Perhaps this bike ride, completed on Sunday by one Chris Phipps, is the reason the Giants were able to turn their luck around and take the NLCS. Whatever voodoo may have occurred, the Giants now find themselves in the World Series again for the 2nd time in three years, even if last night’s rain prematurely put out all the mattress fires. Oh, and if you’re wondering how he did the diagonal parts:
To get the diagonals, I stop the GPS at point A, then restart it at point B and it draws a straight line between the points.
Genius! And that intense elevation is a great way to burn calories too!
[Photo by Chris Phipps via Zach M.]
Nope. For all the new giant fans, its the rock. Weed rock in Mccovy cove. Come on down for games 1-2 and 6-7. Its the reason we win(that and pitching) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMSqiHuRAb0
ha, how could i forget about weed rock?!!? “the police aren’t even doing anything!”
bike-hater comment in 3….2….
BICYCLISTS ARE RUINING SAN FRANCISCO I CAN’T EVEN DRIVE LIKE AN ASSHOLE ANYMORE
Turning off the GPS to make straight lines is cheating.
Yeah, I was about to be all impressed about how many times he went back and forth over Twin Peaks, but the GPS trick takes it down from “holy shit that’s impressive” to “oh heh that’s cute.”
He still has to go back and forth over twin peaks to get the point at which the straight line starts and ends each time.
This guy is one of the fastest cyclists in all of SF…check out his page on STRAVA–more KOM’s that you could ever get. You guys are a bunch of negative nancy prick idiots. Keep talking shit, it might just happen to you. How about a lil praise for something as cool as this numbskulls.
or you could have just done this in microsoft paint…
MS paint burns even fewer calories.
I didn’t realize calories were so hard to burn.
Yeah, only 677?
KOM.
Cheating? It actually takes longer and often involves more climbing going from point A to point B when you can’t go in a straight line due to buildings and houses. The total ride was over 6,000 ft of climbing and 60 miles and took 6 hours. By turning the GPS off and on I don’t get credit for all the riding form point A to point B. When I do the ride again this Saturday, I’ll have a 2nd GPS track the whole ride.
I love riding my bike and this is a great way to see new streets in the City.
what time are you going to start? i kinda really want to join you!
Starting at 7:30 at Kezar (west entrance). Hope you can make it!
That’s 7:30 AM Saturday.
Chris you’re a champ, would love to ride with you and leave those numbskulls in the dust. Well done.
Chris is awesome and anything but a cheater. He’s also a cycling philanthropist, using his powers to help local charities. I saw it first hand!
MattyMatt… The amount of planning alone to find points on a map where this is even possible would take hours and hours and hours. This could be one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen.