#16
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Jeff |
#17
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
|
#18
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
The NFL is incredibly good at PR and controlling images & the media, I wouldn't put it past them. |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Kind of surprised that after all this time he is still calling out lance. Move on.
|
#20
|
|||
|
|||
When you go to Rome you either do as the Romans do or crawl back home and complain about how you coulda been a contendah.
|
#21
|
|||
|
|||
I sat next to Axel Merckx on a flight between Rome and Olbia (Sardinia) in 2007. The plane was full of Giro riders. We had a long talk about life, family, and retirement. He was retiring after that season, he said it was a good time to go. Their designated team leader, Hontschar, was not riding due to blood "problems", so they were basically looking for stages but didn't have any riders for that either. Merckx was the road captain and could see the writing on the wall. The team was disbanded by fall. He's made a nice transition as team director for development teams. It doesn't hurt to have a good last name as well. I saw him again about a year later and he remembered me by name.
|
#22
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Hanging out after cross races you see pro's load the gear into a van or car and head out. Same crap. God bless these poor struggling schmucks. |
#23
|
||||
|
||||
I did something similar in my early twenties and I look back at that being a very good time in my life despite the daily struggles. It would be much too hard with a family back home, but, the traveling all over on a shoestring was a fun time. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.
__________________
Old'n'Slow |
|
|