I read therefore I am "JV"

[AgilisMerlin]

Is this guy really a DS ?

boooyah :banana:

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0115/oly_lg_slipstream8832_718.jpg

[paczki]

I guess he's trying to draw in his natural fan base -- cardiologists on expensive Provence wine/cycling tours.

[J.Greene]

I think it's funny that these freaky skinny racer types come back from Europe and think they are stylish.

JG

[BUTCH RIDES]

I think it's funny that these freaky skinny racer types come back from Europe and think they are stylish.

JG
his crib

[girlie]

Works for me.

[majorpat]

He looks like a dork. I'm more of a Bob Roll guy anyway...

[M.Sommers]

trying too hard = trying too hard

bro he's trying too hard.

(writing like fixed and loving it).

[majorpat]

not trying at all, really

[92degrees]

Eh. Give the guy a break. Clearly someone snuck up on him and took that picture.

[soulspinner]

Works for me.

Yeah, good ride, good book, three bottles of wine, fave lady playin footsie tellin ya how its gonna be later-oh got carried away... :p

[goonster]

His getup is distinctly English, and I don't know what that stuff is in his glass, but I spy a Chateauneuf du Pape!

Give me it! :beer:

[Dave B]

He looks like a dork. I'm more of a Bob Roll guy anyway...


My man!

[shinomaster]

I heart the BBC.

[david]

trying too hard = trying too hard

bro he's trying too hard.



yup.

[rphetteplace]

reminds me of a good friend of mine that is never without his "man bag"

After spending a couple days in St. Louis last fall and seeing him over several days with several different bags I said "Dude how many of those things you got" he told me "8" I told him "Dude you've got a purse collection" :banana:

[KonaSS]

Let's see

Former Ventoux record holder.....
Supporter or clean cycling......
Supporter of Juniors....
Has something other than Nascar taste and style......

Yep. Total D-bag in my book too. :confused:

[Big Daddy]

Dude gets it...

he is designing some argyle for the pockets of my jeans.

[paczki]

Let's see

Former Ventoux record holder.....
Supporter or clean cycling......
Supporter of Juniors....
Has something other than Nascar taste and style......

Yep. Total D-bag in my book too. :confused:

And because of all of these things, which most of us admire, the picture isn't funny? Still is pretty funny to me :banana:

[davids]

I think he's great.

Sorry he doesn't look like some of you think he should.

[girlie]

reminds me of a good friend of mine that is never without his "man bag"

After spending a couple days in St. Louis last fall and seeing him over several days with several different bags I said "Dude how many of those things you got" he told me "8" I told him "Dude you've got a purse collection" :banana:

it's called a "murse" = man-purse

I love the different sets of teapots in the background.
Image matches the uniforms = cool.

[72gmc]

JV is cool. Seems a strong individual with individual style. More individuals should be like that. Popular music would be better for it.

[J.Greene]

JV is cool. Seems a strong individual with individual style. More individuals should be like that. Popular music would be better for it.

The wrong chick was canned on American Idol last week.

JG

[rphetteplace]

it's called a "murse" = man-purse

I love the different sets of teapots in the background.
Image matches the uniforms = cool.

I laughed my arse off the first time I heard "manpri's" :banana:

[M.Sommers]

Let's see

Former Ventoux record holder.....
Supporter or clean cycling......


Therein lies the rub. One offers above, he was clean, loves cleanliness and he's Mr. Clean. The other side offers a very compelling and opposing view.

"I never wanted to make a moral judgment because you've got to understand why guys do it. Most of them weren't looking to win races or gain an advantage. They wanted to be competitive and keep their jobs. They didn't want to get fired. You can't condemn someone for that." -- Jonathan Vaughters, former road racer and now a team director [TIACREF], justifying doping in the pro peloton

Moreover, JV is quoted sternly in 'From Lance to Landis', the infamous instant messages he sent to Frankie Andreu, "It's not like I never played with the hotsauce, eh?"

Here:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/landis/instantmessage.html

[J.Greene]

I respect JV because he's never asked us to believe something that is not true unlike LA on his last tour podium.

JG



Therein lies the rub. One offers above, he was clean, loves cleanliness and he's Mr. Clean. The other side offers a very compelling and opposing view.

"I never wanted to make a moral judgment because you've got to understand why guys do it. Most of them weren't looking to win races or gain an advantage. They wanted to be competitive and keep their jobs. They didn't want to get fired. You can't condemn someone for that." -- Jonathan Vaughters, former road racer and now a team director [TIACREF], justifying doping in the pro peloton

Moreover, JV is quoted sternly in 'From Lance to Landis', the infamous instant messages he sent to Frankie Andreu, "It's not like I never played with the hotsauce, eh?"

Here:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/landis/instantmessage.html

[M.Sommers]

I respect JV because he's never asked us to believe something that is not true unlike LA on his last tour podium.

JG

LA = ;)

[majorpat]

I thought we were making fun of JV's get-up! Get back on track, people!

[shinomaster]

I thought we were making fun of JV's get-up! Get back on track, people!

Would you prefer him in camo holding a rifle?

[M.Sommers]

I thought we were making fun of JV's get-up! Get back on track, people!

Girlie digs it. And that's that. I disagree with Girlie, but she is the aficionado of all things in terms of studness/man related etc. Girlie has spoken.

[AgilisMerlin]

the dude' need a frickin pipe in his mouth.

ARGYLE and POWER mustaches ................ :banana:


millars milan diary

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2352678410_2b9f231cf6.jpg

http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2008/03/21/millar-chronicles-what-it-takes-to-win/

[shinomaster]

I look at that vignette of taste and culture with jealousy.

[majorpat]

C'mon shino, I've always thought your posts (even with multiple colors) were slick now this weak shot at, presumably, my forum moniker. You may be upset to hear that I don't eat raw meat and broken glass, nor shave with a K-Bar.

Didn't kill any living thing today (that I know of),
Pat

[david]

I think he's great.

Sorry he doesn't look like some of you think he should.

sorry, didn't mean to suggest he was a "D-bag" or that he's not great.
and i don't really have any particular thoughts about how he should or should not look.
just responding to the comment that he looks like he's trying too hard.
every time i see him he reminds me of a great line from that old show "30 something."
one of the characters referred to the other's tie as "tragically hip."
costumes make me giggle, that's all.

[Fixed]

as a young man j.v. liked to dress up
cheers

[shinomaster]

C'mon shino, I've always thought your posts (even with multiple colors) were slick now this weak shot at, presumably, my forum moniker. You may be upset to hear that I don't eat raw meat and broken glass, nor shave with a K-Bar.

Didn't kill any living thing today (that I know of),
Pat


Major Pat, I'm Joking! ;) I'd eat raw meat if I could btw....

[majorpat]

I knew I was tilting at windmills...maybe I should change my name, not a major anymore. Besides argyle and camouflage clash...

[girlie]

Girlie digs it. And that's that. I disagree with Girlie, but she is the aficionado of all things in terms of studness/man related etc. Girlie has spoken.

goodness gracious.....
the man is giving a clean cut and sophisticated look to cycling verses the bad boy image of Rock Racing....choose your side and sit with it.....for me it depends on my mood.....day or night......restaurant or club......

[shinomaster]

Major Pat...When I was in Junior high I built models of army stuff. It may interest you to know I really liked war machines. I built the following Tamiya Japanese models :

M1
M60A3
M48
German Leapord
German persolnel carrier (Marder)
IDF Merkava
M113 Zelda
IDF M60 blazer
US M113
Challenger (British)
Jeeps
T62

Jets:

f16
f4
f14 (Navy jets are cool)
f18
f15
A10
EA6B
F111
F5 tiger
MIG 25
Plus many others I have since forgotten and destroyed with a BB gun. What a moron. I was really good too.

[Alexi]

when my brother was a major, we gave him such grief for being "major tom"

bahhh not on topic but whateve's

[rphetteplace]

goodness gracious.....
the man is giving a clean cut and sophisticated look to cycling verses the bad boy image of Rock Racing....choose your side and sit with it.....for me it depends on my mood.....day or night......restaurant or club......

Cipollini rocks a suit
JV looks like a dork

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . with building the Slipstream team, as far as I'm concerned he can dress any way he d@mn well pleases . . .

BBD

[fiamme red]

A much more natural and unstudied pose:

http://www.philoconnor.com/portraits/images/laurent-fignon.jpg

[M.Sommers]

goodness gracious.....
the man is giving a clean cut and sophisticated look to cycling verses the bad boy image of Rock Racing....choose your side and sit with it.....for me it depends on my mood.....day or night......restaurant or club......

I don't dig dudes. I respect them though. I take all of this back...I do dig Cipollini. :D And you are spot on it that JV > RR, can't agree more.

Still, I enjoy the full scope of the convo; the topic of JV extends more to me than the threads he wearing.

I <3 Cipo. I'd love to party with that cat in Milan, snort EPO and chase women. KIDDING. :cool:

Edit: Did you dig on Richie Cunningham or Arthur Fonzerelli. :beer:

[rphetteplace]

I <3 Cipo. I'd love to party with that cat in Milan, snort EPO and chase women. KIDDING. :cool:[/QUOTE]

kidding to which part? :banana:

[M.Sommers]

I <3 Cipo. I'd love to party with that cat in Milan, snort EPO and chase women. KIDDING. :cool:

kidding to which part? :banana:[/QUOTE]

The EPO.

And I'd invite Fixed to party with us. He's a chick magnet. King could tag along too. :banana:

[Fixed]

A much more natural and unstudied pose:

http://www.philoconnor.com/portraits/images/laurent-fignon.jpg
yeah bro the prof. read comic books ,the other cats didn't read at all
cheers

[coylifut]

I knew I was tilting at windmills...maybe I should change my name, not a major anymore. Besides argyle and camouflage clash...

How about Majorpat Ret? If you were a character on Mash, which one would it be. Don't you dare say Hotlips Houlihan.

[shinomaster]

How about Majorpat Ret? If you were a character on Mash, which one would it be. Don't you dare say Hotlips Houlihan.


I bet he's Colonel Flag.

[coylifut]

I bet he's Colonel Flag.

Colonel Sam Flag - He was the best by far.

[shinomaster]

Colonel Sam Flag - He was the best by far.


"Charles Emerson Winchester III" shops at my gallery. He is a funny guy.

[coylifut]

"Charles Emerson Winchester III" shops at my gallery. He is a funny guy.

he lives in Portland? Wow. Who would have thunk it. One of the top 5 shows of all time. Not enough Flag on it though. The paranoid anti comie crazyness was great. Ok. Back on topic before Majorpat Ret. makes us skip the weekend ride and scrub the stairs with a toothbrush.
:) :) :)

[shinomaster]

he lives in Portland? Wow. Who would have thunk it. One of the top 5 shows of all time. Not enough Flag on it though. The paranoid anti comie crazyness was great. Ok. Back on topic before Majorpat Ret. makes us skip the weekend ride and scrub the stairs with a toothbrush.
:) :) :)


I think cleaning my bike is bad enough... :confused:

[BURCH]

His getup is distinctly English, and I don't know what that stuff is in his glass, but I spy a Chateauneuf du Pape!

Give me it! :beer:


He is drinking that purple label. I have $10 that says it is a Burgandy or heavens sake...a new world Pinot!!!

[AgilisMerlin]

his look harks back to the 70's and barney miller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSef8ObpfA4&NR=1

wide collars and wide ties

------------------------------------------------

Anthony Hanson, in the book 'Burgundy' states " Great Burgundy smells of sh-it. It is most surprising, but something the French recognized long ago. 'Ca sent Ca merde' and 'Ca sent purin', being common expressions on the Cote. Not always but frequently there is smell of decaying matter, vegetable or animal, about them."

http://www.nicks.com.au/Index.aspx?link_id=76.566

[goonster]

He is drinking that purple label. I have $10 that says it is a Burgandy or heavens sake...a new world Pinot!!!

In a Bordeaux-shaped bottle? PM me for an address to send those ten bucks. ;)

[MarleyMon]

I think JV was selling his saddle on ebay last week.

[andy mac]

He looks like a dork. I'm more of a Bob Roll guy anyway...


The Mini Van/Chino Brigade have spoken!

[majorpat]

How about Majorpat Ret? If you were a character on Mash, which one would it be. Don't you dare say Hotlips Houlihan.

Listen up, dirtbags, if I was in MASH, I would have been a cross between Lt Col Penobscot and Trapper. A hard a$$ and a smart a$$!

[shinomaster]

Listen up, dirtbags, if I was in MASH, I would have been a cross between Lt Col Penobscot and Trapper. A hard a$$ and a smart a$$!


What about Clinger? I heard you like pink chiffon?

[AgilisMerlin]

lets have a thumbfight, yo's :banana:

[majorpat]

Now that is one fine looking, hard-charger

[maunahaole]

Provoking the jarhead is always a good idea, yo.

[shinomaster]

M*A*S*H really was the best show ever.

[coylifut]

Listen up, dirtbags, if I was in MASH, I would have been a cross between Lt Col Penobscot and Trapper. A hard a$$ and a smart a$$!

Yes sir, right a way sir, what ever you said sir.
:) :rolleyes: :cool: :p :banana: ;) :butt:

[shinomaster]

Yes sir, right a way sir, what ever you said sir.
:) :rolleyes: :cool: :p :banana: ;) :butt:

Don't let that ferret face boss you around. :argue: