New helmet

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

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E. Dronkert

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

I hope so - otherwise, it would be so ugly they'd have to revoke his
Italian citizenship.

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

With his head, maybe he'll wear both.

Robert Chung said:

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

With his head, maybe he'll wear both.

They already have to special order his hats.

Great rider though.

Ron

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Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

The frightening thing is I believe you.

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Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

Don't forget the rainbow shoes!

Smokey

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

Ghastly?! Au contraire, mon ferret. It's beyond the financial
resources of most riders to have a fully matched bike and accessories.
Replicating decals, changing sponsorship, etc., drive up the cost.
Running down to the local hardware store to buy a can of gold spray
paint is a cheap and effective way to have perfectly matched
accessories. It also helps to camouflage stolen bikes. Very chi-chi
in inner cities. The Dutch do it with yellow bikes.

R

RicodJour said:

It also helps to camouflage stolen bikes. Very chi-chi
in inner cities. The Dutch do it with yellow bikes.

Ewoud has a yellow bike ?

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

I forgot the Italian flag.
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/zurich06/zurich06-bettini.jpg

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E. Dronkert

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Ewoud Dronkert said:

Donald Munro said:

Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
olympic gold helmet ?

Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

I forgot the Italian flag.

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/zurich06/zurich06-bettini.jpg

You could /not/ make it up! The guy is a parody of himself.

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Ewoud Dronkert

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Ewoud Dronkert said:

Donald Munro wrote:
> Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
> olympic gold helmet ?

Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

I forgot the Italian flag.

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/zurich06/zurich06-bettini.jpg

You could /not/ make it up! The guy is a parody of himself.

I hate to say it, but I think it looks pretty good.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/oct06/zurich06/index.php?id=/photos/2006/oct06/zurich06/16

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John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Ewoud Dronkert

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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> Donald Munro wrote:
>> Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
>> olympic gold helmet ?
>
> Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

I forgot the Italian flag.

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/zurich06/zurich06-bettini.jpg

You could /not/ make it up! The guy is a parody of himself.

I hate to say it, but I think it looks pretty good.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/oct06/zurich06/index.php?id=/photos/200
6/oct06/zurich06/16

It is kind of busy, but it looks better than the all gold version from most
angles I've seen it from.

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Howard

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In article <[email hidden]>,

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Ewoud Dronkert

(') said:

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> Donald Munro wrote:
>> Does this mean Bettini gets a rainbow helmet to replace that ghastly
>> olympic gold helmet ?
>
> Prediction: gold with rainbow stripes.

I forgot the Italian flag.

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/zurich06/zurich06-bettini.jpg

You could /not/ make it up! The guy is a parody of himself.

I hate to say it, but I think it looks pretty good.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/oct06/zurich06/index.php?id=/photos/200
6/oct06/zurich06/16

JT, that makes you king of the aesthetic dumbasses. Bettini, as the guy
who wears it, is your emperor.

I would give my eyeteeth to have the kind of palmares required to
legitimately earn all those insignia, but the result is so bad as to
spawn a neologism:

Bettini helmet: noun.

1. An object, however earned, so ugly that it inspires awe

2. Any circumstance so disastrous it begs comparison to Paolo Bettini's
nine-colour helmet.

Usage:

1. "Colnago showed a machine at Interbike painted by Thomas Kinkade. It
was a Bettini Helmet in light."

2. "So, at the first obstacle of the cyclocross race, Matt Chater failed
to dismount and fell between the barriers in the middle of the pack.
After that it was a total Bettini helmet."

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