Comments on: 2016 Six Hours in Frog Hollow, Part 2: The First Time Around http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/ 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: Libby http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668714 Libby Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:27:26 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668714 The Feed is a great company. Hubs discovered them a few years ago & only uses their drink stuff (too lazy to walk downstairs to read the bag). Their chews are very flavoufull. Now that Canadian LBS carries them we don't have to order online. We also have the first two cookbooks. There's another one that is or will be released this year. I'm looking forward to the next installment-I mtn bike vicariously through you. The Feed is a great company. Hubs discovered them a few years ago & only uses their drink stuff (too lazy to walk downstairs to read the bag). Their chews are very flavoufull. Now that Canadian LBS carries them we don’t have to order online. We also have the first two cookbooks. There’s another one that is or will be released this year.
I’m looking forward to the next installment-I mtn bike vicariously through you.

]]> By: davidh-marin,ca http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668711 davidh-marin,ca Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:33:41 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668711 BTW if there are any So Cal Fatties looking for something to do this weekend join me in Santa Margarita: http://50mr.com/ for Rwanda and WBR I'll be the old guy eating pie. BTW if there are any So Cal Fatties looking for something to do this weekend join me in Santa Margarita:

http://50mr.com/ for Rwanda and WBR

I’ll be the old guy eating pie.

]]> By: davidh-marin,ca http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668710 davidh-marin,ca Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:26:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668710 After The Swimmer's experiences in St George with broken Handlebars, cuts, scrapes and 'chipped tooth'(am I remembering that right?) we had rebranded her. Daughter of The Hammer is certainly "Nails" After The Swimmer’s experiences in St George with broken Handlebars, cuts, scrapes and ‘chipped tooth’(am I remembering that right?) we had rebranded her.

Daughter of The Hammer is certainly “Nails”

]]> By: Jeff Dieffenbach http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668709 Jeff Dieffenbach Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:21:21 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668709 @owen, interesting that you raise the idea of the oval chain ring. I've long wondered about them, but the jury seems to be out, especially for road and CX. A friend of mine who's WAY smarter than I am about this sort of thing is a big fan for MTB and fat biking (1x and 2x for both). Rather than butcher his thinking, I'll simply share it directly. "Read the article below and you pretty much sum up my skeptical expectations and the total change of mind. The big plus? On steep ascents, they smooth out the pulses of your piston-like pedal stroke and lessen the likelihood that one of those peak pulses will cause your tire to break traction. Do it. You won’t regret it." http://www.bikejames.com/strength/why-ive-switched-to-an-oval-chainring/ @owen, interesting that you raise the idea of the oval chain ring. I’ve long wondered about them, but the jury seems to be out, especially for road and CX.

A friend of mine who’s WAY smarter than I am about this sort of thing is a big fan for MTB and fat biking (1x and 2x for both). Rather than butcher his thinking, I’ll simply share it directly.

“Read the article below and you pretty much sum up my skeptical expectations and the total change of mind. The big plus? On steep ascents, they smooth out the pulses of your piston-like pedal stroke and lessen the likelihood that one of those peak pulses will cause your tire to break traction. Do it. You won’t regret it.”

http://www.bikejames.com/strength/why-ive-switched-to-an-oval-chainring/

]]> By: owen http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668708 owen Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:48:13 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668708 hook the Hammer up with a oval chain ring for Mothers Day. They just work. hook the Hammer up with a oval chain ring for Mothers Day. They just work.

]]> By: MattC http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668707 MattC Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:12:16 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668707 My family is pretty long-lived...so I also plan to one-day make the podium simply by outliving all the other riders. Yep...in about 25 years you'll see me atop the podium in the 80-85 category (I'll be the "young" guy in that age-group, much like Fatty is now to the 50-55 group). Of course I'll still have my brother to deal with...when I'm 80 he'll be 84...that is a slight problem I've yet to deal with. But as long as he sticks to road bikes I'm pretty set on the MTB. And by then I hope we'll have some kind of anti-gravity thing installed on our bikes so that a crash doesn't actually result in you impacting the ground and breaking bones and such. I'll be quite the mean descender when the fear of being killed or maimed is removed! My family is pretty long-lived…so I also plan to one-day make the podium simply by outliving all the other riders. Yep…in about 25 years you’ll see me atop the podium in the 80-85 category (I’ll be the “young” guy in that age-group, much like Fatty is now to the 50-55 group). Of course I’ll still have my brother to deal with…when I’m 80 he’ll be 84…that is a slight problem I’ve yet to deal with. But as long as he sticks to road bikes I’m pretty set on the MTB.

And by then I hope we’ll have some kind of anti-gravity thing installed on our bikes so that a crash doesn’t actually result in you impacting the ground and breaking bones and such. I’ll be quite the mean descender when the fear of being killed or maimed is removed!

]]> By: Corrine http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668706 Corrine Tue, 26 Apr 2016 03:40:50 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668706 Can't wait to hear more. Love that you don't know or care about gearing but just take what your bike mechanic says is the right set up. I can totally relate to that. Can't wait to hear more and see how everybody does. Might have to look at results if the story takes too long! Is that cheating? Can’t wait to hear more. Love that you don’t know or care about gearing but just take what your bike mechanic says is the right set up. I can totally relate to that. Can’t wait to hear more and see how everybody does. Might have to look at results if the story takes too long! Is that cheating?

]]> By: Jeff Dieffenbach http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668705 Jeff Dieffenbach Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:28:34 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668705 "Don’t worry about the podium." I have never once worried about the podium. I don't expect I ever will worry about the podium. At least not unless I can make the 80-89 CX field. I *did* make it to the top step of one podium once, though. It took a random number generator, but I ended up in pretty good company--former pro/grocery store disaster Levi Leipheimer and a certain world-renowned blogger. “Don’t worry about the podium.”

I have never once worried about the podium. I don’t expect I ever will worry about the podium. At least not unless I can make the 80-89 CX field.

I *did* make it to the top step of one podium once, though. It took a random number generator, but I ended up in pretty good company–former pro/grocery store disaster Levi Leipheimer and a certain world-renowned blogger.

]]> By: BostonCarlos http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668704 BostonCarlos Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:19:23 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668704 I'd like to welcome the Feed and encourage any other brands who think this might be a good site to sponsor to go ahead and throw money at Fatty because it's definitely worth your while. I’d like to welcome the Feed and encourage any other brands who think this might be a good site to sponsor to go ahead and throw money at Fatty because it’s definitely worth your while.

]]> By: Kristina Creek http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-668703 Kristina Creek Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:04:38 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/04/25/2016-six-hours-in-frog-hollow-part-2-the-first-time-around/#comment-668703 Book-riding? Sigh... I guess my mind was on bicycles. That should obviously say 'book-writing'... Book-riding?

Sigh… I guess my mind was on bicycles.

That should obviously say ‘book-writing’…

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