Lance says "Its not the Bike"

Lance should prove how much of a badass he is by riding the tour on a
unicycle. He would be my god if he could even complete it. I'd make a
temple in his honor.

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gold is friggin heavy, why would he 24k gold plate his bike?

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That's exactly what I was thinking.

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because hes special

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I dont think he would have a gold b*ke.Gold colored Maybe.

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Jean-Marie LeBlanc says "It's the race that makes the champion, not the
champion making the race".

I don't think riders like him don't need such nonsense.
Especially not if displayed in the same newsshows that shows about Dafur
and Bangladesh.

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TheBadger587 said:

*gold is friggin heavy, why would he 24k gold plate his bike? *

There's a bottom end weight limit for all bikers' bikes in the Tour de
France. Your bike must weight at least 14.96lbs. They probably had it
down to about 14.95, and decided to "pimp his ride". Also, to gold
plating is no more than 10 atoms thick, so the weight additions would be
negligable. Also, weight isn't neccessarily that big of a deal. If you
can win with a 6 minute lead, 3 pounds added to your bike is not going
to be the difference between a win and a loss. He honestly is good
enough to win ethier way. Just some food for thought.

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i imagine the saddle would be uncomfortable gold plated

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Seems like I heard somewhere that gold leaf is soooo thin, you could
take one ounce of gold and flatten it to cover a football field. So I
don't think it added much weight.

Lance da Man! I think he could win 8 or 9 TdF in a row. If he rode
unicycles, he'd have a gold plated Coker (or Blueshift).

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In that case the processing will be more costly than than the gold is.

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Memphis Mud said:

*gold leaf is soooo thin, you could take one ounce of gold and flatten
it to cover a football field. *

Yes, but why? It would create terrible condensation underneath; the
grass would be deprived of sunlight, and unable to photosynthesise; in
night time matches, the floodlights would reflect into the eyes of the
spectators, and the cameramen would have serious problems correcting the
exposure; finally, it would tear under the studs of the football boots,
and all the sharp edges might be a hazard. This is the worst idea I
have ever seen in this forum.

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Well, in the past years we've seen what some horses do when they see +/-
200 x 2 x 32 (or nowedays less) spokes are shining in the French sun....
they ran straight into the peleton!
Will see if I can capture some old video of it.

So even on the last day of the Tour risky.

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Mikefule said:

*

Yes, but why? It would create terrible condensation underneath; the
grass would be deprived of sunlight, and unable to photosynthesise; in
night time matches, the floodlights would reflect into the eyes of the
spectators, and the cameramen would have serious problems correcting
the exposure; finally, it would tear under the studs of the football
boots, and all the sharp edges might be a hazard. This is the worst
idea I have ever seen in this forum. *

Yes, but at least David Beckham might then have an excuse for kicking
the ball over the bar...

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