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Fair enough, the Walton thing was more a flippant comment. That said, more seriously, why Pantani rather than Armstrong, Super Mario, Ulrich etc. Is it just that Pantani died in pretty shitty circumstances so we can rewrite his narrative without the complexity of the actual person being around?
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It's the sort of thing you buy thinking it might be good but lives on a shelf scowling at you for about 14 years and 6 moves between flats/houses. I had something similar. It even moved from London to Luxembourg with me. Still here. Looking menacing.
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This week I lost a local legend segment on a segment I rode near my folks place in France twice in a week just after the first French covid lockdown. Part of me wants to win it back in September when I'm there on principle.
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The fortitude of a fellow human... I find it odd that the paper's anchor is that he's a Conservative.
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Honestly though, given the Pantani multiple releases, I doubt they care about that era of doping. I'm more inclined to think the Waltons have some sort of personal beef with Armstrong than they disapprove of his cheating.
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Why does he look like that toddler sketch that Harry Enfield used to do
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Anyone got any good recommendations down between Avignon and the Ventoux? Got half a day to kill on Saturday and a glass or two after the short ride once I'm down there would be fun
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A friend taught at a relatively well known boys school and the amount of what were quaintly known as "scandals" was truly shocking. The long-term staff seemed to view it as normal but my friend ultimately left when the police arrested a colleague for hooking his mates up with pre-6th form boys
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Shame on Germany (and the US and UK) for not backing the court.
Australian opposition are "not ruling out" withdrawing from the ICC over this. One of the many problems of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the fuckwits using it as an element of culture war.
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Lizzy Banks is interviewed by a Telegraph sports writer on the latest non-giro episode of the cycling podcast. So far it’s like the article tho.
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Terrence Howard Claims He Can ‘Kill Gravity’ in Off-the-Charts Joe Rogan Chat
“We’re about to kill gravity. We’re about to kill their God, gravity,
and they don’t want that,” Howard exclaimed to a fascinated Rogan.
Howard then presented a video in which his so-called business partner
narrated a computer animation model that supposedly showed how
“linchpins” and “vortexes” were used to create a zero-gravity Saturn.“How can it equal one?” he said he told the professor. “If one times
one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times
itself has no effect. One times one equals two because the square root
of four is two, so what’s the square root of two? Should be one, but
we’re told it’s two, and that cannot be.” -
Dunno... maybe. As I said, they're not open "officially" until the end of the month. I'll drive past on the way to Briancon and have a look and a chat to the people at the cafe to see what they know
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I'll probably give it a go next Monday or Weds then depending on how the others feel. Ventoux Sunday and then a few days near Briancon
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In Briancon next week; the Galibier will still be closed after Lautaret... but... worth chancing as it's only a week before it's due to open?
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The sale is a bit shit really
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100% correct... Two of the mounts had popped loose but the helmet looks completely normal and feels normal now I put them back.
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After my crash yesterday there's some scratches. I don't think it's serious as I didn't land on my head, but I think when I rolledit scraped a little on the rim by my forehead. Anyway; it's a SPIN version of a POC helmet (their since stopped MIPS alternative).
Does anyone know if the MIPS/SPIN is multi-use or just a one-shot as stuff definitely came unstuck a little.
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Lots of AWACS coming through Luxembourg at the moment too...
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Cheers. It's all carbon... Winspace SLC frameset and bars. Rides okay but once I'm less sore (or the tramadol kicks in), I'll have a look at screws, bolts etc and strip the damaged bar tape to see if there's any obvious cracks or flex anywhere.
Had xrays etc and the injuries are minor; I'm not young any more so I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow. TBH, we were both lucky. The other guy was 78 so I'm sure if I'd hit him rather than the rear triangle at that speed he'd have had more to worry about than the financial loss (it was a V1-R rim-brake that was killed) and I could have broken bones easily enough.
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In my work experience when I was 14 I went to British Aerospace in Brough and I had to rivet parts for the AV8B and work on wiring looms for the Tornado. Seemed silly at the time, and in retrospect.
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It’s the praying before meals I always find difficult. The amount of times I’ve been a guest asked to lead the prayer sounded like some sort of off-brand, knock-off Monty Python life of Brian style moron…
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Had a fairly fast (for me) crash today. Guy rode his bike onto the road from a cafe without looking and I hit him doing about 35kmh. He was unhurt but I smashed his chainstay completely. I went over his bike and my bars and although I could ride home I’m in A&E getting checked out now (week before a holiday to ride in the alps, typical).
Everything on my bike seems to be cosmetic (bar tape torn etc) but what else should I be checking and how?
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I've read the book, which is why personally I find the beatification of him in some circles is strange. His story is tragic but, imo, no more tragic until his ultimate spiral than Jan Ulrich's but not many influential people in cycling seem to be interested in Ulrich today nor rehabilitating him except, perversely, Lance Armstrong.