Was that ever a fad or just a myth that he got tagged with?

---

http://www.fitspeek.com the Fraser Valley's fitness, wellness, and endurance sports podcast

yes, it's just about impossible to drop a chain on a 1x, to the point where if you ride 1x on any kind of bike in any terrain (cross, cobbles, offroad) you can't drop it. here's a 1x bike i just built up. that RD is a clutch RD (keeps the chain slap and vibration to a minimum) and the chain ring has teeth that alternate narrow and wide, and it grips the chain hard.

---

Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

Is that the stuff Pete Jacobs does in weight training?
I like Pete. But I remember watching that video when he goes a little crazy before a weight set. I recoiled at wtf was going on

Thanks very much Dan!!! I appreciate your "humoring me"!!!

---

"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

How out of touch am I riding a Dimond with aero rotor QXL rings, on short 160mm rotor cranks and oversized derailleur pulleys getting off to run in Hoka Clayton shoes. How dudded do I feel now sigh...

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=xuaza&s=9

Hula Hoops? Yo-yos? What's next, kung fu? Skateboards?

---

"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

girlfriends....

yea sounds like a great idea until they get mad you train, don't eat out, stray away from booze, are always tired, don't want kids, get mad at long run and ride days, hate you buying expensive gear, don't like your smelly shoes, want to stay out late, always smell of chlorine, always sore.

this will be the biggest fad once men wise up and realize they can pay for love - at about the cost of a new pair of Hoka's

Bonus points for a neon paint scheme. You are the Triathlon King. Put a copy of this picture away in a time capsule to be opened in 2040. You will thank me.

How are we this deep in a thread about frauds and nobody's mentioned the IronCowboy yet?

---

I wrote this, you should read it:
https://www.slowtwitch.com/...n_Swimming_6700.html

FWIW, I had Julie Miller at Post #123

---

"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Biggest fraud?

posts like this...........

"So, what's the water temperature, currently? I'm REALLY hoping for a non-wetsuit swim"

Sleeved swim skins

---

Make Inside Out Sports your next online tri shop! http://www.insideoutsports.com/

Salt products are hardly a fad, and because they actually DO work for many people (for whatever reason) you will see them around for a long, long time regardless of the "science". Your comment reminds me of a section in Macca's book, "I'm Here to Win", when he finally learned how to handle the heat at Kona after he quit listening to the so-called scientists and instead listened to other athletes who had found what worked in practice. I will go further and say that for some people, the scientific suggestions to avoid salt products in hot weather endurance racing goes beyond mere quackery to dangerous medical advice.

That said, the pricing of some salt products does approach fraudulent.

That was a good call, but Finman, T3 Girl, Amy Stretton, etc. are all in the running too.

To my knowledge, they didn't get features in the New York Times, so that gets Julie on the top of the podium [so to speak]

YMMV

---

"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

carbon fiber seatstays on aluminum bikes
expensive and heavy entry to mid level complete wheelsets
optimization of weight (non rotating) over aero.
anyone ever test out a BMX helmet vs. the first run of aero road helmets?

I really hope jawbreaker sunglasses are a fad...

Don't forget Lance Armstrong.

Coated chain ring teeth and cassettes to reduce friction

---

Make Inside Out Sports your next online tri shop! http://www.insideoutsports.com/

Well, you've got a point there but if news publicity is the standard then Mike Rossi has got to be in the running as well with several articles in the Philly press.

But I give you Kip Litton whose duplicity was unparalleled and earned him this feature article in the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/...2/08/06/marathon-man

Julie Miller may be the biggest fraud in triathlon, but if we cast our net a little wider to endurance sports in general, I think Kip Litton is the King of Cheaters!

Serious question. What is fraudulent about IronCowboy?

Litton. 'nuff said

He uses an elliptical for the run part of an Ironman.



To add to this thread, compression socks. How many races did Andy Potts lose by seconds when he could have skipped putting on those silly socks?

Yeah, but he got paid to wear them...probably a lot more than he lost in prize money. I recall when triathlon compression socks first came out (as opposed to medical compression), and I'm pretty sure it was Potts who said he would never use them ... unless the pay was right. Apparently it was.

Having to have a USAT membership to race! Pointless.

So..........are you saying that CNC cranksets were a good idea then?


..........But they broke in the middle of races.....

Stephen J

---

I believe my local reality has been violated.
____________________________________________
Happiness = Results / (Expectations)^2