Comments on: The Final Five Miles http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/ 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: Doug http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556767 Doug Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:43:19 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556767 ...or the last 500 metres of a climb. I also suffer from this affliction. For some reason as soon as the end is close enough that I can start to taste it, the psychological toll gets the better of me and I slow down, stand up, and pretty much spit it back out! …or the last 500 metres of a climb. I also suffer from this affliction. For some reason as soon as the end is close enough that I can start to taste it, the psychological toll gets the better of me and I slow down, stand up, and pretty much spit it back out!

]]> By: davidh-marin, ca http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556663 davidh-marin, ca Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:59:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556663 Shout out to the Team Fatty Kit rider I passed this morning on my way to work. Downtown San Anselmo heading west. Look forward to seeing you again in Davis. Hope he didn't mind me shouting "GO FATTY!!!!" Shout out to the Team Fatty Kit rider I passed this morning on my way to work. Downtown San Anselmo heading west. Look forward to seeing you again in Davis.

Hope he didn’t mind me shouting “GO FATTY!!!!”

]]> By: bcb http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556662 bcb Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:01:34 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556662 I have a litany of folk songs that go through my head at the end of the ride. Namely: 15 Miles on the Erie Canal 9 Miles from Gundagai 8 More Miles to Louisville 5 Miles from Town Whether or not they pass from brain to lips depends on how hard I'm panting. I have a litany of folk songs that go through my head at the end of the ride. Namely:
15 Miles on the Erie Canal
9 Miles from Gundagai
8 More Miles to Louisville
5 Miles from Town

Whether or not they pass from brain to lips depends on how hard I’m panting.

]]> By: Mark in Ottawa http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556660 Mark in Ottawa Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:06:24 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556660 Fatty, I'm so with you on this...I don't know what it is, but I spend the whole day, work-week, whatever, dreaming about the ride, and then the last few kilometers, I'm so ready to be done and in the shower! Literally an hour after I'm done, I'm itching to get out there again...I think as cyclist, we're pathologically nuts. Good luck enjoying the weather as I'm still under 10 inches of snow. Mark (in Ottawa, Canada) Fatty,
I’m so with you on this…I don’t know what it is, but I spend the whole day, work-week, whatever, dreaming about the ride, and then the last few kilometers, I’m so ready to be done and in the shower! Literally an hour after I’m done, I’m itching to get out there again…I think as cyclist, we’re pathologically nuts.

Good luck enjoying the weather as I’m still under 10 inches of snow.

Mark (in Ottawa, Canada)

]]> By: MattC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556659 MattC Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:31:11 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556659 Yo David...oohhh....burgers AND beer....mmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMM! (cupcakes are good too!) Had TWO very tasty local brews after yesterdays ride (thru Yorhshire Dales Natnl park)...a Batemans XXXB and a Theakstons Old peculiar. BOTH spectacular ales that fit the bill perfectly to rejuvenate my tired body after 31 miles of 22-25kph winds (the last 9 miles were downhill WITH the wind, helping to ease the pain of those first miles). Also found they have insane grades here...the biggest hill the sign said 24%, my Garmin said 28. No matter...I can't really pedal either turns out...not for long anyway. I was delivering papers all the way up! but I made it! Sheesh...they need to discover SWITCHBACKS! Yo David…oohhh….burgers AND beer….mmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMM! (cupcakes are good too!)

Had TWO very tasty local brews after yesterdays ride (thru Yorhshire Dales Natnl park)…a Batemans XXXB and a Theakstons Old peculiar. BOTH spectacular ales that fit the bill perfectly to rejuvenate my tired body after 31 miles of 22-25kph winds (the last 9 miles were downhill WITH the wind, helping to ease the pain of those first miles). Also found they have insane grades here…the biggest hill the sign said 24%, my Garmin said 28. No matter…I can’t really pedal either turns out…not for long anyway. I was delivering papers all the way up! but I made it! Sheesh…they need to discover SWITCHBACKS!

]]> By: davidh-marin, ca http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556655 davidh-marin, ca Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:16:55 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556655 Sorry MattC. What I was trying to say to Wife#1 is: "...nothing says I love you like Titanium." As for cup cakes, you've got me thinking about Davis. Cupcakes and pie?...and Beer. Personally I would have thought Beer was what you smelled near the end of your ride. Here in Marin we have a local Brew Pub that is often mixing up a batch, or bottling a new release on the sidewalk out front. I have to ride right past it to get to my house. And almost every ride I take makes my ride past it....poor me. And they have great Burgers too. http://ironspringspub.com/ Sorry MattC. What I was trying to say to Wife#1 is:

“…nothing says I love you like Titanium.”

As for cup cakes, you’ve got me thinking about Davis. Cupcakes and pie?…and Beer.

Personally I would have thought Beer was what you smelled near the end of your ride. Here in Marin we have a local Brew Pub that is often mixing up a batch, or bottling a new release on the sidewalk out front. I have to ride right past it to get to my house. And almost every ride I take makes my ride past it….poor me. And they have great Burgers too.
http://ironspringspub.com/

]]> By: KM http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556654 KM Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:04:24 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556654 Just so you know Fatty, I don't think about the runner's butt the last five miles either...... Just so you know Fatty, I don’t think about the runner’s butt the last five miles either……

]]> By: MattC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556653 MattC Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:53:19 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556653 Holy crapsickles David...that pic is almost life-size! Fatty...I've found I can actually SMELL food (that most likely doesn't exist where I'm at) nearing the end of a ride...which really gets me thinking about being done. Specifically, I've smelled french fries, cheeseburgers, and oddly enough, cupcakes on various rides. The cupcakes were the strangest...my riding buddies thought I was nuts..but I could most assuredly smell them! Maybe it's just mind over matter...I'm thinking about food so start to imagine I smell it? Or maybe some dude was actually eating a cupcake somewhere upwind and my tapeworm got a whiff...I'm pretty sure ol' tapey can outsniff a shark when it comes to food. Holy crapsickles David…that pic is almost life-size!

Fatty…I’ve found I can actually SMELL food (that most likely doesn’t exist where I’m at) nearing the end of a ride…which really gets me thinking about being done.

Specifically, I’ve smelled french fries, cheeseburgers, and oddly enough, cupcakes on various rides. The cupcakes were the strangest…my riding buddies thought I was nuts..but I could most assuredly smell them! Maybe it’s just mind over matter…I’m thinking about food so start to imagine I smell it?

Or maybe some dude was actually eating a cupcake somewhere upwind and my tapeworm got a whiff…I’m pretty sure ol’ tapey can outsniff a shark when it comes to food.

]]> By: davidh-marin, ca http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556650 davidh-marin, ca Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:47:54 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556650 @Wife#1 Good Money, Huh? You know how we both like Titanium....for Birthday's, Anniversaries, Tax Refunds.... [img]http://kenteriksen.com/wp-content/uploads/Eriksen-lefty-2.jpg[/img] To quote our daughter..."just sayin'" @Wife#1 Good Money, Huh?

You know how we both like Titanium….for Birthday’s, Anniversaries, Tax Refunds….

Eriksen-lefty-2.jpg

To quote our daughter…”just sayin’”

]]> By: Wife#1 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-556648 Wife#1 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:19:52 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/03/08/the-final-five-miles/#comment-556648 @DavidinMarin Wife#1 would pay good money to never have to look at anyone in that kit ever again. *shudder* @DavidinMarin

Wife#1 would pay good money to never have to look at anyone in that kit ever again.

*shudder*

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