Oh, Great. LA to ride RAGBRAI [Archive]

SpokeValley

07-03-2013, 02:11 PM

I guess he has nothing better to do.:butt:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130702/NEWS/130702038/Lance-Armstrong-to-return-to-Iowa-for-RAGBRAI?Frontpage&sf14601664=1

Lewis Moon

07-03-2013, 02:16 PM

I guess he has nothing better to do.:butt:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130702/NEWS/130702038/Lance-Armstrong-to-return-to-Iowa-for-RAGBRAI?Frontpage&sf14601664=1

Everyone should wear this jersey:

http://www.cycleboredom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/milltag-dope-jersey.jpg

branflakes

07-03-2013, 02:17 PM

irony much???

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d3QmUjinsxA/UdR4f56xnBI/AAAAAAAABIo/-5UpjyOTeT0/s800/Screen%2520Shot%25202013-07-03%2520at%25203.13.46%2520PM.png

Liv2RideHard

07-03-2013, 02:21 PM

So what. He is welcome to come ride with us anytime. It's not like he was the only one. Let the dude ride his bike.

cash05458

07-03-2013, 02:24 PM

"He calls himself a 'realist'"...that one made my day...:p

RFC

07-03-2013, 02:26 PM

irony much???

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-d3QmUjinsxA/UdR4f56xnBI/AAAAAAAABIo/-5UpjyOTeT0/s800/Screen%2520Shot%25202013-07-03%2520at%25203.13.46%2520PM.png

Now that's funny, in a Schadenfreude sort of way. So much ego and so little time.

false_Aest

07-03-2013, 03:01 PM

Booooorrrriiinnngggggg.
(http://vimeo.com/7565870)

Not at all defending just . . .

There's just like you know like other things to talk about and stuff. Like, uhm, you know, do you put goldbond on your balls to keep em minty or something?

norcalbiker

07-03-2013, 03:18 PM

So what is the difference between Armstrong and Floyd, Contador and other riders that DOPED?

branflakes

07-03-2013, 03:25 PM

Booooorrrriiinnngggggg.
(http://vimeo.com/7565870)

the link.....both offensive.....and entertaining. i enjoy people who can make fun of themselves. i think this guy is in the 'minority' there though (cue austin powers laugh at self).

ptourkin

07-03-2013, 03:32 PM

Everyone should wear this jersey:

http://www.cycleboredom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/milltag-dope-jersey.jpg

If anybody likes this jersey, I've listed an XXL, NWT in the classfieds!

Bikerist

07-03-2013, 04:02 PM

That sucks. I guess I can remove that from my bucket list.

Bikerist

07-03-2013, 04:11 PM

If anybody likes this jersey, I've listed an XXL, NWT in the classfieds!

Your pricing is not very FFP:no:

branflakes

07-03-2013, 04:19 PM

That sucks. I guess I can remove that from my bucket list.
there's like 10k riders at RAGBRAI. as long as you don't stop at suspiciously broken down team busses you'll probably never even see him. i'm guessing he isn't camping along the way either. the tour is about what you make of your personal experience, not LA's appearance.

there are plenty of other great state tours as well anyway.

mcteague

07-03-2013, 04:22 PM

So what is the difference between Armstrong and Floyd, Contador and other riders that DOPED?

Really? Do we need to go through this again? Did the others actively seek to destroy people's reputations? Their livelihoods?

Tim

KidWok

07-03-2013, 04:30 PM

Your pricing is not very FFP:no:

:banana:

Tai

tiretrax

07-03-2013, 04:37 PM

there's like 10k riders at RAGBRAI. as long as you don't stop at suspiciously broken down team busses you'll probably never even see him. i'm guessing he isn't camping along the way either. the tour is about what you make of your personal experience, not LA's appearance.

There will be more than 25K riders!

I started Austin-Shiner at the very front and rode the first part there. He and Bob Roll were also riding, and I didn't even notice them. There was much clucking about it afterwards, however. LA is a jerk, and that's always been clear. He's not the first cheater, not by a century! The top 4 riders in the 1904 TDF were disqualified, and that was the start of a century of allegations of cheating. Another LA-hating thread is like another one about how does one use the toilet while wearing bibshorts. It's time to let go of the hatred.

shovelhd

07-03-2013, 04:57 PM

Who gives a crap.

jeffreyt

07-03-2013, 07:47 PM

Who gives a crap.

completely agree! who cares. he means absolutely nothing to me.

BumbleBeeDave

07-03-2013, 08:03 PM

. . . somebody tell me where I can get one of those Pseudo Mapei DOPE jerseys in my size!

It's a cool "in" cycling joke--AND it describes me perfectly! (Depending on who you ask.)

BBD

Keith A

07-03-2013, 08:08 PM

. . . somebody tell me where I can get one of those Pseudo Mapei DOPE jerseys in my size!

It's a cool "in" cycling joke--AND it describes me perfectly! (Depending on who you ask.)

BBDAsk and you shall receive...
http://www.bricklanebikesshop.co.uk/products/milltag-cycling-jersey
http://milltag.cc/shop/milltag-2/dope

maunahaole

07-03-2013, 08:32 PM

If there is any ride he should be allowed to ride it is RAGBRAI. Isn't it mandatory to be have some sort of intoxicant ingested to participate?

pbarry

07-03-2013, 08:38 PM

Wait for it...

LA Gran Fondo, coming soon to a town near you. Life is good.

bluesea

07-03-2013, 08:46 PM

Yellow LiveStrong neck bracelets shaped like a noose would be cool.

Chris

07-03-2013, 08:51 PM

So what is the difference between Armstrong and Floyd, Contador and other riders that DOPED?

Are you serious? The list of ways they are different is much longer than the way they are similar.

branflakes

07-03-2013, 09:27 PM

Are you serious? The list of ways they are different is much longer than the way they are similar.
slider - who's a$$ did you kiss to get in here?
goose - the list is long, but distinguished.
slider - yeah, well so is my johnson

Chris - as I love peeps from OKC, please stay away from the dark alley that is LA. he's reaping what he sowed. OK folks should care less about him, he's from TX after all.

i'm originally from TX, but boomer sooner!

charliedid

07-03-2013, 10:02 PM

I don't see the problem.

branflakes

07-03-2013, 10:13 PM

I don't see the problem.
the problem is LA soiled all that was sanctimonious about the sport of cycling. and not he wants to peddle those wares at the pillar of purity that is RAGBRAI. he should be castrated and cursed to the underworld. oh wait....does just one count?

charliedid

07-03-2013, 10:19 PM

the problem is LA soiled all that was sanctimonious about the sport of cycling. and not he wants to peddle those wares at the pillar of purity that is RAGBRAI. he should be castrated and cursed to the underworld. oh wait....does just one count?

Pillar of Purity that is RAGBRAI

Funny

Chris

07-03-2013, 10:22 PM

slider - who's a$$ did you kiss to get in here?
goose - the list is long, but distinguished.
slider - yeah, well so is my johnson

Chris - as I love peeps from OKC, please stay away from the dark alley that is LA. he's reaping what he sowed. OK folks should care less about him, he's from TX after all.

i'm originally from TX, but boomer sooner!

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I was saying that I find their "transgressions" to be less offensive than those that Lance committed.

branflakes

07-03-2013, 10:39 PM

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I was saying that I find their "transgressions" to be less offensive than those that Lance committed.
oh no, i got it. i was just trying to suggest we should all care a little less about it. particularly the fiercely independent and strong oklahomans. LA was that McDoyle character from the Adam Sandler movies. "McDoyle rules!" ultimately he'll be written off as a caricature of himself. it's very tragic however, as he's actually had a more than significant impact on the sport.

as in everything.....appreciate his contribution, learn from his mistakes, relegate to history. for example, franklin pierce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce) was the 14th president of the US. ever heard of him. probably not, because lincoln dwarfed him in historical significance soon thereafter. perhaps the same will happen to LA.

djg21

07-03-2013, 10:46 PM

Chris

07-03-2013, 10:58 PM

oh no, i got it. i was just trying to suggest we should all care a little less about it. particularly the fiercely independent and strong oklahomans. LA was that McDoyle character from the Adam Sandler movies. "McDoyle rules!" ultimately he'll be written off as a caricature of himself. it's very tragic however, as he's actually had a more than significant impact on the sport.

as in everything.....appreciate his contribution, learn from his mistakes, relegate to history. for example, franklin pierce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce) was the 14th president of the US. ever heard of him. probably not, because lincoln dwarfed him in historical significance soon thereafter. perhaps the same will happen to LA.

Gotcha. Roger that. Moving on with my life now. :)

Liv2RideHard

07-04-2013, 07:02 AM

Yellow LiveStrong neck bracelets shaped like a noose would be cool.

Comments like this are way out of line. Why did a moderator not shut this down after this post? Makes me question why I became a forum sponsor. Speaking as a forum sponsor, why would I want to be associated with this kind of stuff? Unreal.

Mods...it is up to you guys to shut this kind of stuff down.

Bikerist

07-04-2013, 07:28 AM

Comments like this are way out of line. Why did a moderator not shut this down after this post? Makes me question why I became a forum sponsor. Speaking as a forum sponsor, why would I want to be associated with this kind of stuff? Unreal.

Mods...it is up to you guys to shut this kind of stuff down.

This is the problem with having sponsors that are active members. They end up wantlng to dictate how it is moderated.

That is the kind of stufff that NEEDS to be shut down.

oldpotatoe

07-04-2013, 07:34 AM

Yellow LiveStrong neck bracelets shaped like a noose would be cool.

Lessee, how to say this nicely..LA is going to ride a ride in the midwest and you are so tweaked by this you want to imply lynching him would be OK.

Really, about some guy who doped, like all the others, who was an ass-hat, while racing a bicycle.....ok to lynch him..

Get a farging life dude, or go ride your bike or something. There are more important things to worry about than some guy in Texas. I see you aren't a kid but the above smacks of a 16 year old messing with his mom's computer.

Liv2RideHard

07-04-2013, 08:08 AM

This is the problem with having sponsors that are active members. They end up wantlng to dictate how it is moderated.

That is the kind of stufff that NEEDS to be shut down.

Give it a rest man. So you are ok with comments that refer to lynching and hanging. That would offend anyone esp. tho folks that have a business tied to this place. Give it a rest. I advocated in the past before I was a sponsor to lock offensive threads. Makes no difference now that I am a sponsor. Give the hate and promotion of hate a rest. I am not trying to dictate anything...just promote a decent dialogue. You are contributing nothing by your actions seemingly giving offensive comments a pass then calling out those that are offended. Nothing constructive going on here.