Cycling Not a Sport?

[teknohippy]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/07/22/fool227.DTL


Iain Norman | teknohippy.com

[Dave Larrington]

The writer's nom-de-plume says it all...

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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[Jim Price]

teknohippy wrote:

> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/07/22/fool227.DTL

From a nation thats given us televised rounders and rugby for sissies
(in both of which the participants spend most of their time sitting down
without even pedalling!). Pah.

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Jim Price

http://www.jimprice.dsl.pipex.com

Conscientious objection is hard work in an economic war.

[Hates_]

"There is no strategy. Oh wait, go faster than the other guy"

Just shows this guy really has no idea as to what a sport it! Hmmm go
faster? Isn't that the basis of running, marathons, car racing, horse
racing. Isn't anything thats competitive a sport?

[Digweed .. ;\)]

teknohippy tried to scribble ...

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/07/22/fool227.DTL
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> Iain Norman | teknohippy.com

Heheheh ..

"My basic premise is that given a couple years training and a cool bike, I
could be a professional cyclist. I might not be able to compete in the Tour
de France, but I'd get close. Come on, pretty much everyone can pedal a
bike." ... Yeah, right .. ;)

The correspondent's either a moron or a deluded buffoon .. I think both fit
... ;)

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Digweed

[RJ Webb]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:00:01 +0100, "Dave Larrington"
> wrote:

>The writer's nom-de-plume says it all...
>
>Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/

At least he has less chance of prostate cancer

Richard Webb

[Gary Sinnott]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:21:41 +0100, teknohippy >
wrote:

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>Iain Norman | teknohippy.com

I think (or so I've been told) that we should retain hunting with
hounds - but instead of the little gnashers we have chasing foxes, we
should breed them really bloody huge with saliva dripping fangs and
big bloodshot eyes and paws the size of housebricks. Then send them
after prats like the writer of that article. I'll bring the digicam
:)

Gary
(who would cycle as much as he used to if his job was less demanding)

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[Dave Kahn]

On 23 Jul 2003 08:11:47 -0700, (Hates_) wrote:

>"There is no strategy. Oh wait, go faster than the other guy"
>
>Just shows this guy really has no idea as to what a sport it! Hmmm go
>faster? Isn't that the basis of running, marathons, car racing, horse
>racing. Isn't anything thats competitive a sport?

If he thinks there's no strategy in stage racing then he hasn't the
first idea what he's talking about. It's also not a sport apparently
because "You can do it with a broken collarbone." Well that put
Tyler's achievement firmly into perspective. I presume this is not the
same guy who made a name for himself last year by claiming that Lance
was not really an athlete.

I prefer another quote from his article: "Call me an ugly American or
a beer-guzzling dinosaur." Oh, all right. Which would you prefer?

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Dave...