Lance is too old

Now this is what I would call a troll, but what do I know, I can't even
read.
Curt

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to win his 6th Tour de France.

Krispy just doesn't have it anymore. He's past his prime, out of time,
and in decline.

Ullrich is entering his peak years. He will win this year.

You heard it here first. Pity it didn't happen five years ago. Then
Ullrich, a true campionissimo, would be feted as the best cyclist in
the world.

Cheerio,

Brian Lafferty

curt said:

Now this is what I would call a troll, but what do I know, I can't
even read.
Curt

It pleases me to see how fast you learn. We'll help you along a little bit
since you seem so humble.

Lesson 1 the letter "ö". The most dangerous of them all when used in the
word "öl" which means "beer" in swedish and "oil" in german.
Wonder if that is Jans problem? Lubing his chain with beer. Are there any
swedes on his team? Probably last year when he was riding for Bianchi. Aha!!
Now we know why he left Bianchi.

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Perre

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curt said:

Now this is what I would call a troll, but what do I know, I can't
even read.
Curt

It pleases me to see how fast you learn. We'll help you along a little bit
since you seem so humble.

Lesson 1 the letter "ö". The most dangerous of them all when used in the
word "öl" which means "beer" in swedish and "oil" in german.
Wonder if that is Jans problem? Lubing his chain with beer. Are there any
swedes on his team? Probably last year when he was riding for Bianchi.

Aha!!

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Now we know why he left Bianchi.

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Perre

So wich type/brand of beer makes the best lube?

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curt said:

Now this is what I would call a troll, but what do I know, I can't
even read.
Curt

It pleases me to see how fast you learn. We'll help you along a
little bit since you seem so humble.

Lesson 1 the letter "ö". The most dangerous of them all when used in
the word "öl" which means "beer" in swedish and "oil" in german.
Wonder if that is Jans problem? Lubing his chain with beer. Are
there any swedes on his team? Probably last year when he was riding
for Bianchi. Aha!! Now we know why he left Bianchi.

--
Perre

So wich type/brand of beer makes the best lube?

I think we'd have to ask Magnus Bäckstedt. Else I'd bet there is a beer
somewhere in Spain called Pedro's

--
Perre

You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

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curt said:

Now this is what I would call a troll, but what do I know, I can't
even read.
Curt

It pleases me to see how fast you learn. We'll help you along a little bit
since you seem so humble.

Lesson 1 the letter "ö". The most dangerous of them all when used in the
word "öl" which means "beer" in swedish and "oil" in german.
Wonder if that is Jans problem? Lubing his chain with beer. Are there any
swedes on his team? Probably last year when he was riding for Bianchi.

Aha!!

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Now we know why he left Bianchi.

--
Perre

So wich type/brand of beer makes the best lube?

Depends on who we're lubricating.

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Now this is what I would call a troll, but what do I know, I can't even
read.
Curt

NO, this is what happens when you overpost or obsess about cycling stars.
You start attacting your own following.

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to win his 6th Tour de France.

Krispy just doesn't have it anymore. He's past his prime, out of time,
and in decline.

Ullrich is entering his peak years. He will win this year.

You heard it here first. Pity it didn't happen five years ago. Then
Ullrich, a true campionissimo, would be feted as the best cyclist in
the world.

Cheerio,

Brian Lafferty

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Just curious Brian, what is the depth of your obsession? Do you have all the
TDF's videos from WCP where Lance won in the full 8 hour versions and do you
have the best Lance posters from Watson on the walls of your office? My old
LZ obsession pales in comparision to this Lance pied piper thing you have.
Have you met Lance in person and had photo opts with him? Autographs? Just
curious, not a dig. This is a fred to fred A to B conversation, C to Z can
stay out of it. Since others have repeatly brought up my LZ attaction, I
thought I would ask what winds your clock about Lance? He certainly isn't
everyones idol anymore.

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My obsession exists mostly in the mind of anonymous posters who have their
own obsessions.
But, to answer your questions:

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Just curious Brian, what is the depth of your obsession? Do you have all

the

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TDF's videos from WCP where Lance won in the full 8 hour versions and do

you

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have the best Lance posters from Watson on the walls of your office?

I have one 4 hour dvd of the 2001 Tour. (That purchase was motivated more by
having just gotten a new dvd player and there being little bicycle racing
dvd choice at WCP at that time. I do have all the historical dvds that WCP
carries--much more interesting that any of the Tour dvds) I have key
mountain stages from 2003 on tape off OLN. Most of my other OLN/ESPN/ABC
Tour tapes have been copied over with Disney Channel movies for my daughter.
No Watson posters at all, unless you consider Watson's calendar a poster, in
which case, I have one that was given to me. I suppose for July, that might
count as a Lance poster on my office wall. I also have an official 1979
Tour de France calendar that has some neat photos of Thevenet and DeLise.
At some point the dates and days should all match again, and I'll be able to
use that--if not in this life, then in a subsequent reincarnation.

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My old
LZ obsession pales in comparision to this Lance pied piper thing you have.

Really?

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Have you met Lance in person and had photo opts with him? Autographs? Just
curious, not a dig.

No, no and no. I do have George Hincapie and Eddy Merckx autographs in a
drawer somewhere.

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This is a fred to fred A to B conversation, C to Z can
stay out of it. Since others have repeatly brought up my LZ attaction, I
thought I would ask what winds your clock about Lance? He certainly isn't
everyones idol anymore.

What I find interesting and unfortunate is the way that the cycling press,
particularly english speaking, worships Armstrong and helps to create the
Lance Armstrong mythology. If you want an example of a fauning interview at
its best/worst, take a look at the Pez Cycling interview done earlier this
year. He's a good, one trick pony. The qualities that make him so good on
the bike, make him less desirable as a person. I look forward to Lance and
Sheryl doing a Cialis commercial for OLN in the years to come.

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"B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My obsession exists mostly in the mind of anonymous posters who have their
own obsessions.
But, to answer your questions:

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Just curious Brian, what is the depth of your obsession? Do you have all

the

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TDF's videos from WCP where Lance won in the full 8 hour versions and do

you

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have the best Lance posters from Watson on the walls of your office?

I have one 4 hour dvd of the 2001 Tour. (That purchase was motivated more

by

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having just gotten a new dvd player and there being little bicycle racing
dvd choice at WCP at that time. I do have all the historical dvds that WCP
carries--much more interesting that any of the Tour dvds) I have key
mountain stages from 2003 on tape off OLN. Most of my other OLN/ESPN/ABC
Tour tapes have been copied over with Disney Channel movies for my

daughter.

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No Watson posters at all, unless you consider Watson's calendar a poster,

in

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which case, I have one that was given to me. I suppose for July, that

might

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count as a Lance poster on my office wall. I also have an official 1979
Tour de France calendar that has some neat photos of Thevenet and DeLise.
At some point the dates and days should all match again, and I'll be able

to

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use that--if not in this life, then in a subsequent reincarnation.

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My old
LZ obsession pales in comparision to this Lance pied piper thing you

have.

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Really?

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Have you met Lance in person and had photo opts with him? Autographs?

Just

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curious, not a dig.

No, no and no. I do have George Hincapie and Eddy Merckx autographs in a
drawer somewhere.

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This is a fred to fred A to B conversation, C to Z can
stay out of it. Since others have repeatly brought up my LZ attaction, I
thought I would ask what winds your clock about Lance? He certainly

isn't

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everyones idol anymore.

What I find interesting and unfortunate is the way that the cycling press,
particularly english speaking, worships Armstrong and helps to create the
Lance Armstrong mythology. If you want an example of a fauning interview

at

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its best/worst, take a look at the Pez Cycling interview done earlier this
year. He's a good, one trick pony. The qualities that make him so good

on

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the bike, make him less desirable as a person. I look forward to Lance

and

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Sheryl doing a Cialis commercial for OLN in the years to come.

Don't you think Greg was much more likable guy then Lance? Lances charisma
seems to be zilth compared to Greg. Greg was funny and seems to have been a
cooler dube then Lance? Gregs temper seems to add to his character, for the
better it seemed. Everybody loved Greg, but not everybody loves Lance.

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Don't you think Greg was much more likable guy then Lance? Lances

charisma

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seems to be zilth compared to Greg. Greg was funny and seems to have been

a

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cooler dube then Lance? Gregs temper seems to add to his character, for

the

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better it seemed. Everybody loved Greg, but not everybody loves Lance.

No everybody loved Lemond. But Lemond was/is a classy gentleman. From what
I've read, it seems that his fellow riders in the peloton liked him as a
person far more than Armstrong is liked today. That is not to say that
today's riders don't respect Armstrong--at least in the Tour if not the
spring classics. Oh yes, I do have the 2003 LBL dvd. I bought it to see
Tyler throughout the race, but found that Armstrong's tactical nous was
hillarious.

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No everybody loved Lemond. But Lemond was/is a classy gentleman.

I suppose that was why people used to called him a stupid whiner.

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to win his 6th Tour de France.

Krispy just doesn't have it anymore. He's past his prime, out of time,
and in decline.

Ullrich is entering his peak years. He will win this year.

You heard it here first. Pity it didn't happen five years ago. Then
Ullrich, a true campionissimo, would be feted as the best cyclist in
the world.

Cheerio,

Brian Lafferty