I guess that’s the Polka Choc jersey…

@silkrider

Nicely put; I’m glad you like our cursing – you’d love Keepers Tour. Personally, I’ve been involved in sports trash-talking for longer than I can remember, so it just feels like normal to me. That said, seeing Wiggo use that language at a press conference surprised me and took me aback. There are stages for freely spoken curses and there are stages for restraint.

With Velominati, we do our best to limit our cursing in the articles, but don’t partake in any censoring of ourselves or others in the posts – it seems a good balance. I’m not sure calling the Twitterati “cunts” was really appropriate, but I do find it refreshing to see someone say those things publicly.

The advice imparted on my long ago does always sit in the back of my mind:

Profanity is the weak mind’s attempt to express itself forcefully.

We are all profoundly weak-minded, it would seem. No problem with that as far as I’m concerned. I’m weak, my body is weak, my mind is weak. Best to be honest with ourselves.

i always say…”profanity is a crutch for illiterate and ignorant motherfuckers.”  but that’s just me.

Hehehe Frank’s cute when he’s angry!

There’s usually a prick-fuck-dumbass-shit to get him started too. Not cute.

@frank It was at least twelve minutes…

Was it? Could be. I didn’t finish the beer I was having in the interlude, so that makes the case for the 10-15 minute window, or there abouts.

@DerHoggz

@Oli

Are we talking Camogate?

Yes, which was both funnier and more frustrating – in equal measure – than Candlegate, which resulted in no self-bannings, though I should have banned @Steamy for being too witty.

@mrhallorann

Hehehe Frank’s cute when he’s angry!

I showed up to a ride with Keeper Jim last week and his wife asserted that we “looked cute in our outfits”. Very humiliating. In our estimation, we looked tough and cool.

Nicely put; I’m glad you like our cursing – you’d love Keepers Tour. Personally, I’ve been involved in sports trash-talking for longer than I can remember, so it just feels like normal to me. That said, seeing Wiggo use that language at a press conference surprised me and took me aback. There are stages for freely spoken curses and there are stages for restraint.

With Velominati, we do our best to limit our cursing in the articles, but don’t partake in any censoring of ourselves or others in the posts – it seems a good balance. I’m not sure calling the Twitterati “cunts” was really appropriate, but I do find it refreshing to see someone say those things publicly.

The advice imparted on my long ago does always sit in the back of my mind:

Profanity is the weak mind’s attempt to express itself forcefully.

We are all profoundly weak-minded, it would seem. No problem with that as far as I’m concerned. I’m weak, my body is weak, my mind is weak. Best to be honest with ourselves.

…….
In spite of the cursing, we are the chosen ones.

….

i say this is just another reason *why* we are the chosen ones.  it’s real and raw, unapologetic, no false facade, it’s who we are. we don’t hide it and pretend we are above it, we ARE it.  wiggins didn’t censor himself, why should we? one of the things that drew me to the Velominati, in addition to all the obvious reasons of awesomeness, is people freely saying fuck, shit, or whatever word is necessary to convey the emotion.  other sites are pussies, afraid of using the words that are most appropriate.

Are we talking Camogate?

@RedRanger It’s all Frank Shleck’s fault.

that cuts to the quick. It was a gutsy move on Sir Strack’s part but I almost gringed when I saw that in his top spot.

@frank

@RedRanger

@frank what’s up with the raging?

I can’t ban him now, he pointed out a major boo-boo. Oh well. He banned himself once for 10 minutes, so I guess I can’t top that.

Cant even fathom how one does that. Btw I’m noticing some issues with the V-mobile but I’m gonna take my own advise before I bring it to you. Don’t want to swamp you with stuff that can be fixed easy.

@frank what’s up with the raging?

I can’t ban him now, he pointed out a major boo-boo. Oh well. He banned himself once for 10 minutes, so I guess I can’t top that.

frank, how do you feel about memes?

Ok. :-(

It’s been nice knowing you, Oli.  See you when you get out of the penalty box.

@frank

I’m going to say this one more time, I’ve been away for three days and there are emoticons all over this site. Seriously, stop it. I’ll fucking ban you without warning. Including you, @roadslave525 and @936adl. Watch yourselves.

it’s like a fuck’in virus!  No cure, you just have to wait it out.

No. I take the hard-line that its a degeneration of the community. I will have only one choice: ban all those who redner emoticons, or write some code that deletes them.

Symbolically, the emoticon is all that degenerates not only society, but the purity of La Vie Velominatus. We might as well all start doing Forrest Gump salutes across fucking townline sprints.

We are the Pure. We are the Ones Who Have Seen the Way. We are the Fucking Velominatus.

In spite of the cursing, we are the chosen ones.

No more fucking Emotions, you fuckers. Don’t make be ban you or write more fucking code just to corral you. For cereal. Both will make me disdain you equally. And my disdainment has consequences. I can’t articulate them, but they are at least half man, half bear, and half pig.

I’m going to say this one more time, I’ve been away for three days and there are emoticons all over this site. Seriously, stop it. I’ll fucking ban you without warning. Including you, @roadslave525 and @936adl. Watch yourselves.

it’s like a fuck’in virus!  No cure, you just have to wait it out.

I’m going to say this one more time, I’ve been away for three days and there are emoticons all over this site. Seriously, stop it. I’ll fucking ban you without warning. Including you, @roadslave525 and @936adl. Watch yourselves.

(Esqueleto voice) I hate — all of them!

@Chamac’h

The accent is on wrong side : you should have wrote “Les femmes à pois.” Or even better, the title should have been “Les femmes en pois.”
Great subject though… ;)

Apologies, it’s been many decades since high school French. The Maillot Vert girls usually look pretty sweet too. Frank – some images please?

They don’t have to wear fucking green ponchos or anything. Just classy dresses. Its weird, the thing with the Measles.

Sorry, we don’t “Hang Tough”. We fucking ARE tough. And we shave our legs. And possibly our arms. And are very concerned about our appearance. But when it comes to actually RIDING our bikes – however occasionally that might be – we fucking ROCK THAT SHIT.

At least, I’m assuming the legs of the podium cyclists are women’s. They sure look like it, but it could honestly be any number of male cyclists, if I’m being honest.

Personally, I love the outfits the podium girls wear in the Tour. Sure, les dames des pois get wacky and often awful (outfits in #4 & 7) but I thought  the umbrella skirts were brilliant. Let’s face it, it’s about catching the consumer/TV watcher’s eye and product placement. Who wouldn’t want to take shelter from a storm under there?

A storm like this? Even our Podium Girls are Rule #9 complaint, taking it with a smile.

I know how they could improve this category.

All together now!

 “She wore annnnn itsy. bitsy. teeny. weeny. red. polka. dot. bikini…”

:)

While I love your sentiment, we are not NASCAR and are not sponsored by Monster Energy Drink. Ours is a civalized sport; we are not animals.

Given the choice between this

Or this

I’ll take the Cycling Way any day.

Personally, I love the outfits the podium girls wear in the Tour. Sure, les dames des pois get wacky and often awful (outfits in #4 & 7) but I thought  the umbrella skirts were brilliant. Let’s face it, it’s about catching the consumer/TV watcher’s eye and product placement. Who wouldn’t want to take shelter from a storm under there?

Fair enough, and if I had a clue who was sponsoring The Measles Competition, I’d possibly have more appreciation for the humour implied by the umbrella, but for Merckx’s sake, its an international sport and they do a truly awful job of making it clear what the various sponsors are on about.

And thankfully too, because I’d much rather be ignorant and make fun of them than be informed and think its sensible.

The accent is on wrong side : you should have wrote “Les femmes à pois.” Or even better, the title should have been “Les femmes en pois.”
Great subject though… ;)

You’re right, it should have been à (fixed) but I believe its either La Femme à Pois or Les Femmes en Pois. Becky’s, fictional and hot as she is, is not so arrogant as to refer to herself in the Royal “We”, so we’ll leave it as-is. Cheers.

@mcsqueak

“No, please don’t worry if it rains – just lift your skirt above your head and you’ll stay dry”.

A mother of a friend in grade school used to sing “Lady in Red” as, “Lady in Red, how I adore you, lift up your skirt, and then I explore you”. Perhaps she’s now on the Board of Les Femmes en Pois Board?

The accent is on wrong side : you should have wrote “Les femmes à pois.” Or even better, the title should have been “Les femmes en pois.”
Great subject though… ;)

Apologies, it’s been many decades since high school French. The Maillot Vert girls usually look pretty sweet too. Frank – some images please?

All together now!

 “She wore annnnn itsy. bitsy. teeny. weeny. red. polka. dot. bikini…”

:)