Bikes! - Page 48

xoxoxoBruce · 03-01-2016, 12:05 AM

Seems women have been featured in bicycle ads since the beginning.
Maybe because the men who own them pay a lot for maintenance, have to watch out for thieves, and ride them hard.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-06-2016, 09:52 AM

With sidecar, to whisk your date away from her family.

BigV · 03-09-2016, 08:19 PM

road bike, clipped in to the pedals, hits sand, bike slows dramatically, rider does not, rider goes headfirst over handlebars, bike does it's best to follow. note left foot still connected to the pedal.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2016, 10:54 PM

Toe clips.

Thank you, I couldn't figure out how the bike bogged enough to throw him and still managed to run over him.

Griff · 03-10-2016, 06:00 AM

Yeah, it looks like a cyclo-cross race.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclo-cross

Gravdigr · 04-17-2016, 02:11 PM

Interesting.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2016, 06:43 PM

Highboy...

Gravdigr · 04-26-2016, 09:53 AM

Today, while learning about Mont Ventoux, in France (well, actually I was in Kentucky, the Mont is in France

), I learned about British cyclist Tom Simpson, who lost his life on the mountain in the 1967 Tour de France:

From Wikipedia:

Quote:

Mont Ventoux has become legendary as the scene of one of the most grueling climbs in the Tour de France bicycle race, which has ascended the mountain fifteen times since 1951. The followed trail mostly passes through Bédoin. Its fame as a scene of great Tour dramas has made it a magnet for cyclists around the world.

The mountain achieved worldwide notoriety when it claimed the life of British cyclist Tom Simpson, who died here on July 13, 1967 from heat exhaustion caused by a combination of factors, including dehydration (caused by lack of fluid intake and diarrhea), amphetamines, and alcohol, although there is still speculation as to the exact cause of his death. He began to wildly weave across the road before he fell down. He was delirious and asked spectators to put him back on the bike, which he rode to within a half mile of the summit before collapsing dead, still clipped into his pedals. Amphetamines were found in his jersey and bloodstream. There is a memorial to Simpson near the summit, which has become a shrine to fans of cycling, who often leave small tokens of remembrance there. In 1970, Eddy Merckx rode himself to the brink of collapse while winning the stage. He received oxygen, recovered, and won the Tour. In 1994, Eros Poli, not known for his climbing ability, stole away at the beginning of the day's stage, built up a substantial time gap from the peloton, and was first over the Ventoux and eventual stage winner despite losing a minute of his lead per kilometre of the ascent.

Griff · 04-27-2016, 06:13 AM

Damn, that's brutal.

glatt · 04-27-2016, 07:55 AM

Did we know back then that amphetamines were bad? Or was he a pioneer who helped educate us?

Gravdigr · 04-27-2016, 01:41 PM

And mountains.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-30-2016, 08:06 AM

.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-30-2016, 05:24 PM

How about a bike race...

xoxoxoBruce · 05-02-2016, 12:54 AM

You can just fake it...

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2016, 08:19 PM

Not all French are stereotypical...

03-01-2016, 12:05 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Seems women have been featured in bicycle ads since the beginning. Maybe because the men who own them pay a lot for maintenance, have to watch out for thieves, and ride them hard. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-06-2016, 09:52 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	With sidecar, to whisk your date away from her family. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-09-2016, 08:19 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	road bike, clipped in to the pedals, hits sand, bike slows dramatically, rider does not, rider goes headfirst over handlebars, bike does it's best to follow. note left foot still connected to the pedal. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-09-2016, 10:54 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Toe clips. Thank you, I couldn't figure out how the bike bogged enough to throw him and still managed to run over him. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2016, 06:00 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, it looks like a cyclo-cross race. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclo-cross __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-17-2016, 02:11 PM	#6
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04-17-2016, 06:43 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Highboy... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-27-2016, 06:13 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Damn, that's brutal. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-27-2016, 07:55 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Did we know back then that amphetamines were bad? Or was he a pioneer who helped educate us?

04-27-2016, 01:41 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And mountains. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-30-2016, 08:06 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-30-2016, 05:24 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How about a bike race... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-02-2016, 12:54 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You can just fake it... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-03-2016, 08:19 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not all French are stereotypical... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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