LEMOND PICS

Yeah.... that kid that annoyed the crap outta the Sr1's in the late 70's did go on to a slightly higher playing field than us.....


Greg in the famous (or infamous) TT in the 1989 Tour

Greg and, well, as the saying goes, if you don't have anything (at all ever) good to say about someone, don't say anything at all..... therefore.... here's a pic of Greg, and....

Greg, Wayne Stetina, and not sure who the other guy is.... I'm in this field... a few spots back unfortunately.

Larry and Greg.... not sure if this is from '89 or not

Greg LeMond (and jello brains) on Huffy's

My favorite LeMond pic.... at the worlds in chanterbury

Tom Ritchey and Greg LeMond.... Tom still looks good... Greg looks OLD

Greg and Larry (again)

Greg on the cover of Sports Illustrated

Greg and Lance.... I was kinda suprised to find this one

LAURENT FIGNON

Good old larry.... Laurent Fignon.... who made us believe that frenchmen really were snooty, and prudish.... but so as not to speak ill of the dead.... Good Old Larry.... "HEY LARRY!!!!!!" .... Yeah, supposedly Bob Roll did exactly that a few weeks after that day in July in 1989.... I'd guess Larry didn't like Bob much :-)


And here we see Larry with the 2nd biggest sleaze bag from pro cycling (the BIGGEST slease ball being Jonny Boyer of course)...

Has to be from the 1989 tour (I recognize the jersey Greg has on)

And speaking of pics that still make american cycling chuckle under its collective breath.... the certain TT in Paris in 1989.... Late by 8 seconds larry... ah well...

The caption on this one said it was from his rookie season...

Scum bag in tow.... Larry climbing some mtn...

Hey Larry, that pony tail isnt terribly aero.... ooooh, I guess he's heard that already...

With what had to be the coolest looking jerseys (until MAPEI came along), the Renault Elf Gitane squad.... don't know if this is 'Pre-Greg' or if he was elsewhere....

Larry and DickHead..... I'm sure Larry (ok, Laurent), was a nice guy.... even as frenchmen go.... but if you had to stand next to Hinault, at least have the dignity to not touch the guy.... I mean.... You're not going to walk down the street, see a pile of dog crap, pick it up and shove it in your pocket, would you ???? Then why would you intentionally make contact with Hinault unless you absolutely had to ??? (ick)

Oh.... Larry in the french national jersey..... uh, whoopee

BIKE SHOPS

Bike shops, bike shops, bike shops.... I've been in more than I can count. ALOT that I didn't want to ever go back in again, some where I never wanted to leave, and some that were just, hmmmm, OK..... Gotta say Talbots (even if they wouldn't hire me when I needed a job badly) is one of my favorite shops. Tony Toms bicycle oddysey up in Sausalito, Cupertino Bikes, truly great ones in the bay area. Some with great names, that I wouldn't go back in to... Garners. A shop that I 'almost' made it in to, in Massachuesetts, Sheldon Browns shop, Harris Cyclery (he wasn't even part owner of that, but you say Harris Cyclery, and Sheldon Brown is the person you think of.

Below are some pics of an old time bike shop......

Oh, didn't I mention.... as seen in that last photo, thos two guys working on bikes... The Wright Brothers.... Just goes to prove, bicycle mechanics make some of the most world altering discoveries and inventions :-)

CANNIBALS DONT LIKE CYCLISTS

To be filed under "stick foot in mouth" but.... holy crap, I thought all women in Utah were frigid titless mormon nasties... but from this pic from pezcyclingnews (the daily distraction) I was obviously mistaken



Frank Schleck back at it.... I look at the legs on this guy, and one thing comes to mind.... imagine some poor canibal family that ends up with frank schleck for dinner.... theres absolutely no fat on this guy at all.... anyone knows good meat needs a little marbling (bits of fat traced throughout).... frank schleck should be ashamed... theres poor canibal children out there, that would.... er, this is gettin a bit weird isnt it.... just ignore what I was saying.... its a pic of frank schleck... thats all.

Tom Boonen.... another canibals worst nightmare, that.... uh, what? whatsdat ? shut the hell up ? ..... oh, oh yeah.... a pic of Tom Boonen

And a pic of George Hincappie being chased by angry canibals, that.... no, no, no.... George Hincapie with HTC in tow.... there are no canibals in this picture (at least that are visible)

Dirty, dirty, dirty.... P-R in the 70's or there about

PICS OF THE DAY

Thor Hushovd and Theo Bos.... speed inc. :-)

THE GREAT, THE NEW, THE DIFFERENT

The Great.... the Eddy and Ugo pic, the new (& different), the Edge Delta7, and a couple of links....




Now when it comes to giants of the sport, Eddy Merckx and Ugo DeRosa stand head and shoulders above just about everyone.... Merckx didn't ride DeRosa's exclusively, but for a good portion of his career he did.... this pic showing Ugo and Eddy


And the new ( and most definitely different ), the Edge Delta 7..... your eyes aren't deceiving you, those frame tubes really are like that....

This pic really showing the 'tubes' ..... I think I'd be willing to 'test ride' one of these, but not on a long fast descent.... do I look stoopid ??? (forget I asked that).

And a couple of links, that I told Tony I'd chase down....

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/howibuil.htm

Do-It-Yourself Carbon Fiber frame

http://www.terminalvelocity.demon.co.uk/WheelBuild/

Lacing Patterns

HOWIE PICS, and...

Ok, obviously this first pic isnt of Howie.... its a drivetrain pic I stumbled across, liked it, so here it is....



Howie (John Howard) at the world championships in Montreal....

152 MPH on a bicycle ? Uh, yeah.... this bike was on the bike show circuit for awhile... sitting on a mag trainer, so people could sit on it and pedal.... with a cadence of about '10' you were going what would be 30 mph.... the trick is GETTING TO '10' revs

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

Pics for no peticular reason, sorta... well, reasons, just a tad, uh, odd.... such as...



One guy on a Trek, one guy on a DeRosa.... very very nice

I'm not certain that this IS Taylor Phinney coming out of the start house....

Mt. Evans in CO

MORE MISC. PICS

How would you like to be driving down the road, look out the windshield, and have someone tell you.... "we're climbing that today".... and no, you can't jump out the car window while you're in motion.... that'd hurt almost as much as the climb.... maybe

I'm not all that nutz on mtb racing, but views like this you gotta love

Climbing you say ???

Tour distractions :-)

ANDY (Wearing yellow next year in Paris ?)