With all the amazing mountain biking events going on this summer it is easy to forget The Grand Tour is happening over in France. It can be confusing understanding all the strategies and unwritten rules of the peloton, but I have compiled a list of some things you definitely probably shouldn't do.
@mtb-jon: looking for it..... I might have given it to a Kona riding buddy of mine.
got several Lance posters from when he won his 7 tours riding Trek and for Postal.
TDF rant --- yeah yeah, he dope'd… so did everyone else.... they still dope... he also brought in 450mil for Livestrong, he also MADE the bike brand TREK millions upon millions of dollars in wanna be like Lance sales and hell...when he was racing, he put USA television of TDF on the map.... dope or no dope, to do what they do 7 years in a row. holy crap.. those boys are probably the most fit professional athletes in the world.
@BikesNBites: dope or no dope , his battles were awesome especially making Ulrich run off the road, he was a f*cking great rider, total c*nt for what he done to le mond though
@BikesNBites: Read Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh, Lance is an extraordinary bike rider and the work he did with his charity is beyond reproach. However, he destroyed a number of careers, professional reputations and generally steam rolled anyone or anything that got in his way. Whilst I admire his cycling abilities, the way he went about things pretty much destroyed any of the good he did.
@Blackers: yup, agree -- total love/hate view of him.... Hoping that it (the bad side of him) was not just him but maybe moves made for him by sleeze bag agents he got tied up with.
@BikesNBites: People don't beef Armstrong for doping, they beef him for suing a shitton of people who tried to expose him for the piece of shit he is. He doesn't compare to anyone else as nobody else was that shitty about it.
@sherbet: Willie Nelson said it best. He said it's just horrible how everyone treats Lance Armstrong for what he accomplished on a bicycle while on drugs. When he was on drugs he's not even able to find his bicycle.
@BikesNBites: it's not really the dope, it's how he treated and the shit he did to people like LeMond , Hamilton, Emma (? the masseuse?) etc. to cover up his lies. The guy reps the worst impulses of people to get ahead, and to justify it in the name of winning speaks to larger ills in this country.
Number 9 - The funny thing is back in the early years of the tour - riders would actually take a smoke before a big climb to help "open their lungs up". How sport science has changed.
Loved it, thanks Taj. As far as the Lance comments and the 'At all costs' mind set. There was an interesting study done that asked elite olympic caliber athletes one simple question- Would you be willing to die in 5 years if you were guaranteed a gold medal? Over 50% said yes. The study was repeated 2 more times with the same results. Lance just answered- I would be willing to destroy/discredit multiple lives.
Roadie the most hated Athlete on city streets. Anyone who doesn't believe me just come down here to the South and try to ride on our tarmac. No such thing as Southern Hospitality if you're a roadie.
Meanwhile Killian Bron allready got 1,8M views on his few days 2019 MOH full run and here and there only roadies and MTB WC... really feeling we are losing big chance to boost MTB to the front row... when we realise someone should go live streaming with those Mass Start events which got all elements of cycling... we may not got snow anymore on mountains...
Road bikes? Seriously? f*ck this shit. I’m done with the garbage website. 10 things you shouldn’t do in a pelargonium number 1-10 should be not being in a peloton at any point ever. How low are you actually planning on going? We’ve already got xc and ebikes now this shit? Is nothing sacred anymore? What’s next article on how to successfully mask your performance enhancing drugs intake? I’m off to do some stair gaps on my evil imperial and if anyone’s wondering no I won’t lose my wallet... it’s connected to a chain.
I still have the Kona poster from that PR gig
Has anyone done a road gap this year?
got several Lance posters from when he won his 7 tours riding Trek and for Postal.
TDF rant --- yeah yeah, he dope'd… so did everyone else.... they still dope... he also brought in 450mil for Livestrong, he also MADE the bike brand TREK millions upon millions of dollars in wanna be like Lance sales and hell...when he was racing, he put USA television of TDF on the map.... dope or no dope, to do what they do 7 years in a row. holy crap.. those boys are probably the most fit professional athletes in the world.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/17466960
valid points made ---- not commenting on his actual behavior of course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vot-s5p1l5A
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXuoWN1ekWM
Not the best picture of it. Its in a bike shop at a local trail centre
www.pinkbike.com/photo/10415196
Number 5 - the funniest!
Keep them coming!
Need on for UCI cross country!
As far as the Lance comments and the 'At all costs' mind set. There was an interesting study done that asked elite olympic caliber athletes one simple question- Would you be willing to die in 5 years if you were guaranteed a gold medal? Over 50% said yes. The study was repeated 2 more times with the same results. Lance just answered- I would be willing to destroy/discredit multiple lives.
Wonder what other athletes are found on the streets of the south?