Why, just why?

Vino2007
Vino2007 Posts: 340
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
Anyone seen these videos? Look at his plump smug face as he bombs past a couple of supervets on the climbs :x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSJ9fIPG ... re=related

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  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    Buy an electric bike and double your waistline. Genius :D
  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    he has guts to do that
    going downhill slowly
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    He's one cool cat!
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    He'd get dropped like he was hot, if he went out on a normal bike.

    He's a right little porker!
    Ben

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  • Barrie_G
    Barrie_G Posts: 479
    he's shown only while he's overtaking on the up hill sections, I'll bet they all got their revenge on the down hill and flat sections.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Maybe Basso should get one for this year's Giro...
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    I like the fact that even with a motor he's only just pulling away from them.
    And what a dick, with a stupid smug grin spread all over his face the whole time.
    "I hold it true, what'er befall;
    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

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  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    hes quite old, 60 or 70. i think he did well over that distance. good advertising as well for the e bike, he may have been paid. if he didnt get in the way i dont really see a problem. handy bike for commuting a long way.
  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    dont get why you're all so enraged by this- i think its quite funny - a little fat man cruising up the climbs - there's ever one or two incredulous looks as he goes past people suffering :lol:
    ...the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon...
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    Why the hatred :lol:

    Great advert for the bike & looks like he had a great time..
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    No hatred here; merely two observations.
    Ben

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  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Hmm I wonder if I could fit the system on my road bike :idea: :?: :wink:
    bagpuss
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    They aint exactly lightweight motors, them. Kind of defeats the purpose of using a bike imo if you're on a short, flat ride. I suppose I could inderstand if you hade some kind of disability or condition, but if your a fit and normal human being why wuss-out? :)
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Awesome. I wants one for the this year's Marmotte.
    Rich
  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    Did you see the Gadget Show item where they had one of their presenters, on an assisted Cannondale, up against Rob Downing? The presenter got nowhere near Downing. I suspect that the guy in this video got nowhere near the top riders on the uphill sections.
    To err is human, but to make a real balls up takes a super computer.
  • priory
    priory Posts: 743
    This is just what the 70+yr olds need on ctc club rides. I can think of several people who could keep up if they had a shove up the hills. It is the risk of a flat battery that has always put me off the idea, but this guy seems to have it sorted. Or did he have a backup team with spare batteries, I wonder.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Surprised they didn't have him in a KOM jersey. This isn't really a relevant bike for us lot on here, wheres the pain, suffering ?

    Good looking bike though........... :roll:
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    perfect for when the legs don't work as well!
  • seemunkee
    seemunkee Posts: 206
    Good for him. If I need a little assist to still be able to get out there and be active when I reach his age then so be it. Better than him sitting at home watching TV all day.
  • Vino2007
    Vino2007 Posts: 340
    This the Russell Downing challenge if you haven't seen it yet

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHU7qBZSsfk

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