Comments on: The cycling paradox http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/ Two Wheels. One Dark Lord. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: el jefe http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-1024 el jefe Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:49:56 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-1024 Three groups of people to be wary of: Locals, old guys, and single-speeders. Even when I was racing expert, I've had guys from each of those groups and 15lbs heavier than me rip my legs off (and I already don't fit the classical physique of a cyclist. Three groups of people to be wary of: Locals, old guys, and single-speeders. Even when I was racing expert, I’ve had guys from each of those groups and 15lbs heavier than me rip my legs off (and I already don’t fit the classical physique of a cyclist.

]]> By: RocBike.com » Links Of The Day: 17 July 2007 http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-967 RocBike.com » Links Of The Day: 17 July 2007 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:29:39 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-967 [...] The cycling paradox [...] [...] The cycling paradox [...]

]]> By: John http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-957 John Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:03:51 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-957 Refrigerated panniers full of chorizo burritos. Cool. This changes everything. Refrigerated panniers full of chorizo burritos. Cool. This changes everything.

]]> By: NYT: The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesn’t Have to Mean Thin » señor taco’s travels http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-947 NYT: The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesn’t Have to Mean Thin » señor taco’s travels Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:55:03 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-947 [...] drunkcyclist) Footnotes:mostly I just get passed on the [...] [...] drunkcyclist) Footnotes:mostly I just get passed on the [...]

]]> By: Mario Chippo http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-946 Mario Chippo Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:49:02 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-946 Yea but there is no room for the kooks with the extended steer tube or extended quill stems and upright bars and gel seats on a road bike Yea but there is no room for the kooks with the extended steer tube or extended quill stems and upright bars and gel seats on a road bike

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]]> By: Large and Fit http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-944 Large and Fit Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:45:29 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-944 Borrowed from some blog long ago: Sorry no credit for it here I just saved it a while back: (Dear Large And Fit Society, Little folks just don't understand. I don't mean children or those whose growth was stunted by some unfortunate childhood pituitary issue. I mean all those people who can walk into a store and find a pair of pants that fit.Those people who don't have to wait six weeks for new shirts because they changed jobs and the uniform company doesn't stock anything that big. Neither does their supplier. How many little people can't button the top button or the cuffs on their sleeves of shirts that otherwise fit... well, at least I could get it around my chest. No, little folks could never understand what it's like to be big. Little people decided what a BMI chart is and what is healthy and what isn't. If I lost 80 lbs. and cut off one leg I could get into the yellow zone on those silly charts. I'm not lean by any measure. But I'm not morbidly obese as described by the evidently sight impaired medical community. Sure I drive an SUV. Ever see a big guy in a Miata? I have to put the top down just to get in. Then I'm stuck straining to see over the top of the windshield or trying to scrunch down in the seat to look through the windshield. No thanks. No room in a Miata for all those fast food wrappers, 12 empty extra large energy drink cans, 3 pairs of size 13 shoes and a change of clothes. And just because we can't touch our elbows together in front of us doesn't mean we should be laughed at. After all, one of the best parts about being big is knowing that the little mouthy guy is about one bear hug away from a collapsed ribcage. ) Perhaps we could add something about the sixe of Jonnys headtube but ...... Borrowed from some blog long ago: Sorry no credit for it here I just saved it a while back:

(Dear Large And Fit Society,

Little folks just don’t understand. I don’t mean children or those whose growth was stunted by some unfortunate childhood pituitary issue. I mean all those people who can walk into a store and find a pair of pants that fit.Those people who don’t have to wait six weeks for new shirts because they changed jobs and the uniform company doesn’t stock anything that big. Neither does their supplier. How many little people can’t button the top button or the cuffs on their sleeves of shirts that otherwise fit… well, at least I could get it around my chest. No, little folks could never understand what it’s like to be big. Little people decided what a BMI chart is and what is healthy and what isn’t. If I lost 80 lbs. and cut off one leg I could get into the yellow zone on those silly charts. I’m not lean by any measure. But I’m not morbidly obese as described by the evidently sight impaired medical community. Sure I drive an SUV. Ever see a big guy in a Miata? I have to put the top down just to get in. Then I’m stuck straining to see over the top of the windshield or trying to scrunch down in the seat to look through the windshield. No thanks. No room in a Miata for all those fast food wrappers, 12 empty extra large energy drink cans, 3 pairs of size 13 shoes and a change of clothes. And just because we can’t touch our elbows together in front of us doesn’t mean we should be laughed at. After all, one of the best parts about being big is knowing that the little mouthy guy is about one bear hug away from a collapsed ribcage. )

Perhaps we could add something about the sixe of Jonnys headtube but ……

]]> By: M in SC http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-943 M in SC Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:34:29 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-943 If that's the case, this guy is the new Rasmussen... https://www.birdseyeview.net/cgi-local/store/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Cycling/20070704_FAB/Passed%20Clock%2003_00%20to%2003_14&image=FAB_1900.jpg&img=50&tt=&tfile=tn_FAB_1900.JPG If that’s the case, this guy is the new Rasmussen…

https://www.birdseyeview.net/cgi-local/store/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Cycling/20070704_FAB/Passed%20Clock%2003_00%20to%2003_14&image=FAB_1900.jpg&img=50&tt=&tfile=tn_FAB_1900.JPG

]]> By: danimal http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-942 danimal Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:32:42 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-942 Ha! All hail the 38 inch waist! Oh wait, I hardly ever ride away from anyone, but I'm working on it. Of course I'm also working on getting that 36" waist. Ha! All hail the 38 inch waist! Oh wait, I hardly ever ride away from anyone, but I’m working on it. Of course I’m also working on getting that 36″ waist.

]]> By: Don http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-939 Don Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:28:13 +0000 http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/07/17/the-cycling-paradox/#comment-939 "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Not unless you're a cyclist! HA! Take that, Dean Wormer! “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

Not unless you’re a cyclist! HA! Take that, Dean Wormer!

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