Kingg Posted July 7, 2021 Share 20 minutes ago, Super Sywurm said: Why is every bike part photo, including mine, taken on the same freezer? The truth in this had me in stitches???????????? Patchelicious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted July 7, 2021 Share 13 minutes ago, King Pluto said: The truth in this had me in stitches???????????? Cross thread somehow, but its the truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted July 7, 2021 Share 32 minutes ago, Patchelicious said: It wasn't western media that made Nic miss the time cut. It wasn't western media that sent Nic to the Tour. Shouldn't your argument be that western media is giving athletes from Africa more coverage than what their performances warrant because they are from disadvantaged backgrounds? Note: Cycling needs more transformation, I believe we can all agree this. I think it is great that Nic is raising the profile of cycling in Africa. I also think that Doug is very astute at using this for his team's profile. I would love to see a more diverse peleton. Cycling is embarrassingly vanilla. Danger Dassie, FootballingCyclist and justinafrika 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted July 7, 2021 Share loads of latte's in the peloton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted July 7, 2021 Share Guys are dropping like flies today. Could have done without watching Gaudu chunder Jensie and Jewbacca 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted July 7, 2021 Share 2 hours ago, NotSoBigBen said: Looking at that profile I'm not so sure 'twice up Mont  Ventoux' means exactly what everyone thinks, i.e twice up the famous side if you will ... it would appear first up the back not so steep side but probably still a killer for normal humans and then up the iconic climb? Seems that 'Waiting for Gaudu' is taking on a new meaning today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 7, 2021 Share 17 minutes ago, TheoG said: No working for Carapaz, trying to put TP under pressure so that Carapaz can hopefully benefit, but I dont see that happening, TP simply to strong. I'll wait for Carapaz to attack, and then Pogacar to look at him slightly bemused and ride away, just like Tignes? Vetplant, Danger Dassie and TheoG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted July 7, 2021 Share 46 minutes ago, YaseenEnos said: unpopular political incorrect opinion As good as an athlete Nic is and how awesome his life storyis, he didnt exactly feature in this years race. All this publicity surrounding him not getting in car seems like they treating him like an amateur rider who shouldnt have been there but given the opportunity based on his race/background/life story etc. Why is the benchmark set so low? South Americans have similar challenges and I am not sure whether their countries celebrate mediocrity? Yes he had a touch race, crashed etc and all but shouldnt we be holding our athletes to higher standard? Just tired of western media portraying non whites from Africa as second tier athletes and being held to a lower standard......   Very few riders if any actually feature at their first tour. This is a fact.  Nic's journey to le Tour is pretty remarkable considering his background comparing it to other regions isn't really a fair or accurate representation. Africa as a continent has some complex history and regional dynamics to overcome, I don't see them being held to a lower standard nor being treated as second tier athletes. By the same token it's a pretty lazy generalisation by saying "western media" especially since many of the outlets are actually coming round to the reportage on riders like Nic. He also captured the support of many a fan on that stage, there's some amazing visuals from the Grubers with spectators running alongside Nic and encouraging him on. Nobody is celebrating mediocrity but rather encouraging progress towards a broader cycling scene. Does the messaging often come over as contrived, sure it does but for the most part it is moving forward.  It's a long game. And if we're going to infer idealogical attitudes we can bring up a number of teams with questionable sponsorships. justinafrika, Jewbacca, DieselnDust and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoG Posted July 7, 2021 Share Just now, TNT1 said: I'll wait for Carapaz to attack, and then Pogacar to look at him slightly bemused and ride away, just like Tignes? Yip, that's how I see it also going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 7, 2021 Share 7 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: I would love to see a more diverse peleton. Cycling is embarrassingly vanilla. Soccer is embarrassingly chocolate then? I'm very confused at your comment. Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted July 7, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, FootballingCyclist said: Tony Martin out of the race and off to hospital. That looked blady painful ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted July 7, 2021 Share 4 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: I would love to see a more diverse peleton. Cycling is embarrassingly vanilla. It is very vanilla, but I'm not sure if that'll change anytime soon. It's a sport with a high entry cost, so it's never going to be very popular in 3rd world countries. And kind of due to the way the world looks, most 1st world countries look quite vanilla.  Jewbacca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted July 7, 2021 Share 4 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said: Very few riders if any actually feature at their first tour. This is a fact.   MVDP: Hold my beer.... MVDP: Nevermind, I'll hold it myself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jensie Posted July 7, 2021 Share ineos train is up and running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted July 7, 2021 Share  Just now, Jensie said: ineos train is up and running Well it's hooked up, but it seems to have trouble leaving the station. Pogacar still in Z1 playing snake on his head unit Vetplant, peetwindhoek and Jensie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jensie Posted July 7, 2021 Share 1 minute ago, Mountain Bru said: Â Well it's hooked up, but it seems to have trouble leaving the station. Pogacar still in Z1 playing snake on his head unit At least they are trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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