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TOPIC: Motorized bikes in the classics
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== 1 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 11:53 am
From: Anton Berlin
On Jun 1, 12:59 pm, Ningi <ningiEGGSANDS...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 01/06/2010 18:23, Brad Anders wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 31, 12:33 pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
> > <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On May 31, 12:21 pm, Kyle Legate<n...@none.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:52 -0700, dave a wrote:
>
> >>>> Cancellera's move in PR was on a flat paved section with no crowds.
> >>>> Maybe he waited until he was clear of the break to punch the turbo
> >>>> button so the motor wouldn't be heard.
>
> >>> I see Cancellera's been singled out for the rbr irrational witch hunt.
> >>> And a new record, I think. Tried and convicted in two posts, and I almost
> >>> missed it.
>
> >> Dumbass -
>
> >> Check out the videos in the "motorized doping" thread.
>
> >> Pretty interesting. I'm not sure what to think.
>
> >> thanks,
>
> >> Fred. presented by Gringioni.
>
> > IMO, these devices are great. I doubt any pro would use one because if
> > they got caught, they're looking at a lifetime ban, assuming they live
> > through the ass-kicking they'd get from other pros.
>
> > Where I see the real value of these motors is in the poseur/pseudo-
> > bike racer and fatty masters world. The possibilities here are
> > endless. Such a device would, as Davide said, allow a 50-year-old fat
> > slob to ride with Giro-level riders, at least until the battery
> > croaked. I can see this thing turning those "A" level club rides into
> > a walk in the part for the poseur, who can now hang with the best
> > climbers in his club on the steepest grades, and sprint for the glory
> > of the town limit sign with the fastest sprinters. It will only be a
> > short time until someone uses one in a fatty master's national
> > championship road race, blazing by their feeble competition to win the
> > coveted stars-and-stripes jersey. Cost will be no object, as fatty
> > masters have more gobs of cash to burn. Anyone who would drop $3K on
> > wheels and $5K on an SRM, just to hang with the group on a club ride,
> > wouldn't bat an eye shelling out the bucks for one of these things.
>
> > A brave new world awaits. Henry, if you want to add to your millions,
> > you'd re-tool your shop to start turning these things out for $5K a
> > pop. You'd have plenty of customers.
>
> Maybe we'll see a surprising increases in the number of 'accidents'
> requiring a new bike with a couple of hours to go.
>
> Pete- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Like Cadel's bike change in the Giro?
== 2 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 12:10 pm
From: Brad Anders
On Jun 1, 11:53 am, Anton Berlin <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 12:23 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 31, 12:33 pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
>
> > <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On May 31, 12:21 pm, Kyle Legate <n...@none.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:52 -0700, dave a wrote:
>
> > > > > Cancellera's move in PR was on a flat paved section with no crowds.
> > > > > Maybe he waited until he was clear of the break to punch the turbo
> > > > > button so the motor wouldn't be heard.
>
> > > > I see Cancellera's been singled out for the rbr irrational witch hunt.
> > > > And a new record, I think. Tried and convicted in two posts, and I almost
> > > > missed it.
>
> > > Dumbass -
>
> > > Check out the videos in the "motorized doping" thread.
>
> > > Pretty interesting. I'm not sure what to think.
>
> > > thanks,
>
> > > Fred. presented by Gringioni.
>
> > IMO, these devices are great. I doubt any pro would use one because if
> > they got caught, they're looking at a lifetime ban, assuming they live
> > through the ass-kicking they'd get from other pros.
>
> > Where I see the real value of these motors is in the poseur/pseudo-
> > bike racer and fatty masters world. The possibilities here are
> > endless. Such a device would, as Davide said, allow a 50-year-old fat
> > slob to ride with Giro-level riders, at least until the battery
> > croaked. I can see this thing turning those "A" level club rides into
> > a walk in the part for the poseur, who can now hang with the best
> > climbers in his club on the steepest grades, and sprint for the glory
> > of the town limit sign with the fastest sprinters. It will only be a
> > short time until someone uses one in a fatty master's national
> > championship road race, blazing by their feeble competition to win the
> > coveted stars-and-stripes jersey. Cost will be no object, as fatty
> > masters have more gobs of cash to burn. Anyone who would drop $3K on
> > wheels and $5K on an SRM, just to hang with the group on a club ride,
> > wouldn't bat an eye shelling out the bucks for one of these things.
>
> > A brave new world awaits. Henry, if you want to add to your millions,
> > you'd re-tool your shop to start turning these things out for $5K a
> > pop. You'd have plenty of customers.
>
> > Brad Anders- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> No screaming crowds at the Fatty Master World Championships, the motor
> sound would give them away in a second - unless you're talking about
> the wing eating competition.
You're thinking first generation. Second generation versions will be
essentially noise-free, if that's what's needed to sneak them into the
fatty masters peloton. Chang's already working on it.
Future versions will put out 400 W for an hour or more. I can't wait
to see the chaos they'll cause on the boulevard.
Brad Anders
== 3 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 12:49 pm
From: DA74
On Jun 1, 9:50 am, Fred Flintstein <bob.schwa...@sbcREMOVEglobal.net>
wrote:
> On 6/1/2010 11:32 AM, DA74 wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 1, 7:30 am, Fred Flintstein<bob.schwa...@sbcREMOVEglobal.net>
> > wrote:
> >> On 5/31/2010 7:50 PM, DA74 wrote:
>
> >>> All that said Riis at Hautacam in '96 still cracks me up. Fucking
> >>> dirty scoundrel.
>
> >> Compared to who?
>
> >> Fred Flintstein
>
> > To "whom" you ask?
>
> > Well of course in comparison to the long list of clean tour winners
> > fucktard.
> > -DA74
>
> Fockstick,
>
> I'm just curious, whom was the highest placed clean rider
> that year?
>
> Fred Flintstein- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Fucktard,
Jean-Luc Masdupuy. Everyone know that. Now will you finally accept
help and get treatment for your Aspergers?
-DA74
== 4 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 3:07 pm
From: thirty-six
On 31 May, 20:21, Kyle Legate <n...@none.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:52 -0700, dave a wrote:
>
> > Cancellera's move in PR was on a flat paved section with no crowds.
> > Maybe he waited until he was clear of the break to punch the turbo
> > button so the motor wouldn't be heard.
>
> I see Cancellera's been singled out for the rbr irrational [T]witch hunt.
> And a new record, I think. Tried and convicted in two posts, and I almost
> missed it.
No, the right hand movement was quite obvious. He was bringing his
fist around to grab more lever as he powered (human) up the climb.
== 5 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 3:12 pm
From: Fredmaster of Brainerd
On Jun 1, 12:10 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 11:53 am, Anton Berlin <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 1, 12:23 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 31, 12:33 pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
>
> > > <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On May 31, 12:21 pm, Kyle Legate <n...@none.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:52 -0700, dave a wrote:
>
> > > > > > Cancellera's move in PR was on a flat paved section with no crowds.
> > > > > > Maybe he waited until he was clear of the break to punch the turbo
> > > > > > button so the motor wouldn't be heard.
>
> > > > > I see Cancellera's been singled out for the rbr irrational witch hunt.
> > > > > And a new record, I think. Tried and convicted in two posts, and I almost
> > > > > missed it.
>
> > > > Dumbass -
>
> > > > Check out the videos in the "motorized doping" thread.
>
> > > > Pretty interesting. I'm not sure what to think.
>
> > > > thanks,
>
> > > > Fred. presented by Gringioni.
>
> > > IMO, these devices are great. I doubt any pro would use one because if
> > > they got caught, they're looking at a lifetime ban, assuming they live
> > > through the ass-kicking they'd get from other pros.
>
> > > Where I see the real value of these motors is in the poseur/pseudo-
> > > bike racer and fatty masters world. The possibilities here are
> > > endless. Such a device would, as Davide said, allow a 50-year-old fat
> > > slob to ride with Giro-level riders, at least until the battery
> > > croaked. I can see this thing turning those "A" level club rides into
> > > a walk in the part for the poseur, who can now hang with the best
> > > climbers in his club on the steepest grades, and sprint for the glory
> > > of the town limit sign with the fastest sprinters. It will only be a
> > > short time until someone uses one in a fatty master's national
> > > championship road race, blazing by their feeble competition to win the
> > > coveted stars-and-stripes jersey. Cost will be no object, as fatty
> > > masters have more gobs of cash to burn. Anyone who would drop $3K on
> > > wheels and $5K on an SRM, just to hang with the group on a club ride,
> > > wouldn't bat an eye shelling out the bucks for one of these things.
>
> > > A brave new world awaits. Henry, if you want to add to your millions,
> > > you'd re-tool your shop to start turning these things out for $5K a
> > > pop. You'd have plenty of customers.
>
> > > Brad Anders- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > No screaming crowds at the Fatty Master World Championships, the motor
> > sound would give them away in a second - unless you're talking about
> > the wing eating competition.
>
> You're thinking first generation. Second generation versions will be
> essentially noise-free, if that's what's needed to sneak them into the
> fatty masters peloton. Chang's already working on it.
>
> Future versions will put out 400 W for an hour or more. I can't wait
> to see the chaos they'll cause on the boulevard.
>
The limitation on these things is going to be the
battery, as it usually is on portable electrical devices.
The battery that the stock Gruber assist uses is lithium ion,
has a capacity of about 135 W*hour, and is said to weigh
1.7 kg including casing etc. (The motor weighs another
0.9 kg.) It works out to about 100 W*hour/kg for the battery
weight alone, which is a typical energy density for Li-ion batteries.
A pro rider using it to cheat at the moment could have used a
lower capacity battery to save weight and make it less
noticeable.
With that battery technology, to do 200 W for an hour
would require a 2 kg battery, plus another 1 kg or a
bit more for the motor and packaging. That's getting to
adding 7 pounds to the bike, starting to be really
noticeable if anyone lifts the bike. 400 W for an hour
and you need a 4 kg battery. Too heavy for cheating
at most amateur racing. Certainly capable of causing
chaos on the bike path.
I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
Fredmaster Ben
== 6 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 4:58 pm
From: "z, fred"
Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
> On Jun 1, 12:10 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 1, 11:53 am, Anton Berlin <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 1, 12:23 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On May 31, 12:33 pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
>>>> <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On May 31, 12:21 pm, Kyle Legate <n...@none.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:52 -0700, dave a wrote:
>>>>>>> Cancellera's move in PR was on a flat paved section with no crowds.
>>>>>>> Maybe he waited until he was clear of the break to punch the turbo
>>>>>>> button so the motor wouldn't be heard.
>>>>>> I see Cancellera's been singled out for the rbr irrational witch hunt.
>>>>>> And a new record, I think. Tried and convicted in two posts, and I almost
>>>>>> missed it.
>>>>> Dumbass -
>>>>> Check out the videos in the "motorized doping" thread.
>>>>> Pretty interesting. I'm not sure what to think.
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> Fred. presented by Gringioni.
>>>> IMO, these devices are great. I doubt any pro would use one because if
>>>> they got caught, they're looking at a lifetime ban, assuming they live
>>>> through the ass-kicking they'd get from other pros.
>>>> Where I see the real value of these motors is in the poseur/pseudo-
>>>> bike racer and fatty masters world. The possibilities here are
>>>> endless. Such a device would, as Davide said, allow a 50-year-old fat
>>>> slob to ride with Giro-level riders, at least until the battery
>>>> croaked. I can see this thing turning those "A" level club rides into
>>>> a walk in the part for the poseur, who can now hang with the best
>>>> climbers in his club on the steepest grades, and sprint for the glory
>>>> of the town limit sign with the fastest sprinters. It will only be a
>>>> short time until someone uses one in a fatty master's national
>>>> championship road race, blazing by their feeble competition to win the
>>>> coveted stars-and-stripes jersey. Cost will be no object, as fatty
>>>> masters have more gobs of cash to burn. Anyone who would drop $3K on
>>>> wheels and $5K on an SRM, just to hang with the group on a club ride,
>>>> wouldn't bat an eye shelling out the bucks for one of these things.
>>>> A brave new world awaits. Henry, if you want to add to your millions,
>>>> you'd re-tool your shop to start turning these things out for $5K a
>>>> pop. You'd have plenty of customers.
>>>> Brad Anders- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> No screaming crowds at the Fatty Master World Championships, the motor
>>> sound would give them away in a second - unless you're talking about
>>> the wing eating competition.
>> You're thinking first generation. Second generation versions will be
>> essentially noise-free, if that's what's needed to sneak them into the
>> fatty masters peloton. Chang's already working on it.
>>
>> Future versions will put out 400 W for an hour or more. I can't wait
>> to see the chaos they'll cause on the boulevard.
>>
>
> The limitation on these things is going to be the
> battery, as it usually is on portable electrical devices.
>
> The battery that the stock Gruber assist uses is lithium ion,
> has a capacity of about 135 W*hour, and is said to weigh
> 1.7 kg including casing etc. (The motor weighs another
> 0.9 kg.) It works out to about 100 W*hour/kg for the battery
> weight alone, which is a typical energy density for Li-ion batteries.
> A pro rider using it to cheat at the moment could have used a
> lower capacity battery to save weight and make it less
> noticeable.
>
> With that battery technology, to do 200 W for an hour
> would require a 2 kg battery, plus another 1 kg or a
> bit more for the motor and packaging. That's getting to
> adding 7 pounds to the bike, starting to be really
> noticeable if anyone lifts the bike. 400 W for an hour
> and you need a 4 kg battery. Too heavy for cheating
> at most amateur racing. Certainly capable of causing
> chaos on the bike path.
>
> I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
> part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
> a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
> a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
> showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
>
> Fredmaster Ben
>
>
The interesting thing about the motorized bike issue is that unlike
riders who get thrown under the bus by the team for doping, the team has
direct involvement via the team mechanics who work on the bikes and the
team's ownership of the bikes.
== 7 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 5:00 pm
From: Brad Anders
On Jun 1, 3:12 pm, Fredmaster of Brainerd <bjwei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
> part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
> a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
> a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
> showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
Good point, and I also expect to see them in the big randonneur events
like P-B-P.
Won't that cause a shitstorm! Those P-B-P guys are even more serious
than the pros. Someone will figure out a stealth way to quickly switch
out batteries at the checkpoints.
Brad Anders
== 8 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 5:12 pm
From: thirty-six
On 2 June, 01:00, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 3:12 pm, Fredmaster of Brainerd <bjwei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
> > part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
> > a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
> > a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
> > showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
>
> Good point, and I also expect to see them in the big randonneur events
> like P-B-P.
>
> Won't that cause a shitstorm! Those P-B-P guys are even more serious
> than the pros. Someone will figure out a stealth way to quickly switch
> out batteries at the checkpoints.
Electrolyte in water bottles :-)
== 9 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 5:33 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
thirty-six wrote:
> On 2 June, 01:00, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 1, 3:12 pm, Fredmaster of Brainerd <bjwei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
>>> part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
>>> a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
>>> a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
>>> showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
>> Good point, and I also expect to see them in the big randonneur events
>> like P-B-P.
>>
>> Won't that cause a shitstorm! Those P-B-P guys are even more serious
>> than the pros. Someone will figure out a stealth way to quickly switch
>> out batteries at the checkpoints.
>
> Electrolyte in water bottles :-)
A battery that looks like a water bottle would work. Modify the water
bottle cage to provide contact points.
== 10 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 5:34 pm
From: Ben Trovato
On Jun 1, 4:58 pm, "z, fred" <N...@not.ca> wrote:
> Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
> > On Jun 1, 12:10 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jun 1, 11:53 am, Anton Berlin <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On Jun 1, 12:23 pm, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On May 31, 12:33 pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
> >>>> <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On May 31, 12:21 pm, Kyle Legate <n...@none.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:52 -0700, dave a wrote:
> >>>>>>> Cancellera's move in PR was on a flat paved section with no crowds.
> >>>>>>> Maybe he waited until he was clear of the break to punch the turbo
> >>>>>>> button so the motor wouldn't be heard.
> >>>>>> I see Cancellera's been singled out for the rbr irrational witch hunt.
> >>>>>> And a new record, I think. Tried and convicted in two posts, and I almost
> >>>>>> missed it.
> >>>>> Dumbass -
> >>>>> Check out the videos in the "motorized doping" thread.
> >>>>> Pretty interesting. I'm not sure what to think.
> >>>>> thanks,
> >>>>> Fred. presented by Gringioni.
> >>>> IMO, these devices are great. I doubt any pro would use one because if
> >>>> they got caught, they're looking at a lifetime ban, assuming they live
> >>>> through the ass-kicking they'd get from other pros.
> >>>> Where I see the real value of these motors is in the poseur/pseudo-
> >>>> bike racer and fatty masters world. The possibilities here are
> >>>> endless. Such a device would, as Davide said, allow a 50-year-old fat
> >>>> slob to ride with Giro-level riders, at least until the battery
> >>>> croaked. I can see this thing turning those "A" level club rides into
> >>>> a walk in the part for the poseur, who can now hang with the best
> >>>> climbers in his club on the steepest grades, and sprint for the glory
> >>>> of the town limit sign with the fastest sprinters. It will only be a
> >>>> short time until someone uses one in a fatty master's national
> >>>> championship road race, blazing by their feeble competition to win the
> >>>> coveted stars-and-stripes jersey. Cost will be no object, as fatty
> >>>> masters have more gobs of cash to burn. Anyone who would drop $3K on
> >>>> wheels and $5K on an SRM, just to hang with the group on a club ride,
> >>>> wouldn't bat an eye shelling out the bucks for one of these things.
> >>>> A brave new world awaits. Henry, if you want to add to your millions,
> >>>> you'd re-tool your shop to start turning these things out for $5K a
> >>>> pop. You'd have plenty of customers.
> >>>> Brad Anders- Hide quoted text -
> >>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>> No screaming crowds at the Fatty Master World Championships, the motor
> >>> sound would give them away in a second - unless you're talking about
> >>> the wing eating competition.
> >> You're thinking first generation. Second generation versions will be
> >> essentially noise-free, if that's what's needed to sneak them into the
> >> fatty masters peloton. Chang's already working on it.
>
> >> Future versions will put out 400 W for an hour or more. I can't wait
> >> to see the chaos they'll cause on the boulevard.
>
> > The limitation on these things is going to be the
> > battery, as it usually is on portable electrical devices.
>
> > The battery that the stock Gruber assist uses is lithium ion,
> > has a capacity of about 135 W*hour, and is said to weigh
> > 1.7 kg including casing etc. (The motor weighs another
> > 0.9 kg.) It works out to about 100 W*hour/kg for the battery
> > weight alone, which is a typical energy density for Li-ion batteries.
> > A pro rider using it to cheat at the moment could have used a
> > lower capacity battery to save weight and make it less
> > noticeable.
>
> > With that battery technology, to do 200 W for an hour
> > would require a 2 kg battery, plus another 1 kg or a
> > bit more for the motor and packaging. That's getting to
> > adding 7 pounds to the bike, starting to be really
> > noticeable if anyone lifts the bike. 400 W for an hour
> > and you need a 4 kg battery. Too heavy for cheating
> > at most amateur racing. Certainly capable of causing
> > chaos on the bike path.
>
> > I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
> > part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
> > a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
> > a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
> > showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
>
> > Fredmaster Ben
>
> The interesting thing about the motorized bike issue is that unlike
> riders who get thrown under the bus by the team for doping, the team has
> direct involvement via the team mechanics who work on the bikes and the
> team's ownership of the bikes.
The wrenches will want to revise the way the pot gets split.
== 11 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 6:15 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
Anton Berlin wrote:
> I am going to side with the 'this may be happening' camp - Here's why
> I think it's possible
>
> The crowds drown out the noise of the motor.
>
> An extra few pounds or kilos on a bike really wouldn't make much of a
> difference in a flat race (see analytical cycling)
>
> Tactics would allow the user just the advantage to blow up his
> opponents at critical times in the race. They have to expel excess
> energy to counter the assisted move. Even a few of these moves would
> be enough to make a difference in top level riders.
>
> Lastly he could use the assist to solo home in the last few kilos or
> to motor pace himself up to speed and then milk that speed for some
> time, then repeat. No rider could keep up with.
>
> Watching the spring classics I was amazed at Cancellera's superhuman
> efforts but now I am thinking there's some doubt.
>
> I expect that winner's bikes will be inspected and even bikes being
> changed out at critical times will now be examined as well.
>
> Is there any depth these guys won't stoop to in order to win a race?
>
> It almost makes Armstrong's decades long record of cheating seem
> admirable.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/cancellara-calls-motorized-bikes-claims-stupid-as-uci-looks-at-scanning-bikes_119452
== 12 of 12 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 6:55 pm
From: "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
On Jun 1, 5:33 pm, "K. Fred Gauss"
<Some...@Somewhere.You.Dont.Wanna.Be> wrote:
> thirty-six wrote:
> > On 2 June, 01:00, Brad Anders <pband...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jun 1, 3:12 pm, Fredmaster of Brainerd <bjwei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> I'd guess that they are not all over the bike path yet in
> >>> part because they're expensive. 4 kg of Li-ion battery is
> >>> a lot of money. It's within a Fattie Masters budget or even
> >>> a dedicated century rider, though. I could see these
> >>> showing up at El Tour de Tucson pretty soon.
> >> Good point, and I also expect to see them in the big randonneur events
> >> like P-B-P.
>
> >> Won't that cause a shitstorm! Those P-B-P guys are even more serious
> >> than the pros. Someone will figure out a stealth way to quickly switch
> >> out batteries at the checkpoints.
>
> > Electrolyte in water bottles :-)
>
> A battery that looks like a water bottle would work. Modify the water
> bottle cage to provide contact points.
Dumbass -
They already have batteries that look like water bottles (for night
lights).
thanks,
Fred. presented by Gringioni.
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TOPIC: Important Liz Hatch Update !
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/33650af6ddc95fa6?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 11:55 am
From: Anton Berlin
On Jun 1, 10:16 am, "A. Dumas Fred" <alexan...@dumas.fr> wrote:
> Hey asshole, give it a rest and go bang your fat girlfriend.
Liz reads RBR -
My gf doesn't and besides she's not fat, just great 34DDD natural
breasts. (unlike your hand)
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:46 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
On 06/01/2010 11:55 AM, Anton Berlin wrote:
> Liz reads RBR -
I didn't think she was THAT big a dumbass.
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TOPIC: Floyd is now unemployed...
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/5faf06f484b4977c?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 1:06 pm
From: Michael Press
In article <j4cNn.17501$%u7.5235@newsfe14.iad>, "z, fred" <Nope@not.ca>
wrote:
> Anton Berlin wrote:
> > On May 31, 8:04 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On May 31, 5:19 pm, "Tom Kunich" <tkun...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> "Pave Maria" <carmellatheroachkil...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:6772828f-1cc6-4ac8-a494-> >
> >>>> 6c57f927d...@t34g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> >>>> On May 29, 6:21 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> ...because rashaan got annoyed, not because of any 'roids but because
> >>>>> of a check Floyd wanted Andrew to void:
> >>>>> http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/28/sports/la-sp-floyd-landis-bah...
> >>>> So, like, what is Floyd going to do now?
> >>> What does he need to do? His fortune is made if he invested it wisely.
> >> Exactly. I read in the Boca Breeze that he took his first big fat
> >> Mercury check from Horsetoof and invested it in a 12 month CD that's
> >> been rolling over at 2% each year. He's going to coast off part of the
> >> interest and put the rest in real estate at Del Boca Vista.
> >> -DA74
> >
> > I thought Del Boca Vista was sold out. Unless Floyd planning on
> > moving in to Phase II.
>
> http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7489699
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
<http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/dhe.html>
--
Michael Press
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 4:47 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
Michael Press wrote:
> In article <j4cNn.17501$%u7.5235@newsfe14.iad>, "z, fred" <Nope@not.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Anton Berlin wrote:
>>> On May 31, 8:04 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On May 31, 5:19 pm, "Tom Kunich" <tkun...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> "Pave Maria" <carmellatheroachkil...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:6772828f-1cc6-4ac8-a494-> >
>>>>>> 6c57f927d...@t34g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> On May 29, 6:21 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> ...because rashaan got annoyed, not because of any 'roids but because
>>>>>>> of a check Floyd wanted Andrew to void:
>>>>>>> http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/28/sports/la-sp-floyd-landis-bah...
>>>>>> So, like, what is Floyd going to do now?
>>>>> What does he need to do? His fortune is made if he invested it wisely.
>>>> Exactly. I read in the Boca Breeze that he took his first big fat
>>>> Mercury check from Horsetoof and invested it in a 12 month CD that's
>>>> been rolling over at 2% each year. He's going to coast off part of the
>>>> interest and put the rest in real estate at Del Boca Vista.
>>>> -DA74
>>> I thought Del Boca Vista was sold out. Unless Floyd planning on
>>> moving in to Phase II.
>> http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7489699
>
> "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
>
> <http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/dhe.html>
>
The story is OK, but the footnote is wonderful!
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TOPIC: Federal Investigation widened...
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/27cdb77f089bfdaf?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:20 pm
From: DA74
On Jun 1, 10:30 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 11:21 am, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 1, 8:26 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 1, 10:06 am, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Jun 1, 4:09 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > On May 29, 1:44 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On May 29, 6:22 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > On May 28, 6:15 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On May 28, 2:24 pm, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On May 28, 3:34 pm, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 9:31 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 11:20 am, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 9:12 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 10:33 am, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 8:24 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 9:55 am, DA74 <davidasto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 28, 3:50 am, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 27, 11:55 pm, Amit Ghosh <amit.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 27, 11:29 pm, Andy Coggan <acog...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Keep in mind that we are talking abou two riders with TdF GC
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ambitions, meaning that their strongest allegiance is to themselves.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dumbass,
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fuentes was working with several TdF GC riders at the same time.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As I said, *if* Lim did in fact provide transfusions to both Landis
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and Leipheimer, he didn't do it because he was paid to do so by Landis/
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Phonak.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy Coggan
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cogster - Come on now. No one suggested Floyd or Phonak paid for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Leipheimer's alleged transfusion from Lim. Your point was that you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thought Floyd's story was "illogical" because that would have Lim
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > working on both riders while he was an employee of Floyd/Phonak. (I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > think everyone else here assumed Levi would cover the cost of his own
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > transfusion).
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In 2005 and 2006, Lim was paid by Landis to be his *personal*
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > assistant, and the two were quite closely connected. Thus, as I said
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > before if he (Lim) performed a transfusion for Leipheimer (another GC
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > contender, but riding for a different team), he must have done so as a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > favor to someone, or because he was paid additional money by someone
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other than Landis. Neither of these two possibilties make a lot of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sense to me when you consider that the allegation is that the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > transfusions took place at the same time, i.e., that Landis was aware
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that Lim was (allegedly) providing his services to Leipheimer as well.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IOW, why would Landis let Lim undermine his own chances that way, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > why would Lim be so up-front about his disloyal/mercenary behavior?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy Coggan- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cogster - The ProTour world may be a lot more inbred than you purport
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to understand it to be. You are basing your argument on the assumption
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that Floyd's payments to Lim retained him as his exclusive
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > preparatore. What caused you to make this assumption?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not making that assumption. I'm making the assumption that if Lim
> > > > > > > > > > > > > were going to sell his services to somebody else, he wouldn't be so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > obvious about it.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy Coggan- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > OK. Then you are making the assumption that Floyd felt he had an
> > > > > > > > > > > > exclusive relationship with Lim. Why do you make that assumption?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Because of 1) the obvious closeness of their relationship, and 2) the
> > > > > > > > > > > role model Armstrong likely provided to Landis as to how such
> > > > > > > > > > > professional arrangements should be structured (just ask John Cobb).
>
> > > > > > > > > > I just cannot see where you make the leap from what you describe as
> > > > > > > > > > "obvious closeness" to exclusivity, where you think Landis had Lim all
> > > > > > > > > > to himself. Then you make an even bigger leap by assuming Landis took
> > > > > > > > > > professional arrangement cues from his "role model" - You then go on
> > > > > > > > > > to assume that Lance sets up his aerodynamic professional arrangements
> > > > > > > > > > the same way he set up his preparatore professional arrangements.
> > > > > > > > > > Seriously?
>
> > > > > > > > > Seriously (in that I find the conclusion plausible, not that I'm
> > > > > > > > > convinced that it is true). That is, if I were paying someone to act
> > > > > > > > > as my "preparatore" I would most certainly do my best to keep the
> > > > > > > > > arrangement exclusive (be that by paying them more, threatening them,
> > > > > > > > > keeping them under close tabs, whatever). Conversely, if I were acting
> > > > > > > > > as a "preparatore" I wouldn't go flaunting the fact that I was working
> > > > > > > > > with multiple competing riders by performing transfusions in the same
> > > > > > > > > room at the same time, as that would tend to undercut the value of my
> > > > > > > > > services.
>
> > > > > > > > Well you should take comfort in the fact that it appears you are a
> > > > > > > > whole lot smarter at this dope thing than Floyd, Levi and Allen
> > > > > > > > Fucking Lim.
> > > > > > > > > > > Again, I don't consider what Landis has alleged (with respect to Lim
> > > > > > > > > > > providing transfusions) *impossible* - just quite implausible (and not
> > > > > > > > > > > just because of the fact that Leipheimer was supposedly also there).
>
> > > > > > > > > > Right. You feel this way because of a deck stacked with your personal
> > > > > > > > > > assumptions that really don't have any basis in facts.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Do you think it's possible that these ProTour riders, especially the
> > > > > > > > > > very small US contingent share more information than you might
> > > > > > > > > > realize? Have you ever been to Girona? It's quite small. Most of these
> > > > > > > > > > guys all live within blocks of each other, that is if they're not
> > > > > > > > > > sharing the same house. Did you ever think that maybe these
> > > > > > > > > > friendships transcend the temporary nature of the teams they are
> > > > > > > > > > currently under contract with? Did you ever think that maybe just
> > > > > > > > > > maybe they all band together and it's a matter of "us" versus "them",
> > > > > > > > > > with "them" being everyone outside their small tight group? And that
> > > > > > > > > > maybe they might share the same time proven, test proven, "safe"
> > > > > > > > > > preparation methods with each other? Did you ever think that this
> > > > > > > > > > preparation for a race might be the same to them as getting a bike
> > > > > > > > > > tuned up? Did you ever think that maybe none of this is a big secret
> > > > > > > > > > to those on the inside?
>
> > > > > > > > > As I said before, Landis has a credibility problem, and he himself
> > > > > > > > > admits that he has no physical evidence to support his allegations.
> > > > > > > > > You therefore have to evaluate the truthfulness of his accusations in
> > > > > > > > > light of normal human behavior, known personal allegiances and
> > > > > > > > > grudges, people's training and background, etc. In that context, his
> > > > > > > > > claim that Lim provided transfusions to both he and Leipheimer and at
> > > > > > > > > the same place and the same time does not make much sense to me.
>
> > > > > > > > I don't think there is any mistaking the fact that Floyd has a lot of
> > > > > > > > problems. So would you at least agree that Allen Fucking Lim is a
> > > > > > > > shitty physiologist because he had no clue his rider with whom he had
> > > > > > > > an exclusive personal training relationship was doped up to his eye-
> > > > > > > > teeth?
>
> > > > > > > No, I would not agree with that statement. Lim is not a medical
> > > > > > > doctor, and would not/did not have access to anything other than his
> > > > > > > power data. As I have pointed out to Lafferty (and been quoted by
> > > > > > > CyclingNews, etc.) many times before, you can't rely on such numbers
> > > > > > > (or VO2max testing, etc.) to definitively determine who is or isn't
> > > > > > > doping.
>
> > > > > > > Andy Coggan- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > > > > How can you say with such certainty that Lim did not have access to
> > > > > > anything other than Floyd's power data?
>
> > > > > I make that *assumption* based upon both public reports and knowledge
> > > > > of Lim's career path, which would make him rather ill-positioned to
> > > > > interpret such data in the first place. Indeed, even Landis himself
> > > > > didn't claim that Lim was aware of Landis one positive test (as Landis
> > > > > continues to insist that it was a false positive).
>
> > > > > Andy Coggan- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > > You worded it more strongly than an *assumption* ("would not/did not
> > > > have access to anything other than his power data"). Like I said
> > > > earlier in the thread, you're making statements of certaintly on this
> > > > case based on your personal assumptions.
>
> > > No, I'm sharing my personal opinions, which as I said previously can
> > > be considered a litmus test of what a prosecutor might have to face.
> > > That is, if you start from a presumption of innocence and then factor
> > > in the lack of any physical evidence or corroborating testimony (to
> > > date, anyway), it is hard to take Landis's accusation against Lim (and
> > > Leipheimer) seriously, not least ...
>
> > > read more »- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > I don't understand how your *assumptions* have anything to do with a
> > litmus test with which a prosecutor has to contend.
>
> Because any logical person serving on a jury (or a judge) would start
> from the same assumptions/be evaluating the same facts (or at least
> they would if the attorneys did a good job of bringing them out).
Right but no prosecutor is going to bring a case in front of a jury
with just dopey Floyd's accusation. Don't be ridiculous. The
allegation is just a starting point. If this thing goes anywhere near
a courtroom you very well know that there has to be evidence
independent of what Floyd has alleged.
> > Floyd's accusations are merely the opening of a door for investigators
> > to begin assembling facts. If your point is that his allegations alone
> > are not enough to bring charges or sanctions then we are in complete
> > agreement.
>
> It's a bit more than that. That is, based on the information currently
> available I don't really believe that Landis is telling the truth re.
> Lim.
>
> > But if investigators get corroborating witnesses then we
> > have another story...
>
> > My questions to you arise from my opinion that your opinions seem to
> > have little basis in fact. You start with a presumption of knowledge
> > based on assumptions and distant observation.
>
> Au contraire: my opinions are based entirely upon the *known* facts.
Known facts? You want it both ways. Because you stated this earlier
earlier:
"You therefore have to evaluate the truthfulness of his accusations in
light of normal human behavior, known personal allegiances and
grudges, people's training and background, etc."
In reality, your *known* facts are hard to distinguish from your
opinions. You've illustrated that throughout this entire thread.
For instance, that you *know* that Lim didn't have access to anything
other than Floyd's power data because of "public reports" and your
*knowledge* of his career path, that you *know* Lim and Floyd had an
exclusive relationship because you *know* how Lance structured all his
professional arrangements because you heard something from John Cobb,
and that you *know* Floyd would have done the same thing because you
somehow *know* that Lance was his mentor, and you *know* two TdF
riders with GC ambitions from opposing teams would not get
transfusions from the same guy in the same hotel room etc. etc.
I think you would be much more credible if you would either be more
objective and less self-assured about what you think you *know* or be
more forthcoming about your personal bias which seems to lean towards
those named by Floyd.
-DA74
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:21 pm
From: Zeno
On May 26, 5:45 am, Keith <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> ...http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/scope-of-us-doping-inquiry-may-be-wid...
>
> Looks like the feds will be asking some questions to LA and company,
> probably won't be a good idea to lie...
This investigation strikes me as very selective and kind of strange.
Major League Baseball knew that it's athletes were doing performance
enhancers for many years, but didn't implement even the most
rudimentary tests used in other sports to try and control it. The
clubs may not have purchased or indirectly paid for illegal drugs, but
there are credible stories of amphetamines being freely and openly
available in club houses going going back to the sixties. (They were
illegal then too.) We now know that some players were injecting
themselves with roids in locker rooms. Athletes who doped were
commiting fraud and the teams were abetting this fraud by doing
nothing about a problem they were well aware existed. "W" was running
the Texas Rangers when they were doped to the gills. Is he going to
be indicted?
Why aren't all the athletes who have tested positive being indicted?
What about Manny? There's a fraud if there ever was one, both
ethically and legally. The League wanted McGuire to break the record,
so they aided and abetted him by doing nothing to test him or anybody
else when they had plenty of reason, as responsible law abiding
citizens, to do so. And the players union was more than happy to go
along with it all -- are they indicted? Over the last 40 years, MLB
makes pro cycling look like the Spanish inquisition when it comes to
doping control and enforcement. Why are they getting a virtual pass?
What the feds have done so far to MLB is a pin prick.
The argument that there must be a grain of truth in what Landis is
saying simply because he has made so many (by his own admission
totally unsupported) allegations is laughable, especially considering
his history. In for a penny, in for a pound. Of course Landis knows
that if he doesn't offer lots of what appear to be "details," he won't
be taken seriously. And the more "details" he offers the more likely
it is that some people will start saying, "well he offers so much
detail, at least some of it must be true. He knew it was a blue
refrigerator!" It's called "the big lie."
(If my memory serves from a TV program I saw, LA had a fridge in his
apartment in Spain that he used to keep his stock of Shiner Bock beer
from Texas cold. Maybe it was a blue fridge. Maybe he made a joke
to Floyd about what a tragedy it would be if the power went out and
the beer got hot. From such innocuous 'details,' noxious conspiracy
allegations can be spun. More lies doesn't automatically mean some
truth, though the media sometimes operates on that principle.)
Floyd is obviously inventive and demonstrably doesn't think he is
bound by the truth. He grifted hundreds of thousands of dollars for
his "defense" from well meaning supporters who he thoroughly duped.
That's fraud. (Is he going to be indicted?)
Remember that Floyd recently wrote and published an entire book based
on the premise that he never doped and was being unjustly persecuted.
And of course without "details," nobody will buy his next tell all
book or pay him for interviews. Greed is a powerful motivator. So,
would it be much of a step for him to come up with some juicy
"details" for his recent allegations? Like LA bribed the authorities
to bury positive tests -- and (even harder to believe) a peon like
Floyd knew all about it? Gimme a break! If what Floyd says is true,
then LA and Johan have to the luckiest men alive because they were
running a three ring doping circus that lots of people knew about,
virtually in public, for many years in a sport where a number of
serious minded people have made it their life's work to convict them
on anything they can find.
And revenge can be another motivator. Here is a guy who has the
reputation of being a serious drinker, who admits he put away a fifth
in one night in the middle of the TDF, who is broke and in debt, holed
up (according to the WSJ) in a cabin in the woods, virtually
incommunicado, except for the nasty and threatening emails he has been
firing off in the middle of the night, by his own choice cut off from
his former friends. Floyd's allegations strike me as a revenge
laundry list from someone who is very bitter against those who he
perceived as having done him wrong (real or imagined) or who ignored
his threats and didn't hire him: LA, LA's friends & former wife,
Amgen, other successful American riders, his former teammates, his
former managers, the UCI etc etc. The idea that he is doing all this
to clear his conscience and clean up the sport is the biggest laugh of
all.
Floyd is not Canseco. The circumstances are totally different. I am
all for making dopers pay, even if it is LA, but you have to consider
the source. Sometimes BS is just BS.
Zeno
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:44 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
On 06/01/2010 10:30 AM, Andy Coggan wrote:
> Au contraire: my opinions are based entirely upon the *known* facts.
The known facts don't look very reliable here, and not just because of
Landis. Almost everyone involved is motivated to lie.
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TOPIC: Turns out Lance Armstrong is just slightly above average.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/t/cd6f8236fe92c0cc?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:22 pm
From: Anton Berlin
Using RBR logic -
Lance Armstrong only has one testicle while Americans average just
slightly less than one testicle.
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:39 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
On 06/01/2010 02:22 PM, Anton Berlin wrote:
> Using RBR logic -
>
> Lance Armstrong only has one testicle while Americans average just
> slightly less than one testicle.
>
You're just trying to make yourself feel special for having -3.
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 4:07 pm
From: bar
On Jun 1, 5:39 pm, "K. Fred Gauss" <F...@fredlier.than.thou> wrote:
> On 06/01/2010 02:22 PM, Anton Berlin wrote:
>
> > Using RBR logic -
>
> > Lance Armstrong only has one testicle while Americans average just
> > slightly less than one testicle.
>
> You're just trying to make yourself feel special for having -3.
it's not about the testicles, bro.
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 5:11 pm
From: Brad Anders
On Jun 1, 2:22 pm, Anton Berlin <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Using RBR logic -
>
> Lance Armstrong only has one testicle while Americans average just
> slightly less than one testicle.
Anton, tell us the real story. What was it? Did he yell at you for not
working in the break, or insult you on a club ride? Even Waddell got
over it, you can, too. It's not too late.
Brad Anders
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 5:37 pm
From: "K. Fred Gauss"
bar wrote:
> On Jun 1, 5:39 pm, "K. Fred Gauss" <F...@fredlier.than.thou> wrote:
>> On 06/01/2010 02:22 PM, Anton Berlin wrote:
>>
>>> Using RBR logic -
>>> Lance Armstrong only has one testicle while Americans average just
>>> slightly less than one testicle.
>> You're just trying to make yourself feel special for having -3.
>
> it's not about the testicles, bro.
It apparently is for Anton.
You've got yourself a hell of a book title, though. I think you should
go with it!
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Jun 1 2010 2:35 pm
From: "Mike Jacoubowsky"
"Frederick the Great" <rubrum@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:rubrum-26E65F.11513901062010@news.albasani.net...
> In article <As-dnVuWTdIcz5jRnZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> "Mike Jacoubowsky" <MikeJ@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
>
>> "Fred on a stick" <anonymous.cow...@address.invalid> wrote in
>> messagenews:hu0e7e$bgm$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> >
>> > >> The problem isn't in replying to him; rather, it's *how* people
>> > >> reply
>> > >> to him. You can strongly disagree with him in a reply and get an
>> > >> intelligent reply in return, if you don't load it up with a bunch of
>> > >> insults. Gee, what a concept. You can have a civil discourse by
>> > >> being
>> > >> civil. Who'd have thought?
>> >
>> > > Civility of discourse is, of course, always a worthy goal.
>> > > Nonetheless, bias should never trump truth simply because it speaks
>> > > well and softly. One can speak with a civil tongue to a mule but
>> > > sometimes it pays more attention to a big stick. Alas, that is not a
>> > > guarantee and occasionally even the stick doesn't work either on
>> > > mules
>> > > or, as in this particular instance, on a horse's ass.
>> >
>> > I think I have it figured out here.
>> >
>> > Most discussions on rbr take place in a bar. Lubricated by beer, having
>> > to yell to get heard above the din, and exaggerating things so that
>> > there's no possible way someone who's had three too many doesn't know
>> > what you're saying.
>> >
>> > That's the problem. I don't like bars, and I have maybe 5 or so drinks
>> > (drinks that people here would count) a year.
>>
>> =====================
>> Discussions in rbr are much more like smack-talk
>> on a training ride than they are like conversations
>> in a bar.
>>
>> Every now and then, smack talk on a training ride, fueled
>> by adrenaline, degenerates into yelling at each other.
>> You can also see this happen if you hang around enough
>> Masters races. The nature is somewhat diffferent than
>> bar conversations, even drunken ones. Actually, sensible
>> people don't get into arguments in bars - it's not prudent.
>>
>> It's all very well and good to try to shame people for being
>> rude on rbr, but if you read rbr enough, there are some
>> rbr presences that are repeatedly disruptive and not
>> amenable to reasonable discussion. Eventually, I think
>> if you are a pain in the ass long enough, you lose a little
>> of the presumption of politeness. Have you ever seen
>> someone try to reason politely with a talk show host like
>> Bill O'Reilly, or even engage in rational discussion on the
>> old McLaughlin Group? Politeness gets you nowhere under
>> those circumstances because someone always shouts
>> louder. The ultimate solution is to not engage the
>> O'Reillys or McLaughlins at all, which is what Flintstein
>> advocates for BL or TK, but not all of us have his self-control.
>> =====================
>>
>> Fredmaster: You make some good points, and you're right about some venues
>> simply not being the place for polite discussion. Skip "polite" we don't
>> need "polite" it's just a problem when things elevate to the point where
>> the
>> only thing someone is adding to a discussion is the level of insult. By
>> the
>> way, none of this has anything to do with calling someone a "dumbass."
>> Nothing wrong with that. It's like dog's sniffing each other's butts. rbr
>> tradition.
>
> You really do not care about or respect people here;
> and, as most people, you have no idea what dogs are doing.
That might be the nicest thing I'll hear all day (that I have no idea what
dogs are doing). Thanks!
> It is time you started quoting properly in replies.
> Show some respect.
>
> --
> Old Fritz
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
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