Favorite cycling image

[Tickdoc]

Do you have a favorite?

I would love a real print of this one, I only have part of it in an old magazine.

https://i.imgur.com/3V50thkl.jpg

[Formulasaab]

http://www.bikepartsreview.com/img/WorldChamps1989_GregLeMond.jpg
https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WATSON_00001575-630-c.jpg

[merckx]

This one has always drawn me in.

[Black Dog]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74728000/jpg/_74728032_bartali-tour.jpg

[Black Dog]

https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/Gino-Bartali-Tour-de-France-1948-winner-Legnano-bike-Campagnolo-Cambia-Corsa-groupset.jpg

[AngryScientist]

http://cdn.velonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ArmstrongContadorAP640w-300x381.jpg

[rePhil]

I have a few, today it's this one. Lean,in pink, an oozing with confidence.

[colker]

De Vlaeminck. Always.

[merckx]

Of course De Vlaeminck!

[wc1934]

http://www.bikepartsreview.com/img/WorldChamps1989_GregLeMond.jpg
https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WATSON_00001575-630-c.jpg

yup. have the bottom one (signed by GL) hanging in my office.

[oldpotatoe]

3 I really like

[colker]

Merckx

[colker]

This one.

[MattTuck]

One of my favorite recent photos.

[colker]

One of my favorite recent photos.

The amount of watts generated within that picture..

[hummus_aquinas]

http://inrng.com/medias/images/hinaultparisnice.jpg

[choke]

This one..

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/Ocana69TdFstage6.jpg

Or this one...

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/Magni.jpg

And for those who don't know the story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorenzo_Magni) of the 2nd one:In the 1956 Giro d’Italia, stage 12, Fiorenzo Magni famously broke his left clavicle and still managed to finish second overall. At the hospital he refused a plaster cast and refused to abandon the Giro in the year of his announced retirement. Magni continued the race with his shoulder wrapped in an elastic bandage. To compensate for his inability to apply force with his left arm, he raced while holding a piece of rubber inner tube attached to his handlebar between his teeth for extra leverage. Since his injury prevented him from effectively braking and steering with his left hand, Magni crashed again after hitting a ditch by the road during a descent on stage 16. He fell on his already broken clavicle, breaking his humerus, after which he passed out from the pain. They put him in an ambulance, but when Magni regained his senses and realized that he was being taken to the hospital he screamed and told the driver to stop. Magni took his bike and was able to finish the stage in the peloton, which had waited for him. Of the evening that followed Magni said "I had no idea of how serious my condition was, I just knew that I was in a lot of pain but I didn't want to have X-rays that evening" That's what you call a serious 'hard man'. And a bit of trivia....his mechanic, who suggested the inner tube trick was none other than Faliero Masi.

[hummus_aquinas]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b9/a1/07/b9a1079858c36ffc0928e130a174a06a.jpg
Don't say you follow cycling if you don't know who this is.

[colker]

This one..

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/Ocana69TdFstage6.jpg

Or this one...

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/Magni.jpg

And for those who don't know the story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorenzo_Magni) of the 2nd one: That's what you call a serious 'hard man'. And a bit of trivia....his mechanic, who suggested the inner tube trick was none other than Faliero Masi.

Magni redefining "hard"

[echappist]

https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WATSON_00001575-630-c.jpg

yep. this one for me as well. along with

http://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/si/dam/assets/13/05/10/130510124234-andy-hampsten-2-single-image-cut.jpg

and

http://www.stickybottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Panda-Moment.jpg

[martl]

i got two.

De Muynck crossing the Galibier

http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/images-all/tdf-images/tdf-history/imageshist80/1980-17th-tappa-Martinez-in.jpg


The young Maurizio Fondriest who can't believe he just won the rainbow jersey

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/76/a9/fb/76a9fb669b84e91c03ae1b5665cdf06b.jpg

[JStonebarger]

https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/g298ab0-jpg.246428/

[weisan]

I dunno why, this one just does it for me, and I don't even smoke! Maybe it's the "we are pals" spirit that I like.

http://cdn.coresites.factorymedia.com/twc/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/an-intimate-portrait-of-the-tour-de-france-680x380.jpg

The copycats that come after...
https://www.healthandlovepage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Smoking-Cigarettes-Cycling-Featured.jpg

[echappist]

the "homage" is trying a bit too hard, which could be said about the branding effort of Ritte in general...

[Dead Man]

Crappy iphone pic of print my wife had framed for me, hangs in my office.. 1934(?) TdF... different days, then.

(yea, I'm wearing a flouro running jacket)

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab6/bkb0000/IMG_16741_zpswc5tmgho.jpg

I don't remember exactly what this was from, I think it was a NYT article on the physiology of endurance sports? Something like that..

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab6/bkb0000/pain-suffering-cycling_zpswpjrtzyp.jpg

Just freaking love it. Driving yourself to absolute full body failure... that awful, wonderful experience that only comes through the total denial of physical self in pursuit of that materially worthless yet priceless reward..

[MattTuck]

Surprised we haven't seen the Hampsten Gavia photo yet, so here it is. Not a great photo, IMO... The photo doesn't do justice to significance and epic conditions.

http://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/si/dam/assets/13/05/10/130510124234-andy-hampsten-2-single-image-cut.jpg

[bicimechanic]

I'm always drawn to the behind the scenes photos. But I have a ton of them...

http://rapharacing.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coppi-feature.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f6/a6/a7/f6a6a73f5a4b4febb8f7d8cb7d57eb8b.jpg

[echappist]

Surprised we haven't seen the Hampsten Gavia photo yet, so here it is. Not a great photo, IMO... The photo doesn't do justice to significance and epic conditions.

http://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/si/dam/assets/13/05/10/130510124234-andy-hampsten-2-single-image-cut.jpg

funny, we actually linked to the same picture :p

yep. this one for me as well. along with

http://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/si/dam/assets/13/05/10/130510124234-andy-hampsten-2-single-image-cut.jpg

[MattTuck]

Oh, I guess we have already seen it! whoops, missed in the scrolling.

[echappist]

the importance of the occasion merits it to be posted twice :)

[pdmtong]

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.imdserve.com/images/news/2013/04/02/1364919773319-j38oi1crr6oh-1200-80.jpg

[bikerboy337]

I've got this one framed in my office, along with the 1922 photo "Gates of Verdun" good stuff!


I dunno why, this one just does it for me, and I don't even smoke! Maybe it's the "we are pals" spirit that I like.

http://cdn.coresites.factorymedia.com/twc/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/an-intimate-portrait-of-the-tour-de-france-680x380.jpg

The copycats that come after...
https://www.healthandlovepage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Smoking-Cigarettes-Cycling-Featured.jpg

[colker]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f6/a6/a7/f6a6a73f5a4b4febb8f7d8cb7d57eb8b.jpg[/QUOTE]

De Vlaeminck is the coolest cat ever in this pic. It´s Rock Star flamboyance and he just smiles. NO effort required.
Rapha.. take notes.

[azrider]

Deja vu all over again

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=73640&highlight=favorite

[weisan]

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/styles/full/public/image/eddy-merckx-en-route-to-winning-his-fourth-tour-de-france-in-1972.jpg?itok=6fprSiVM

http://www.bicycling.com/sites/default/files/fck_content/boyer4-grouprace.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e9/a2/04/e9a204e7823211f3459a608afce6eaac.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/32/7e/77/327e77afaf36a1d783545db016efe072.jpg

http://cdn.velonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/LeMond.jpg

http://i1.wp.com/ciclismopassion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tumblr_mkqdkob1De1s2si15o1_500.jpg?fit=457%2C700

http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/488015186_1280x720.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3CSVmNAkHSk/TdyJMk8SngI/AAAAAAAAD0o/rXbp3IEA97o/s1600/7-11Huffy.jpg



http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1gs03OXXXXXXFXFXXq6xXFXXXE/-font-b-Bicycle-b-font-Bike-Marathon-Athlete-font-b-Old-b-font-Photo-font.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ny-s_0BbP2k/TSfvmuDX5BI/AAAAAAAACIs/nr6Fw3Nz5u0/s1600/image001.jpg

[CPP]

Is that Jonathan Boyer next to Van Impe?

[Red Tornado]

http://www.bikepartsreview.com/img/WorldChamps1989_GregLeMond.jpg
https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WATSON_00001575-630-c.jpg
Def the bottom pic. Love that face.

[Red Tornado]

Of course De Vlaeminck!

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f6/a6/a7/f6a6a73f5a4b4febb8f7d8cb7d57eb8b.jpg

De Vlaeminck is the coolest cat ever in this pic. It´s Rock Star flamboyance and he just smiles. NO effort required.
Rapha.. take notes.[/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly. Not taking anything away from the other top guys of that era, but the dude just oozes that cool tough guy image ...... for a cyclist.

[weisan]

Is that Jonathan Boyer next to Van Impe?

Yup.

[CPP]

Aside from whatever, he was a real pioneer!!

[crankles]

+1 one for any and all De Vlaeminck pics.
This one is my iphone skin at the moment

[Red Tornado]

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[BobC]

Anyone have the one where Bob Roll is riding in the muck & everyone else is on the cobbles during Paris - Roubaix?

[colker]

Anyone have the one where Bob Roll is riding in the muck & everyone else is on the cobbles during Paris - Roubaix?

It went on the cover of Mountain Biker

[ColonelJLloyd]

I always really liked these.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5191879419_54d23e7203_b.jpg

http://www.ilovebicycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/alcohol-and-training.jpg

[Louis]

Gotta be this one:

https://coresites-cdn.factorymedia.com/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Road-Cycling-Tattoo-Lance-Armstrong-lastangryfan.com_.jpg

[mcteague]

Many of my favorites have already been posted so here is one that has not.

https://www.merlincycles.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/LeMondHinault.1986.jpg

Tim

[colker]

The way he sits on the bike and grabs the bars: saddle is not way up there and everything is relaxed.

[crankles]

you got lance to take of his shirt...nice!

Gotta be this one:

https://coresites-cdn.factorymedia.com/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Road-Cycling-Tattoo-Lance-Armstrong-lastangryfan.com_.jpg

[Red Tornado]

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This one, too.

[colker]

+1 one for any and all De Vlaeminck pics.


Chuck Norris most prized posession is an autographed pic of RDV,

[rwsaunders]

Not in any particular order, but I've always like he pic of Eddy winning Milan San Remo in 1966 at 20 yo. Who would have known what lied ahead. Fausto just exudes coolness in all of his photos and the singing nun looks like she was running late to a Pete Seeger concert.

[bikinchris]

Personally, I prefer images I took. Here is Levi cresting a KOM of Sierra road in the Tour of California:

http://www.eaglewheel.us/images/Bicycle%20racing/Sierra%20Road%20KOM2a%20web.jpg

[weisan]

I know a lot of these is subjective, and we all have our personal "favorites".

Check out this Google search that I hit on this morning - it calls up some REALLY interesting results and pictures that I thought some folks might be interested.

https://tinyurl.com/hnv3ne8

[echappist]

I know a lot of these is subjective, and we all have our personal "favorites".

Check out this Google search that I hit on this morning - it calls up some REALLY interesting results and pictures that I thought some folks might be interested.

https://tinyurl.com/hnv3ne8

interesting that two photos of Cadel Evans rank higher than Hampsten on the Gavia

also this one
https://cyclehistory.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/1989.jpg

i wish i bought one of those Gage + de Soto shirts featuring this image

[teleguy57]

It went on the cover of Mountain Biker

One of my desktop backgrounds.

Andy the photos of Andy are always the best.

[AngryScientist]

I know a lot of these is subjective, and we all have our personal "favorites".

Check out this Google search that I hit on this morning - it calls up some REALLY interesting results and pictures that I thought some folks might be interested.

https://tinyurl.com/hnv3ne8

now, i wonder if the google results we all see are the same? doesnt google tailor search results based on what they think you're most looking for?

[cadence90]

https://www.barsport.net/img/upload/gimondi_roubaix.jpg

http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/images-all/photo-galleries-images/racers-images/zabel-erik/2004-m-sr-freire-zabel.jpg

http://www.steephill.tv/2014/strade-bianche/race-poster.jpg

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ps1Rlm86Jwk/VzyYz72V6jI/AAAAAAAAEVk/uaE1ujzHw0oclaTkXLjGos65DXw12lgZgCLcB/s1600/SPO3105-07_mediagallery-page.jpg

http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/methode_image/2014/02/10/Ciclismo/Foto%20Gallery%20-%20Trattate/CIC09F1SEMISCONT_2947125F1_25155_20120524160243_HE 10_20120525-kxYE--371x458@Gazzetta-Web_mediagallery-page.jpg
.
.

[weisan]

now, i wonder if the google results we all see are the same? doesnt google tailor search results based on what they think you're most looking for?

Here's what I saw on the first screen...

[colker]

Francesco Moser... can´t have enough of watching him riding.

[Tony T]

http://f.tqn.com/y/bicycling/1/S/J/7/-/-/albert_einstein.jpg

[colker]

Moser is still good looking..

[colker]

beautifull image

[colker]

class.

[Gummee]

I tried to find a pic of Davis Phinney at the start of some race, but it isn't coming up

M

[Tony T]

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2734868.1470112491!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/landis2.jpg

[Luwabra]

This has resonated w me since the moment I saw it. The suffering, the grit, the gravel, the giro, the Merckx, the trees, the whole thing is just the epitome of BA to me

[fiamme red]

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/racing-cyclists-felice-gimondi-of-italy-and-eddy-merckx-of-belgium-picture-id137063110

http://www.repubblica.it/images/2012/09/28/205857799-ea2854e9-03e3-4cea-acfb-fb5deab265dc.jpg

https://rideonblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/gimondi-poulidor-merckx-pingeon-color.jpg

http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/methode_image/2015/07/02/Ciclismo/Foto%20Gallery/035GIM2_mediagallery-page.jpg

https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1493/24605713745_d3c1f9df62_b.jpg

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ocana-gimondi-merckx-920.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/95/2a/01/952a0198541a4064208b0878d73ba757.jpg

[Mike V]

I tried to find a pic of Davis Phinney at the start of some race, but it isn't coming up

M

?

http://www.velominati.com/content/Reader%20Galleries/5431288855463/Phinney.jpg

[echappist]

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2734868.1470112491!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/landis2.jpg

he's eaten wayyyyyyy to many pot brownies

[Dead Man]

still cant find his bike

[oldpotatoe]

[QUOTE=ColonelJLloyd;2129514]I always really liked these.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5191879419_54d23e7203_b.jpg

HS, a SlingShot!!

[thirdgenbird]

This thread needs more Mario.

[colker]

This thread needs more Mario.

Yes!

[martl]

This thread needs more Mario.

yes!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_duzjJ0yJ9SA/TTM9zrChIXI/AAAAAAAAH5M/gAX5gDIUdY4/s1600/Scan+48.jpeg

[Russell]

http://inrng.com/medias/images/hinaultparisnice.jpg

mine too

[Shoeman]

he's eaten wayyyyyyy to many pot brownies

Plus a few to many Cheeseburgers after the Brownies!!!

[GregL]

Not a "classic" pic, but I always liked this one. LeBron James commuting to work. In this case, it was to avoid traffic during the Miami Marathon. Wearing helmet, gloves, and backpack just like most bike commuters. According to press reports, this wasn't a one-off event. At least during his time in Miami, her rode to work on multiple occasions.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0129/nba_t_lbj_cr_576.jpg

[Repack Rider]

One of the most iconic photos in MTB history. In 1977 I lined up with my friends before our big cross-country race on our modified Schwinn clunkers. I'm in the middle with Gary Fisher and Joe Breeze. We had no idea where this goofy hobby would lead us.

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp271/repackrider/Miscellaneous%20images/CK064_JR_Riboli%2016-rider_zps3r6eifsm.jpg (http://s419.photobucket.com/user/repackrider/media/Miscellaneous%20images/CK064_JR_Riboli%2016-rider_zps3r6eifsm.jpg.html)

[pncguy]

This has resonated w me since the moment I saw it. The suffering, the grit, the gravel, the giro, the Merckx, the trees, the whole thing is just the epitome of BA to me

Wait, wait! I thought Gravel Grinders were a new invention!

[Tony T]

Don't think I saw any Coors:

http://denverphotoarchives.com/blog/2011/images/060111_02340004.jpg

[Tony]

[QUOTE=Repack Rider;2129997]One of the most iconic photos in MTB history. In 1977 I lined up with my friends before our big cross-country race on our modified Schwinn clunkers. I'm in the middle with Gary Fisher and Joe Breeze. We had no idea where this goofy hobby would lead us.

Places like this! Love this photo!
https://goo.gl/photos/idzMJGUAoRXhAPr68

[tv_vt]

This one currently on Cyclingtips is great. Think it's from some early 1984 Classic.

[JasonF]

The moment our daughter taught her autistic brother to ride without training wheels....

[colker]

The moment our daughter taught her autistic brother to ride without training wheels....



Win. :banana::hello::D:beer:

[Buzz]

Passo di Gavia

[colker]

Passo di Gavia

JObst Brandt?

[Mshue]

What a great thread. I've really enjoyed these images. Thank you all for posting.

[mhespenheide]

If you're going to post images of Hinault, we need to include one from the iconic LBL.

More of the story here: https://ragtimecyclist.com/2013/09/13/crushing-victories-bernard-hinault-at-liege-bastogne-liege-1980/

[bikingshearer]

Fausto. Gino. Mountains. Nothing more needed.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/bikingshearer/coppi-bartali_zps6ae4dcb5.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/bikingshearer/media/coppi-bartali_zps6ae4dcb5.jpg.html)

[mhespenheide]

I'm also a fan of the landscape-style images that show the larger terrain. Here's one of my favorites, from Jered Gruber:

http://www.gruberimages.pro/index/G0000VFDmdDAxnDY/I0000CnbQLdcmuWc

[Repack Rider]

Pearl Pass, elevation 12,700' September 24, 1978.

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp271/repackrider/Miscellaneous%20images/CK043_RDA_C029_zpsrhfgqz20.jpg (http://s419.photobucket.com/user/repackrider/media/Miscellaneous%20images/CK043_RDA_C029_zpsrhfgqz20.jpg.html)

[ColonelJLloyd]

^ You cats were cool.

[bikerboy337]

I've been saving good photos for about 10 years now for my computer/screen saver background... here are a few of my favorites...

[choke]

I always liked these...

[Tickdoc]

I'm also a fan of the landscape-style images that show the larger terrain. Here's one of my favorites, from Jered Gruber:

http://www.gruberimages.pro/index/G0000VFDmdDAxnDY/I0000CnbQLdcmuWc

Yes, he and his wife take some amazing photos. Those two are doing it right, imo.

https://i2.wp.com/www.cycleboredom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jered-stelvio-switchbacks.jpg

[Tony T]

Didn't see any with "The Professor":

http://dailydsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150721-4-hinault.jpg
Laurent Fignon / Bernard Hinault / Greg LeMond

[martl]

These are not iconic pictures per se, but stills from "stars and watercarriers". Fuentes feeling nothing but pain after the finish line, Ritter in his hotel room bed, after the same stage. They were contenders, but got outclassed by Merckx for 10 resp. 8 minutes in a single stage, early at the Giro.

These pictures always encapsulated for me what competitive cycling also can be.

[rwsaunders]

The life of a professional team wrench...."and then we're going to come to this rather large col..."

[Steelman]

During the 2004 TDF, Livestrong Lance, chased down a harmless break containing Simeoni. Personally, this served as confirmation of his doping and bullying.


Why the chase? See this page, scroll down to feud with Lance Armstrong.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Simeoni

[kppolich]

http://www.cyclorama.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rex_95061a.jpg

[kramnnim]

I have a favorite cycling photographer, does that count? https://beardyscaravan.com/

[2wheelwill]

Always loved this one....the best Tour ever!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170222/e5af41b4115ae09cc95d0a9fc81a20a3.jpg

[nate2351]

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000Y0Pu4k.QuFg/fit=1000x750/A0000007L.jpg

Has to be this one.

[St2946]

Still crazy.

[Repack Rider]

Right place, right time. This is a photo that ran in my magazine, Fat Tire Flyer, one of the most iconic images in mountain bike history. Cindy Whitehead is in the third mile of a 50-mile race, and her saddle has already dropped off.

She won the race.

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp271/repackrider/Miscellaneous%20images/cindy1_zpss49fazq2.jpg (http://s419.photobucket.com/user/repackrider/media/Miscellaneous%20images/cindy1_zpss49fazq2.jpg.html)

[dancinkozmo]

http://allhailtheblackmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AT.jpg

[azrider]

Right place, right time. This is a photo that ran in my magazine, Fat Tire Flyer, one of the most iconic images in mountain bike history. Cindy Whitehead is in the third mile of a 50-mile race, and her saddle has already dropped off.

She won the race.

WOW.......super cool, thanks for sharing. Great pic!