Fred's Freaking Fantastic FUNdo's!!!

ArmyOfNone

ArmyOfNone

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“Gran Fondo” means “Big Ride” in Italian

Gran Fondos are long distance, mass-participation cycling events – not races – that are immensely popular in Italy. Participation is open to recreational and competitive amateur cyclists and tens of thousands of riders of all abilities participate.

Gran Fondos are often named after famous cyclists of the past, or after companies with a long heritage in cycling. Some of the most famous Gran Fondos include the Prosecco Cycling Classic, the Nove Colli and the Felice Gimondi (look those up.)
I am not popular or famous. Heck, I am not even Italian, but I like their Prosecco, wine and coffee. I particularly like the red kind. I don’t think I know enough people to have a mass start event. I’ll never have my own Gran Fondo.

What’s going on here you ask? I am not really sure to be completely honest. As summer begins I am dialing back the racing and focusing on just riding my bike. I am relishing in short moments that I have where I don’t have to have my eyes glued to my computer ensuring my wattage is in the correct range. Nope none of that. There are only a few months before leaves start to change and I will be back into the mindset that “I am kicking my ass today to kick yours tomorrow.”

So while I have these moments I plan to ride with friends who I have neglected (sorry!), find new roads, and good coffee. In doing so I thought it would be fun to share that here. It also makes good sense because many of those friends I hope to ride with are here reading this. So get ready cause we’re riding!!!

I have a handful of rides already planned, here is what’s cookin’:
Iron Bridge
Hunterdon Roubaix!!! AKA Hell of Hunterdon
The Brown Birthday Bonanza!

I don’t plan to have this be an everyday blog. When the FUN has been done you will know!

Tomorrow Ill be heading out towards Iron Bridge. Anyone care to join?
 
Doesn't any of your friends own bikes that ride on single track, rocks and mountains...
 
Does almost purchasing stuff from me grant me access to these rides? If so, sounds fun!
 
mattybfat said:
Doesn't any of your friends own bikes that ride on single track, rocks and mountains...
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Yes! A four park FUNdo is a must!

BiknBen said:
I'll likely be involved in some of these silly rides.
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Uh yea!

743power said:
Does almost purchasing stuff from me grant me access to these rides? If so, sounds fun!
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Yes! Come anytime!


jimvreeland said:
Do all of these on a monday and I'm in like Flynn!!

-Jim.
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Werd son. Not all but there will be some Mondays for sure!
 
What?

Riding for fun with Fred and other people in a group? This is just plain crazy - I'm in!

There should be a rule to leave your Garmin, power tap and heart rate monitor at home just to be silly and then we can get lost. 😀
 
Rules are for suckers.

I should be involved with at least 1 of these events. I wish I could say I'll end up doing 5 but Fred rides 7 days a week with a random schedule and I ride at 5:00 am most days. The birthday bash is in the planner already. I also have to assume that we'll do a few home & homes, but I won't be so silly as to think we'll ride mountain bikes together.

I can also report that Fred is allergic to himself.

Just got a text that Iron Bridge is about to go down in the history books. Solo journey for the maiden voyage of the Fungo Bat Series. Might be wet when he gets there.

Looking forward to the ride report. Also you gotta start using GC again to share the links. The TP view blows.
 
I've altered my thinking:
Summer is for drinking beer, eating tater tots, AND having fun on a bike. Fall is still for racing bikes.

+1 for FUNdos
 
Reports from the field indicate that Iron Bridge has been tamed and the Hick Hop General Store visited. Fungo rider Freddie B will follow up with more details as they become available.

No tater tots were eaten during the course of this ride, to the best of my knowledge.
 
ArmyOfNone said:
“Gran Fondo” means “Big Ride” in Italian

I have a handful of rides already planned, here is what’s cookin’:
Iron Bridge
Hunterdon Roubaix!!! AKA Hell of Hunterdon
The Brown Birthday Bonanza!

I don’t plan to have this be an everyday blog. When the FUN has been done you will know!

Tomorrow Ill be heading out towards Iron Bridge. Anyone care to join?
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Fondo pronounced Foondo in Portuguese means 'Deep' I'm guessing that it is the same in Italian. Post the dates on some of this. I'M IN for sure.

BTW, FOCO FONDO June 25th Glenwood NJ. 100mi. 10k of climbing. Food to follow. Brought to you by VTC (vernon training camp)
 
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I am interested in these FUNdos (notice that there is no apostrophe however in this as you are referring to FUNdo but in the plural sense, there is nothing "belonging to" in reference to said FUNdo). Anyway, how will one know when the Hunterdon FUNdo will actually take place? The birthday one is easy enough to figure out if you google Fred Brown's birth date which will give you at least a general idea although it is clearly not accurate enough. For the record I want to make a statement that 1 day notice for today's FUNdo is not sufficient.
 
Agree about the 1 day...no, 12 hour, notice.

I want to do that Water Gap Fondue ride. I'd even take a vacation day for that one.
 
CrossAddict said:
BTW, FOCO FONDO June 25th Glenwood NJ. 100mi. 10k of climbing. Food to follow. Brought to you by VTC (vernon training camp)
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dude, just bike reg this thing.

oh, according to godaddy.com focofondo.com is still available. for now... 😀

dhsean said:
Let's go to Oregon with the cross bikes.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/06/14/echelon-gran-fondo-gets-dirty-with-cyclocross-mountain-ride/
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THIS IS SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.

@fabfivefreddie: maybe if one of these FUNdos, FONdues, FUNgos, FUNguys or whatever they're called are still open in say, august when i can ride more than two hours without my ankle exploding i'll latch on. of course chances are i won't.
 
these sound like fun, however I will likely never make them, especially with short notice. how did no one write F*Gdo yet?
 
Sweet, I hope I can join one of those. Unfortunately I am dialing back the riding and focusing on just racing my bike. For a change.

BTW, I didn't know Italians had red coffee.
 
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