Comments on: Hairpins are Magic http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/ 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: Recent Links Tagged With "bike" - JabberTags http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-2/#comment-411747 Recent Links Tagged With "bike" - JabberTags Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:34:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-411747 [...] public links >> bike Hairpins are Magic Saved by Saltcreekchic on Tue 21-10-2008 Customer’s Bike: Monark Saved by richbo on Fri [...] [...] public links >> bike Hairpins are Magic Saved by Saltcreekchic on Tue 21-10-2008 Customer’s Bike: Monark Saved by richbo on Fri [...]

]]> By: tattoogallery http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-2/#comment-406805 tattoogallery Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:32:07 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-406805 I’ve been riding the loop for years, and that turn still sneaks up on me every time. Usually while my hands are off the bars and I’m zipping up my jersey. I’ve been riding the loop for years, and that turn still sneaks up on me every time. Usually while my hands are off the bars and I’m zipping up my jersey.

]]> By: tim http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-2/#comment-405495 tim Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:58:08 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405495 Al Maviva - I salute you. I too winced at the front page of the Twin Six site but if they wanna allude to the - now very old fashioned - premise that smoking is somehow cool then it's up to them to look SUPERDUMB. Nice shot, thanks for sharing Elden, keep up the good work....Great recovery Tyler. WIN SUSAN!!!! Al Maviva – I salute you. I too winced at the front page of the Twin Six site but if they wanna allude to the – now very old fashioned – premise that smoking is somehow cool then it’s up to them to look SUPERDUMB.
Nice shot, thanks for sharing Elden, keep up the good work….Great recovery Tyler.

WIN SUSAN!!!!

]]> By: AF http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-2/#comment-405486 AF Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:22:22 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405486 Completely snubbed (not even a nod after I lifted two fingers off of my handlebar as a wave) by a rider in a pink FC jersey this morning in American Fork...and I wasn't even on a recumbent. Completely snubbed (not even a nod after I lifted two fingers off of my handlebar as a wave) by a rider in a pink FC jersey this morning in American Fork…and I wasn’t even on a recumbent.

]]> By: TK http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-2/#comment-405481 TK Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:22:21 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405481 There is a wicked right hander on the descent from Mt. Ventoux to Malaucene that will definatly spin your salad as well as bruise your lettuce! I was reminded when I saw the corner during the '08 Dauphnie during the ascent of Ventoux on Vs. The guardrail has been pushed back from the road probably by vehicles going in both directions but it is when flying down on a bicycle at 80-85kmph that it looks easy until the corner drops away and you see the gravel strewn beyond the centerline and visions of Jalabert going down in the 2001 Tour start dancing in your head and the turn just keeps bending back on itself. Of course this is after having climbed Ventoux from Bedoin! There is a wicked right hander on the descent from Mt. Ventoux to Malaucene that will definatly spin your salad as well as bruise your lettuce! I was reminded when I saw the corner during the ‘08 Dauphnie during the ascent of Ventoux on Vs. The guardrail has been pushed back from the road probably by vehicles going in both directions but it is when flying down on a bicycle at 80-85kmph that it looks easy until the corner drops away and you see the gravel strewn beyond the centerline and visions of Jalabert going down in the 2001 Tour start dancing in your head and the turn just keeps bending back on itself. Of course this is after having climbed Ventoux from Bedoin!

]]> By: Coelecanth http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-2/#comment-405460 Coelecanth Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:23:01 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405460 My favorite hairpin was on my commute home from work. It was a right angle turn on a sidewalk (the street was one way the wrong way) on a hill with a 7-8% grade. It made for a seriously off-camber turn, no big deal in summer. In winter with a couple of feet of snow and a renter in the corner house that never shoveled it was a huge challenge. It took me two winters to clean it and the first time I did it I was so excited I crashed immediately thereafter. I've never used that particular tail flip skill anywhere else, but I'm still proud of it. My favorite hairpin was on my commute home from work. It was a right angle turn on a sidewalk (the street was one way the wrong way) on a hill with a 7-8% grade. It made for a seriously off-camber turn, no big deal in summer. In winter with a couple of feet of snow and a renter in the corner house that never shoveled it was a huge challenge. It took me two winters to clean it and the first time I did it I was so excited I crashed immediately thereafter. I’ve never used that particular tail flip skill anywhere else, but I’m still proud of it.

]]> By: Tim http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-405451 Tim Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:30:38 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405451 Ah phooey, whumpus beat me to it, and beat me at it. I just got around to doing my version and saw that cow had already been flung. Oh and why is it so tough to find a good photo of a skyscraper these days. Nonetheless: [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2799089620_bbf44fe61d_m.jpg[/img] Ah phooey, whumpus beat me to it, and beat me at it. I just got around to doing my version and saw that cow had already been flung. Oh and why is it so tough to find a good photo of a skyscraper these days. Nonetheless:
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]]> By: Mark in Monterey http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-405448 Mark in Monterey Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:51:11 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405448 Fatty, On the switchback speed - no, you aren't mental and yes, you do go faster on a switchback - but only for the fraction of a second it takes your front wheel to come across the arc. When you whip a sharp turn uphill, your rear wheel rotates around a very small point on the ground while your front wheel makes a much longer arc to change direction. So, even though your rear wheel isn't really moving a long distance, your front wheel certainly is - and your body really is swinging around faster than you were going just before you began the turn. It's just like when you drive your car (horror!) and the rear wheels take a different track (shorter) than the front wheels around a turn. Only on a bike at a slower (for me anyway) speed, you can actually feel yourself going faster in the turn. Fatty,
On the switchback speed – no, you aren’t mental and yes, you do go faster on a switchback – but only for the fraction of a second it takes your front wheel to come across the arc. When you whip a sharp turn uphill, your rear wheel rotates around a very small point on the ground while your front wheel makes a much longer arc to change direction. So, even though your rear wheel isn’t really moving a long distance, your front wheel certainly is – and your body really is swinging around faster than you were going just before you began the turn. It’s just like when you drive your car (horror!) and the rear wheels take a different track (shorter) than the front wheels around a turn. Only on a bike at a slower (for me anyway) speed, you can actually feel yourself going faster in the turn.

]]> By: Debamundo http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-405446 Debamundo Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:38:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405446 Oops. Sorry so huge. What do I know about posting pics on the internet. Wind. Wind I know. (Sorry!) P.S. I saw three other Fat Cyclist jerseys at Hotter 'N Hell in TX last weekend. There were probably others I didn't see, with more than 11,000 cyclists. <strong>Reply from Fatty</strong>: Don't worry, I smalled it up for ya. Oops. Sorry so huge. What do I know about posting pics on the internet. Wind. Wind I know. (Sorry!)

P.S. I saw three other Fat Cyclist jerseys at Hotter ‘N Hell in TX last weekend. There were probably others I didn’t see, with more than 11,000 cyclists.

Reply from Fatty: Don’t worry, I smalled it up for ya.

]]> By: Debamundo http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/comment-page-1/#comment-405445 Debamundo Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:36:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/08/25/hairpins-are-magic/#comment-405445 I'm from Kansas. What do I know about descending. Or climbing. Or any of that stuff. Talk to me about wind. Wind I know. I guess I'm too late for the contest, huh? Well, here's my entry anyway. I would actually prefer it someplace where it would be visible in normal bike clothes, such as the back of the calf. Or, since Kenny appears to wear sleeveless jerseys, maybe the upper arm/shoulder/bicep. [img]http://www.fatcyclist.com/blogphotos/debamundo.jpg[/img] I’m from Kansas. What do I know about descending. Or climbing. Or any of that stuff. Talk to me about wind. Wind I know.

I guess I’m too late for the contest, huh? Well, here’s my entry anyway. I would actually prefer it someplace where it would be visible in normal bike clothes, such as the back of the calf. Or, since Kenny appears to wear sleeveless jerseys, maybe the upper arm/shoulder/bicep.

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