Some people are stupid
I found this article a while back, and thought it was one of the stupidest things I have ever read. He wrote this about one rider, but really he wrote about cycling as a whole.
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Just another demonstration of the fact
that half the people in the world possess below-average intelligence. Though to call this guy an imbecile would appear to insult imbeciles…
Always love the cyclists aren't athltetes people
with the argument that everybody can ride a bike. Sure but everyone can also throw a baseball and football, everybody can shoot a basketball. Very few can do it well enought to become a pro, same goes with cycling. Maybe that dumbass should ride a 262 km stage, over three big mountains after 9 straight days of racing. And do that while averaging 38km/h.
In Chauncey we trust!
I wonder
I wonder what he would think of some people opinions on golfer’s.
Alpe Du Huez is my favorite place on earth!!!!!!
Here's an e-mail that I sent to Mr. Cortez...
Dear Desi Cortez,
Do some research. Look up Major Taylor. Educate yourself. Meet Rahsaan Bahati.
You wear your ignorance proudly, like some badge of honor. I welcome you to come out to El Dorado park in Long Beach on Tuesday nights and ride with the Category 4/5 racers and see how well you do. Not that we’re that great but you will see how much bike racing is about technique, training and experience (and the fact that there is precious little of it in the 4/5s).
That’s not too far from South Central. I grew up in East LA and Lynwood, so I’m not some effete white guy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
As an effete white guy
I too can verify the stupidity of the article. If this guy tried to do what Lance does, he would be in tears in about five minutes.
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
I really can't stand....
People who pretend to be educated….but still don’t know….how to punctuate a sentence….
Sometimes I wonder...why is that Frisbee getting bigger?...and then it hits me.
Crying threshold
I thought about this. Maybe a way to rate “real sports” is how long you can get off the couch and participate before you start openly crying. A few ideas:
NFL: pretty much the first snap.
NHL: during warmups
MLS: I could probably hang around a while, but would definitely cry in the locker room at halftime, mostly from shame.
NBA: Not unlike soccer, I could probably stand around a while and not cry. Until the other team decides they need to shoot free throws and start running into me for the easy fouls.
Baseball: first inside pitch.
Bowling: never. Golf: never. Tennis: never. World Series of Poker: never. This is a long list.
Cycling: As a (fat, old) racer in training I should recuse myself slightly. Obviously I would get dropped as soon as the pace went up, but I probably wouldn’t start crying til we got to the Pyrenees.
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
but I probably wouldn’t start crying til we got to the Pyrenees.
Is that in a clockwise or anti-clockwise tour, ;)
formerly known as cyclingchallenge
hehe
yeah…man, I’d probably miss the time cut in the prologue so Chris is at least a week better than me.
by plinytheelder on May 4, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
LA was a very promising triathlete
As a 15 year old he led Mark Allen (one of the all time greats) after the swim and bike portions. Allen only caught him on the run. On top of the bias and ignorance, the article is really poorly written, but perhaps that is to be expected.
I'm still waiting for him to reply.
& The effete white guy comment was a little dig at the implied reverse racism in his article. I have friends that are effete white guys. I just don’t want one to marry my sister!
If only we could get him to...
…put up his choice of “real athlete” vs. our choice of cyclist in an easy 100k bike race. For a charity or something.
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