Comments on: Racing the Leadville 100 with The Queen of Pain: Day 1 of The Leadville Experience http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/ 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: Fat Cyclist » Blog Archive » Racing the LT100 with The Queen of Pain: The Race Begins http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-641773 Fat Cyclist » Blog Archive » Racing the LT100 with The Queen of Pain: The Race Begins Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:46:46 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-641773 [...] darned “negative scripts” started running through my [...] [...] darned “negative scripts” started running through my [...]

]]> By: Marshmallow http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-641653 Marshmallow Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:29:25 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-641653 The two most useful (daily, in fact) pieces of cycling advice I've gotten have come from The Hammer. 1: You're going to be exhausted at the end of a tough ride whether you go hard or not, so go hard! 2: Lead a turn with your belly button. Both tips really work, and The Hammer continues to inspire! The two most useful (daily, in fact) pieces of cycling advice I’ve gotten have come from The Hammer. 1: You’re going to be exhausted at the end of a tough ride whether you go hard or not, so go hard! 2: Lead a turn with your belly button. Both tips really work, and The Hammer continues to inspire!

]]> By: Bob http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-641168 Bob Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:41:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-641168 Thanks Reba and The Hammer! Leading w/ the belly button works great for me! I took a turn at 40mph this AM on the road bike flawlessly! In the past I've always had to brake to feel safe in that corner. <em>The Hammer and I have both been talking about what a simple change this is, and what a huge different it makes. How did we not know about this before? - FC</em> Thanks Reba and The Hammer! Leading w/ the belly button works great for me! I took a turn at 40mph this AM on the road bike flawlessly! In the past I’ve always had to brake to feel safe in that corner.

The Hammer and I have both been talking about what a simple change this is, and what a huge different it makes. How did we not know about this before? – FC

]]> By: don mcgrath http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640976 don mcgrath Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:54:26 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640976 Very nice article and it is very nice to see Jeff Elison and my book Vertical Mind put to use in other sports (not rock climbing). Thanks for mentioning it! Very nice article and it is very nice to see Jeff Elison and my book Vertical Mind put to use in other sports (not rock climbing). Thanks for mentioning it!

]]> By: Shugg McGraw http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640974 Shugg McGraw Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:46:07 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640974 Self-worth cannot be measured on Strava. Take back your phone. <em>Oh, we are SO far beyond using phones. - FC</em> Self-worth cannot be measured on Strava. Take back your phone.

Oh, we are SO far beyond using phones. – FC

]]> By: Doug (Way upstate NY) http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640972 Doug (Way upstate NY) Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:14:19 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640972 @Jeff we could use a thermal imaging camera. I think Fatty is friends with a woman who is a fireman in Idaho. She probably has access to one. Actually that would be quite an interesting "race". @Jeff we could use a thermal imaging camera. I think Fatty is friends with a woman who is a fireman in Idaho. She probably has access to one.

Actually that would be quite an interesting “race”.

]]> By: Carl http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640911 Carl Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:36:49 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640911 Is it time for post #2 yet? Is it time for post #2 yet?

]]> By: Jeff Dieffenbach http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640890 Jeff Dieffenbach Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:34:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640890 Recently, Specialized did some wind tunnel testing showing the time trial aero benefits of leg shaving (my favorite part was their Wookie scale for amount of leg hair). Perhaps they have also examined mass versus aero tradeoffs while descending? My bet: more mass outweighs any resulting lack of aero. But, since we're already overthinking this, I'm all for adding different weight class categories. Recently, Specialized did some wind tunnel testing showing the time trial aero benefits of leg shaving (my favorite part was their Wookie scale for amount of leg hair). Perhaps they have also examined mass versus aero tradeoffs while descending? My bet: more mass outweighs any resulting lack of aero. But, since we’re already overthinking this, I’m all for adding different weight class categories.

]]> By: RodNeeds2Ride http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640889 RodNeeds2Ride Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:15:54 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640889 @Jeff - some of us have, um, a little problem with going downhill. As in we perhaps might have a bit more to "hold back", i.e. flab, that puts us at a sore disadvantage. I'm sure one of the engineering-types here could make us a sliding scale of total weight/max allowed temperature. You know, to make everything "fair". @Jeff – some of us have, um, a little problem with going downhill. As in we perhaps might have a bit more to “hold back”, i.e. flab, that puts us at a sore disadvantage. I’m sure one of the engineering-types here could make us a sliding scale of total weight/max allowed temperature. You know, to make everything “fair”.

]]> By: Sara T http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-640880 Sara T Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:58:09 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/08/25/racing-the-leadville-100-with-the-queen-of-pain-day-1-of-the-leadville-experience/#comment-640880 So excited to keep reading! You are a champ! I'm glad it worked out for you to go train with the Queen of Pain. Sweet socks. :) So excited to keep reading! You are a champ! I’m glad it worked out for you to go train with the Queen of Pain. Sweet socks. :)

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