Fat Tire 40 Won On A 29″er SS!

September 15th, 2007 by Guitar Ted

Congratulations to Jesse La Londe who just won the overall at the Chequamegon Fat Tire 40 in north eastern Wisconsin today. He did it on a Gary Fisher 29″er single speed running a 36 X 17 gear. Here is the top ten from today’s event:

2007 Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival Prelim Overall Results List
Telemark Resort
Sat, Sep 15, 2007
Hayward to Cable, WI White River Sports Timing
http://itiming.com
Division
Place
Overall / Div / Age Age Time mph
Pace
Chequamegon 40 Event Field: 1608
1 1 70Lalonde, Jesse Madison, WI Chequamegon 40 28 02:11:49.7 18.6
2 2 1 79Matter, Brian Sheboygan, WI Chequamegon 40 29 02:11:57.0 18.5
3 3 1 137 Tilford, Steve Topeka, KS Chequamegon 40 47 02:12:02.7 18.5
4 4 2 71Lalonde, Marko Madison, WI Chequamegon 40 25 02:12:04.2 18.5
5 5 1 52Hall, Jeff Farmington, MN Chequamegon 40 31 02:12:06.6 18.5
6 6 1 16Brown, Travis Durango, CO Chequamegon 40 38 02:12:22.3 18.5
7 7 1 157 House, Cole Oneida, WI Chequamegon 40 19 02:12:27.7 18.5
8 8 2 126 Stanford, Ian Winona, MN Chequamegon 40 35 02:12:33.5 18.5
9 9 2 102 Phillips, Mike Milwaukee, WI Chequamegon 40 30 02:12:39.0 18.4
10 10 3 100 Peariso, Chris De Pere, WI Chequamegon 40 32 02:12:42.9 18.4

Congratulations to all who raced and I know from experience that it’s a heck of a good time. One more note: Our very own Captain Bob placed 43rd in the Short and Fat 16 mile event. Look for a report on the Mavic Crossmax 29″er wheels he used there soon.

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10 Responses to “Fat Tire 40 Won On A 29″er SS!”

RSS & Trackback

1 Brandon on Sep 16th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

36×17! What a beast.
2 Matty on Sep 16th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

The dude also won the National 24 hour race on a 4 man team using the same gearing
3 Randle on Sep 17th, 2007 at 9:19 am

G-Ted, you need to do an interview with this Mr. La Londe.

Peace,
Randle
4 Mark on Sep 17th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

…..and it will take a a bigger gear to beat that.
5 Dave on Sep 17th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

Wow. Awesome. That is Monster gearing.

If you (or someone) interviews him, find out if he rode Fire Tower Hill.

–Dave
6 Dave on Sep 17th, 2007 at 9:37 pm

Actually, here’s his blog:

http://creepyfriendly.typepad.com/
7 mark on Sep 18th, 2007 at 10:15 am

cool blog. I was only 1 1/2 hours behind him, but then I outweigh him by 80 lbs. . . haha — so much for a trackie trying the cheq fat tire –I don’t feel so bad having to walk the fire tower myself - but then jesse and marko were on SS.
8 mark on Sep 18th, 2007 at 10:37 am

by the way, on the rollout - 30 mph on his 29″ SS is around 142-145 RPMs in the gear he chose. not bad for 180 mm cranks. . .get that guy on the track. . .
9 Dave on Sep 18th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

Those are serious RPMs… that’s probably why he described that 30-mph section as “spin, spin, coast, coast” (or something like that). On 180mm cranks… impressive.

PS — I’m in the same weight boat, but I think I’ll attempt the 40 next year on, you guessed it, a SS 29er. (but with more “mortal” gearing)
10 WV kid on Oct 20th, 2007 at 11:09 am

cant use that gear in West Virgina