Comments on: What the Bike Gives Me http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/ 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: Griffen http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668470 Griffen Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:45:30 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668470 Few people know the true value of a bike. It's not just the cost to manufacture and ship it. Believe me Fatty, cycling melts away stress like a hot knife on butter. Keep cycling, it inspires us to do the same. Few people know the true value of a bike. It’s not just the cost to manufacture and ship it. Believe me Fatty, cycling melts away stress like a hot knife on butter. Keep cycling, it inspires us to do the same.

]]> By: rb http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668351 rb Wed, 23 Mar 2016 05:38:29 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668351 Posts like this are why fatcyclist.com keeps showing up in my "most visited" folder Posts like this are why fatcyclist.com keeps showing up in my “most visited” folder

]]> By: leroy http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668350 leroy Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:54:22 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668350 Exactly right. Exactly. Exactly right. Exactly.

]]> By: AKChick http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668342 AKChick Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:20:19 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668342 Yay! Can't wait for the book! Fingers and toes crossed that you find the right position soon so you don't have to worry about that. My bikes have saved my sanity countless times over the past 3.5 years. My mom started having health issues after the 2011 LIVESTRONG ride in Austin. Those issues and trying to find a decent assisted living home for her continued up until she passed away last August due to lung cancer that metastasized to her brain. In between, I lost my dad (pancreatic cancer) and my brother-in-law (32 years old/colon cancer). Add to that a high pressure, high stress job and the only thing that saved me was my bike and my super sweet husband. There is nothing as peaceful as riding 100 miles and just being able to let your mind wander. Even the worst day on a bike is better than not being on a bike. It is my salvation and my joy in addition to having the best husband a wife could ever ask for. I'm truly blessed in spite of my losses. Yay! Can’t wait for the book! Fingers and toes crossed that you find the right position soon so you don’t have to worry about that.

My bikes have saved my sanity countless times over the past 3.5 years. My mom started having health issues after the 2011 LIVESTRONG ride in Austin. Those issues and trying to find a decent assisted living home for her continued up until she passed away last August due to lung cancer that metastasized to her brain. In between, I lost my dad (pancreatic cancer) and my brother-in-law (32 years old/colon cancer). Add to that a high pressure, high stress job and the only thing that saved me was my bike and my super sweet husband. There is nothing as peaceful as riding 100 miles and just being able to let your mind wander.

Even the worst day on a bike is better than not being on a bike. It is my salvation and my joy in addition to having the best husband a wife could ever ask for. I’m truly blessed in spite of my losses.

]]> By: Betsy T http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668341 Betsy T Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:52:44 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668341 A www. Crying is for Climbing, and Like Dandelion Seeds. Two incredibly powerful pieces you wrote, and ones I send my people to all the time. (Still make me cry.) What you wrote then is more valuable than all the gold this world can offer. People read that, when they are in their own hell, and they say "oh god, this guy GETS IT." I can't wait for Fight Like Susan to come out. A www. Crying is for Climbing, and Like Dandelion Seeds. Two incredibly powerful pieces you wrote, and ones I send my people to all the time. (Still make me cry.) What you wrote then is more valuable than all the gold this world can offer. People read that, when they are in their own hell, and they say “oh god, this guy GETS IT.”

I can’t wait for Fight Like Susan to come out.

]]> By: Jim Tolar http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668338 Jim Tolar Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:57:37 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668338 Nice one, Elden. I went back and re-read the "break down" post. It was those posts that made me feel like I actually know you. This one, too, because I can imagine how you're feeling. It's a testament to your writing, is what I'm trying to say. jt Nice one, Elden. I went back and re-read the “break down” post. It was those posts that made me feel like I actually know you. This one, too, because I can imagine how you’re feeling. It’s a testament to your writing, is what I’m trying to say.

jt

]]> By: JIm http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668336 JIm Tue, 22 Mar 2016 02:17:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668336 endorphins=magic. Humans evolved to need them. endorphins=magic. Humans evolved to need them.

]]> By: Frank http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668335 Frank Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:46:18 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668335 Seems like we are in the same boat at roughly the same age - looking for work IS a full-time job! Good luck!!! Seems like we are in the same boat at roughly the same age – looking for work IS a full-time job! Good luck!!!

]]> By: Laura http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668334 Laura Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:46:40 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668334 I loved this post. Keep writing Fatty!! I loved this post. Keep writing Fatty!!

]]> By: miles archer http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/comment-page-1/#comment-668333 miles archer Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:26:09 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/03/21/what-the-bike-gives-me/#comment-668333 It's good to have balance on a bike. I'm glad you've worked out how you'd end the book. That's the part that's been puzzling me. I am likewise unemployed for the first time in my life, so I have particular sympathy for the uncertainty of where things are going. Exercise is certainly a huge help in staying sane. It’s good to have balance on a bike.

I’m glad you’ve worked out how you’d end the book. That’s the part that’s been puzzling me.

I am likewise unemployed for the first time in my life, so I have particular sympathy for the uncertainty of where things are going. Exercise is certainly a huge help in staying sane.

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