Older riders are way cooler than their modern equivalents

timoid.
timoid. Posts: 3,133
edited October 2009 in Pro race
Looking at the Iain's recommended site 6 years in a rain cape (which is excellent btw), I came across this picture of Fons de Wolf

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Surely proof positive that older riders were way cooler than their modern equivalents. Let us compare it say, to the naffness of this:

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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Even just being called Fonz is enough for me.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    iainf72 wrote:
    Even just being called Fonz is enough for me.


    Ahem edited. Shoulda said Fons.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I like your version better.

    Mind you, we do have Jean Paul Van Poppels son Boy racing and that's a pretty rockin' name.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    iainf72 wrote:
    Even just being called Fonz is enough for me.

    Would That make they guy in the Chevy, Potsie? :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Even just being called Fonz is enough for me.

    Would That make they guy in the Chevy, Potsie? :P

    Oi! Watch it :wink:

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