@frank

@brett

Now I share it with you; you’re welcome.

You shouldn’t have. Seriously.

It was probably hard for @Frank to resist posting that particular clip, because of all the gratuitous Great Dane shots in the video.

@brett

@DeKerr

Eric Murray

All dopers, coincidentally.

New Zealanders don’t dope, you know that.

Oh yeah, forgot that! Same as Aussies…

@DeKerr

Eric Murray

All dopers, coincidentally.

New Zealanders don’t dope, you know that.

Ian Thorpe Michael Phelps Eric Murray

All dopers, coincidentally.

@frank

@brett

Now I share it with you; you’re welcome.

You shouldn’t have. Seriously.

@brett

And I also have to say I’m glad this has been published; its been sitting in your draft’s queue for a lifetime and every time I saw the title, I left singing this to myself. Now I share it with you; you’re welcome.

@piwakawaka

Indurain is particulary gutting to me, I had a bit of a bromance…

Then give him the benefit of the doubt instead of dragging him down, FFS!

Seconded. I put Indurain in with the camp of physical specimens like swimmers Ian Thorpe & Michael Phelps or some of the top rowers like Eric Murray . Indurain had a set of physical gifts that made him better suited for Cycling than almost anyone else in the peleton. Being a Spaniard and racing in the early 90’s I’m not going to suggest he was finishing Tours on mineral water but I strongly doubt he was tampering at the levels of Mr. 60%, Virenque, or the rest of what happened in the COTHO years.

Indurain still gets the benefit of my doubt… and disc brakes on a road bike are an abomination.

Later that year at the World Champs in Germany, I saw Sarah and reminded her of the story, hoping maybe she’d give me a complimentary pair… nope.

And the obvious inspiration for the Shot:

@Ccos

@litvi

@Ccos

That’s Peter Luttenberger – never quite got his moment in the limelight, but pretty solid rider.  Understandable you wouldn’t know him… but asking “what’s up” with the Briko Stingers?  C’mon, kid.  Demerit.

I’m looking at my stingers right now, and they don’t make me look like I’m one of the sand people. Briko did come out with some kookie ones around that time though…

“One of the sand people.” Beauty.  And yes, Briko were flying close to some wacky design edge back then. I can’t imagine what their inspiration was.

@litvi

@Ccos

That’s Peter Luttenberger – never quite got his moment in the limelight, but pretty solid rider.  Understandable you wouldn’t know him… but asking “what’s up” with the Briko Stingers?  C’mon, kid.  Demerit.

I’m looking at my stingers right now, and they don’t make me look like I’m one of the sand people. Briko did come out with some kookie ones around that time though…

“One of the sand people.” Beauty.  And yes, Briko were flying close to some wacky design edge back then. I can’t imagine what their inspiration was.

Friends don’t let friends wear Briko Zens… or Stingers… or Shots….

Luttenberger is wearing Briko Zens, not Stingers. Stingers were a little more svelte but both were still travesties of their time yet they were pretty popular in the bunch. They remind me of people wearing lumberjack plaid flannel in the early 90’s in order to look ‘grunge’ and cool when they had no clue what grunge was. Tryin’ too hard to look cool and completely missing it

I used to work for the Briko distributor here in Australia during the late ’90s.  Man, there were a LOT of lense/frame combos we had to stock.  All outrageous but genuinely functional.   Never wore them myself though –  even with a staff discount I couldn’t afford them!

I, for one, welcome our new hipster brothers-with-gears. If it means I can finally find kits that A) look good and B) look good on me and my proportions, I’m all for it. They’ve ditched their skinny jeans and loose V-necks and embraced the tight, aero look and went from sock-less Vans to the perfect 6-inch cuff and clean cycling shoes. And their track-bike roots mean their road bikes aren’t adorned with any unnecessary fluff, either.

Indurain is particulary gutting to me, I had a bit of a bromance…

Then give him the benefit of the doubt instead of dragging him down, FFS!

Haha, PDDs, maye? Performance detracting drugs?

@Sparty

He was tested by a University only a few years ago and apparently even at nearly 20 years into retirement and without specific training he still was putting out numbers equal to many in the pro peloton.

Indurain is particulary gutting to me, I had a bit of a bromance…

You might well have your suspicions about Indurain, but why constantly smear the doping brush on riders when the fact is you don’t actually know if they doped or not?

In the context of this article and the rest of the thread your comment is completely unnecessary and just rears yet again the thing that all my non-cycling friends constantly harp on about – “They all do it!”. Why not save it for the conversations that are actually about doping and leave the pointless innuendo out of it?

I, for one, am utterly sick of every conversation about riders of the past turning to doping … and let’s face it, it’s not like you or I are squeaky clean, is it?

@piwakawaka

Why do you hate our sport?

not the sport, just the cheats.

I guess you could say they are the sport, but I prefer to think it is greater than the failings of some of the principal players.

I always enjoyed Basso’s poker face, not so much blank and expressionless as lazy, squaline grin. Displayed to majestic effect whilst farting out the Cadelephant on the Zoncolan some years back. The contrast was magnificent. Old Camelchin chewing on a bag of spanners while leaky cranked up the gas with wonderful panache. I think that was his clean come back year. Stylish ride.

Why do you hate our sport?

It was just funny on Sunday. I rode a big country loop to do some volunteer coaching next town over. Opted for my cross bike with road tires, as I needed to carry a backpack for a clothing change. Passed some roadies along the way, out in the middle of nowhere and all of them were intent and not offering any cheer. I don’t say hello to everyone riding in the city, but out in the country, other cyclists are a rare and pleasant sight.

Never let them grind you down, man

And his Cap never moved a millimeter.

@Ccos

That’s Peter Luttenberger – never quite got his moment in the limelight, but pretty solid rider.  Understandable you wouldn’t know him… but asking “what’s up” with the Briko Stingers?  C’mon, kid.  Demerit.

I’m looking at my stingers right now, and they don’t make me look like I’m one of the sand people. Briko did come out with some kookie ones around that time though…

This. All you kids, hipsters and wanna bees, Study this photo well. You want to look good on the bike? You call yourself a Cyclist? This is a Cyclist. Holy smoke, Big Mig is showing everything he’s got.

He was so The Man for so many years but now, nearly forgotten.

You know what kinda pisses me off? It seems like far too many fixsters have traded in their track bikes for road and gravel bikes. They used to hate roadies…and now…they’ve transformed into roadies! Tattoos and beards and Lycra? Weird. It’s like skateboarders from the 80s suddenly giving up their wheels and wanting to become a QB on the football team.

Then again, plenty of roadies ’round here are far too into themselves, so maybe so anti-blood is good for the mix.

Oh well, not gonna affect my Following. Nor Rule adherence.

Luttenberger is wearing Briko Zens, not Stingers. Stingers were a little more svelte but both were still travesties of their time yet they were pretty popular in the bunch. They remind me of people wearing lumberjack plaid flannel in the early 90’s in order to look ‘grunge’ and cool when they had no clue what grunge was. Tryin’ too hard to look cool and completely missing it

I often feel the same when I see a photo of RDV. Even captured in a still image they exude cool, control, power. And speed.

Is that ONCE rider getting dropped Jalabert?

Nope, that’s Johan Bruyneel. He sat on Big Mig all the way into Liege then rolled him in the sprint.

This is a guy that looks like he could manage a handful of pull ups let alone knocking off double digit push ups. Today’s GC riders? Fuggetaboutit.

That seemed to be a more common look back in the days of unlimited EPO; granted Indurain was still beefier than most.

@Ccos

That’s Peter Luttenberger – never quite got his moment in the limelight, but pretty solid rider.  Understandable you wouldn’t know him… but asking “what’s up” with the Briko Stingers?  C’mon, kid.  Demerit.

Luttenberger was short-listed for an Evanescent Riders article. He may yet get his day in the sun.

That’s Peter Luttenberger – never quite got his moment in the limelight, but pretty solid rider.  Understandable you wouldn’t know him… but asking “what’s up” with the Briko Stingers?  C’mon, kid.  Demerit.

my favorite video of Big Mig grinding them to pieces

Yes! I forgot to put that in the article. Just crushing it in the saddle.

What’s going on with Carrera guy’s eyewear? He looks like he escaped from a Star Wars Convention just in time for the stage (and snagged an early breath right strip for his nose).

Holy smoke, Big Mig is showing everything he’s got.

That Pinarello is as magical as the black pantographed stem – 14cm!

This. All you kids, hipsters and wanna bees, Study this photo well. You want to look good on the bike? You call yourself a Cyclist? This is a Cyclist. Holy smoke, Big Mig is showing everything he’s got.

He was so The Man for so many years but now, nearly forgotten.

Look at the length of those femurs.  He may have made the Tour boring, but unlike the current practitioner of that approach, he made riding a bike Look Fantastic.

This. All you kids, hipsters and wanna bees, Study this photo well. You want to look good on the bike? You call yourself a Cyclist? This is a Cyclist. Holy smoke, Big Mig is showing everything he’s got.

He was so The Man for so many years but now, nearly forgotten.