Comments on: How To Pedal Your Bike Properly http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/ 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: Tom in Albany http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657486 Tom in Albany Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:20:13 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657486 I just checked (11:19 EDT 12/15/14) and you're still number two! I just checked (11:19 EDT 12/15/14) and you’re still number two!

]]> By: David Lazar http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657485 David Lazar Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:50:26 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657485 Hey, Fatsby - I just started reading the Kindle version of your new book. I forgot how much fun it is to read you in book format! First of all, the humor. Second of all, the validation. I read the piece last night about techniques for negotiating more quality time with your bike. My wife asked what I was smiling about, and then claimed not to know you. Anyway, thanks for the great book; I'm trying to read it slowly and make it last a long time! <em>Thank you so much, Dave! - FC</em> Hey, Fatsby – I just started reading the Kindle version of your new book. I forgot how much fun it is to read you in book format! First of all, the humor. Second of all, the validation. I read the piece last night about techniques for negotiating more quality time with your bike. My wife asked what I was smiling about, and then claimed not to know you. Anyway, thanks for the great book; I’m trying to read it slowly and make it last a long time!

Thank you so much, Dave! – FC

]]> By: David F http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657422 David F Sun, 14 Dec 2014 12:45:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657422 If I continually scrape the top tube on a carbon fibre bike... Will I get splinters on my knees? Just kidding... I'll never own a carbon fibre bike so I guess all your advice is useless coz I've got bugger all chance of catching those rich so and so's on their fancy bikes! If I continually scrape the top tube on a carbon fibre bike… Will I get splinters on my knees?

Just kidding… I’ll never own a carbon fibre bike so I guess all your advice is useless coz I’ve got bugger all chance of catching those rich so and so’s on their fancy bikes!

]]> By: clydesteve http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657402 clydesteve Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:35:09 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657402 @MattC - I was a dirt biker way back when as well. But the last time I dirt biked, I had been cycling for many, many years - I took my newly started dirt biking youngest son up to some trails, and borrowed the bike for a spin. for the first 300 yards, I was totally flamboozled, because I could not get the brakes & clutch to work properly. Only then did it dawn on my that motorcycles did it backwards to what I had become accustomed to. Like my left foot going ccw, I guess. @MattC – I was a dirt biker way back when as well. But the last time I dirt biked, I had been cycling for many, many years – I took my newly started dirt biking youngest son up to some trails, and borrowed the bike for a spin. for the first 300 yards, I was totally flamboozled, because I could not get the brakes & clutch to work properly. Only then did it dawn on my that motorcycles did it backwards to what I had become accustomed to.

Like my left foot going ccw, I guess.

]]> By: MattC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657354 MattC Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:13:15 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657354 @New Zealand Ev...that brake-setup is also used by motorcycles (the clutch is on the left, the rear brake is a right-foot-control, so the right grip is your front-brake)...I was a dirt biker way-back in another lifetime, and it took me some doing (and at least one trip over the bars) when I started Mt biking to get used to the backwards setup. @New Zealand Ev…that brake-setup is also used by motorcycles (the clutch is on the left, the rear brake is a right-foot-control, so the right grip is your front-brake)…I was a dirt biker way-back in another lifetime, and it took me some doing (and at least one trip over the bars) when I started Mt biking to get used to the backwards setup.

]]> By: New Zealand Ev http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657352 New Zealand Ev Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:18:05 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657352 @MattC. I am not sure anymore what direction my pedals go in. I pedal they go in circles. I do know that the brake lever setups are different. The left brake lever controls the rear brake and the right one controls the front brake. @MattC. I am not sure anymore what direction my pedals go in. I pedal they go in circles. I do know that the brake lever setups are different. The left brake lever controls the rear brake and the right one controls the front brake.

]]> By: bikemike http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657346 bikemike Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:22:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657346 Pedals are for weenies. Pedals are for weenies.

]]> By: UpTheGrade, SR, CA http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657340 UpTheGrade, SR, CA Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:23:29 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657340 I suspect you were in the granny-gear of your MTB when doing 90 revs per second - 'cause if it were your road bike in the big ring, you'd be doing about 200 miles per hour, which might be a stretch even for you. I like the idea of e-bikes to go faster, and will recommend someone in my club rides one so I can draft off them and break all my strava records, and yours! (Hey, I wasn't riding the e-bike ;-) Looking forward to getting my hard copy of the Great Fatsby so I can have a good read during all this rain we are now getting in CA. What do you non-west-coasters do in this stuff? I suspect you were in the granny-gear of your MTB when doing 90 revs per second – ’cause if it were your road bike in the big ring, you’d be doing about 200 miles per hour, which might be a stretch even for you.
I like the idea of e-bikes to go faster, and will recommend someone in my club rides one so I can draft off them and break all my strava records, and yours! (Hey, I wasn’t riding the e-bike ;-)
Looking forward to getting my hard copy of the Great Fatsby so I can have a good read during all this rain we are now getting in CA. What do you non-west-coasters do in this stuff?

]]> By: MattC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657339 MattC Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:05:39 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657339 Really enjoying the book Fatty...Pain Pellets..I had COMPLETELY forgotten about those dang things. Your theory still seems sound...I think it could very well be Nobel-worthy. <em>Thanks, Matt! - FC</em> Really enjoying the book Fatty…Pain Pellets..I had COMPLETELY forgotten about those dang things. Your theory still seems sound…I think it could very well be Nobel-worthy.

Thanks, Matt! – FC

]]> By: MikeL http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/comment-page-1/#comment-657337 MikeL Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:33:26 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2014/12/10/how-to-pedal-your-bike-properly/#comment-657337 I just wish I would have had this article and advice when I started cycling. It could have saved me so much pain and anguish. I just wish I would have had this article and advice when I started cycling. It could have saved me so much pain and anguish.

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