iconic pictures
john74
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what pictures to do with cycling are iconic to you. what pictures really motivate you and make you want to grab your bike and just ride?
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See the "Girls in Lycra Shorts" thread for numerous examples
What do I ride? Now that's an Enigma!0 -
i know it's a lance poster but it's one i find inspiring:
http://grahamwatson.safeshopper.com/68/695.htm?117Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive.0 -
Despite all the allegations and detractors that have come to the surface in the past years, pictures of Lance in full flight at the Tour still stir something deep down in my soul. Weird!
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Have a look at L'Equipe picture archive - there used to be a link from the ProCycling site - I think the most iconic images are those from the pre-war years. I have a number of the reproduced prints framed and hung in my workshop as well as a large Flandrian flag - I look at them on those dark winter nights on the turbo. There's also Graham Watson's site - a bit too US-centric for my tastes though. Other classic images includes views of the peloton riding across the fields of Flanders and Roubaix - timelessMake mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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Some great images here: http://www.assos.ch/en/1976/0
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Stephan Vanfleteren has some very iconic pics in his "Flandrians" portfolio:
..............and pretty much any pics from a wet Roubaix somehow sum up everything that makes cycling and bike racing special to me:
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Some great stuff here from the 80's - my favourite era
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Mainly pictures of Hinault (funnily enough) but the rivals section has some great ones in it too:
This is one of the best shots of Lemond ever: Lemond
But probably my favourite shot ever: Fignon
It has everything: drama, the maillot jaune, and most af all that bike!I was only joking when I said
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I always find the pics of Lance and Ullrich funny. A few have captured Jan looking across to Lance, his face simply saying "for christs sake"
Always liked this picture of Ullrich. I mean, christ, look at those legs!
"A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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How about this classic?
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Yep - that's a good one Alex - makes me start shivering just looking at it :shock:Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:How about this classic?0 -
Graham Watson has many classics.
Lemond and Hinault:
http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/lemond/image8.html
Pantani:
http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.ns ... m&mpantani
Great scenery:
http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/misc/image59.html
http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/misc/image63.html0 -
myself..its nice to see the effects cycling has on my body, so i keep going. my profile pic
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eh wrote:Graham Watson has many classics.
Lemond and Hinault:
http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/lemond/image8.html
Pantani:
http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.ns ... m&mpantani
Great scenery:
http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/misc/image59.html
http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/misc/image63.html
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Why has emaichael got a photograph of a flabby gut as his avatar :?:
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7ZVSoRaZM
motivational?
inspirational?
but whats the add for? whats the lady saying at the end?0 -
Anyone care to tell her that the saddle is too high!!Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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seeing the old women near the end made me cringe a lil...
as the women on the bike is a bit of a minGer...she looks like a cave women, her face is all mattered.0 -
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All of the posts so far have been of pros/racing - this next image is probably what actually gets me out of the front door on a Sunday when the weather is a bit shite (but not this morning you'll note )
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"A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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ShockedSoShocked wrote:I always find the pics of Lance and Ullrich funny. A few have captured Jan looking across to Lance, his face simply saying "for christs sake"
Always liked this picture of Ullrich. I mean, christ, look at those legs!
I do find that one a bit funny - what a helmet! Love the picture of the guy in the roubaix covered in mud. Those pictures high up mountains make me get butterflies in my tum - I'm going to be doing that next year! Hey, I may even have an inspirational picture of my own to post next July.0 -
The Sa Calobra climb, Majorca:
The old cobblestone road over the Passo San Gottardo, Switzerland
The Pyrenees:
The Alps:
The Chilterns or North Downs in spring (the good old days when I used to go trail riding every weekend, before I got a road bike)
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SSS, the only thing this photo inspires me to do is eat more cake - nice one!ShockedSoShocked wrote: 0 -
Bronzie wrote:
SSS, the only thing this photo inspires me to do is eat more cake - nice one!ShockedSoShocked wrote:
He looks, in these pictures at least, that he'd be better off playing rugby in the front row!
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That's Johan Museeuw, on his way to his 3rd win at Paris-Roubaix in 2002 (the 100th edition of the race). 4 years previously in the same race, he crashed and shattered his kneecap, and later nearly lost his leg due to an infection that set in. Hard sport for tough competitors eh!popette wrote:Love the picture of the guy in the roubaix covered in mud.0
