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September 5th 04, 11:47 PM
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Ronde Champ was a Pro?
Anyone into minor cycling team nostalgia like I am?
http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa94.php Rob Palachick was a pro riding for Giant in 94, I didn't know that. Look at all those guys, I know some of those dudes, you could pretty much buy a pro license if you were a 1 right? http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa93.php http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa97.php just change the year at the end of the thread, ever wonder who rode for Richbrau or Oil-Me Klein (the call it SOILME KLEIN, funny stuff, they were "suspended by UCI") There was an Indian Palace pro team? Is Oliver Starr related to Walker Starr? Oliver Starr is now a bodybuilding steroid guru, and published "underground anabolic endurance newsletter" that taught cyclists how to dope properly... Lieswyn was on like 10 different teams, what ever happened to Elliot Hubbard? Ok I'll stop 
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September 7th 04, 01:32 AM
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Must be, because I see several names of local Lancaster/Philly riders on
that list that I'm about 100% sure weren't pros (e.g., dave black, wayne work). I suspect that the list includes guys who, for whatever reason, were Cat Is who were able to race CoreStates in Philly that year.... "mike schatzman" wrote in message om... Anyone into minor cycling team nostalgia like I am? http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa94.php Rob Palachick was a pro riding for Giant in 94, I didn't know that. Look at all those guys, I know some of those dudes, you could pretty much buy a pro license if you were a 1 right? http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa93.php http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa97.php just change the year at the end of the thread, ever wonder who rode for Richbrau or Oil-Me Klein (the call it SOILME KLEIN, funny stuff, they were "suspended by UCI") There was an Indian Palace pro team? Is Oliver Starr related to Walker Starr? Oliver Starr is now a bodybuilding steroid guru, and published "underground anabolic endurance newsletter" that taught cyclists how to dope properly... Lieswyn was on like 10 different teams, what ever happened to Elliot Hubbard? Ok I'll stop
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September 7th 04, 07:49 AM
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"hold my beer and watch this..." wrote in message ...
Must be, because I see several names of local Lancaster/Philly riders on that list that I'm about 100% sure weren't pros (e.g., dave black, wayne work). I suspect that the list includes guys who, for whatever reason, were Cat Is who were able to race CoreStates in Philly that year.... Independant pros back then, if you were tired of getting hammered by amateurs, you could cough up some cash and get really hammered by pros. Tony Comfort was a pro too, in 94, according to this site, bonus nostalgic nerd points for anyone who can tell me who he was... I know Boulder Co. people remember.
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September 7th 04, 02:08 PM
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"mike schatzman" wrote in message Tony Comfort was a pro too, in 94, according to this site, bonus nostalgic nerd points for anyone who can tell me who he was... I know Boulder Co. people remember. He was (briefly) a topic of discussion here. Stalking (googling) should easily bring up the info.
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September 7th 04, 03:36 PM
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"mike schatzman" wrote:
snip Tony Comfort was a pro too, in 94, according to this site, bonus nostalgic nerd points for anyone who can tell me who he was... per Carl's goog-stalk-ler suggestion, http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...chariot.net.au Nobody ever answered my question it seems. Mark (has enough bonus-nostalgic-nerd points to upgrade to category 1) (also apparently some lame points for once (?) using cyclingforums)
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September 7th 04, 03:52 PM
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Mark Fennell ) wrote: "mike schatzman" wrote: snip Tony Comfort was a pro too, in 94, according to this site, bonus nostalgic nerd points for anyone who can tell me who he was... per Carl's goog-stalk-ler suggestion, http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...chariot.net.au i see you've followed his lead, fennelli heatherbella
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September 7th 04, 04:02 PM
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"h squared" wrote in message
... Mark Fennell ) wrote: "mike schatzman" wrote: snip Tony Comfort was a pro too, in 94, according to this site, bonus nostalgic nerd points for anyone who can tell me who he was... per Carl's goog-stalk-ler suggestion, http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...chariot.net.au i see you've followed his lead, fennelli heatherbella That's how dense I am... that coincidence (irony?) didn't even occur to me! Actually, the name is because my father-in-law is a big, bad, muscle-bound italian teamster and I thought he'd be less likely to go Tony Soprano on me if I told him my name was Marco Fennelli.
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September 7th 04, 10:20 PM
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I noticed Ashley Powell listed under Village Peddler, which is wrong,
unless he was leading a double life, because he actually rode for the Cycle Center in '97. One of the best riders I've raced with, not too mention pretty nice off the bike. Chris Harnish Cycle Center Alumnist (mike schatzman) wrote in message . com... Anyone into minor cycling team nostalgia like I am? http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa94.php Rob Palachick was a pro riding for Giant in 94, I didn't know that. Look at all those guys, I know some of those dudes, you could pretty much buy a pro license if you were a 1 right? http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa93.php http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/pelotons/usa97.php just change the year at the end of the thread, ever wonder who rode for Richbrau or Oil-Me Klein (the call it SOILME KLEIN, funny stuff, they were "suspended by UCI") There was an Indian Palace pro team? Is Oliver Starr related to Walker Starr? Oliver Starr is now a bodybuilding steroid guru, and published "underground anabolic endurance newsletter" that taught cyclists how to dope properly... Lieswyn was on like 10 different teams, what ever happened to Elliot Hubbard? Ok I'll stop
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September 8th 04, 03:20 AM
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"Mark Fennell" wrote in message news:SHj%c.103683$4o.43134@fed1read01...
"mike schatzman" wrote: snip Tony Comfort was a pro too, in 94, according to this site, bonus nostalgic nerd points for anyone who can tell me who he was... per Carl's goog-stalk-ler suggestion, http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...chariot.net.au Nobody ever answered my question it seems. is it bad form to answer your own question? I'm not sure I may be getting my cycling trivia mixed up, so please correct me if any of this is mixed up, but: 1) Tony Comfort (or Antonio Comforte) was a guy that the lead character of Breaking Away (Dave Stoller) was based on, he was a Boulder nutcase absolutely obsessed with all things cycling, Italian cycling in particular. 2) Davis Phinney talks about a junior he raced with named Tony in his training book, as an example of what NOT to do as a junior, like 500 mile weeks, because Tony Comfort apparently burnt out pretty bad. 3) Finally, my own little addition, I found an old defunct National Goegraphic style magazine called GEO, from I think 1980 maybe, that was about cycling, the Coor Classic in particular, and had a whole article about Tony Comfort, about how he lived in a shed behind a bike shop, and pics of him riding a trainer in his little hovel filled with nothing but road bikes, Italian cycling posters and a cot. It said he was the inspiration for Dave Stoller, and that he won the CO. district road race, but that older riders said he was gonna burn out - he was an independant pro eventually, years later. So my next question is this: Where is Tony Comfort today? Anyone know? I care, seriously.
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