lummox Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 texan bout to kick ass in french country. sneaky german may ruin party plans. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 Tyler riding with busted collarbone = big f'ing stud. Quote
lummox Posted July 10, 2003 Author Posted July 10, 2003 Figger_Eight said: Tyler riding with busted collarbone = big f'ing stud. that dude gets hurt all the fuckin time. its bad timing for him though. a kickass performance by him could win him head spot on the usps team when lance retires. im thinkin floyd maybe the go to guy at this point. gotta love a guy name 'floyd' anyhow. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 One of my good friends used to race on the same team with Floyd back in the day. I guess he's a super nice guy to boot. Â I'm glad to see Pena wearing the yellow - that guy is a hard worker. Quote
islander1 Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 Tyler: heap big nuggets - took 2nd in the Giro (eyetie tour) with busted collarbone. He said he'll continue into mountains. Elastoplast rules and is btw the perfect accoutrement for aging alpinists. Mummy up the knees and trod on. Â My $$$ on Levy to be next yank star. Broke 3 bones in his ass in the big crash, but Montana youth + psycho desire = potential. Â If Lance wins this - mon dieu - he may die from media onslaught going for a record 6th. Â I predict (this year): 1st Lance, 2nd Ulrich, 3rd Beloki. Wildcards: Botero, Mayo. Â Â Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 Figger_Eight said: One of my good friends used to race on the same team with Floyd back in the day. I guess he's a super nice guy to boot. Â Floyd? Â Quote
kitten Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 Dr_Flash_Amazing said: Figger_Eight said: One of my good friends used to race on the same team with Floyd back in the day. I guess he's a super nice guy to boot. Â Floyd? Â Â That looks like my brother Quote
EWolfe Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 lummox said: texan bout to kick ass in french country. sneaky german may ruin party plans. Â Lance is the man to do the fiver! Team USPS/USA Â ...germans, tho... Quote
JGowans Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 i hope lance does it. he seems like a really decent fella. shit, now i sound like my granny. "i'll vote for that tony blair. that other man is bald and his eyes are too close together." Quote
sobo Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 I read recently that his wife left him and took the kids. "...too much time spent training, not enough with the fam..." or something to that effect. Â Rough biz, being the best. But ya gotta follow your dreams. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 The recent article/interview piece on Mr. Armstrong in Outside painted him to be something of a prick, albeit an admirably motivated prick. Quote
lummox Posted July 11, 2003 Author Posted July 11, 2003 read this: Grand-Mère, the official coffee supplier at the Tour de France, is distributing free cups of the black liquid at the start and finish each day. In the Village départ, that adds up to about 1,500 cups while the hostesses serve another 5,000 plastic cups to the general public. At the finish, the same amount is dispensed. From the cars in the publicity caravan, 54,000 bags containing 40g of coffee are thrown to the public on the side of the road.   thats fuckin cool. Quote
gslater Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 Dr_Flash_Amazing said: The recent article/interview piece on Mr. Armstrong in Outside painted him to be something of a prick, albeit an admirably motivated prick. Â I didn't see the article, but it sounds about right. I used to race against Lance occasionally when he was just a few years into the bike racing gig. Always kicked my ass, and the asses of most everyone else as well. Â He's obviously immensely talented, and insanely driven, and he works harder than anyone else, so he certainly earns my respect, but he's always been known as a prick. After his cancer ordeal, he's supposedly about 5% nicer than he used to be, but still far from an angel. My girlfriend works in the cancer center where he was treated, and she absolutely loathes the guy. Quote
allthumbs Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 twight is a prick too. goes with the territory? Quote
lummox Posted July 11, 2003 Author Posted July 11, 2003 racing aint no fuckin popularity contest. Â Quote
RobBob Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 (edited) thought the same about the prick factor. shitting on those close to you comes back eventually. Â everybody gets old and eventually leaves the playing field. That's when those of us with friends move to the lead in quality-of-life...or were we always there? Edited July 11, 2003 by RobBob Quote
gslater Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 lummox said: racing aint no fuckin popularity contest. Â True, but your fellow racers can certainly make your life miserable if they despise you TOO much. Â Lance may be a prick in day-to-day life, but at least on the bike he does seem to follow/honor/respect all the traditional protocols and racing etiquette and such. Quote
lummox Posted July 11, 2003 Author Posted July 11, 2003 RobBob said: thought the same about the prick factor. shitting on those close to you comes back eventually. Â everybody gets old and eventually leaves the playing field. That's when those of us with friends move to the lead in quality-of-life...or were we always there? hold onto that dream. does it make the suck of everday life not so bad? Quote
RobBob Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 hmmm...lessee...  -health-excellent -spouse-hot! -kids-check -bucks-up? -close...yeah-check -push myself outdoors...to point of excitement/fear? -check  Damn. Life no suck! Quote
allthumbs Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 RobBob said: hmmm...lessee...  -health-excellent -spouse-hot! -kids-check -bucks-up? -close...yeah-check -push myself outdoors...to point of excitement/fear? -check  Damn. Life no suck! I wanna be you Quote
erik Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 RobBob said: -spouse-hot! Â trask and i will need to verify this. please send requested photos as per private message. Â thank you, cc.com chick quality control. Â Â Quote
lummox Posted July 11, 2003 Author Posted July 11, 2003 my checklist is difrent. i must be unhappy. damit. health-okay spouse-none kids-sometimes bucks-few push myself outdoors...to point of excitement/fear? i get hard just thinking bout runouts. Quote
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