Is Kerry a Fred?

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> Is he riding the bike for votes? Yes.
>
> Is he riding the bike even if it costs him votes? No.
>
He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe that he
has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times. It
offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to Provincetown. The
one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release last year
that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have changed, I
don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying that you
finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to beat people
when they don't know that they are racing.
 
>From: "RWM" [email protected]

>He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe that he
>has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times. It
>offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to Provincetown. The
>one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release last year
>that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have changed, I
>don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying that you
>finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to beat people
>when they don't know that they are racing.

I'm not a Kerry fan by any stretch of the imagination, but at least he's out
riding. Maybe if he's elected we wont have to fight so hard for ISTEA, and
cycling provisions every year.
Bill C
 
"TritonRider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >From: "RWM" [email protected]
>
> >He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe that
he
> >has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times. It
> >offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to Provincetown.
The
> >one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release last
year
> >that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have changed, I
> >don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying that
you
> >finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to beat
people
> >when they don't know that they are racing.
>
> I'm not a Kerry fan by any stretch of the imagination, but at least he's
out
> riding. Maybe if he's elected we wont have to fight so hard for ISTEA, and
> cycling provisions every year.
> Bill C

I agree that it would be great to have a cycling president
 
"TritonRider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >From: "RWM" [email protected]
>
>>He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe that
>>he
>>has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times. It
>>offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to Provincetown.
>>The
>>one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release last
>>year
>>that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have changed, I
>>don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying that
>>you
>>finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to beat
>>people
>>when they don't know that they are racing.
>
> I'm not a Kerry fan by any stretch of the imagination, but at least he's
> out
> riding. Maybe if he's elected we wont have to fight so hard for ISTEA, and
> cycling provisions every year.
> Bill C

I hear that Kerry is getting a tandem and is going to enlist Ted Kennedy as
stoker! <G>

Henry Etta
 
In article <[email protected]>,
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> > > http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040502SRS101
> > >
> > > serotta bike, what looks like assos shorts, matched with a t-shirt. you
> > decide.
> >
> > Yeah he's a Fred. I can't believe his PR people don't have him on a USPS
> > Trek 5900 and USPS team kit. Or would that be even more Fredly?

> At least he rides. Acording to the article from the original link he
> does ride as often as he can.
>
> Clinton and Bush used to run. After a while in the Whitehouse much
> less of that was seen from either.

By all accounts Bush is still a pretty habitual runner; he may do more
treadmill work these days, or it may just be that the 50th photo of the
President out for his morning jog isn't very newsworthy.

At least the exercise routines that Bush and Kerry use seem to work.

But, will Kerry ride to work if he becomes President?
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President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club
 
"Ryan Cousineau" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Richard Adams) wrote:
>
> > "Gooserider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > "otto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > "Callistus Valerius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:<5%[email protected]>...
>
> > > > http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040502SRS101
> > > >
> > > > serotta bike, what looks like assos shorts, matched with a t-shirt.
you
> > > decide.
> > >
> > > Yeah he's a Fred. I can't believe his PR people don't have him on a
USPS
> > > Trek 5900 and USPS team kit. Or would that be even more Fredly?
>
> > At least he rides. Acording to the article from the original link he
> > does ride as often as he can.
> >
> > Clinton and Bush used to run. After a while in the Whitehouse much
> > less of that was seen from either.
>
> By all accounts Bush is still a pretty habitual runner; he may do more
> treadmill work these days, or it may just be that the 50th photo of the
> President out for his morning jog isn't very newsworthy.
>
> At least the exercise routines that Bush and Kerry use seem to work.
>
> But, will Kerry ride to work if he becomes President?
>
Bush is also a gym rat. Big lifter. Doesnt' look like Kerry knows a dumbbell
from a dinner bell. Did you see how scrawny his legs are? Get that man to
the squat rack, pronto. :)
 
"Chris" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "MortDubois" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > He's not a Fred. I would just say he's a guy on a bike, happens to
> > have a nice frame, so just let him ride w/o judgement.
>
> As stated eslewhere makes you a Fred too.
>
> > (Maybe there
> > should be another word for people who don't particulary care if they
> > have the perfect bike/clothing/accessory setup, and would rather
> > ride.)
>
> We already have a word for that, now don't we? You miss the point entirely.
> Anyone that buys a race bike and uses it to tool around is a Fred.

If you can afford a nice bike and you like it, that's what you should
ride, even if it's a racing bike. Racing bikes feel good, they feel
fast.

> > Freds aren't the menace that you would think from reading this
> > NG. In my experience, stuck up asshole racers far outnumber Freds,
> > and do a lot more to harm the sport.
> >
> > Mort
>
> This is true, but they are still Freds.

A Fred is anyone that you can find an excuse to feel superior to, even
if they are faster than you.

JP
 
Ryan Cousineau wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Richard Adams) wrote:
>
>
>>"Gooserider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:<[email protected]>...
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>>>"otto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>"Callistus Valerius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040502SRS101
>>>>
>>>>serotta bike, what looks like assos shorts, matched with a t-shirt. you
>>>
>>>decide.
>>>
>>>Yeah he's a Fred. I can't believe his PR people don't have him on a USPS
>>>Trek 5900 and USPS team kit. Or would that be even more Fredly?
>
>
>>At least he rides. Acording to the article from the original link he
>>does ride as often as he can.
>>
>>Clinton and Bush used to run. After a while in the Whitehouse much
>>less of that was seen from either.
>
>
> By all accounts Bush is still a pretty habitual runner; he may do more
> treadmill work these days, or it may just be that the 50th photo of the
> President out for his morning jog isn't very newsworthy.
>
> At least the exercise routines that Bush and Kerry use seem to work.
>
> But, will Kerry ride to work if he becomes President?

You know they have tunnels and stuff under the Whitehouse. Maybe he'll
get a subterranean velodrome put in and he and the Sekrit Service agents
will ride crits!
 
JP wrote:

> "Callistus Valerius" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<5%[email protected]>...
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>>http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/05/02/kerr
>>y_uninjured_in_fall_from_bicycle?mode=PF
>>
>>At least he didn't blame the secret service agents.
>>----------
>>
>>This story would be of great interest to rbr participants I would suspect
>>http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGALVR3VRTD.html
>
>
> Compare to Bush falling off of a Segway:
>
> http://www.bikexprt.com/witness/product/bushfalls.htm
>
> JP

Probably lost some equillibrium thanks to the 20 years of drug and
alcohol abuse before he 'grew up' at forty.
 
"Henry Etta" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>>
> I hear that Kerry is getting a tandem and is going to enlist Ted Kennedy
as
> stoker! <G>

In Teddy's case that would be a porker!
 
> He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe
that he
> has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times.
It
> offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to
Provincetown. The
> one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release
last year
> that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have
changed, I
> don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying
that you
> finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to
beat people
> when they don't know that they are racing.

I just have to ask: does he shave? If so he can rule out any Texas
votes.


"RWM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "TM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Callistus Valerius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:5%[email protected]...
> >
> > Is he riding the bike for votes? Yes.
> >
> > Is he riding the bike even if it costs him votes? No.
> >
> He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe
that he
> has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times.
It
> offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to
Provincetown. The
> one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release
last year
> that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have
changed, I
> don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying
that you
> finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to
beat people
> when they don't know that they are racing.
>
>
 
"Henry Etta" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<J8Elc.26118$Ik.1747279@attbi_s53>...
> "TritonRider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > >From: "RWM" [email protected]
>
> >>He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe that
> >>he
> >>has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times. It
> >>offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to Provincetown.
> >>The
> >>one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release last
> >>year
> >>that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have changed, I
> >>don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying that
> >>you
> >>finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to beat
> >>people
> >>when they don't know that they are racing.
> >
> > I'm not a Kerry fan by any stretch of the imagination, but at least he's
> > out
> > riding. Maybe if he's elected we wont have to fight so hard for ISTEA, and
> > cycling provisions every year.
> > Bill C
>
> I hear that Kerry is getting a tandem and is going to enlist Ted Kennedy as
> stoker! <G>
>
> Henry Etta

As long as they don't try to cross any bridges....
 
[email protected] (MortDubois) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Henry Etta" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<J8Elc.26118$Ik.1747279@attbi_s53>...
> > "TritonRider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > >From: "RWM" [email protected]
>
> > >>He is a long time rider..and not doing it just for show. I believe that
> > >>he
> > >>has participated in a Jimmy Fund Annual Fundraiser in MA many times. It
> > >>offers different routes but the main one is Sturbridge to Provincetown.
> > >>The
> > >>one thing I don't like is that his office sent out a press release last
> > >>year
> > >>that he was the thirty something finisher. Unless things have changed, I
> > >>don't think that there is any race component in the event. Saying that
> > >>you
> > >>finished 37th is really lame if it wasn't a race. It is easy to beat
> > >>people
> > >>when they don't know that they are racing.
> > >
> > > I'm not a Kerry fan by any stretch of the imagination, but at least he's
> > > out
> > > riding. Maybe if he's elected we wont have to fight so hard for ISTEA, and
> > > cycling provisions every year.
> > > Bill C
> >
> > I hear that Kerry is getting a tandem and is going to enlist Ted Kennedy as
> > stoker! <G>
> >
> > Henry Etta
>
> As long as they don't try to cross any bridges....

Like Chappaquiddick?

Has Kerry ever been busted for DUI? Dubya is the only one I know of,
between Bush & Kerry, busted in New England for driving while pickled.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html
 
On 05/04/2004 08:48 AM, in article [email protected],
"Ronald" <[email protected]> wrote:


> I just have to ask: does he shave? If so he can rule out any Texas
> votes.



Lance shaves, and I'll be he'd win Texas in a 3-way race with Bush and
Kerry.


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Steven L. Sheffield wrote:

> On 05/04/2004 08:48 AM, in article [email protected],
> "Ronald" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>I just have to ask: does he shave? If so he can rule out any Texas
>>votes.
>
>
>
>
> Lance shaves, and I'll be he'd win Texas in a 3-way race with Bush and
> Kerry.
>
>


I always thought Jonathan Vaughters could have gone 20% faster if he'd
have shaved his arms.
 
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> >
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/05/02/kerr
> > y_uninjured_in_fall_from_bicycle?mode=PF
> >
> > At least he didn't blame the secret service agents.
> > ----------
>
> http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040502SRS101
>
> serotta bike, what looks like assos shorts, matched with a t-shirt. you
decide.

T-shirt = (University of Wisconsin) - Milwaukee Panthers. That's my alma
mater. Far out.
--
Marty
 
> A Fred is anyone that you can find an excuse to feel superior to, even
> if they are faster than you.
>
> JP

Nope. A Fred is a big dorky looking douche that tools around after
their cat. 4 race and talks about getting boxed in during the sprint,
otherwise they would have won.


You're welcome
 
"Marty" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
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> > >
> http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/05/02/kerr
> > > y_uninjured_in_fall_from_bicycle?mode=PF
> > >
> > > At least he didn't blame the secret service agents.
> > > ----------
> >
> > http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040502SRS101
> >
> > serotta bike, what looks like assos shorts, matched with a t-shirt. you
> decide.
>
> T-shirt = (University of Wisconsin) - Milwaukee Panthers. That's my alma
> mater. Far out.


I thought you folk said, "Farm out". Do the university cycling team
wear helmets of a cheese or beer motif?
 
RWM wrote:

> "Henry Etta" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:J8Elc.26118$Ik.1747279@attbi_s53...
>
>>I hear that Kerry is getting a tandem and is going to enlist Ted Kennedy
>
> as
>
>>stoker! <G>
>
>
> In Teddy's case that would be a porker!
>
>

I think the appropriate term is 'Ballast'
 
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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/05/02/kerr
> > > > y_uninjured_in_fall_from_bicycle?mode=PF
> > > >
> > > > At least he didn't blame the secret service agents.
> > > > ----------
> > >
> > > http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040502SRS101
> > >
> > > serotta bike, what looks like assos shorts, matched with a t-shirt.
you
> > decide.
> >
> > T-shirt = (University of Wisconsin) - Milwaukee Panthers. That's my
alma
> > mater. Far out.
>
>
> I thought you folk said, "Farm out". Do the university cycling team
> wear helmets of a cheese or beer motif?

My Cheese hat for a bike helmet?! Farm out that's a great idea! Just about
spit my beer out when I read that, but I'd never waste beer that way.

Thanks!
--
Marty
 
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