Comments on: 2014 Rebecca’s Private Idaho, Part 2: Secret Weapons http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/ 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: FltTestEngr http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-648598 FltTestEngr Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:45:43 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-648598 “How come you have gels tucked under the legs on your shorts? You know that’s weight you’re unnecessarily lifting with each stroke of your pedals.” “I had never thought of that.” Just for the curious: 2x32g gels/170mm cranks/cadence:80 = 0.2843 watts maximum. However, one side is going down while one is being lifted, so if you're not accelerating or decelerating, the descending gel is giving its potential energy back and they cancel out. “How come you have gels tucked under the legs on your shorts? You know that’s weight you’re unnecessarily lifting with each stroke of your pedals.”

“I had never thought of that.”

Just for the curious: 2×32g gels/170mm cranks/cadence:80 = 0.2843 watts maximum.

However, one side is going down while one is being lifted, so if you’re not accelerating or decelerating, the descending gel is giving its potential energy back and they cancel out.

]]> By: PNP http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-648126 PNP Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:18:04 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-648126 Mental image. Image. I'm so glad that it's Friday. Mental image. Image.

I’m so glad that it’s Friday.

]]> By: PNP http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-648125 PNP Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:17:37 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-648125 I have a mental imagine of a holder for a roll of TP welded to your bike! I have a mental imagine of a holder for a roll of TP welded to your bike!

]]> By: leroy http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-648117 leroy Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:56:46 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-648117 Well this is a coincidence. My dog's secret weapon: he unclips and slightly lifts one leg just before launching a break away. It works because it's not worth finding out if he's bluffing. Well this is a coincidence.

My dog’s secret weapon: he unclips and slightly lifts one leg just before launching a break away.

It works because it’s not worth finding out if he’s bluffing.

]]> By: MattC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-648016 MattC Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:19:02 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-648016 I don't even have a plausible guess as to what the "secret weapon" could be. Enthralling post Fatty! You are the Yoda of killing us with cliffhangers! I don’t even have a plausible guess as to what the “secret weapon” could be.

Enthralling post Fatty! You are the Yoda of killing us with cliffhangers!

]]> By: Chris http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-647962 Chris Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:00:43 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-647962 “You go on for a minute without me. I need to use the bathroom…and to deploy The Secret Weapon.” I hope the next post is family friendly. “You go on for a minute without me. I need to use the bathroom…and to deploy The Secret Weapon.”

I hope the next post is family friendly.

]]> By: Black Sheep Cycling http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-647956 Black Sheep Cycling Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:33:53 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-647956 Great! Great!

]]> By: ScottyCycles62 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-647820 ScottyCycles62 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:43:34 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/10/16/2014-rebeccas-private-idaho-part-2-secret-weapons/#comment-647820 “You go on for a minute without me. I need to use the bathroom…and to deploy The Secret Weapon.” I shudder to think Fatty how many times the Hammer has heard you say that! -Scott “You go on for a minute without me. I need to use the bathroom…and to deploy The Secret Weapon.”

I shudder to think Fatty how many times the Hammer has heard you say that!
-Scott

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