Comments on: Metaphor http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/ 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: TC the OC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-308251 TC the OC Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:11:39 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-308251 That almost qualifies as a 'Unibomber Moment'. You have the excitement that only comes with getting an unexpected package... and then BOOM!!!! Except in your case you had to ride bikes instead of getting blown up. -TC That almost qualifies as a ‘Unibomber Moment’. You have the excitement that only comes with getting an unexpected package… and then BOOM!!!!

Except in your case you had to ride bikes instead of getting blown up.

-TC

]]> By: bikemike http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-306065 bikemike Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:52:07 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-306065 fatty, yeah and those people didn't even have shoes. rode 50 miles into the wind today for you guys. be strong today. fatty,
yeah and those people didn’t even have shoes.

rode 50 miles into the wind today for you guys. be strong today.

]]> By: Rocky http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-305710 Rocky Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:11:15 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-305710 It seems that more of those uphill grinds with fewer downhill rewards for work already done are more prevalent as the ride goes on, requiring many riders to dig deeper than they ever thought possible. I am beginning to think that those old timey story tellers that recounted walking to and from school in the snow, uphill both ways, were telling the truth and knew more than we might have once given them credit for. Climb away! It seems that more of those uphill grinds with fewer downhill rewards for work already done are more prevalent as the ride goes on, requiring many riders to dig deeper than they ever thought possible.

I am beginning to think that those old timey story tellers that recounted walking to and from school in the snow, uphill both ways, were telling the truth and knew more than we might have once given them credit for.

Climb away!

]]> By: LidsB2 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-305449 LidsB2 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:09:13 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-305449 I spent the last week in the woods with a scout troop, so I've been out of the loop for a while. I came back to civilization anxious to see a report on the triathalon, find out how the fundraiser was going and see if by some chance I was the lucky winner of the Silk SL. What a roller coaster as I caught up on the week's posts. The triathalon was an event I so wish I could have attended, I'm not the new owner of a sweet new bike, the fundraiser is rockin' for the LAF, and now a world class metaphor makes my heart ache for Family o' Fatty yet again. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May your extra loop be filled with fair skies, smooth trails and a tailwind. Win! I spent the last week in the woods with a scout troop, so I’ve been out of the loop for a while. I came back to civilization anxious to see a report on the triathalon, find out how the fundraiser was going and see if by some chance I was the lucky winner of the Silk SL. What a roller coaster as I caught up on the week’s posts. The triathalon was an event I so wish I could have attended, I’m not the new owner of a sweet new bike, the fundraiser is rockin’ for the LAF, and now a world class metaphor makes my heart ache for Family o’ Fatty yet again. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May your extra loop be filled with fair skies, smooth trails and a tailwind.

Win!

]]> By: Vito http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-305197 Vito Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:53:31 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-305197 Wow Fatty! That's a powerful metaphor. One more mile, one more hill...Keep fighting the good fight. WIN SUSAN!!! Wow Fatty! That’s a powerful metaphor.
One more mile, one more hill…Keep fighting the good fight. WIN SUSAN!!!

]]> By: victoria http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-304428 victoria Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:17:32 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-304428 I've been following your blog for not-so-long. Somehow I ended up reading the Assos post as my first, then the "how to avoid looking fat in bike pictures" post, both of which left me weeping with laughter. This morning, I was weeping-- but not from laughter. I don't know much of what to say, only chalk me up to one more reader who is pulling for you and your family. All of you (hilarious writer, champion endurer/jewelry-maker, son-who-gives-amazing-speeches and the other kids I haven't read about yet) are inspiring. Do your 'thang, Fat Cyclist family-- and add another to your fan club... I’ve been following your blog for not-so-long. Somehow I ended up reading the Assos post as my first, then the “how to avoid looking fat in bike pictures” post, both of which left me weeping with laughter. This morning, I was weeping– but not from laughter. I don’t know much of what to say, only chalk me up to one more reader who is pulling for you and your family. All of you (hilarious writer, champion endurer/jewelry-maker, son-who-gives-amazing-speeches and the other kids I haven’t read about yet) are inspiring. Do your ‘thang, Fat Cyclist family– and add another to your fan club…

]]> By: Erik http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-304015 Erik Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:00:50 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-304015 Flatten that unexpected hill. Win. Flatten that unexpected hill. Win.

]]> By: L'Hippo http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-303652 L'Hippo Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:06:52 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-303652 The climb can be done. Take a swig of CarboRocket or Buck-You-Up, put your head down, and keep turning the crank over and over and over and over and over until the peak has been crested. Thrashed, cooked, baked, whatever, you will have made it. Keep at it, man, and WIN! The climb can be done. Take a swig of CarboRocket or Buck-You-Up, put your head down, and keep turning the crank over and over and over and over and over until the peak has been crested. Thrashed, cooked, baked, whatever, you will have made it.

Keep at it, man, and WIN!

]]> By: Boz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-303569 Boz Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:09:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-303569 Just remember, if this (ride)was easy, everyone would be doing it. No sense of accomplishment, no satisfaction of a job well done. My own situation is one tough, grinding ride after another, but it looks like an afternoon on the bike path comapared to the route you and yours are on. What doesn't kill you makes you tougher, so you will be one tough s.o.b. whedn the dust fianlly settles. Just remember, if this (ride)was easy, everyone would be doing it. No sense of accomplishment, no satisfaction of a job well done. My own situation is one tough, grinding ride after another, but it looks like an afternoon on the bike path comapared to the route you and yours are on. What doesn’t kill you makes you tougher, so you will be one tough s.o.b. whedn the dust fianlly settles.

]]> By: jsv http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/comment-page-2/#comment-303547 jsv Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:02:21 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/06/26/metaphor/#comment-303547 I am speachless, I am humbled. I am sure the prayers of all these folks is keeping you upright for that unexpected additional climb. WIN Susan!!! I am speachless, I am humbled. I am sure the prayers of all these folks is keeping you upright for that unexpected additional climb.

WIN Susan!!!

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