tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82241339382384148302024-02-07T05:26:11.357-08:00Fat Fish RacingFat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-62588046573669441212016-07-20T15:59:00.000-07:002016-07-20T15:59:08.858-07:00Fat Fish #5 – Dry Creek Clash<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago had Al Capone, Atlantic City had Nucky Thompson, New York had Arnold Rothstein, Wyoming had Bob. Bob, the world’s worst bootlegger. Other bootleggers hid their wares inside of trucks and boats. Bob and his three legged pig thought it terribly clever to float their hootch inside duck decoys. On </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dry Creek</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Not only were they already </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">downstream</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the speakeasys, they were also on, hello, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dry Creek</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. How do you float a fifth of bathtub gin </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">upstream</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dry</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> creek bed? To further complicate things, they were clashing with some near sighted duck hunters that were were constantly shooting the day lights out of the decoys. Bob thought it was Elliot Ness and the G Men but it was really just Bubba and the Griswold twins blowing the crap out of his whiskey laden birds. Which brings me to my point, this Monday is </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fat Fish Racing’s</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dry Creek Clash! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This also brings me to my other point, a lot of riders don’t know where Dry Creek is but most of the Fat Fish Race Crew are direct descendants of Bob. They know where it is. Bob’s great great nephew Bryce Straka shared the following info:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Dry Creek Clash mountain bike race will highlight some of the flagship trails of the Casper Mountain Nordic center. The Dry Creek Clash will start and finish inside the maze at the Nordic stadium. We will be keeping the course short, sweet and hopefully simple for everyone. We want all riders to finish in about an hour so they can participate (or at least root for your buddies) in the fourth annual </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fat Fish Foot Down Competition</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. There will be extra incentive for all racers to participate in the Foot Down competition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lastly, for those racers looking to get a little more out of the evening than the traditional XC race we have put together a special stage on each class’ loop where the fastest man and woman rider in that section of trail will receive a sweet prize. What exactly does this mean? For example, you can casually ride the race course with your buddies and when you get to the special stage ride as hard as you like. Regroup and continue the ride/race with your friends. After the race, compare stage times with your friends. Because timing something like this poses its own logistical and technical challenges we ask that all riders who want to be eligible for the prize must use Strava and ride details must be posted 5 minutes before the awards. No waiting until you get home to upload your Garmin ride to Strava. Details of the “special stages” will be posted later this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Additional thoughts; Mosquitoes and horse flies can be very bothersome this time of year, bring your bug spray. Snakes have been seen in the area so please do not wander off the trails. Plus descendents of Bubba and the Griswolds still inhabit the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Dry Creek Clash race will utilize the flagship trails in the Casper Mountain Nordic Center, Eadsville and Copper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sport and Competitive = 4 miles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Expert = 6 miles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Dry Creek Clash race pits are a 20 minute drive from downtown Casper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lat 42°44'17.2"N long 106°19'05.5"W (aka the Nordic Lodge where the Short Track Race happened, silly engineers anyway)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The registration will be in the nordic stadium, look for the Fat Fish Trailer. Checking in with the race director is a MUST. Even if you registered online!! This helps us with timing. After you check in, then get on your bike and warm up. Every 10 minutes you'll hear an update from the race director.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7:00pm: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FREE </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Food from Olive Garden will be served</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7:40pm: Third annual Fat Fish Foot Down competition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wondrous Wyoming Fact #31</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Have you ever considered the simple paperclip? No? Well maybe because they’re not at all simple. Countless research hours and academic papers are behind this marvel. Few know this but located deep beneath the single track on Muddy Mountain lies a secret government research facility called the <i>"Muddy Mountain Secret Paperclip Research Facility and Cowbell Emporium"</i> but more affectionately referred to as the <i>"Muddy Mountain Secret Paperclip Research Facility and Cowbell Emporium"</i>. Working there are over 250 scientists and engineers perfecting the technology of holding papers together for the betterment of the free world. Also there’s Bob. Bob and his three legged pig like to run through the facility sneaking up on and shaking cowbells behind unsuspecting scientists and engineers which probably explains why there’s been little if any improvements to the technology. These guys are nervous wrecks and Bob is </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">maddening</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Which brings me to my point, this coming Monday, July 11 is Fat Fish’s </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Muddy Mountain Madness</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Bike Race (and Cowbell Concert)!</span></div>
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Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-86300618083751635212016-06-29T11:29:00.000-07:002016-06-29T11:29:42.510-07:00Race #3 Casper MT Short Track<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
2016 Casper Mountain Short Track<br />Monday June 20!</div>
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It’s taken years of planning, costs millions of dollars and already saved thousands of lives. Your children’s children will be talking about it for years to come. World leaders are already extolling the virtues and benefits. It also comes in an interesting shade of mauve. Yes, I’m talking about Ronco’s New and Improved Bass-O-Matic! </div>
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But enough about that, it’s also time for the 2016 Casper Mountain Short Track this Monday, June 20 at 6:30pm! The New and Improved Short Track will not be featuring any of that pesky mud of last year. I gotta say that mud was very inconvenient for those of us with limited showering budgets. But enough about that too.</div>
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Parking will be at the Casper Mountain Nordic Center with overflow parking at Skunk Hollow, with even more overflow parking at Beartrap Park, just ride your bikes to the start line from there. DO NOT PARK ON THE ROAD. The start line will be at the bleachers behind the Nordic Lodge, just follow other riders that appear to be heading in the same direction, like lemmings, only no cliffs are involved, except maybe Cliff Whitlock but that’s different.</div>
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Go to the Registration table WITH YOUR NUMBER ONLY, NO BIKES PLEASE. There will be t-shirts there as well if you didn’t get to pick yours up at the last race. After you have successfully checked in and correctly answered a trigonometry question, put your number back on your bike du jour and head for the start line.</div>
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The Kids Race should start around 6:20. Help cheer them on and promote sportsmanship. Besides, you might run into the little guys later in life and that could be in a nursing home and their memories are pretty crisp. You’d like an extra dessert wouldn’t you? Again, no wagering. I still can’t believe some have asked.</div>
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The other races should start soon after. The Recreational and Sport classes will enjoy as many laps as you can cram into 30 minutes of a fun, turney, up and down and round about course of 0.9 miles with a 200 foot gain of elevation per lap. That’s gotta be more fun than mowing the lawn on Monday night.</div>
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The Competitive and Expert classes will ride for a few more minutes on a course that’s like the other one only it will be approximately 1.5 miles with a 213 foot gain per lap. How does 60 minutes for Expert and 45 for you Competitive hammerheads sound? I feel the love already. It will have part of last year’s course with a chunk of Eadsville thrown in. We had to change up the courses so we can avoid any mud and trail damage. Should conditions change drastically between now and Monday afternoon, the race will be postponed until Wednesday the 22nd. We’ll strive to get word to you as soon as possible should that be necessary. If you don’t hear from a Fat Fish member, the race is on for the regular time, Monday the 20th.</div>
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After the race, stop into the Nordic Lodge for some tasty morsels from the Essence of Life. Also post race, awards will be awarded and door prizes will be given away. Bring some extra cash to buy your tickets to Not2Bad, the new bike flick from TGR brought to you by Mountain Sports. Proceeds will go to the Central Wyoming Trails Alliance. The guys that build the trails we all ride, race, hike, snowshoe, ski, fatbike and run on. Yeah, those guys are pretty good guys, let’s help ‘em out.</div>
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Please take time to thank our sponsors! If it wasn’t for them, you all would be winning stuff that we just find lying around our houses. Who wants to win a 1992 copy of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition? Well, that might be cool but I’m not giving that one up.</div>
Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-84753898813915393942016-05-31T13:07:00.002-07:002016-05-31T13:08:32.261-07:00Go Climb a Hill!<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: Verdana; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Bessemer Hill Climb has been one of people's favorites. This Fat Fish Challenge can really be painful if you are racing your guts out. It also is worth every bit of sweat and tears(hopefully no blood). Climbing a mountain not quite your thing….We will have a separate climb for those in the Recreational Category, and no matter where you fall it’s a blast coming back down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Head west out of town on hwy 220 towards alcova.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Turn Right on Bessemer Bend (also county road 308).</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Stay on pavement and about 2 miles later you'll reach the river. Hang a right. From this point on please follow the black and orange parking signs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">*It takes about 15 minutes to get there from the west side walmart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The race will start as close to 6:30 as possible. We appreciate everyones patience as we work through the logistics of late registrants and timing check in. It's new to us as well as you. <b>Please help us by doing the following:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Each of your number plates has an RFID chip on the back inside a foam sticker. As you were instructed when you got your number plate, you should be taking it off your bike after each race. This is to protect the RFID chip. Please check in with that number plate and </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 37, 0); color: #ff2500;"><b>no bike</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> as you approach the timing check in area. After you’ve checked in you will have plenty of time to get it back on the bike because you're awesome and showed up early and are a well prepared racer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For those who did not pre-register, and you were at the last race, you most likely have not signed a waiver. Please find the table with the waivers and fill one out as we have to have these for you to race. If you pre-registered online with webscorer, then you have signed and accepted that waiver electronically and do not need to fill one out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you have ordered a t-shirt, we have them and they will also be at a separate table for you to pick up before the race. Again, get there early. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fat Fish has acquired permission to cross the public land at the bottom of the mountain. Please remember to be courteous to traffic, neighbors, ranchers, etc. by giving a friendly wave and not taking up too much roadway as we make our way to the starting line. As such this will be the only time you’ll be able to ride to the top of Bessemer Mountain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The top of Bessemer sits just over 1000’ higher in elevation than the start. The course is right at about 6 miles long with the first 4 being gradual uphill before the going gets tough. Expect some rocky loose two track most of the way up and down. Our race ends at the top and we hope to have everyone make it back safely. Please take as much time as you need to make that happen and also have fun. It’s your reward for all that climbing!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fun Tip: Stick around we have awesome prizes to give away at the end of each race.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Recovery Tip: Look for the food truck. Bring a few bucks and get some food in you. You’ve burned lots of calories getting up that mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Race Tip: Have fun and go read the blog to learn all about racing with us. Especially the passing part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Family Tip: We will have a kids race. Family is welcome to bring cow bells and cheer, fishing poles, cameras and whatever else they would like to entertain themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You just had your first race of the season with Fat Fish racing! We hope you had a good time! Our community has been so great to support such a cool race series. So, by this point you have learned how to put cream on your butt, but what’s next? Well the race of course! It can be scary getting lined up with a bunch of spandex clad people who have been sprinting dangerously around the parking and set up area for the last ½ hour thinking it helps them get ready for the race that they didn’t train for. Fatfish would like to help you learn the ins and outs of how to make a bike race fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s cover the starting area. This is a staging area where people do lots of bike gazing and sizing up to see if their new bike is cooler, lighter, shinier, than the person who parked next to them. In short, none of that matters. You are here to have fun. It doesn’t matter how much you spent on your bike, or how clean it is. Find a person with a smile on their face and go ask them any questions you have. Okay, if you will follow me through the dance of bike racing for just a minute I promise you’ll be leading by the end of the song. Also remember to keep this area clean and tidy as it is public (and often times private) land, it’s our responsibility as users to keep it clean so we can continue to enjoy this wonderful activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Show up ON TIME. aside from the fact that nobody likes a race that starts late, it puts you in the instant frantic vibe and that’s when bad things start to happen. If you show up late and in a hurry, you forget your helmet, gloves, or shoes. It’s just not good to be in a hurry </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">before </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the race, you’ll have plenty of time to hurry once they say </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">go! </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you show up on time you have a minute to collect yourself and be ready to get to the start of the race on time. This also delays the race start for the other people who planned ahead and made it to the race on time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The starting line is an intimidating beast all in its own. Fat fish’s first and foremost goal is to grow the cycling community and make this fun for everyone. Don’t let this single aspect of racing/riding bikes in a group deter you. The first part of being successful at the starting line is knowing your own ability. You can gauge this a few ways. Lining up next to people with similar ability as you is a good start. So, if you whipped the 3 year old’s butt last week, maybe jump ahead of him in the pack at the start. The flipside of this is don’t line up ahead of the dude (or dudette) who’s currently beating everyone by a lap each race. Scope your crew, and line up with people who match your ability. This will make it more fun once you start the race because you can all have your own ‘mini’ race within the race. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last way is to ask the race host, they might be busy trying to manage the person who didn’t follow their parking instructions so be patient with them okay? They’ll tell you where you need to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s almost go time and you’re in the right place. What happens when they say that word </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GO!? </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great deal happens at that very moment. About ⅓ of the group will drop a water bottle or some important piece of their race stuff, if you’re one of those people don’t panic. If you </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">really </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">need it, stop and snag it. If not, forget it and don’t let it ruin your race. Remember, you’re here to have fun and you probably will survive without your water bottle, but if you think you might fall over and create a block in the trail just ask someone for a drink and they’ll probably share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first 10-15 minutes are going to be the most hectic. THis is when all the people who didn’t read this article who lined up in the wrong place suddenly realize their heart rate is about 20 times higher than ever before because they’re trying to keep up with the people at the front of the pack, and they are about to explode. When they do, you’ll be able to casually go around them and still breathe enough to ask them, “are you okay?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Never be too stubborn to get passed. Sometimes we pass and get passed multiple times in one race so make it a friendly experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you only read one portion of this article, read this. Passing in a bike race is a source of much frustration for both fast and slow riders alike. It shouldn’t be though and here’s why: If you are the person getting passed (this doesn’t make you slow by the way), all you need to do is pull over (not stop) when and where you feel comfortable. This doesn’t mean that when you hear that fire breathing monster on a bike behind you that you should get nervous and crash trying to get out of the way. Communication is HUGE for this. It’s easy, if you know they are back there wanting to get around you, it’s more than okay to say, “go ahead and go around me” or “You can pass me now.” anything like that. If you’re comfortable you can gesture a hand showing them where to go. If not no worries, they can figure it out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is to say that you are the fire breathing monster in the aforementioned paragraph. If you need to pass here is what you do. Let me back up, if you don’t think you need to read this because you are fast enough and get around people just fine, then you are the person I’m talking to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you need to pass there are a few things you neeeeed to know. 1. You have already intimidated the person ahead of you that is trying to get out of your way, so be nice. 2. BE NICE. 3. Communicate, lots and sooner than you think. Don’t wait until you’re right on their wheel and shout, “</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TRAILLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!” </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That’s what we call being a jerk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, When you know you are close enough that the rider ahead of you can hear you, maybe 10 yards, it’s a good time to alert the person you are back there and approaching. It’s also a great time to encourage a new rider so try something like, “Hey good job you’re doing great!” That way you have not made them panic and allowed them to still have fun while you get around them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you get closer, since you’re clearly faster and more experienced just tell them what you need to do. “Right up here I’m gonna go on your left.” Then on your way by, you again should say something encouraging to the rider, “Thanks tons, you’re looking good!” As the faster, more skilled rider it’s your job to make this fun for new-comers, otherwise you’ll be racing by yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In short, be polite, pass with care, enjoy the ride. If a slow pass is the difference between winning and losing for you, then you should be in better shape anyway so be nice and courteous when you pass a slower rider and we’ll continue to have a growing group of riders all having a blast, and who knows, maybe someday they’ll be passing you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations! You just finished a bike race! That’s a success that nobody can ever take away from you so be proud of your efforts and seek more of that feeling because it only gets better! Encourage people coming in after you and tell them how good they have done. This is a community effort and you are now part of this community and your voice matters. If you have to leave right away that’s totally cool! We are glad you made it! If not, go ask the race host if there is any way you can help clean things up, or see if anyone on the trail needs a hand. Heck, go take some pictures! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope you have enjoyed this month’s Fatfish post on how to be in a bike race and that you will continue to help us max out your fun meter every other Monday for the rest of the summer! Yehaw ride bikes!</span></div>
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<br />Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-1124969523321753772016-05-18T14:23:00.001-07:002016-05-18T14:23:37.749-07:00Monday! Monday! Monday! Only 5 more days until the first Mountain Bike Race!<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May 23</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">rd</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, 1986, the first Stampede of Squaw Creek took place. Not the way you think, the first Squaw Creek Stampede actually involves a coupon dispute in Bill, Wyoming at the Squaw Creek Grocery & Cowbell Emporium on 21</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">st</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Bellview. Mr. Arthur Trumbull (Artie to his friends) claimed the clerk was not honoring his coupon for one dollar off a bag of pork rinds so he reached across the counter and started choking the poor woman. The man in back of him said, “Hey, wait a minute Bub” and tried to help but Mr. Trumbull grabbed him by the neck as well. A fracas ensued. Luckily a stray herd of cattle stampeded through the store and Arthur was trampled. The headline read, “</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Artie Chokes 2 for a Dollar</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”. You can’t make this stuff up, stray cattle herds run amok in Bill all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaking of stampedes, did you know that this Monday, May 23, Fat Fish’s first race of the 2016 season is taking place? And it’s called the </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Squaw Creek Stampede</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? You can’t make that up either. Below are the true facts, the important facts, the facts I didn’t make up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Registration is open from 4:30-6:15 (This part will be easy if you pre-registered like I begged you to do)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Race starts at 6:10 and will involve a few laps in the parking area so we can all see and cheer them on. After the kids finish, parents are encouraged to take them down to the ranch area to cheer on the adult racers near the finish area and play in the green grass. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Squaw Creek does have a lot of fast moving water right now and the abandoned structures will most likely have some loose nails laying around</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It would be a lot of fun to play by but could be dangerous as well. Please watch your children and enjoy the area. At least you’ll be out of the wind there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sport:</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 1 prologue + 1 lap = 4.5 miles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recreation</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> course begins and finishes in the same spot and starts </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">after</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> all the other categories </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">finish their prologue lap </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">which should be around 6:45pm. The loop is exactly 1 mile long and there will be 4 laps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below is the view of the overall venue. It includes the prologue lap in blue, the red loop for the Sport/Comp/Expert categories and yellow loop for the Recreational categories. Parking will be inside the kids green loop.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt=":::SQUAW overview.jpg" height="397" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/1w2eCo-fEpxISa4Ryfd-qUJpQ36hiU56C6DUNdx8T_AVFr9NcMUpEX-x12kjw9y40Dgq2gCxrNmQvi-T_D-n-ekIoAJVac5o3jqWlihAODmFBOgi3onQqrEpcjaCUlQMObB8i6-4o4-ZK2onaA" style="border: none;" width="576" /></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The RECREATIONAL course is in yellow. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt=":::SQUAW rec final.jpg" height="397" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/9FjokqT07NgUJhICGk5GpZqSmLOWlhLA2EFliAGPWaGxTvXd2XskCgbbr8LPVIgR3bLR82WRcBIrg4-9GTZXZHAtZ6kOz4zVCg6rSIDGrDHY2Gs_Tt8-RP8N39DckPrxikmUpH_yZ3QI_YLRmA" style="border: none;" width="576" /></span></div>
<br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Below is a view of the Ranch Area. Notice where the REC category will start next to the telephone pole on the west side of Squaw Creek. AWARDS and hang out area will be down here at the ranch this year to avoid potential wind. Again, Fat Fish does not guarantee the absence or abundance of moving air. We hope this works out and makes it more enjoyable to hang out afterwards.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt=":::SQUAW ranch area.jpg" height="397" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/xizGAUsFjyBqjlahFnm-eJ518XlNHImJ3RlkLNfpw8a33nO_GItbBkC8d1H_6g8oxKJodQNYQ_RSpHhuYt7SOfMiVJ1J81p8IJWO-NZqKg7CFn4Q5ZEcj3BIib91UbNhQpW2boCzq0mwO0m96w" style="border: none;" width="576" /></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please take time to thank our sponsors! If it wasn’t for them, you all would be winning stuff that we just find laying around our houses. Who wants to win a pizza box that’s been living under my couch since Milli Vanilli was in the Top 40? Who is Milli Vanilli anyway?</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" /><br />
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Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-80333485885303728412016-05-05T11:21:00.000-07:002016-05-05T11:28:18.180-07:00Rattlesnake Rally Gravel Grinder May 21th 2016<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hit the link above for information about this years 4th Annual Rattlesnake Rally Gravel Grinder. </span>Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-34137104678863762612016-05-05T10:49:00.000-07:002016-05-05T11:30:33.712-07:00Rattlesnake Rally Gravel Grinder May 21, 2016<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">THIS JUST IN....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica;">Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Center </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">is offering one free drink, $2 bud lights and $70 room rates to all racers!! The awards party will be at the Parkway at 7pm the night of the race. Almost all of their rooms have just been renovated with new everything. It is so awesome to have a host hotel who wants to go above and beyond!! Cycling on Casper rules!!</span></span>Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-11317598920775859202016-05-01T22:09:00.001-07:002016-05-01T22:09:55.898-07:00<h2>
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Registered or thinking about registering but not sure what category you should ride? Let's review categories and help you decide. Ask us through Facebook if you have questions. </div>
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The recreational category is for beginner level mountain bikers or for those who enjoy a more leisurely pace without rubbing elbows with other racers. Anyone can ride this category, but if you are in it to place or win it, we suggest moving up a category. The distance will vary between 3-6 miles and the time we hope to have riders finish in is about 30 minutes.<br />
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The sport category has longer distances than Recreational. The racers in the sport category are only slightly competitive and enjoy having a fun time on the trails without making their lungs bleed. Distances will vary between 6-10 miles and racers should finish within 50-80 minutes<br />
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The competitive category is for the racer with advanced skill and fitness, that is just not quite ready for the longer distance of the expert category. The course and distance of the competitive race may be the same as the Sport race, but the racers themselves are much more cutthroat than the Sportsters. Racers in this category are competitive and want to ride fast with the skills and fitness they have worked hard for. Distances and course will be between 6-10 miles, but finishing times should be faster, around 40-60 minutes.</div>
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The expert category is for the most advanced racers with skill and experience. The distance and the competition level is tough. In some races there will be different sections of the course that are more advanced and technical than the Competitive and Sport categories. Course distances will range from 10-15 miles (Except for the 6 mile hill climb race and the short track race). Finishing times should take anywhere from 60-90 minutes. </div>
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<span class="_4n-j fsl" style="font-size: 14px;">30 & 50 mile out and back or a 70 mile lollipop loop option. All rides will start in Powder River, 27 miles west of Casper from the airport on 20/26. The further you ride, the more you amazed you will be with this beautiful country we have in Wyoming.<br /><br />From Powder River, all racers will head north on Natrona County 106. 3.5 miles - you will cross the south fork of the Powder River. 6.2 miles - take the right fork in road (Do Not take 107). 8.8 miles - take the left fork in road and continue on Natrona County 106. 10.1 miles - continue straight. 13.5 miles - take the left fork in road (do NOT go right, this is a private road). 15.1 miles - This is the turn around for the 30 mile course (30 mile riders, ride the<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">same route you just rode back to Powder River). 50 & 70 mile riders turn left on Natrona County 108 (Baker Cabin Rd). 20 miles - continue straight. 20.5 miles - continue straight. 23.7 miles - Arminto (Buffalo Creek Rd.) - This is the turn around for the 50 mile course (50 mile riders, ride the same route you just rode back to Powder River. 70 mile riders turn right on Buffalo Creek Rd (paved road). 24.6 miles - pavement ends, continue straight on Natrona County 105. 37.7 miles - turn right on Natrona County 108 (Baker Cabin Road), Road starts to get rough. 39 miles - Caution, cow land mines start! 42.3 miles - ranch house, take the left fork in road. 45.5 miles - road starts to improve. 47.9 miles - continue straight. 52.2 miles - turn left on Natrona County 106 and follow it back to Powder River.<br /><br />Be sure to stay on county roads while crossing private land.<br /><br />All riders are responsible for knowing the course they will be riding because nothing will be marked. We will have GPX files posted soon for you to add to your GPS and print out this cue sheet too. We are planning on having an aid station with water and food in Arminto (mile 23.7) for the 50/70 mile riders.<br /><br />More info coming soon on parking and other details regarding the race.<br /><br />70 Mile Course (Closer to 3,500' of elevation gain)<br /><a href="https://www.strava.com/routes/4528592" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.strava.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>routes/4528592</a><br /><br />50 Mile Course (Closer to 1,600' of elevation gain)<br /><a href="https://www.strava.com/routes/4742874" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.strava.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>routes/4742874</a><br /><br />30 Mile Course (Closer to 1,200' of elevation gain)<br /><a href="https://www.strava.com/routes/4742869" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.strava.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>routes/4742869</a><br /><br />The 30 and 50 mile course is fairly flat with no big hills. The 70 has more elevation and some rougher roads for about 15 miles.<br /><br />Still working on parking, will let you know soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With this weather and the forecast not looking so good we decided to move the FFR Powder River Gravel Grinder to May 7th. Hope the weather improves and things start to dry out next week. Please tell all your friends to come join us then.</span></span></div>
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Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-90716605428201488762016-03-01T17:16:00.002-08:002016-03-01T17:16:51.586-08:00 #askafish - Do I wear underwear with my cycling shorts?<div dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In short, NOPE. Here is why. The material and fit of cycling shorts is designed to be a “next-to-skin” layer. If you put a pair of under-britches on before you slip into your hot cycling get-up, you’re creating a friction barrier between your skin and the shorts. Friction creates heat, and those two things are the last thing you want to be feeling while on a bike ride, leave those two feelings for later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now that you have gone on a few commando spandex rides, you might be asking, do I use...LUBE? AAAHHHHHH!!!!! While it is an awkward converstion, it needs to be talked about. People lather their nether regions with a host of different chemicals and solutions in order to circumvent the unwanted knotting of personal body hair (yes that happens), blistering, hot spots, etc. So, go back to your friendly salesperson at the shop that sold you the shorts and get some “shammy butt’r” or something of the like. Some people use higher end lubes for longer rides because it’s won’t dissolve as quickly when you start sweating (don’t act like you don’t!). While more expensive, products like Assos and Dznuts stay with you longer on the endurance rides that we all love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A few tips on lathering: Anywhere you feel friction is a good place for it, some people put it between their toes, armpits, nipples, (Body Glide is good for this) and make sure you get any areas the bike’s seat may contact, yes I mean that. On longer rides some people will massage the cream into the shammy (the padded area of your shorts) so it’s saturated and will last for longer rides. Extreme users will even do this the night before a ride! </span></div>
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Come Join Us!! On Oct. 31 is our fun for all ages annual Spooky Cross race. Come dressed in your best costume and check out how much fun Nancy English Park can be on a bike. Maybe you are a bigger Halloween fan than a bike fan. Maybe it's the other way around. Either way doesn't matter. Come have some fun. We will race no matter the weather. Races start at noon and carry on through the afternoon. See the picture for details, and please, please, please pre-register!<br />
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<br />Fat Fish Race Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872760961725538838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224133938238414830.post-84144101054290104462015-07-17T06:02:00.001-07:002015-07-17T06:02:08.820-07:00Here are the race results from the Muddy Mountain Hypersonic! Great job everybody!<br />
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We all had a blast! Thanks Olive Garden and the BLM for your help and sponsorship!<br />
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