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  1. email hidden said:


    When I want my bike to be lighter, like when I'm approaching a climb,
    I just put my water bottles in my pockets.

    POTM
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  2. In article <[email hidden]>,

    John Forrest Tomlinson said:
    email hidden said:


    When I want my bike to be lighter, like when I'm approaching a climb,
    I just put my water bottles in my pockets.

    POTM

    JT hasn't read "The Rider" by Krabbé! Or he forgot the Antequil story therein.

    Or he did, and thinks the reference is funny.

    Me go now,

    --
    Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
    "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
    to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

  3. Ryan Cousineau said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    John Forrest Tomlinson said:

    On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:15:57 -0700, "[email hidden]"
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    When I want my bike to be lighter, like when I'm approaching a climb,
    I just put my water bottles in my pockets.

    Quoted message said:

    POTM

    JT hasn't read "The Rider" by Krabbé! Or he forgot the Antequil story therein.

    Or he did, and thinks the reference is funny.

    Me go now,

    I suppose I could have combined stories and said one of the bottles is
    usually filled with lead to aid in descents.

    Joseph

  4. Ryan Cousineau schreef:

    Quoted message said:

    Antequil

    Ah, I see you were drunk when posting. Good.

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    E. Dronkert

  5. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Ewoud Dronkert said:

    Ryan Cousineau schreef:

    Quoted message said:

    Antequil

    Ah, I see you were drunk when posting. Good.

    Oh that it were true...in fact, I'm just illiterate.

    Certainly explains why I had trouble googling that story, though.

    In case anybody is as dumb as me: Anquetil.

    OTOH, I found out that the French phrase for a stage-win time bonus is
    "bonification."

    I will be very disappointed if rbr can't do something with that.

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    Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
    "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
    to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

  6. Ryan Cousineau said:

    OTOH, I found out that the French phrase for a stage-win time bonus is
    "bonification."

    That's what the podium girls are there for.

  7. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Robert Chung said:
    Ryan Cousineau said:

    OTOH, I found out that the French phrase for a stage-win time bonus is
    "bonification."

    That's what the podium girls are there for.

    Now that's what I'm talking about!

    --
    Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
    "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
    to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

  8. Ryan Cousineau said:
    Quoted message said:

    OTOH, I found out that the French phrase for a stage-win time bonus is
    "bonification."

    Robert Chung said:

    That's what the podium girls are there for.

    So Hincapie got a bonification.

  9. email hidden said:
    Michael Press said:

    In article
    <[email hidden]>,
    Bob Schwartz <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    William Asher wrote:
    > Anyway, WTF is all this talk of bottle cages? I thought all the cool
    > master-fatty people had full time-trial monocoque frames setups with no
    > cages and used Camelbaks instead.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Dumbass,

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    LANCE's TT bike had an internal camelback. Anything less is for
    trailer trash.

    Quoted message said:

    And the bicycle got lighter as the ride progressed.

    Quoted message said:

    --
    Michael Press

    When I want my bike to be lighter, like when I'm approaching a climb,
    I just put my water bottles in my pockets.

    Joseph

    The Young Ones attempting to change a light bulb.
    Neil is sent through the ceiling via a see saw.
    He craps himself.
    Vivian says: "don't worry, it won't change your overall weight".
    Brilliant!

    -bdbafh

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