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Bicycle-induced psychotropic effects, or Hey, that crazy dude really is crazy
Fellow Dumbasses,
Bike racers, as you all know, span the range of mental stability, the range, that is, from "a little off" to "bat**** crazy." RAAM may not be bike racing, but it's got the crazy part down. It's more so than I thought. Daniel Coyle (yup, the Armstrong's War author) profiles Jure Robic, RAAM sleep-deprivation contest winner, Slovenian soldier, a man insensitive to pain, and apparently the biggest nutbar on a bicycle, even more so than that sketchy guy on your Sunday ride: "That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger" http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/sp...05robicpm.html I thought our own village idiot Callistus was joking about the LED-induced hallucinations of the ultracyclist, but apparently not. Andy Coggan will be happy to see that Tim Noakes makes a cameo appearance. And the article says (I can't believe this will ever happen) that LAANCE has made noises about trying RAAM. Pull quote: ----- Robic seems to regard his racetime bouts with mental instability as one might regard a beloved but unruly pet: awkward and embarrassing at times, but impossible to live without. ''During race, I am going crazy, definitely,'' he says, smiling in bemused despair. ''I cannot explain why is that, but it is true.'' The craziness is methodical, however, and Robic and his crew know its pattern by heart. Around Day 2 of a typical weeklong race, his speech goes staccato. By Day 3, he is belligerent and sometimes paranoid. His short-term memory vanishes, and he weeps uncontrollably. The last days are marked by hallucinations: bears, wolves and aliens prowl the roadside; asphalt cracks rearrange themselves into coded messages. Occasionally, Robic leaps from his bike to square off with shadowy figures that turn out to be mailboxes. In a 2004 race, he turned to see himself pursued by a howling band of black-bearded men on horseback. ''Mujahedeen, shooting at me,'' he explains. ''So I ride faster.'' ----- |
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wrote in message oups.com... Fellow Dumbasses, Bike racers, as you all know, span the range of mental stability, the range, that is, from "a little off" to "bat**** crazy." RAAM may not be bike racing, but it's got the crazy part down. It's more so than I thought. Daniel Coyle (yup, the Armstrong's War author) profiles Jure Robic, RAAM sleep-deprivation contest winner, Slovenian soldier, a man insensitive to pain, and apparently the biggest nutbar on a bicycle, even more so than that sketchy guy on your Sunday ride: "That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger" http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/sp...05robicpm.html I thought our own village idiot Callistus was joking about the LED-induced hallucinations of the ultracyclist, but apparently not. Andy Coggan will be happy to see that Tim Noakes makes a cameo appearance. And the article says (I can't believe this will ever happen) that LAANCE has made noises about trying RAAM. Did Uni-Baller break the Hour? |
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Steven Bornfeld wrote: wrote: Fellow Dumbasses, Bike racers, as you all know, span the range of mental stability, the range, that is, from "a little off" to "bat**** crazy." RAAM may not be bike racing, but it's got the crazy part down. It's more so than I thought. Daniel Coyle (yup, the Armstrong's War author) profiles Jure Robic, RAAM sleep-deprivation contest winner, Slovenian soldier, a man insensitive to pain, and apparently the biggest nutbar on a bicycle, even more so than that sketchy guy on your Sunday ride: "That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger" http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/sp...05robicpm.html I thought our own village idiot Callistus was joking about the LED-induced hallucinations of the ultracyclist, but apparently not. Andy Coggan will be happy to see that Tim Noakes makes a cameo appearance. And the article says (I can't believe this will ever happen) that LAANCE has made noises about trying RAAM. Pull quote: ----- Robic seems to regard his racetime bouts with mental instability as one might regard a beloved but unruly pet: awkward and embarrassing at times, but impossible to live without. ''During race, I am going crazy, definitely,'' he says, smiling in bemused despair. ''I cannot explain why is that, but it is true.'' The craziness is methodical, however, and Robic and his crew know its pattern by heart. Around Day 2 of a typical weeklong race, his speech goes staccato. By Day 3, he is belligerent and sometimes paranoid. His short-term memory vanishes, and he weeps uncontrollably. The last days are marked by hallucinations: bears, wolves and aliens prowl the roadside; asphalt cracks rearrange themselves into coded messages. Occasionally, Robic leaps from his bike to square off with shadowy figures that turn out to be mailboxes. In a 2004 race, he turned to see himself pursued by a howling band of black-bearded men on horseback. ''Mujahedeen, shooting at me,'' he explains. ''So I ride faster.'' Get that man on the Bush cabinet now!! Steve ----- He's at least as rational as our Secretary of Defense so maybe a spot with Homeland Security? or at one of the Intel Oversight committees. He could honestly claim to not have seen or remembered stripping anything the administration didn't like from the packets passed to them before passing them to Congress and others. Bill C |
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He's Slovenian and you imply that he hasn't good reasons to fear Muslim
extremists? You really DO need to take a walking trip through the former Yugoslavia. |
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Tom Kunich wrote: He's Slovenian and you imply that he hasn't good reasons to fear Muslim extremists? You really DO need to take a walking trip through the former Yugoslavia. And how do you explain the rest of the delusions, from either one? Bill C |
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Tom Kunich wrote:
He's Slovenian and you imply that he hasn't good reasons to fear Muslim extremists? You really DO need to take a walking trip through the former Yugoslavia. You're right, Tom. Perfectly rational behavior, considering the circumstances. Steve -- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 |
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