Comments on: Fall Moab 2012 Part I: Fatty and the Horrible, Terrible, No-Good, Very Bad Ride http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/ 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: Mark in Ottawa http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-530470 Mark in Ottawa Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:56:11 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-530470 Fatty, I'm really sorry to hear about such a craptastic ride. It seems like it was truly epic suffer-fest - during and after! Better days ahead! (also, where's your 'stach? You not doing Movember this year?) Mark (in Ottawa, Canada) Fatty,
I’m really sorry to hear about such a craptastic ride. It seems like it was truly epic suffer-fest – during and after!

Better days ahead!

(also, where’s your ’stach? You not doing Movember this year?)

Mark (in Ottawa, Canada)

]]> By: Fail Moab « brad keyes http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-530432 Fail Moab « brad keyes Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:51:57 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-530432 [...] missed Fail Moab Fall Moab this year for no good reason.  I so wanted to get back to the desert and ride with the team but [...] [...] missed Fail Moab Fall Moab this year for no good reason.  I so wanted to get back to the desert and ride with the team but [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-530428 Andrew Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:44:52 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-530428 My worst mountain bike ride was also on Gooseberry. I also enjoyed first blood and ruined gear, but thankfully escaped any snipe damage. One of these days I need to go back and make some good memories there. My worst mountain bike ride was also on Gooseberry. I also enjoyed first blood and ruined gear, but thankfully escaped any snipe damage. One of these days I need to go back and make some good memories there.

]]> By: Kari http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-530213 Kari Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:13:42 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-530213 I can remember injuring myself in a similar area as a preteen although I am not equipped with a snipe. I ended up having to expain to my mother when she walked in on me while I was changing that day by mistake. Curious as to why I was wearing purple underwear when I did not own any purple garments I had to explain that it was, in fact, bruising of a bike crash. Not content with this shortened version, she made me tell it in detail as to how I had gotten in a bad enough bike crash on the way home from school when it was only a mile away, all flat and I was not stong enough to get up to the higher speeds as our neighbor (who rides semi-pro in the local races). To this day I still cannot figure out whats the worst part of it all: the pain itself, the...er...witnesses to the crash, or having to explain to my mother that I had tried to show off to a cut boy from class that lived along my route home by vooming down the only short hill in the area with no hands as I often did. Instead of waving sweetly as I zipped on by and impressed him with my prowess on a bike, I looked away at the wrong moment and ran into a parked car, onto to look up and catch him failing as he (and his four closest buddies) convulsed with hysterical laughter. Then again, the most painful part was when I had to retell it all over again the next day, this time to a whole locker room full of girls because someone had seen the bruise that by then had spread to my upper legs too and was clearly visible when we had to change into our gym clothes for PE. The entire class was late because they too could not control their laughter enough to finish getting into their gym shorts, and resulted in my being forced to explain it all over again to the (female) PE teacher who was who was thankfully more merciful about it than everyone else had been. Needless to say, I was glad for the excuse not to ride when the weather turned rainy that night and for the next several weeks. I can remember injuring myself in a similar area as a preteen although I am not equipped with a snipe. I ended up having to expain to my mother when she walked in on me while I was changing that day by mistake. Curious as to why I was wearing purple underwear when I did not own any purple garments I had to explain that it was, in fact, bruising of a bike crash. Not content with this shortened version, she made me tell it in detail as to how I had gotten in a bad enough bike crash on the way home from school when it was only a mile away, all flat and I was not stong enough to get up to the higher speeds as our neighbor (who rides semi-pro in the local races).

To this day I still cannot figure out whats the worst part of it all: the pain itself, the…er…witnesses to the crash, or having to explain to my mother that I had tried to show off to a cut boy from class that lived along my route home by vooming down the only short hill in the area with no hands as I often did. Instead of waving sweetly as I zipped on by and impressed him with my prowess on a bike, I looked away at the wrong moment and ran into a parked car, onto to look up and catch him failing as he (and his four closest buddies) convulsed with hysterical laughter.

Then again, the most painful part was when I had to retell it all over again the next day, this time to a whole locker room full of girls because someone had seen the bruise that by then had spread to my upper legs too and was clearly visible when we had to change into our gym clothes for PE. The entire class was late because they too could not control their laughter enough to finish getting into their gym shorts, and resulted in my being forced to explain it all over again to the (female) PE teacher who was who was thankfully more merciful about it than everyone else had been. Needless to say, I was glad for the excuse not to ride when the weather turned rainy that night and for the next several weeks.

]]> By: CKee http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-530060 CKee Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:27:13 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-530060 How many bikes do you actually have at the moment? Maybe you wanna line them up, together with the rest owned by your extended family, and take a photo of all that just like jersey one. That would be an awesome picture! (@AK Chick. Exact same thing with my dad recently - hardcore smoker, COPD, pneumonia, nearly died... smoking kills!!) How many bikes do you actually have at the moment? Maybe you wanna line them up, together with the rest owned by your extended family, and take a photo of all that just like jersey one. That would be an awesome picture!
(@AK Chick. Exact same thing with my dad recently – hardcore smoker, COPD, pneumonia, nearly died… smoking kills!!)

]]> By: AK Chick http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-529986 AK Chick Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:54:13 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-529986 Shoot, that should have read "laughed out loud." Also, to clarify, my mom is/was a long time smoker with COPD and had pneumonia. Please, if you smoke, quit. If you don't smoke, don't start. Shoot, that should have read “laughed out loud.”

Also, to clarify, my mom is/was a long time smoker with COPD and had pneumonia. Please, if you smoke, quit. If you don’t smoke, don’t start.

]]> By: AK Chick http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-529985 AK Chick Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:52:30 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-529985 Wow. What a ride! I have been having a very, very, very bad month since I returned from Austin. My mom was in the hospital and almost died. Now I'm having to try to find temporary assisted living facilities for her while my uncle and I and home health care try to keep it together until we do. It has been a long hard process. However, I remembered that I hadn't ready Fatty's blog this week. I read this and for the first time in a while, I laughed, almost out lout which would be embarrassing since I'm at work and live in a cubicle 8+ hours a day. It was SO SO SO needed. Thank you for these wonderful tales to help bring the healing wonderfulness of laughter to someone who could really use it. I'm so, so sad to hear about the little boy that was killed by a car. I'm grateful for Fatty's blog to help bring laughter back into a stressful situation (mine). I had forgotten about the purple snipe. :) Laughter truly is the best medicine. Thanks, Fatty! I'm on to read part 2. <em>Thanks, AK Chick. I'm glad my blog gave you a good moment during a bad time. - FC</em> Wow. What a ride! I have been having a very, very, very bad month since I returned from Austin. My mom was in the hospital and almost died. Now I’m having to try to find temporary assisted living facilities for her while my uncle and I and home health care try to keep it together until we do. It has been a long hard process. However, I remembered that I hadn’t ready Fatty’s blog this week. I read this and for the first time in a while, I laughed, almost out lout which would be embarrassing since I’m at work and live in a cubicle 8+ hours a day. It was SO SO SO needed. Thank you for these wonderful tales to help bring the healing wonderfulness of laughter to someone who could really use it. I’m so, so sad to hear about the little boy that was killed by a car. I’m grateful for Fatty’s blog to help bring laughter back into a stressful situation (mine). I had forgotten about the purple snipe. :) Laughter truly is the best medicine. Thanks, Fatty! I’m on to read part 2.

Thanks, AK Chick. I’m glad my blog gave you a good moment during a bad time. – FC

]]> By: The Bike Nazi http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-529907 The Bike Nazi Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:58:57 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-529907 Wow, that ride sounds like the kind of ride my husband often has. I swear, some people are magnets for bad rides. I think it's a testament to mountain biking, that in spite of a bad ride, we riders always get back on the bike the next time. Here's to hoping you don't have anymore of those bad days. Wow, that ride sounds like the kind of ride my husband often has. I swear, some people are magnets for bad rides. I think it’s a testament to mountain biking, that in spite of a bad ride, we riders always get back on the bike the next time. Here’s to hoping you don’t have anymore of those bad days.

]]> By: Susie H http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-529850 Susie H Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:44:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-529850 dang... dang…

]]> By: Charlie http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-529838 Charlie Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:26:11 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2011/11/14/fall-moab-2012-part-i-fatty-and-the-horrible-terrible-no-good-very-bad-ride/#comment-529838 Jenni - that's horrible and puts everything in perspective... hug your kids everybody! Jenni – that’s horrible and puts everything in perspective… hug your kids everybody!

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