liss
 

]]> By: Jsun http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503422 Jsun Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:54:31 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503422 You're not the real FC, go away you imposter, I want the O-riginal blogger back, he was funnier and had more insight into the subtleties of life   Don't listen to those poofters about riding that commute in the winter, they're just jealous because you're a hard, seasoned athelete not afraid of a little cold, or heat I was just riding in Canyonlands last weekend and your state sure is warm, with lots of headwinds,  you will be the greatest cyclist ever You’re not the real FC, go away you imposter, I want the O-riginal blogger back, he was funnier and had more insight into the subtleties of life
 
Don’t listen to those poofters about riding that commute in the winter, they’re just jealous because you’re a hard, seasoned athelete not afraid of a little cold, or heat
I was just riding in Canyonlands last weekend and your state sure is warm, with lots of headwinds,  you will be the greatest cyclist ever

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503423 Unknown Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:20:26 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503423 Hey, this shimmey thing sounds fun, how do I get my bike to do it?   Shimmy, shake, jive   Botched   P.S. I never shimmy or jive, but I have been known to shake. Just a little. Hey, this shimmey thing sounds fun, how do I get my bike to do it?
 
Shimmy, shake, jive
 
Botched
 
P.S. I never shimmy or jive, but I have been known to shake. Just a little.

]]> By: uncadan8 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503424 uncadan8 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:08:43 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503424 Barry is milk-through-the-nose funny. You need to start a blog, dude. Or get a TV show. Or keep coming here. Whichever. Barry is milk-through-the-nose funny. You need to start a blog, dude. Or get a TV show. Or keep coming here. Whichever.

]]> By: Ariane http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503425 Ariane Wed, 31 May 2006 23:34:53 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503425 Nah, dug's right. Where's your inner Berkelian Idealism? If no one acknowledges the shimmy, it ceases to be there. Someday, when I can actually go fast enough to make my own shimmy, I'll show you what I mean. PS: Glad the move went well! Nah, dug’s right. Where’s your inner Berkelian Idealism? If no one acknowledges the shimmy, it ceases to be there. Someday, when I can actually go fast enough to make my own shimmy, I’ll show you what I mean.

PS: Glad the move went well!

]]> By: BIg Mike In Oz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/05/31/48/comment-page-1/#comment-503426 BIg Mike In Oz Wed, 31 May 2006 22:33:09 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/05/31/48#comment-503426 The thrill of the descent should not be diluted by using the brakes.  If worst comes to worst, skin grows back.  Usually. The thrill of the descent should not be diluted by using the brakes.  If worst comes to worst, skin grows back.  Usually.

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