Comments on: 2016 Leadville 100 Race Report, Part 8: The Crux http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/ 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: rb http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670405 rb Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:15:17 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670405 I like HotShots. However, using them is not for the faint of heart, or the stupid. If you're also dehydrated, having stomach issues, hyperthermic, or all three, a hot shot will indeed stop the cramps. Because right after you take one you're puking. Makes it really hard to continue pedaling, and therefore the cramps go away. Having said that and experimented all season with them, I've decided I really like them mixed with my CR333. Sounds gross, but what you end up with is a lemony-peppery flavor that is a nice change from the sweetness of most of what is ingested. And yes, I would like GU to get on making a Wasabi-flavored gel. Can you see if Yuri can help make that happen? I like HotShots. However, using them is not for the faint of heart, or the stupid. If you’re also dehydrated, having stomach issues, hyperthermic, or all three, a hot shot will indeed stop the cramps. Because right after you take one you’re puking. Makes it really hard to continue pedaling, and therefore the cramps go away.

Having said that and experimented all season with them, I’ve decided I really like them mixed with my CR333. Sounds gross, but what you end up with is a lemony-peppery flavor that is a nice change from the sweetness of most of what is ingested.

And yes, I would like GU to get on making a Wasabi-flavored gel. Can you see if Yuri can help make that happen?

]]> By: Tom in Albany http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670382 Tom in Albany Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:15:06 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670382 LOL. Got it, Jeff. Didn't know BostonCarlos is an educational descendent of the the man that invented the Ferris Wheel. LOL. Got it, Jeff.

Didn’t know BostonCarlos is an educational descendent of the the man that invented the Ferris Wheel.

]]> By: Jeff Dieffenbach http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670378 Jeff Dieffenbach Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:56:59 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670378 @Tom, this is RPI as in Rebecca's Private Idaho, not RPI as in the cute little tech school where BostonCarlos learned to count and such. [grin] @Tom, this is RPI as in Rebecca’s Private Idaho, not RPI as in the cute little tech school where BostonCarlos learned to count and such. [grin]

]]> By: Tom in Albany http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670376 Tom in Albany Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:51:04 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670376 @Jeff D. Are you an RPI (Troy, NY) grad? I know you live in the northeast... @Jeff D. Are you an RPI (Troy, NY) grad? I know you live in the northeast…

]]> By: Jeff Dieffenbach http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670364 Jeff Dieffenbach Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:45:23 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670364 At RPI, I enjoyed a Head Rusch, which is Patron, orange RedBull, and bitters. Add in HotShot and I think what you have is a Bum Rusch. At RPI, I enjoyed a Head Rusch, which is Patron, orange RedBull, and bitters. Add in HotShot and I think what you have is a Bum Rusch.

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]]> By: BostonCarlos http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670361 BostonCarlos Wed, 14 Sep 2016 19:11:45 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670361 2 hot shots? I would have vomited right then and there. <blockquote>I really like them. I would drink them recreationally. Like maybe mixed with a Red Bull and some Patron Silver. - FC</blockquote> 2 hot shots? I would have vomited right then and there.

I really like them. I would drink them recreationally. Like maybe mixed with a Red Bull and some Patron Silver. – FC

]]> By: Tom in Albany http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670359 Tom in Albany Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:47:20 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670359 The crux is the crux. When you're past the crux it's not usually over. Often the crux becomes the next hard thing after what everyone usually considers the crux. Because you sometimes take the rest for granted. <blockquote>So true. - FC</blockquote> The crux is the crux. When you’re past the crux it’s not usually over. Often the crux becomes the next hard thing after what everyone usually considers the crux. Because you sometimes take the rest for granted.

So true. – FC

]]> By: Corrine http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670357 Corrine Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:16:07 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670357 Way to kill the Power Line climb, Lisa! So awesome and inspiring. Way to kill the Power Line climb, Lisa! So awesome and inspiring.

]]> By: Bart the Clydesdale http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/comment-page-1/#comment-670356 Bart the Clydesdale Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:52:54 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2016/09/14/2016-leadville-100-race-report-part-8-the-crux/#comment-670356 I agree that Powerline is the crux, and it certainly blew my race up. I was never on all fours, but I was off the bike wondering where all my leg power had gone. I agree that Powerline is the crux, and it certainly blew my race up. I was never on all fours, but I was off the bike wondering where all my leg power had gone.

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