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  1. Original post
    Tom Kunich
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    #1

    I'm not associated with this book in any way. I was sent a copy to review
    and this is the review:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll Available from
    Workman Publishing Company workman.comworkman.com $11

    This is a paperback which is a preview of the 2004 Tour
    by Bob Roll.

    If you are an ardent Tour fan you probably already know most
    of the stuff that Bob goes into about the Tour except the
    reviews of the important individual stages.

    If you are a Bob Roll fan like I am then you could buy the
    book just to get some of Bob's over the top descriptions of
    Tour stuff such as "It would be only a slight overstatement
    to say that the maillot jaune is a symbol of triumph in the
    hardest physical challenge humans have ever invented (at
    least in the realm of sports)."

    Or speaking of Tullio Campagnolo's problems on the Croce
    d'Aune, he said that Tullio shouted, "Bisogno cambia
    qualcosa de drio!" (Something back there must change!) - I'm
    sure that Tullio was shouting something quite different as
    his frozen fingers refused to loosen the wingnuts then used
    to remove wheels. But Campagnolo was hardly likely to repeat
    such in polite company so the story changed.

    I liked the book though it reads like a good magazine
    article from the golden age of magazines - say the late 40's
    - when journalism was more important than advertisements.

    The Bob Roll phenomena shows no signs of letting up and
    perhaps I'll be able to get a ride in with Bob one of these
    days when my saddle sores heal and he happens to come back
    to his home town.

    Here's to Bob and long may he report bicycle racing on TV!
    And keep the books coming Bob. How about the story behind
    that picture on 118 of you topping the Col de la Columbiere?

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  2. John Everett
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    #2

    On Thu, 27 May 2004 17:57:23 GMT, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    I'm not associated with this book in any way. I was sent a
    copy to review and this is the review:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll

    Shouldn't it be called "The Tour Day France Companion"? ;-)

    jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net
    home.earthlink.net~jeverett3

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  3. Richard Adams
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    #3

    John Everett <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    I'm not associated with this book in any way. I was sent
    a copy to review and this is the review:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll

    Shouldn't it be called "The Tour Day France
    Companion"? ;-)

    I do believe that is the canon.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    The Bob Roll phenomena shows no signs of letting up ...

    (AP) Today thousands of the followers of Bob "Bobke" Roll
    took to the streets of cities across the nation, storming
    into book stores and demanding their copies of the much
    sought after Tour de France Companion. To chants of "Tour
    Day France" they subsequently sacked and pillaged book
    stores where surly staff and said they never heard of a [censored]-
    key and suggested customers might rather buy books
    concerning real sports such as baseball or football. As
    supplies at those stores, which had ordered the book, ran
    thin others were put to flame and effigies of store
    managers were hung in public squares. Tonight Los Angeles,
    New York, Chicago and Seattle are in flames as National
    Guard forces depleated by war in the Persian Gulf attempt
    to restore order.

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  4. John Bigboote
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    #4
    Quoted message said:

    (AP) Today thousands of the followers of Bob "Bobke" Roll
    took to the streets of cities across the nation, storming
    into book stores and demanding their copies of the much
    sought after Tour de France Companion. To chants of "Tour
    Day France" they subsequently sacked and pillaged book
    stores where surly staff and said they never heard of a
    [censored]-key and suggested customers might rather buy books
    concerning real sports such as baseball or football. As
    supplies at those stores, which had ordered the book, ran
    thin others were put to flame and effigies of store
    managers were hung in public squares. Tonight Los Angeles,
    New York, Chicago and Seattle are in flames as National
    Guard forces depleated by war in the Persian Gulf attempt
    to restore order.

    Damn. I was afraid that was going to happen...

    -jb

    --
    John Bigboote Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems "The Future
    Begins Tomorrow"

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  5. Steven L. Sheff
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    #5

    On 05/27/2004 11:57 AM, in article
    [email hidden], "Tom Kunich"

    Quoted message said:

    I'm not associated with this book in any way. I was sent a
    copy to review and this is the review:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll Available from
    Workman Publishing Company workman.comworkman.com $11

    Available for $8.76 from Amazon.com:
    tinyurl.com3yppt

    Quoted message said:

    This is a paperback which is a preview of the 2004 Tour by
    Bob Roll.

    If you are an ardent Tour fan you probably already know
    most of the stuff that Bob goes into about the Tour except
    the reviews of the important individual stages.

    If you are a Bob Roll fan like I am then you could buy the
    book just to get some of Bob's over the top descriptions
    of Tour stuff such as "It would be only a slight
    overstatement to say that the maillot jaune is a symbol of
    triumph in the hardest physical challenge humans have ever
    invented (at least in the realm of sports)."

    Or speaking of Tullio Campagnolo's problems on the Croce
    d'Aune, he said that Tullio shouted, "Bisogno cambia
    qualcosa de drio!" (Something back there must change!) -
    I'm sure that Tullio was shouting something quite
    different as his frozen fingers refused to loosen the
    wingnuts then used to remove wheels. But Campagnolo was
    hardly likely to repeat such in polite company so the
    story changed.

    I liked the book though it reads like a good magazine
    article from the golden age of magazines - say the late
    40's - when journalism was more important than
    advertisements.

    The Bob Roll phenomena shows no signs of letting up and
    perhaps I'll be able to get a ride in with Bob one of
    these days when my saddle sores heal and he happens to
    come back to his home town.

    Here's to Bob and long may he report bicycle racing on TV!
    And keep the books coming Bob. How about the story behind
    that picture on 118 of you topping the Col de la
    Columbiere?

    --
    Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks
    at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net bellum pax est libertas
    servitus est ignoratio vis est ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee
    sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch aitch tee tea pea colon [for
    word] slash [four ward] slash double-you double-yew double-
    ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash

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  6. Robert Chung
    Archived post
    #6
    Steven L. Sheffield said:
    Quoted message said:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll Available from
    Workman Publishing Company workman.comworkman.com $11

    Available for $8.76 from Amazon.com:
    tinyurl.com3yppt

    So you're saying that rather than saving $11 I'm actually
    only saving $8.76?

    Report
  7. Steven L. Sheff
    Archived post
    #7

    On 05/28/2004 12:26 AM, in article [email hidden], "Robert

    Chung said:
    Steven L. Sheffield said:
    Quoted message said:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll Available from
    Workman Publishing Company workman.comworkman.com $11

    Available for $8.76 from Amazon.com:
    tinyurl.com3yppt

    So you're saying that rather than saving $11 I'm actually
    only saving $8.76?

    That's exactly what I'm saying.

    --
    Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks
    at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net bellum pax est libertas
    servitus est ignoratio vis est ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee
    sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch aitch tee tea pea colon [for
    word] slash [four ward] slash double-you double-yew double-
    ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash

    Report
  8. Craig Brossman
    Archived post
    #8
    Tom Kunich said:

    I'm not associated with this book in any way. I was sent a
    copy to review and this is the review:

    The Tour de France Companion by Bob Roll Available from
    Workman Publishing Company workman.comworkman.com $11

    This is a paperback which is a preview of the 2004 Tour by
    Bob Roll.

    If you are an ardent Tour fan you probably already know
    most of the stuff that Bob goes into about the Tour except
    the reviews of the important individual stages.

    If you are a Bob Roll fan like I am then you could buy the
    book just to get some of Bob's over the top descriptions
    of Tour stuff such as "It would be only a slight
    overstatement to say that the maillot jaune is a symbol of
    triumph in the hardest physical challenge humans have ever
    invented (at least in the realm of sports)."

    Or speaking of Tullio Campagnolo's problems on the Croce
    d'Aune, he said that Tullio shouted, "Bisogno cambia
    qualcosa de drio!" (Something back there must change!) -
    I'm sure that Tullio was shouting something quite
    different as his frozen fingers refused to loosen the
    wingnuts then used to remove wheels. But Campagnolo was
    hardly likely to repeat such in polite company so the
    story changed.

    I liked the book though it reads like a good magazine
    article from the golden age of magazines - say the late
    40's - when journalism was more important than
    advertisements.

    The Bob Roll phenomena shows no signs of letting up and
    perhaps I'll be able to get a ride in with Bob one of
    these days when my saddle sores heal and he happens to
    come back to his home town.

    Here's to Bob and long may he report bicycle racing on TV!
    And keep the books coming Bob. How about the story behind
    that picture on 118 of you topping the Col de la
    Columbiere?

    Tom, Nice review. Are you a local? You know Durango, you
    know everyone in town, but only by first name.

    --
    Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

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  9. Tom Kunich
    Archived post
    #9

    "Craig Brossman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Tom, Nice review. Are you a local? You know Durango, you
    know everyone in town, but only by first name.

    Hey Craig, Bob and I both hail from Oakland, CA. While he
    was frightening people in north Oakland I was in east
    Oakland but I AM a bit older.

    Bob got his legs from the Oakland hills rides and not from
    Durango where he went after he was washed up.

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  10. Steven L. Sheff
    Archived post
    #10

    On 05/31/2004 01:44 PM, in article
    [email hidden], "Tom Kunich"

    Quoted message said:

    "Craig Brossman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Tom, Nice review. Are you a local? You know Durango, you
    know everyone in town, but only by first name.

    Hey Craig, Bob and I both hail from Oakland, CA. While he
    was frightening people in north Oakland I was in east
    Oakland but I AM a bit older.

    Bob got his legs from the Oakland hills rides and not from
    Durango where he went after he was washed up.

    And yet at your best, you would never have been able to
    touch even a washed-up Roberto Panini/Il Vecchio Bobcchi

    --
    Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks
    at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net bellum pax est libertas
    servitus est ignoratio vis est ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee
    sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch aitch tee tea pea colon [for
    word] slash [four ward] slash double-you double-yew double-
    ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash

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  11. Craig Brossman
    Archived post
    #11
    Tom Kunich said:

    "Craig Brossman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Tom, Nice review. Are you a local? You know Durango, you
    know everyone in town, but only by first name.

    Hey Craig, Bob and I both hail from Oakland, CA. While he
    was frightening people in north Oakland I was in east
    Oakland but I AM a bit older.

    Bob got his legs from the Oakland hills rides and not from
    Durango where he went after he was washed up.

    I knew he was not born here, but he is certainly local
    now. I understand he is no longer pro, but that he is
    pretty strong still. Does the occasional Tuesday nite
    ride, A group(at least last year), and riding hard in the
    front with Ned.

    --
    Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

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