Comments on: The most-publicized training ride in history http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nexus 6 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180062 Nexus 6 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:46:12 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180062 I decided to take an annual leave day in the end. The partner and I are just popping down the front with a bottle of champers to catch the riders go by. Unbelievable amount of people out. There's probably a world lycra shortage now. Hopefully a lot more people will be inspired to keep riding afterward. I decided to take an annual leave day in the end. The partner and I are just popping down the front with a bottle of champers to catch the riders go by. Unbelievable amount of people out. There’s probably a world lycra shortage now.

Hopefully a lot more people will be inspired to keep riding afterward.

]]> By: dylwah http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180061 dylwah Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:55:47 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180061 thanks Onimod. It is one of the things that always puzzles me about discussions of Lance Armstrong. whenever a radio report goes beyond the fact that he has wiped his nose, they go on to discuss his heroic recovery from cancer and accusations of drug use. rarely is there a mention of the treatment for testicular cancer, removal of the offending testicle. Once I heard the lads from Run Like You Stole Something on RRR, sadly no longer with us, the show, not the lads, spend at least 10 minutes discussing the potential benifits of increased performance of removing one or both nuts and then start discussing La Tour and LA without making the connection, they even reported accusations of drug use. Mind you the first discussion was conducted with a jocularity that betrayed a few . . . insecurities i suppose. thanks Onimod. It is one of the things that always puzzles me about discussions of Lance Armstrong. whenever a radio report goes beyond the fact that he has wiped his nose, they go on to discuss his heroic recovery from cancer and accusations of drug use. rarely is there a mention of the treatment for testicular cancer, removal of the offending testicle. Once I heard the lads from Run Like You Stole Something on RRR, sadly no longer with us, the show, not the lads, spend at least 10 minutes discussing the potential benifits of increased performance of removing one or both nuts and then start discussing La Tour and LA without making the connection, they even reported accusations of drug use. Mind you the first discussion was conducted with a jocularity that betrayed a few . . . insecurities i suppose.

]]> By: minxy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180060 minxy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:32:20 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180060 Nexus 6.... that is why we have sickies lol... just kidding... Nexus 6…. that is why we have sickies lol… just kidding…

]]> By: Nexus 6 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180059 Nexus 6 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:41:00 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180059 They're doing three laps past my house in the Adelaide Hills - unfortunately I'll be at work that day :( They’re doing three laps past my house in the Adelaide Hills – unfortunately I’ll be at work that day :(

]]> By: hannah's dad http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180058 hannah's dad Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:47:28 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180058 Yeah I remember when I was a kid in Whyalla and cycling was a really big deal. We had several national champions, the Whyalla Gift was a major race, some international fellas would be there evry year, the name Nino Solari rings a bell. Later they got a first class velodrome [or at least we were told it was first class] and a bloke called Graham [or Graeme] Jose started out there I think. Good stuff I used to enjoy it, partly because several of my mates were involved. Yeah I remember when I was a kid in Whyalla and cycling was a really big deal. We had several national champions, the Whyalla Gift was a major race, some international fellas would be there evry year, the name Nino Solari rings a bell. Later they got a first class velodrome [or at least we were told it was first class] and a bloke called Graham [or Graeme] Jose started out there I think.
Good stuff I used to enjoy it, partly because several of my mates were involved.

]]> By: Robert Merkel http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180057 Robert Merkel Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:52:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180057 Hannah's Dad: that's the nature of the Tour Down Under - long road stages on flat roads produce precisely that effect. If you want to watch a bike race live, either go and see a criterium (there's a couple in the TDU) where they do multiple laps of a relatvely short circuit (maybe 2 kilometers) or watch them trying to climb hills (much slower, and the pack splits up). Watching the peloton go past at 45 km/h on a flat stage is very, very dull. Hannah’s Dad: that’s the nature of the Tour Down Under – long road stages on flat roads produce precisely that effect.

If you want to watch a bike race live, either go and see a criterium (there’s a couple in the TDU) where they do multiple laps of a relatvely short circuit (maybe 2 kilometers) or watch them trying to climb hills (much slower, and the pack splits up).

Watching the peloton go past at 45 km/h on a flat stage is very, very dull.

]]> By: onimod http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180056 onimod Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:12:50 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180056 nice one dylwah; haven't heard that one before nice one dylwah; haven’t heard that one before

]]> By: dylwah http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180055 dylwah Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:43:10 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180055 Onimod, I don't think that Lance needed to take drugs, he is missing a testicle. Vast amounts of the, male, body's resourses are devoted to keeping testicles ticking along. Take either or both nuts out of the equation and you have a body with an energy delivery system with spare capacity. Lance used it, well. Onimod, I don’t think that Lance needed to take drugs, he is missing a testicle. Vast amounts of the, male, body’s resourses are devoted to keeping testicles ticking along. Take either or both nuts out of the equation and you have a body with an energy delivery system with spare capacity. Lance used it, well.

]]> By: hannah's dad http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180054 hannah's dad Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:20:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180054 Some years ago I was in Mt. Pleasant [an appropriately named town] and asked why there were so many people hanging around the main drag. Course it was because the Tour mob were due in a few minutes. So I hung around for a few minutes too. Sure enough a bunch of guys on bikes flashed past in about 2 seconds and everybody starting packing up and going to home or wherever. "Is that it?" I asked someone who seemed as if they would know. "Yep" was the answer. Some years ago I was in Mt. Pleasant [an appropriately named town] and asked why there were so many people hanging around the main drag.
Course it was because the Tour mob were due in a few minutes.
So I hung around for a few minutes too. Sure enough a bunch of guys on bikes flashed past in about 2 seconds and everybody starting packing up and going to home or wherever.
“Is that it?” I asked someone who seemed as if they would know.
“Yep” was the answer.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180053 FDB Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:02:51 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/01/13/the-most-publicized-training-ride-in-history/#comment-180053 "We’re not going to learn anything about whether Lance Armstrong can make a successful comeback at the Tour Down Under, because it doesn’t test him on the things that made him a champion and a star." What? They're not testing for drugs?!?! “We’re not going to learn anything about whether Lance Armstrong can make a successful comeback at the Tour Down Under, because it doesn’t test him on the things that made him a champion and a star.”

What? They’re not testing for drugs?!?!

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