Comments on: Tomorrow’s the Big Race

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:37:33 +0000

I’d like to nominate my wife Kasia for the “Most Puke Left on the Sammamish River Trail” award. She ate something during the ride that didn’t sit well with her — she puked 3 times during the ride, twice on the way home, and 4 or 5 times after getting home. She made it very clear that there will be NO such hair-brained century rides in our future.

By: kvigor

kvigor — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:29:40 +0000

That SUCKED. Fatty, you’re a proper loon for coming up with this madness. Planned to ride laps of Liberty Park but life intervened and did it the old fashioned way, which is to say on the trainer in my basement listening to angry music and saying very unpleasant things.

Three hours 47 min of delight, it was, and one thing I learned is that DZ-nutz is no Bag Balm, no sir it is not.

// winner, Kevin’s basement division.

By: christy478

christy478 — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:35:21 +0000

While MarkS was showing the good people in Summerlin how to go nowhere (wow, Villa Ridge!!!), my best friend and I did our 100 miles in Southern Highlands on a 3 mile triangle course. The people walking their dogs didn’t know what to think as they were helping us count laps in the morning but they seemed to disappear as the afternoon wore on – must’ve been the Las Vegas heat and certainly not us…

Happy to say we have become pros at making right hand turns and celebrated our different age group wins with a victory toast of iced coffee and popsicles afterwards. =)

Pictures and link to GPS to follow soon.

By: RosieReader

RosieReader — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:54:30 +0000

I took the over 47 under 49 female division on Queen Anne in Seattle in 3:45. Thanks for the tip about setting the trainer to minimum resistance. Otherwise, I think I would have faded at 50. Hey, I’ve got to find a real-life trick that works the same way in 15 months.

How do we submit our stats for our certs?

By: Raleigh 2 50

Raleigh 2 50 — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:44:09 +0000

My husband and I rode what we refer to as the Raleigh 2 50 (two people each riding 50 miles on a staionary bike). We traded off turns — I started by riding 20 miles, then he rode 20, then 15 each, then another 15 each. Tag team bicycling to nowhere! Yea us!!

Now if we can just get out of bed tomorrow …

By: fattyfan

fattyfan — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:41:43 +0000

We rocked the Atlanta Motor Speedway. 110 miles, 2.2 miles per lap, rain, headwinds, and a total blast! Discovered after the fact that one direction was much faster than the other. Wish I had known that about 40 laps sooner.

By: MarkS

MarkS — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:46:53 +0000

The Las Vegas edition just finished on a modified course through a retirement community. 8 mile loops with 800 ft of climbing followed by 800 ft of rapid decent per loop, with an few extra climbing sprint bonuses thrown in to keep the field together. Even ran into a student of mine, who is a Cat 2 racer who was impressed I was on my 7th climb in that loop (Villa Ridge).

By: Joe Rosario

Joe Rosario — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:34:51 +0000

Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8303302@N03/sets/72157618599154751/
Posted ride review in the forum: http://fatcyclist.com/forum/

By: Joe Rosario

Joe Rosario — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:42:49 +0000

Just finished the Freewheel Rumble on Ridgewood and unfortunately finished first loser. 2 stationary trainers without resistance in my garage while watching Hell on Wheels and Breaking Away. My buddy beat me by almost 30 minutes but then I discovered he was a “bandit” rider! He hadn’t paid for the ride, so he was riding the course for free. That equals DQ in my book so I am in fact Champion of the Masters/Clydesdales division. Time for pizza! Our numbers: 2:57, 34.9, 69.4 and 3:27, 28.8, 51.8.

By: Rob M.

Rob M. — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:41:19 +0000

I just finished my first race, ever. It started with a visit from drug control and we played Simon Says. I won.

Then I rode the 100 miles on my trainer and obeyed all the rules including the mandatory rest stops and naps. You never get to see that on the Pro Tour because, I think, the commercials are well placed to allow the riders to stop and walk around and rest.

I was almost passed at the sprint finish. Don’t try an air pump to your competitor’s front wheel on a trainer. It doesn’t work.

I had to resort to logic. I told him that, since there were only two of us, I would tell everyone that I came in second but that he came in next to last.

It took a while for him to understand the mathmatics but then he quickly abandoned.

I won my division.