LeMond is lazy



It's hard to believe a fatty master troll could have
this much success. But then it is the off-season.

It's too bad I didn't think of this earlier, I could
have posted a picture of the Fatty Master Breakfast of
Champions, leftover pizza (pepperoni and feta).

Bob Schwartz
 
Scott wrote:

> Geez, the guy spend his entire teens and early adult years starving
> himself (with the exception of a little ice cream that he was rumored
> to enjoy from time to time) to maintain a competitive weight as a
> competitive cyclist, and you expect him to worry about his weight now,
> as if he's some blundering masters' fattie chasing after a delusion of
> cycling greatness???
>
> I don't give a damn if he hits 300#.
>

I guess, to me, the shock is the overall fredliness the champ has taken
on. It looks like he even was wearing mtb shoes for chrissakes. Of
course, I guess it makes sense for a social ride of that type, but it,
the fred jersey, the fred shoes the fredly looking helmet and the spare
tire just make me wish I had never seen those photos. I need to hit
google images for a nice shot of the champ putting the hurt on his
rivals in the alps.
 
Try pricing one of those "fred" helmets. It's a Catlike.

Greg is getting fat. No doubt about it. So what? Did you see Eddy
Merckx a couple of years ago before the docs told him he better lose
weight or turn the business over to Axel soonest? Give Greg a chance to
look in the mirror and actually observe what 20 years of Minnesotta
food is doing to him. Remember that he's a California boy and used to
eat healthy food before having his head turned by a bossy and pretty
woman.
 
"Tom Kunich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Give Greg a chance to
> look in the mirror and actually observe what 20 years of Minnesotta
> food is doing to him. Remember that he's a California boy and used to
> eat healthy food before having his head turned by a bossy and pretty
> woman.
>

Are you actually blaming his wife for his girthiness?
 
Tom Kunich says...

>Give Greg a chance to look in the mirror and actually observe what
>20 years of Minnesotta food is doing to him.

Is Minnesotta a combination of Minnesota and Serotta?

>Remember that he's a California boy and used to eat healthy food before
>having his head turned by a bossy and pretty woman.

Ha! In his prime he talked about how he could eat anything - hot dogs, burgers,
tacos, etc. - and none of it affected his performance (or so he said). I still
have a few Lemond Taco Hell water bottles.
 
"John Rees" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Scott wrote:
>
>> Geez, the guy spend his entire teens and early adult years starving
>> himself (with the exception of a little ice cream that he was rumored
>> to enjoy from time to time) to maintain a competitive weight as a
>> competitive cyclist, and you expect him to worry about his weight
>> now,
>> as if he's some blundering masters' fattie chasing after a delusion
>> of
>> cycling greatness???
>>
>> I don't give a damn if he hits 300#.
>>
>
> I guess, to me, the shock is the overall fredliness the champ has
> taken on. It looks like he even was wearing mtb shoes for chrissakes.
> Of course, I guess it makes sense for a social ride of that type,

It was RAMROD: Ride Around Mt Rainier in One Day. 140 miles and 10,000ft
of climbing. If he did the whole ride, it ain't no social outing.

Phil H
 
Phil Holman wrote:

>
<snip>

RAMROD is 154 miles for the "original" course up to Paradise and then over
Cayuse Pass. The idiot option includes a short side trip up Chinook Pass
once you get to the top of Cayuse. But it is not a trivial one-day ride.

Besides, he doesn't look all that bad in some of the other pictures.

--
Bill Asher
 
William Asher wrote:

> Phil Holman wrote:
>
>>
> <snip>
>
> RAMROD is 154 miles for the "original" course up to Paradise and then
> over Cayuse Pass. The idiot option includes a short side trip up
> Chinook Pass once you get to the top of Cayuse. But it is not a
> trivial one-day ride.
>
> Besides, he doesn't look all that bad in some of the other pictures.
>

Phil:

After re-reading my post, I just want to make it clear I am agreeing with
you, not arguing.

--
Bill Asher
 
William Asher wrote:
> William Asher wrote:
>
> > Phil Holman wrote:
> >
> >>
> > <snip>
> >
> > RAMROD is 154 miles for the "original" course up to Paradise and then
> > over Cayuse Pass. The idiot option includes a short side trip up
> > Chinook Pass once you get to the top of Cayuse. But it is not a
> > trivial one-day ride.
> >
> > Besides, he doesn't look all that bad in some of the other pictures.
> >
>
> Phil:
>
> After re-reading my post, I just want to make it clear I am agreeing with
> you, not arguing.
>
> --
> Bill Asher
Bill, I'd bet that a 100lbs overweight Lemond could still ride just
about everybody here off his wheel if he wanted to. I just wish he
didn't seem to be so jealous and bitter. **** you can't change what the
other guys do, especially after you're done competing. Greg had to put
up with some real ****, and handled it pretty well IMO despite what
seems to be the prevailing Euro opinion that he's a whiner. He's not
helping wipe out that impression.
Bill C
 
Bill C wrote:

>
> William Asher wrote:
>> William Asher wrote:
>>
>> > Phil Holman wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > RAMROD is 154 miles for the "original" course up to Paradise and
>> > then over Cayuse Pass. The idiot option includes a short side trip
>> > up Chinook Pass once you get to the top of Cayuse. But it is not a
>> > trivial one-day ride.
>> >
>> > Besides, he doesn't look all that bad in some of the other
>> > pictures.
>> >
>>
>> Phil:
>>
>> After re-reading my post, I just want to make it clear I am agreeing
>> with you, not arguing.
>>
>> --
>> Bill Asher
> Bill, I'd bet that a 100lbs overweight Lemond could still ride just
> about everybody here off his wheel if he wanted to. I just wish he
> didn't seem to be so jealous and bitter. **** you can't change what
> the other guys do, especially after you're done competing. Greg had to
> put up with some real ****, and handled it pretty well IMO despite
> what seems to be the prevailing Euro opinion that he's a whiner. He's
> not helping wipe out that impression.
> Bill C
>

Yeah. He looks happy riding around though. And even if the general public
doesn't know who he is or remember the Lemond Screaming photo finish,
cycling folks do. Maybe he'll realize that as he gets older, that to those
who know cycling, he was great (at least to us Americans, you euro-folks
can go on thinking some guy with a name like Marcellielo Fanceepants was
better if you want to, but you're all essentially asian and living in
Paris).

--
Bill Asher
 
"Carl Sundquist" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:7nGnf.11609$SM5.10354@dukeread02...
>
> "Tom Kunich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> Give Greg a chance to
>> look in the mirror and actually observe what 20 years of Minnesotta
>> food is doing to him. Remember that he's a California boy and used to
>> eat healthy food before having his head turned by a bossy and pretty
>> woman.
>
> Are you actually blaming his wife for his girthiness?

No, I'm blaming mid-western food and a good wife.
 
"Bill C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Bill, I'd bet that a 100lbs overweight Lemond could still ride just
> about everybody here off his wheel if he wanted to. I just wish he
> didn't seem to be so jealous and bitter. **** you can't change what the
> other guys do, especially after you're done competing. Greg had to put
> up with some real ****, and handled it pretty well IMO despite what
> seems to be the prevailing Euro opinion that he's a whiner. He's not
> helping wipe out that impression.

Yeah, my only complaint about Greg is that he did seem to be upset a lot
about Lance. But we have to remember that Greg was a HUGE whiner from the
beginning. You just have to like him in spite of that flaw.
 
Tom Kunich wrote:
> Try pricing one of those "fred" helmets. It's a Catlike.

Diablo Scott wrote:
> Looks like a Briko to me. Cipo used to wear one like that on Acqua e
> Sappone

I used to have one of those Briko twinner helmets until I totally
totalled it in a crash and the section around the ear splintered and ended
up cutting off half my ear.
 
Donald Munro wrote:
> I used to have one of those Briko twinner helmets until I totally
> totalled it in a crash and the section around the ear splintered and ended
> up cutting off half my ear.

So you're saying the helmet made your head more aero?

Bob Schwartz
 
"Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Restated, I don't give a damn if he hits 300#, because it means nothing
> to the relevancy of his cycling legacy. Doesn't really mean much about
> how lazy, or not, he is, either.
>
Well, we've got a Lemond fan in the midst, and a rational one at that. I
remember reading in Velonews somebody complaining about how fat Merckx was.
I remember thinking "who the hell cares?" The man won nearly a third of all
races he entered as a pro, IIRC. Lemond was no Merckx, but he was awesome,
and that's all that matters.
 
Philip W. Moore, Jr. wrote:
> "Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > Restated, I don't give a damn if he hits 300#, because it means nothing
> > to the relevancy of his cycling legacy. Doesn't really mean much about
> > how lazy, or not, he is, either.
> >
> Well, we've got a Lemond fan in the midst, and a rational one at that. I
> remember reading in Velonews somebody complaining about how fat Merckx was.
> I remember thinking "who the hell cares?" The man won nearly a third of all
> races he entered as a pro, IIRC. Lemond was no Merckx, but he was awesome,
> and that's all that matters.
Damnit
You mean that you think it's OK to go ahead and relax, enjoy beer and
good food, and rest everything that aches and hurts after you got done
kicking ass for years? They're all supposed to stay focused, weigh and
plan all the food, maybe cut back to only 3 hours a day of training but
that's pushing it.
Living surrounded by great beer, pastries, food, and a culture based
on quality of life it's no real surprise that Eddy put on some pounds
for a while. What's more surprising to me is that more riders don't
struggle the way Jan does, especially right after retirement. After a
couple of decades of denying yourself all that stuff and working your
ass off it makes perfect sense to me that you would enjoy all the
things you'd missed, and so what if it packs on some pounds.
Bill C
 
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