Comments on: 2014 Leadville 100 Race Report, Part 3: I am the Fast Guy, I am the Slow Guy

By: davidh-marin,ca

davidh-marin,ca — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:07:52 +0000

So a small FoF contingent from NorCal is forming Jeffrey and I with the tandem, looks like DaveT and ChrisD also.(as of last email). Noodle and her posse from Santa Cruz(the place not the bike)/Specialized (we’ll all get ‘chicked’)

LauraS, AngieG, LeighAnne can we coax you to go? Jeremy It’s a ’straight shot East from you! MattC and GregC it’s just a bit farther than Davis.

Would anyone like some Pie?

By: davidh-marin,ca

davidh-marin,ca — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:01:41 +0000

@MattC It’s time Matt! It’s calling your name. No more ‘poor, poor, pitiful, me’ get the bike! Couple years of overtime and it’s paid for.

By: MattC

MattC — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:31:53 +0000

I just got an online ad from Cambria Bicycle Outfitters (CBO)that they have the NEW Ibis Tranny twenty-niner for sale! I’m thinking to myself, it’s not new…there was this guy named “Buddy” who raced one at Leadville recently…

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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:34:20 +0000

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By: cyclingjimbo

cyclingjimbo — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:39:36 +0000

Correction on the force/power/work physics thingy: at the same speed up a grade the amount of work done and power output (work per unit time) are the same for any gear ratio used. The force required to keep the pedals turning is lower at higher rpm (lower gear ratio) – constant work, higher rpm equals reduced force per pedal stroke. At hiigher gear ratios and lowe rpm, doing the same amount of work requires more force per pedal stroke.

Whew.

In any case, Fatty, you are the man for driving your single speed Tranny up the grade.

By: owen

owen — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:57:52 +0000

Tums work well also for calcium and cramping and might help your stomach after you force down mustard on a ride…

By: cyclingjimbo

cyclingjimbo — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:48:27 +0000

Good engineer – lousy typist Apologies for all the typos.

By: cyclingjimbo

cyclingjimbo — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:47:27 +0000

Gotta be electrolytes – mustard packets and pickle juice (expecially the pickle juice) contain salt and that is mostl ikly whyt they work. A good electropyte replacement would probably work even better since you would be getting the potassium, magnesium and other salts that your body needs as well.

Riding at high elevation like Leadville can be really deceiving. The air is so dry that yoour sweat evaporates very quickyl and you often aren’t even aware of how rapidly your body is depleting itself of water and electrolytes. You can’t wait until you are thirsty to tank up, and you may have to increase the frequency of drinking a bit more than you might at lower elevations.

As for the physics thing, don’t confuse force/power and work. You do the same amount of work when you climb a grade (assuming the same speed), no matter what gear you are in or what rpm you are spinning. At higher rpm you are exerting less force per stroke (more strokes per minute, same work), and the perceived effort can be less than at lower rpm – to a point.

By: davidh-Marin,ca

davidh-Marin,ca — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:20:43 +0000

Mustard! How appropriate is that for a ‘Hot Dog’ like Fatty! (He’s definitely no ‘brat’)

By: MattC

MattC — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:42:50 +0000

Fatty has a DRINKING PROBLEM??? I never knew…wow.

And mustard packs…free if you go to the right establishments, vs endurolyte caps…which are NOT free…unless you leech them off your rich friends…of which I apparently don’t have any (rich ones that is). I’ll have to try that, as carrying pickle juice isn’t really a great option.

I agree that you can hydrate till you’re leaking water out your ears, and have all the electrolytes/potassium you can get, but a huge effort can still cause cramps.

I’m also thinking mustard smeared on road rash must help somehow…and maybe even on bee stings? (I like to multi-purpose all the stuff I carry).