Comments on: Team Fatty in Bizarro World

By: wow

wow — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:02:29 +0000

@PaulGuyot – you said it best.
Jay hides behind his charity, while he is dishonest to Fatty and his supporters.
Without a doubt, the Pedaling for Parkinsons organization has done wrong, and it would be an embarrasment to wear that copycat jersey in public.

By: Shame on PfP

Shame on PfP — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:52:42 +0000

This sure make a person NOT trust PfP. First President Jay says he was “inspired” by the Team Fatty jersey(so he stole it)….then he says he got the colors from T6 (he LIES). My donations will go to OTHER Parkinson’s charities. NOT PfP. Why reward them for their unethical behavior?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:48:06 +0000

you know what i love about this whole situation, only GOOD can come out of it.

By: J2the4son

J2the4son — Fri, 27 May 2011 04:52:15 +0000

I am new to cycling and was pretty excited when I found this blog as there are very few quality blogs related to two wheeled man powered transportation.

I will say this post (which was fun) and the subsequent comments (which were not fun) from the fatty community have turned me off big time from this blog.

Jersey Design is the “trees” raising money and awareness to fight these life altering diseases is the “forest”.

Keep up the good work fatty you are doing great things. To the fatty community… grow up.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 27 May 2011 04:44:42 +0000

Elden/Fatty: That was a classy response to Jay’s email. I happen to know a bit about Pedaling For Parkinson’s–my wife has Parkinson’s Disease and is cyclist shown on the stationary bike in your blog, next to our friend who also has PD. After being diagnosed, she learned of Jay’s research on how fast paced cycling can relieve PD symptoms. Next thing I knew, we were signed up to ride RAGBRAI with Jay and PFP. At the end of that ride, my wife turned to Jay and said “You saved my life.” OK, that may have been a bit enhanced by the euphoria of the moment, but in fact the cycling protocol discovered by Jay allows her to roll back her physical and cognitive PD symptoms and reduce her medication. Now she can actively engage the disease rather than just refilling her prescription. It has also motivated her to establish programs at the community level to get other PD patients on tandems and solo stationary bikes. I don’t have to tell you that helping others is in itself a means of therapy. So, keep up your magnificent work on behalf of funding cancer research (we just made a contribution on your Livestrong page), and if you know of anyone with Parkinson’s Disease, have them contact PFP or us. And if you ever get the chance, take a ride with Jay — he’s a great guy.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:05:36 +0000

Somewhat related: if any of you shop at Urban Outfitters. or know someone who does, you might want to reconsider. They steal designs too: http://imakeshinythings.tumblr.com/post/5855716317/not-cool-urban-outfitters-not-cool

I do wonder if Jay has the email from Twin Six – I would certainly keep something like that to cover my backside. I do feel better knowing they didn’t sell any of the jerseys, but only a little better.

By: Paul Guyot

Paul Guyot — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:44:28 +0000

It’s great to move past this, but let’s not pretend or look the other way simply because this involved a fund raising organization for a disease.

Jay is not being honest. See Twin Six’s response for that.

The design was not “inspired by” – it was ripped off, stolen, no debate, no argument.

Jay’s disingenuous response just makes the situation worse, not better – in my opinion.

By: Enzo

Enzo — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:06:19 +0000

Hey Fatty, better watch that ‘prancing’ horse design for the automobile, think it might have been done before…..

By: BeeDee031

BeeDee031 — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:30:46 +0000

Just to let you know.. I retweeted a comment about the jersey brouhaha and included @Ghincapie and @twinsix_Brent. For my effort I got blocked by Big George. Fatty design theft is just as bad as someone stealing physical property.. I’m ashamed of PFP and their made up email trail, and of Hincapies lack of due diligence.. And Big George, I’ll miss seeing your tweets….

Signed,
Blocked Bravo Delta

By: kentucky joe

kentucky joe — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:25:04 +0000

High cadence cycling improves brain function might be the single best tidbit of information in the comments. I found the post hilarious as usual and plan on driving my fattymobile on over to fattybucks for a triple latte mocha right before I get more FC gear FC Target.