The (unofficial) Tour de Fat
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My neighbor is signed up for palooza, his second one. Last year he flatted first lap but saw how fun this race is so eagerly wanted to get back. This year we got him hooked up with some flow/hope wheels. See he is my protection in case Bonefish goes all riod cuz dudeman is big like 2 boneyfishes with bout 8% BF. Fact was he was a Pa. Heavy Weight champ in wrestling so he could choke him out right. Anyways he is pretty green in the mtb world but likes pain so I took him out and destroyed him in my world 😀
So wasn't an aggressive ride but did some strava hunting, 1st was to get back my KOM on the first stephens rd climb from woody, check!
2nd wasn't actually a hunt but scored, the second stephens rd climb, yes these are 2 different climbs and were once existing roads once upon a time. So paved washed out rutted messes that have distance and grade.
3rd was little grunt not KOM but scored a 2nd place, this was brought to my attention when skiphreak scored a bunch of hardware the other day. She put up some strong results and took out some big dogs including me.
So again put up a strong fight on this but still fell short.
4th is prolly my best and that is Russling rd climb to my house. Solid mile 10th place! Why am I because I will bet the house not one person did this on a SS MTB bike. I knock roadie pricks off, fuck yeah!
the ride
http://app.strava.com/activities/48653984
So wasn't an aggressive ride but did some strava hunting, 1st was to get back my KOM on the first stephens rd climb from woody, check!
2nd wasn't actually a hunt but scored, the second stephens rd climb, yes these are 2 different climbs and were once existing roads once upon a time. So paved washed out rutted messes that have distance and grade.
3rd was little grunt not KOM but scored a 2nd place, this was brought to my attention when skiphreak scored a bunch of hardware the other day. She put up some strong results and took out some big dogs including me.
So again put up a strong fight on this but still fell short.
4th is prolly my best and that is Russling rd climb to my house. Solid mile 10th place! Why am I because I will bet the house not one person did this on a SS MTB bike. I knock roadie pricks off, fuck yeah!
the ride
http://app.strava.com/activities/48653984
The Kalmyk
Well-Known Member
That's a sad thing... Sorry to hear that
Let's not call it a comeback.
Instead let's call it a new beginning. So the rain cut my day short as a had a paint job. Short these days is getting home at 3. Swung by the bike shop and picked up a new type 2 x9 rear D as the x7 the bike came with was junk from the get go. Swapped that and threw on a reverb dropper post. More on that in a moment.
I had a small break to ride with dropping my daughter off at tweener BDP and picking up the boy from his DC class trip.
Hit deer park, in lot saw a board member fattie rider eddieZ. Nice dude, likes the Dead I think as he had steal your face stickers all over himself and bike 🙂
Ride, well immediately I was like oh this isn't gonna last. But just kept it chilled on the climbs and just sat back to smell the earth. I felt good considering the time off the bike. Can't say enough about those mammoth tires how well they roll. Totally ardents on steroids but they have to be perfect with psi numbers.
I rolled just about a standard loop but was feeling so good I hit rouge which is one best trails around these parts. Orange out is what it is, tough for a lackey like myself at this moment. Rode blue to red to the birches and back to the lot. Got get out more because as @pooriggy says you need stress relief in the non toxic ways. I also give love to @Norm for pushing buttons to get me motivated.
On to the dropper post, I am mostly retro grouch who likes things simple without all kinds of moving parts and all just so you know where I am coming from. But I found myself playing with this and by half way through the ride using it like it's been there all along. I set it up at a tad higher then my normal height for climbing a mode then settled it down for flats. Where this is awesome is on DHs and tech where your saddle becomes a proper tool sitting low on your inner thighs for increased control at speeds ala like downhill bikes. I know the reverbs are notorious for failing but if I keep digging it like i did today well then I will invest in a good one.
Stay tuned because this station is back on the air 🙂
Instead let's call it a new beginning. So the rain cut my day short as a had a paint job. Short these days is getting home at 3. Swung by the bike shop and picked up a new type 2 x9 rear D as the x7 the bike came with was junk from the get go. Swapped that and threw on a reverb dropper post. More on that in a moment.
I had a small break to ride with dropping my daughter off at tweener BDP and picking up the boy from his DC class trip.
Hit deer park, in lot saw a board member fattie rider eddieZ. Nice dude, likes the Dead I think as he had steal your face stickers all over himself and bike 🙂
Ride, well immediately I was like oh this isn't gonna last. But just kept it chilled on the climbs and just sat back to smell the earth. I felt good considering the time off the bike. Can't say enough about those mammoth tires how well they roll. Totally ardents on steroids but they have to be perfect with psi numbers.
I rolled just about a standard loop but was feeling so good I hit rouge which is one best trails around these parts. Orange out is what it is, tough for a lackey like myself at this moment. Rode blue to red to the birches and back to the lot. Got get out more because as @pooriggy says you need stress relief in the non toxic ways. I also give love to @Norm for pushing buttons to get me motivated.
On to the dropper post, I am mostly retro grouch who likes things simple without all kinds of moving parts and all just so you know where I am coming from. But I found myself playing with this and by half way through the ride using it like it's been there all along. I set it up at a tad higher then my normal height for climbing a mode then settled it down for flats. Where this is awesome is on DHs and tech where your saddle becomes a proper tool sitting low on your inner thighs for increased control at speeds ala like downhill bikes. I know the reverbs are notorious for failing but if I keep digging it like i did today well then I will invest in a good one.
Stay tuned because this station is back on the air 🙂
Johnny Utah
Well-Known Member
Matty, have you hit creek yet this year?
Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
@mattybfat , first off... It was nice seeing your post when I got up this morning. I'm hoping you continue to squeeze in rides where you can.
Now, on to business. What PSI are you running the Mammoths on trail?
Now, on to business. What PSI are you running the Mammoths on trail?
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