imho smoking is cool.

[jerk]

bro,
imho this is as cool as it gets bro. cheers. :beer:

[Tailwinds]

I'm not cool. :(

[ti_boi]

bro,
imho this is as cool as it gets bro. cheers. :beer:

To quote the late great poet Warren Zevon:

"...His hair was perfect...!"

[slowgoing]

9 speed Campy shifters with pointy hoods were perfect.

[bluesea]

Kawasaki = uncool

[jerk]

9 speed Campy shifters with pointy hoods were perfect.


yes they were/are. if you've got real style you retrofit the carbon blades from new record on them and put ten speed guts in them like jan.

jerk

[97CSI]

Bet he 'didn't inhale.' :D

[loctite]

dude, anyone that can be so openly arogant = my hero! Long live the Cippo!

[Fixed]

bro I bet they arn't kools cheers :beer:

[Serpico]

imho I'm just glad to see the jerk has finally gotten on the Fixed-ese bandwagon

cheers bro :beer:

[fiamme red]

Smoking and not wearing a helmet! How much more depraved can a man be?

[Fixed]

bro let's see what he looks like when he's 60 cheers :beer:

[67-59]

bro let's see what he looks like when he's 60 cheers :beer:

Dead, or on a ventilator. Nice options, huh?

[Saxon]

"That's the look of a man that knows what he likes and knows how to get it. He lives by his own rules and dares others "Follow me or be square". A man of action, he points the way... But who is brave enough to follow?"
:D

[Lost Weekend]

I like it, but he would look even cooler with a roach clip.

[dirtdigger88]

I like it, but he would look even cooler with a roach clip.

REAL MEN- dont need roach clips- they know how to hold em with out gettin burned- :cool:

it just takes practice- lots and lots of practice

Jason

[bcm119]

What, he couldn't roll his own mid-peleton? Wuss.

[Saxon]

Wait a second... Is that a filter in that cig??!!
ugg, another poser...

[EPOJoe]

OMG, I'm in love...does that make me gay? :confused:

[manet]

http://www.clothmonkey.com/images/GilAndb.jpg

[Fixed]

[I]"That's the look of a man that knows what he likes and knows how to get it. He lives by his own rules and dares others "Follow me or be square". A man of action, he points the way... But who is brave enough to follow?"[/I :D bro that reminds me of the marlboro man i.m.h.o. cheers :beer:

[The Spider]

Back in the day the rumour was that menthol opened up the lungs!

[Cadence230]

OMG, I'm in love...does that make me gay? :confused:
No.

[Cadence230]

9 speed Campy shifters with pointy hoods were perfect.
Look how they follow the curve of the bar!

[EPOJoe]

bro that reminds me of the marlboro man i.m.h.o. cheers :beer:
Yep, you're right, Fixed! Hopefully Cipo will fare better.
http://www.worldsfastestclown.com/man_dies.html
Saxon (on EPOJoe's account)

[classic1]

I was in Italy recently, where I had the great privilege and honour of watching Cipo on the Italian version of 'Dancing with the Stars'. Our hero was seen wearing a RED CRAVAT!

The second time I saw the program Super Mario, being the shy and retiring type, had basically taken over hosting the show from the two usual hosts. What a star.

[Tom]

That would have been a sight.

[OldDog]

The filters the best part...

[William]

Ahhh Cippo! The perennial jokester. :cool:
http://www.tbaycc.ca/2002/ArnoldDevlin/cippo3lg.jpg

William

[malcolm]

The hubris of youth and young fittness. They don't look so cool or tough in their 50's-60's in the emergency dept. starving for O2 crying and begging you to help them breathe.

[djg]

bro,
imho this is as cool as it gets bro. cheers. :beer:

imho this is idiotic

[saab2000]

I don't think Mario Cipollini actually smokes. Nobody here thinks it is healthy. The picture is pretty cool and Cipo is the last of a dying breed: A person who is at the top of his profession who is not just a corporate smiley face who babbles corporate speak. He is what he is and has charisma.

But what do I know? I think the modern 10-speed shifter shape is much better!!! The only problem with it is that it cannot be used (very well at least) on Cinelli Criterium bend handlebars.

[jerk]

I don't think Mario Cipollini actually smokes. Nobody here thinks it is healthy. The picture is pretty cool and Cipo is the last of a dying breed: A person who is at the top of his profession who is not just a corporate smiley face who babbles corporate speak. He is what he is and has charisma.

But what do I know? I think the modern 10-speed shifter shape is much better!!! The only problem with it is that it cannot be used (very well at least) on Cinelli Criterium bend handlebars.

saab bro imho that makes the pointy ones better. cheers

jerk

[saab2000]

saab bro imho that makes the pointy ones better. cheers

jerk

jerk bro you have a point. but they never shifted as well imho. besides, having 10 gears makes me much faster and cooler.

i still have 2 bikes with crit bend bars, but they have friction shifters. o the humanity.

[MartyE]

I could never roll em without the pointy ends.

[fiamme red]

bro, Cipo's got soul i.m.h.o. cheers :beer:

[Kevan]

a handlebar mounted beer cozy, complete with suds.

If you're at the office don't Google images of "beer cozy". Yowzzzer!

[pale scotsman]

The hubris of youth and young fittness. They don't look so cool or tough in their 50's-60's in the emergency dept. starving for O2 crying and begging you to help them breathe.

I wish I could take a pic of them huddled out in the smoking area of the hospital with an IV bag hanging, cath bags full of urine, gowns gaping, and them puffing on cancer sticks. Now that's pathetic...

[Serpico]

REAL MEN- dont need roach clips- they know how to hold em with out gettin burned- :cool:

it just takes practice- lots and lots of practice

Jason

hehe

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/party/party0046.gif

[csm]

I had to google it.
yikes

[andy mac]

tell me it's the same mario!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.semplicebellezza.com/pages/intro.html

[shinomaster]

I was just about to fire up a big blunt before my brother took this photo on my birthday....is that cool??? This Jersey is way cool! Who needs a helmet?

[DfCas]

Quitting is much cooler.

[Tailwinds]

tell me it's the same mario!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.semplicebellezza.com/pages/intro.html

Andy, I couldn't open your link.

Serpico, where in the world did you find that cool new banana?

[rpm]

What a wimp. He's smoking a filtered cigarette. Real men don't use filters.

[The Spider]

Andy Mac, brilliant find!

Others become announcers or bike reviewers or coaches....

I can see it now...

Mario walking up to numerous women and asking if he can photograph them nude, for ART'S sake!

I expected nothing less.

[jonesy]

Can any of you learned gentleman shed some light on the frame Mario is riding in this pic?What is it made of too?It looks kind of rough and tough like an MX leader.Was it built in the same vein to harness the main man's awesomeness.
Cheers

[Russell]

REAL MEN- dont need roach clips- they know how to hold em with out gettin burned- :cool:

it just takes practice- lots and lots of practice

Jason

eat the roach

...as someone once said, "i don't experiment with drugs, i am in full scale research."

[nobrakes]

"Don't hogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me...." No not me, to Tailwinds, maybe...

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . I don't think any helmet could be as cool as riding along with a lightpole growing out of your head! ;)

BBD

[Grant McLean]

Mario has horrible taste. There, I said it.
People who think he's cool make my head shake.
The guy is eurotrash with bad shoes.

He couldn't carry Ale-Jets bags

-g

[fiamme red]

http://www.porcellino.net/uomini/mario_cipollini8.jpg

[fiamme red]

Mario has horrible taste. There, I said it.
People who think he's cool make my head shake.
The guy is eurotrash with bad shoes.

He couldn't carry Ale-Jets bags

-gCase in point: http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/especiales/2002/04/giro/imagenes/album1_2.jpg.

Still, chicks dig him.

[toaster]

Quitting is much cooler.

bro, you nailed it! I smoked, I chewed Skoal, I was addicted big time. It can be a bad thing if you don't know when enough is enough or no big deal if you quit after not too long. cheers :beer:


Fixed has everybody doin' the bro thang!!

[Nihil Armstrong]

Ha ha! That picture is so rad! I'm an ex-smoker, and kind of a church lady about it as well, but that is a cool photo. :beer:

[Kirk Pacenti]

bro,
imho this is as cool as it gets bro. cheers. :beer:

Forget the cigarette, I want those handlebars! Jerk, those are obviously Cinelli's, but what model? They look like they have way more reach than the 66's.

You guys do realize he's not smoking because he's hooked right? ...It (supposedly) opens up the lungs a little more for that final sprint.

[jerk]

Forget the cigarette, I want those handlebars! Jerk, those are obviously Cinelli's, but what model? They look like they have way more reach than the 66's.

You guys do realize he's not smoking because he's hooked right? ...It (supposedly) opens up the lungs a little more for that final sprint.

they're 66s but not the last incarnation of that venerable handlebar. the jerk thinks they were called ergo 66 or something. they had a bit more throw and reach to them than the last junk 66s which are deep but have no throw/reach.

jerk

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . smoking ain't cool. It's an unhealthy, vile, smelly, addiction that all of us pay for through higher taxes and insurance premiums to deal with the health problems it causes. I've always been astonished at the things considered "cool," how many of them are just plain stupid or dangerous--often both--and how people keep coming up with new ones. Lately it's "cool" to go jumping off cliffs on your mountain bike a la "Red Bull Rampage." Yep, it's real "cool"--until you land, as a fair number of those guys have found out.

But to Cipo's credit, I strongly doubt he did this for more than effect. Cipo always seemed to have a keenly tuned sense of showmanship, seizing upon the gesture that would grab the most attention, whether it was "illegal" team kit or his fashion statements or draping himself in beautiful half-naked women.

Additionally, when the margin between victory and defeat--and big time sponsorship dollars or not--in the sprint is often measured in hundreths of a second, I just can't imagine the team management would let him get away with this more than the once.

But I admire him precisely because he often went his own way, which seems to be rarer than ever these days.

BBD

[Russell]

tell me it's the same mario!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.semplicebellezza.com/pages/intro.html

Don't know, but I added it to my favorites