Anatomy of a Photo: Things That Are Hard To Come By
Museeuw rockin’ the bands riding with Cipo decked out in yellow as he twists one up. There are only two things cooler than this and both of them are impossible to get. One is Led Zeppelin playing at your shitty graduation party in the late 70’s and the other is one of those awesome Coca Cola bidons. Fuck yeah!
@frank
Spinaci? Just because they were the balls in 1997 and the pros use them doesn’t excuse putting them on a bike. Next you’ll be advocating bib tights with ankle straps or playing soccer in budgie smugglers. Areobars for those who couldn’t phantom aerobar.
@RedRanger
It’s the very thought of cycling within a week of having a few smokes that keeps me down to very occasional drunk smoking. And the idea of cycling within a few days of drinking is equally unappealing so I rarely smoke these days.
@Chris
When the FUCK did I advocate for them? I was simply pointing out they are not aero bars, they are spinaci bars, which are very different and were road-race legal in the 90’s. Aero bars are for TT events and Triathlons and have never been road-race legal.
Here’s an AOP we did on them way back when.
@Chris
I suppose this is as good a time as any, huh? Though the branches do cover up any hard evidence of said smoking.
@Sauterelle
You should not feel at all bashful about posting up pics of dudes like that. With all the semi-nude women that get chucked up here at a nearly constant clip, its about time these blokes got a taste of their own medicine!
@Mark1
Spot the difference…
@frank
I assume he was drunk at the time.
And for a more recent episode (from Cycling Tips) @ LIÈGE – BASTOGNE – LIÈGE.
Yeah, I went there.
@frank
Good photoshopping! As I said, very rarely. That was the last time.
I was just pulling your chain on the Spinacis, they’re just rather ugly.
Still can’t get over the fact that you’ve posted a picture of a game of soccer.
@RedRanger
I wouldn’t say drunk, but beer had been consumed.
Oh my. I hope that’s IL’s butthair and not poor hygiene.
@Chris
Don’t worry mate. A couple of weeks ago I was out with friends. Got emergency eye patch drunk and had a few smokes. First in a few years. Luckily it’s something I am capable I turning off. When I stopped smoking a few years ago, I went from a pack a day of non filtered to the next day nothing.
@Sauterelle
God DAMN!!! Where the hell has this thread gone? I make a motion to delete the last two hours of posts from this thread and if I could only delete them from my memory I might just make it out without too much PTSD.
@RedRanger
What the fuck does that mean? Never heard that expression before.
@Buck Rogers
It’s a joke amongst my friends. It’s when your so drunk you can only focus one eye. So we joke that we keep an eye patch in the glove box
So we can drive home on one eye. I don’t advocate it at all.
“Hey Johan – do you think the bolt in my hand does something important on my Cannondale?”
@Sauterelle
Super Marios butt I can stand, in fact, it makes me a little envious. The shit-stained butts of those blokes, on the other hand, are tough to endure.
Its a game of over/under between how many new pics get posted up to bury it and when I edit that comment to hide the photo in a link.
@Chris
Thats very well done, except all I see is how poorly fitted to his bike the Ritte guy on the left is.
@the Engine
+1!
No idea where to post this but it is a VERY worthy story about the great Moser riding in NYC over the weekend.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-francesco-moser-jumps-in-new-york-race
Maybe salavge a bit of this thread while we can!
@RedRanger
Thats like my joke that the problem with driving drunk is that you swerve. But the good news is that the road is twice as wide, so its OK.
I also do not condone operating a vehicle while consuming alcohol. But that joke makes me laugh every time. And we all know the sign of a good joke is that it stays funny no matter how many times you tell it.
Clearly Cipo is loading not twisitng one. Geez.
@Chris
@RedRanger
Ahhh, track’in now. Pretty good expression that actually makes physiologic sense if you have an underlying eye alingment disorder. I will have to remember to share that with my residents tomorrow and maybe even test the theory out tonight!
@Buck Rogers
Test the cross-eyeness, not the drunk driving that is! And The Prophet did not play soccer, he played football.
@Trobs
I don’t know what soccer is, but football is a cool sport. Great shot of The Prophet showing his versatility. Interesting point is that his son Axl was also an elite footballer; he was trying hard to decide between a career in Cycling vs. le Foot. He chose wisely, of course, but nevertheless football is a cool sport.
Inferior, but cool.
@frank
One last post and then i will shut up for a bit, i promise: Does anyone know where I can get any of those old school awesome goggles for my P-R ride in June? I have to try to get a pair and bring them with me. Too amazingly cool!
“Hey Johan – the parts on this bike are shit – maybe we should start making our own huh?”
@frank
Go ahead and edit it. It was a bit much for me to even copy /paste the link. The rest of the photo montage over @ CT is worth a view, however.
@Buck Rogers
I think they are just vintage motorcycle goggles. I think you’ll find that they suck completely for cycling, but knock yourself out. You can also ask Alex from Pavé Cycling Classics about them; he rode a vintage 1920’s fixie over the Strade Bianchi wearing period gear.
@frank
I was compensating for the American Velominati. On a side note Plant’s beloved Wolverhampton Wanderers (the shirt he’s pictured in) were relegated yesterday.
@frank
Chicks say “Gimme a number I can reach ya”; Dudes say “motherfucker be my teacha.”
@frank
Thanks! Yeah, i am not planning on wearing them for more than a photo or two on the ride, just think that they look so cool. Sounds pretty amazing riding period gear over those race routes. I have heard of civil war reenactors etc but i did not know that they had cycling reenacting (hell, they probably don’t have it in the US).
@Trobs
We don’t do that “lowest common denominator” shit around here. This is Velominati, not the CyclingNews Forums.
Who’s the loser pussy with the helmet?
@frank
My mistake. I was under the impression that all in the US called it soccer. It is of course football. 50 Hail Merckxy’s for Me.
@G’rilla
You little devil, you took that at Cafe Grinta, and the photo somehow told you Marko would post up this AOP and now you’ve seized your chance.
You are a genius. It is confirmed.
@frank
It was not that complicated. The owner of Cafe Grinta is a good friend of mine. We talked on the phone for two hours yesterday.
@frank
@Tartan1749
Spinassi?
@Cyclops
Intelligence over vanity — always. Period.
@G’rilla
+1
@Vin’cenza
And, lid vs no lid flame war v1650 in 3……2……..1……….
@scaler911
Can we just cut to the chase early…helmet…
@Tobin
something something something, something….
@frank
See what I mean?
@Frank
Focus people. This violates even Newton’s Laws. But it’s very pro no? No one else ever could rock a totally horrible kit like him. And we’d all trade places to be him. Even @gaswepass I’d bet.
And I’d venture a guess not too many folks have seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE4h9KSm9Sg
Spoiler alert: At one point The Lion King is sprinting without a jersey. Now I’m going to wait for @Minions response.
@Dan_R
Different kind of smokin and cycling…….
@scaler911 pretty sure that naked carbon, silver & orange combo could be pretty close to the Velominati bike/colour scheme of choice.
@scaler911
I don’t want to even go in to the feelings that scene conjured up…