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post #53056 of 58625
3/29/12 at 8:50pm
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Originally Posted by Jono L View Post

Hey all you Old Skool Riders,

 

I am going to see Chris Boardman do a press release  on his new Bike range and talk them up etc. There will be a question and answer with him and Pete Jacobs who's a bit  of a gun Ironman

http://www.boardmanbikes.com/boardman/boardman_Pete_Jacobs.html

 

I've then got to write up an article afterwards. Got any good question ideas?? It can be anything,  topics I've got so far are

 

-General info behind the design of his new bikes

-Working with the ever changing UCI regulations (thanks lama) etc, was it a hindrance when he was GB tech director for the 2008 Olympics? What about now as a manufacturer? Is that why you are focusing on Ironmen??

-What about if people could still use the superman position? In general are UCI regulations holding back necessary innovation to keep cycling constantly evolving or are they ensuring the race remains one between cyclists as opposed to one between manufacturers?

-Thoughts going into London Olympics, something about how shit it is the pursuit is gone, will it attract the same interest with the omnium?

-With the Omnium being more specialised will that signifiy the slow death of track because it makes it much harder for road cyclists to come back to track racing with limited preparation?

-Does he think Sky can ride for Cav and Wiggins at the Tour?

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Any good old racing questions? Anything, anything at all..


- after a career that included a few yellow jerseys and stage wins in the Tour, trouncing folks in the Grand Prix des Nations for 5 minutes and several World Records for the hour and pursuit, does he feel miffed that he never won a Rolex on the Lancashire Road Club's Ramsbottom Rake hillclimb?

- given his form in 1996 at the time of the Ultimate hour record, how much would he have beat his then 25 mile (40km and change) RTTC competition record? How much quicker could he have gone during his decor setting ride given the use of a full aero bike and helmet and gears rather than fixed.

- which was physically hardest - the ultimate hour record on the Lotus bike or beating the "Merckx" record on a plain old' track bike.
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post #53057 of 58625
3/29/12 at 9:57pm
So I've been reading a lot about Conconni's involvement with CONI in the early 80's and blood doping, which spanned the years where Moser ended up getting the hour record and winning Giro and Milan San Remo in the same year and ending with Italy taking home a truck load of golds in the winter Olympic endurance events in 92. At the end of that period the likes of Chaippuchi and Roche were found guilty, due to records found, of EPO use and blood doping.

There are "rumours" that Conconni worked with several Italian teams during the 80's.

With that in mind - can any of the old timers name any Carerra riders that went onto achieve great success than they did at Carrera during the period 1980 to 1992?
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post #53058 of 58625
3/30/12 at 5:30am
Sorensen won Liege in 93 with Carrera, and won big races later.

Abdu maybe? Otherwise can't think of any.

Perini. Ghirotto. Bontempi. Visentini. Roche. All their best results were with carrera
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post #53059 of 58625
3/31/12 at 1:21am

Salvaged some old slides from the olds before they head off peddling

have I told you I was an astronaut once?

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post #53060 of 58625
3/31/12 at 1:42am

and that's the first time I've posted a dick shot on the internet

promise.

 

Woot.

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post #53061 of 58625
3/31/12 at 2:01am

Ilford, Agfa, Kodacolor - damn... that brings back the ol' days.

 

Astronaut - Houston, we have a problem...

 

Classo - I thought you might have been able to dig up something but your list matched mine... Hmmm.

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post #53062 of 58625
3/31/12 at 2:02am
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and that's the first time I've posted a dick shot on the internet

promise.

 

Woot.


iVirgin.
 

 

 

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post #53063 of 58625
3/31/12 at 2:03am
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Originally Posted by bbp View Post

and that's the first time I've posted a dick shot on the internet

promise.

 

Woot.



Aww aren't you cute in your little yellow safari suit. biggrin.gif

 

As for the dick shot ....... ROTF.gif

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post #53064 of 58625
3/31/12 at 4:52am
I looked it up swampy. We are massive tards. We forgot Tafi, and Pantani. Another one more obscure was Enrico Zaina
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post #53065 of 58625
3/31/12 at 6:29am

http://soundcloud.com/inertiamusic/the-bamboos-i-got-burned-2

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post #53066 of 58625
3/31/12 at 6:54am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekWFpl8bMJk

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post #53067 of 58625
3/31/12 at 8:07am

He reminds me a little bit of Kimi Raikkonen.

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post #53068 of 58625
3/31/12 at 8:10am

Actually yeah.

Fuck it.

Kimi for world champ this year.

 

Brave.

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post #53069 of 58625
3/31/12 at 2:37pm
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Actually yeah.

Fuck it.

Kimi for world champ this year.

 

Brave.


Very brave.  I reckon it'll be one of the Brits.

 

Oh, and can we have Dave Grohl for PM.
 

 

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post #53070 of 58625
3/31/12 at 5:35pm
I looked it up swampy. We are massive tards. We forgot Tafi, and Pantani. Another one more obscure was Enrico Zaina


Well, I did say 1980 to 1992...

... And after 92 blood doping really wasn't that obscure.
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