Comments on: An Open Letter to the US Forest Service, I Think http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/ 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: zjrog http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-563447 zjrog Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:22:32 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-563447 I think I lost 2 pounds looking at that chart!!! I think I lost 2 pounds looking at that chart!!!

]]> By: Skippy http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-563098 Skippy Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:03:38 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-563098 Solution 3 would be to make the bridge slope from the first peak to part of the way up the second , thus allowing you to maintain the climbing motion pace ! Were you as surprised at the Olympic Road Race result , thought the " UCI " would go ballistic ? Looking forward to your report ! Solution 3 would be to make the bridge slope from the first peak to part of the way up the second , thus allowing you to maintain the climbing motion pace !
Were you as surprised at the Olympic Road Race result , thought the ” UCI ” would go ballistic ? Looking forward to your report !

]]> By: roger http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-563015 roger Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:38:04 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-563015 The profile of that ride proves one thing for sure... I'm a wimp. The profile of that ride proves one thing for sure… I’m a wimp.

]]> By: MrStripMiner http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562915 MrStripMiner Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:09:46 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562915 Fatty - my company will get right on the RtMS Plan. Allison - According to my Avatar, Clydesteve, 2.5 mph is around the tipping point. And, yes, this has happened to me. I lay heaving in exhaustion in the gravel alongside the road at top of my daily 1/2 mile long 20% hill as my neighbor gazed concernedly and curiously and embarrassedly at me out of his pick-up window, wondering just what he should do that could be neighborly and still allow me to save face. There was nothing. Fatty – my company will get right on the RtMS Plan.

Allison – According to my Avatar, Clydesteve, 2.5 mph is around the tipping point. And, yes, this has happened to me.

I lay heaving in exhaustion in the gravel alongside the road at top of my daily 1/2 mile long 20% hill as my neighbor gazed concernedly and curiously and embarrassedly at me out of his pick-up window, wondering just what he should do that could be neighborly and still allow me to save face. There was nothing.

]]> By: davidh-marin, ca http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562914 davidh-marin, ca Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:00:52 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562914 @Bart I too would love to get Fatty's take on the 2km hill. Can someone teach him Dutch? Oh, never mine the details, he can have an informed opinion regardless. @Bart I too would love to get Fatty’s take on the 2km hill. Can someone teach him Dutch? Oh, never mine the details, he can have an informed opinion regardless.

]]> By: Geo http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562913 Geo Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:41:36 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562913 While the U.S. Forest Service runs the largest network of roads in the country (read Bill Bryson's hilarious "A Walk in the Woods" for the full information -- it's just one chapter but read the whole book) I am afraid you must address your letter to good ol' Mother Nature. While the Forest Service could construct a bridge, it's mean ol' Nature that created that profile in the first place. It seems the engineering standards of 4.5 billions years ago (though your mountains are probably younger, only 30 or 40 million years) did not allow for long, smooth climbs without interruptions. While the U.S. Forest Service runs the largest network of roads in the country (read Bill Bryson’s hilarious “A Walk in the Woods” for the full information — it’s just one chapter but read the whole book) I am afraid you must address your letter to good ol’ Mother Nature.

While the Forest Service could construct a bridge, it’s mean ol’ Nature that created that profile in the first place. It seems the engineering standards of 4.5 billions years ago (though your mountains are probably younger, only 30 or 40 million years) did not allow for long, smooth climbs without interruptions.

]]> By: DanD http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562912 DanD Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:16:04 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562912 I believe you are thinking way to small. If we start with a high point somewhere in Kansas or Missourri, we just grade the entire country into a nice shallow .01% slope towards both coasts. This will greatly simplify cycling, while still allowing for proper drainage. I believe you are thinking way to small. If we start with a high point somewhere in Kansas or Missourri, we just grade the entire country into a nice shallow .01% slope towards both coasts. This will greatly simplify cycling, while still allowing for proper drainage.

]]> By: from the desk of Whoever, USFS http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562911 from the desk of Whoever, USFS Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:08:18 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562911 I need to change my name, why do I get all these crap letters. Mr. Fatcyclist To my understanding from reviewing some of your earlier waist management bicycle rides I have passed this letter onto our Waste Management Department. They will look(figuratively speaking as management 'never' actually 'looks' into these situations, they wait for the reports from Kanyon Kris) into placement of port-a-potty at the end of that 1 mile (muscles relaxing) descent, you know just before you do some more grinding and weaving to the top. The WMD will be in contact with you (whenever) as to the precise placement of this dumpsite. OH Yes ! Be sure to bring the proper number of quarters. AND new restrictions on the seatcovers(one size fits all) do not allow them to be used as sombreros. I need to change my name, why do I get all these crap letters.
Mr. Fatcyclist
To my understanding from reviewing some of your earlier waist management bicycle rides I have passed this letter onto our Waste Management Department. They will look(figuratively speaking as management ‘never’ actually ‘looks’ into these situations, they wait for the reports from Kanyon Kris) into placement of port-a-potty at the end of that 1 mile (muscles relaxing) descent, you know just before you do some more grinding and weaving to the top.
The WMD will be in contact with you (whenever) as to the precise placement of this dumpsite. OH Yes ! Be sure to bring the proper number of quarters. AND new restrictions on the seatcovers(one size fits all) do not allow them to be used as sombreros.

]]> By: bart http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562907 bart Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:01:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562907 Great post, awesome idea ! I would love to read about your thought of this : http://www.diebergkomter.nl/ In a nutshell : as we don't have ANY mountains in the Netherlands we build one ourselves. 2 km high , multipurpose. We dream BIG ! Great post, awesome idea !
I would love to read about your thought of this : http://www.diebergkomter.nl/
In a nutshell : as we don’t have ANY mountains in the Netherlands we build one ourselves. 2 km high , multipurpose.
We dream BIG !

]]> By: Bill H-D http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/25/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-562901 Bill H-D Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:42:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/26/an-open-letter-to-the-us-forest-service-i-think/#comment-562901 @dirtengineer noted. :) @dirtengineer noted. :)

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