Lance Armstrong: Inspiring a generation.

[Fausto]

This makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

That's to close for comfort. My 62yo buddy gained 80# in 10 years after he quit riding with the LA Wheelmen

Good to see a post by Fausto

 

[Homerboy]

hehe thats a good one.
Lance is amazing no question... but he seems to be an ass too.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee
That's to close for comfort. My 62yo buddy gained 80# in 10 years after he quit riding with the LA Wheelmen

Cyclists get used to eating a LOT while they're training 10-20 hours a week and often forget to stop eating so damn much when they quit riding. Have you seen Eddy Merckx lately? He's huge!

 

[bleeb]

Yup. All that energy and no where to burn it off.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
hehe thats a good one.
Lance is amazing no question... but he seems to be an ass too.

I'm not defending Lance, but if you read his book, Its Not About The Bike you will understand where he is coming from.
He is a tightly focused athlete, world class. Social graces are on a back burner. Plus he is a Texan and was raised in a very low income, single parent household.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee

Originally posted by: Homerboy
hehe thats a good one.
Lance is amazing no question... but he seems to be an ass too.

I'm not defending Lance, but if you read his book, Its Not About The Bike you will understand where he is coming from.
He is a tightly focused athlete, world class. Social graces are on a back burner. Plus he is a Texan and was raised in a very low income, single parent household.

Roadies, as a group, tend to come off as pretty arrogant. I'm not sure quite why this is the case, but likely has something to do with how psychological bike racing really is. You have to think "I am the best." in order to dig deep enough to win races.

FWIW- Lance has definitely learned to tone down the rhetoric over the years as he's increasingly in the spotlight. I don't know what he's like in private, but his public persona is much more polished than it used to be.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee

Originally posted by: Homerboy
hehe thats a good one.
Lance is amazing no question... but he seems to be an ass too.

I'm not defending Lance, but if you read his book, Its Not About The Bike you will understand where he is coming from.
He is a tightly focused athlete, world class. Social graces are on a back burner. Plus he is a Texan and was raised in a very low income, single parent household.

Roadies, as a group, tend to come off as pretty arrogant. I'm not sure quite why this is the case, but likely has something to do with how psychological bike racing really is. You have to think "I am the best." in order to dig deep enough to win races.

FWIW- Lance has definitely learned to tone down the rhetoric over the years as he's increasingly in the spotlight. I don't know what he's like in private, but his public persona is much more polished than it used to be.

Oh I agree 100% that roadies are a dif breed
Seriously though I do understand that to excel in cycling, running etc you need to have an elitest attitude (as any world-class athlete "has" to have. And I dont directly blame Lance for this.

Some of his comments/metions etc in regards to his family kids etc in the past I have questioned a bit... of course I cant think of one damn instance right now to defend myseld though.

Regardless, I really hope that he does well (again) this year. His accomplishments are mindboggling in an all ready mindboggling sport.

Indurain is still my favorite though...

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee

Originally posted by: Homerboy
hehe thats a good one.
Lance is amazing no question... but he seems to be an ass too.

I'm not defending Lance, but if you read his book, Its Not About The Bike you will understand where he is coming from.
He is a tightly focused athlete, world class. Social graces are on a back burner. Plus he is a Texan and was raised in a very low income, single parent household.

Roadies, as a group, tend to come off as pretty arrogant. I'm not sure quite why this is the case, but likely has something to do with how psychological bike racing really is. You have to think "I am the best." in order to dig deep enough to win races.

FWIW- Lance has definitely learned to tone down the rhetoric over the years as he's increasingly in the spotlight. I don't know what he's like in private, but his public persona is much more polished than it used to be.

Oh I agree 100% that roadies are a dif breed
Seriously though I do understand that to excel in cycling, running etc you need to have an elitest attitude (as any world-class athlete "has" to have. And I dont directly blame Lance for this.

Some of his comments/metions etc in regards to his family kids etc in the past I have questioned a bit... of course I cant think of one damn instance right now to defend myseld though.

Regardless, I really hope that he does well (again) this year. His accomplishments are mindboggling in an all ready mindboggling sport.

Indurain is still my favorite though...

I liked Indurain, but from what I remember, he won his races in the midst of a weaker field, relatively speaking. Add Lance's cancer recovery (and the benefits he has done), and you've got a complete badass on your hands.

I really need to start riding more. I miss it.

Rob

 

[Homerboy]

I liked Indurain, but from what I remember, he won his races in the midst of a weaker field, relatively speaking. Add Lance's cancer recovery (and the benefits he has done), and you've got a complete badass on your hands.

I really need to start riding more. I miss it.

Rob

Oh yeah Lance's accomplishments are truly mind boggling factoring the cancer. Indurain was in a weaker field, then again is that to say Wilt Chamberlin was only so great becuase he was surrounded mainly by 6ft white guys? Indurains physical specs were nuts. I forgot all the stats, but his lung capacity, heart rate and size/volume were insane compared to the average "world class" athlete at the time.

Indurain may just hold a more special place in my memory too as I was more into riding then. I like the Europeans too as at least they revel in the sport. Its like if the US wins a World Cup, it would be news here for ~15mins. Anywhere else they revel in it for a lifetime.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

I liked Indurain, but from what I remember, he won his races in the midst of a weaker field, relatively speaking. Add Lance's cancer recovery (and the benefits he has done), and you've got a complete badass on your hands.

I really need to start riding more. I miss it.

Rob

Oh yeah Lance's accomplishments are truly mind boggling factoring the cancer. Indurain was in a weaker field, then again is that to say Wilt Chamberlin was only so great becuase he was surrounded mainly by 6ft white guys? Indurains physical specs were nuts. I forgot all the stats, but his lung capacity, heart rate and size/volume were insane compared to the average "world class" athlete at the time.

Mig had a lung capacity of 8 liters :Q and a resting HR of 28 bpm when he was racing. He's definitely a genetic freak. From what I've read, Lance seems to have some genetic advantages as well in terms of tolerance to lactic acid and a few other areas.

Indurain may just hold a more special place in my memory too as I was more into riding then. I like the Europeans too as at least they revel in the sport. Its like if the US wins a World Cup, it would be news here for ~15mins. Anywhere else they revel in it for a lifetime.

Eh...Americans are too lazy to learn to appreciate a sport like cycling. They just see a bunch of guys pedaling along, get bored, and switch to the football game. I'm amazed they like baseball since it's a relatively slow-moving sport. Oh well.

 

[Mookow]

Very nice cartoon.

BTW, Fausto... I think someone lit off the Fausto-light!

I'm surprised you missed it.

 

[Actaeon]

Haha... nice one Fausto.

 

[Homerboy]

The 8liters is amazing... but the 28BPM is sickening... thats every 2 secs. Time that. wow.

I think pretty much ANY world class athlete has some genetic freak-a-tude to them. They have to.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
The 8liters is amazing... but the 28BPM is sickening... thats every 2 secs. Time that. wow.

Yep. The lowest I've ever seen is about 45bpm, and that was back when I'd just finished college and took a summer off to do nothing but race full-time.

I think pretty much ANY world class athlete has some genetic freak-a-tude to them. They have to.

True. At some point, no matter how much or how hard you train, you hit the limit of your genetic potential; some people just have higher limits than others.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Mookow
Very nice cartoon.

BTW, Fausto... I think someone lit off the Fausto-light!

I'm surprised you missed it.

Hehe....I'm going to have to patent the Ass-Less Chaps® thing.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Fausto!

They told me you were busted for smuggling dope!

:Q


P

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Fausto!

They told me you were busted for smuggling dope!

Let's just say that the TSA people are not amused by the cucumber-wrapped-in-foil trick these days and leave it at that, shall we?

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Fausto!

They told me you were busted for smuggling dope!

Let's just say that the TSA people are not amused by the cucumber-wrapped-in-foil trick these days and leave it at that, shall we?

Even after you showed them how well you can hide it? :Q

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Fausto!

They told me you were busted for smuggling dope!

Let's just say that the TSA people are not amused by the cucumber-wrapped-in-foil trick these days and leave it at that, shall we?

Even after you showed them how well you can hide it? :Q

Only since I took your master class in hiding phallic objects.

 

[boyRacer]

This thread was for you.

 

[Bassyhead]

nice 'toon

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: bR
This thread was for you.

Sadly, I don't look nearly that good naked.