Is Contador a great guy??

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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    i am having trouble yes, apologies.
    dont see how i repeated your point? i was wondering why people couldnt wear different colour shoes, was the world ACTUALLY black and white before the invention of colour film, i thought it was jut the film that changed?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hi CJ.

    Let me re-phrase my point. Other members said that black shoes were stylish because the Greats wore them. All I was saying is that is a ridiculous point to make as even if they wanted to wear some other colour they couldn't have because they were not available.
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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    so to confirm are you saying that if Eddy Mercxx had wanted white shoes he couldn't have had them? he couldn't have asked his shoemaker to have a different colour to black?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I'd be interested to see a photo of a rider with shoes other than black.
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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I'd be interested to see a photo of a rider with shoes other than black.
    read my question again. could he have asked for different colour shoes. yes or no
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    There hasn't been so much discussion of shoes since Sex and the City finished.

    Mine are silver - I don't care if it's stylish or not, I like them.
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I'd be interested to see a photo of a rider with shoes other than black.

    Blue:

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The person used was Coppi...1940s, 50s etc
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  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    frenchfighter wrote:
    The person used was Coppi...1940s, 50s etc
    are you a politician>?
    could coppi have asked his shoemaker for a different colour?
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    redddraggon wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I'd be interested to see a photo of a rider with shoes other than black.

    Blue:

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    Just about the only colour that doesn't appear on the Combination jersey!

    Now blue and yellow, that's nice.
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    frenchfighter wrote:
    The person used was Coppi...1940s, 50s etc

    Look like grey shoes in this photo :wink:

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  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    @FF not offence, just suggesting it's immature to care about what colour shoes a cyclist wears.

    Added to which you have very definite views on style. Anything AC wears good, anything LA wears bad.

    It didn't escape me how you never responded to the suggestion that you went from admiring AC's lady boy shoes to distancing yourself from them.....

    I'd also like to support the idea that hi-res images in a thread are very annoying, regardless of bandwidth. My fav though is when people quote them so I get to see them extra times....
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    I could be wrong on that point. I am not aware of whether there were white shoes around then or whether you could get white shoes if you wanted them. I thought not but then maybe that is wrong.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    dougzz wrote:
    @FF not offence, just suggesting it's immature to care about what colour shoes a cyclist wears.

    Added to which you have very definite views on style. Anything AC wears good, anything LA wears bad.

    It didn't escape me how you never responded to the suggestion that you went from admiring AC's lady boy shoes to distancing yourself from them.....

    I'd also like to support the idea that hi-res images in a thread are very annoying, regardless of bandwidth. My fav though is when people quote them so I get to see them extra times....

    No it isn't immature.

    If Contador wore black shoes you can be sure I will be the first person to say it looks rubbish. Just like I said previously that his kit is rubbish.

    I never said I admired those Contador shoes although I will say now they are good imo. It was simply googling Contador shoe / Lance shoe and taking the first small res photo. It could have been any white shoe vs any black shoe. If I had thought of Basso's black ones before Lance's I would have posted his.
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    frenchfighter wrote:
    dougzz wrote:
    @FF not offence, just suggesting it's immature to care about what colour shoes a cyclist wears.

    Added to which you have very definite views on style. Anything AC wears good, anything LA wears bad.




    I never said I admired those Contador shoes although I will say now they are good imo. It was simply googling Contador shoe / Lance shoe and taking the first small res photo. It could have been any white shoe vs any black shoe. If I had thought of Basso's black ones before Lance's I would have posted his.

    Of course you admired them you put them forward as evidence of ACs style otherwise why do that. The fact that they are fit for the ladyboys of this world has made you view them in a different light.
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    I think after last year's Sidi advert (the spin the bottle/shoe ad) I think Alberto may have suggested that they should have a game of "Spin the Shoe" after thier Astana's training camp evening meal. Alberto must have showed them his lovely white shoe (pictured earlier) which would be used for the game.
    It's a charming scene with last year's Astana's Team sat in a circle playing Spin the Shoe..."go on Lance give Alberto a little peck!!"
    Maybe Alberto spurned Lance's chance of a quick "x" on the cheek, ending up with a whole year of Texan psycho crazy stuff.
    Ah, Lance you can't have it all!! :wink:

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Haha, even worse are grey socks:

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    Note that these are not team issue. Most others have white socks and white shoes.
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Haha, even worse are grey socks:

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    Note that these are not team issue. Most others have white socks and white shoes.

    You happen to sit down next to Lance in a bar, but don't realize it at first. He offers to buy you a beer, at which time you realize who he is. Do you accept or move away in disgust??? :? :?
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    dennisn wrote:
    You happen to sit down next to Lance in a bar, but don't realize it at first. He offers to buy you a beer, at which time you realize who he is. Do you accept or move away in disgust??? :? :?

    So what do you reply when your out for a ride with LA and he asks you what you think of his grey socks?

    Come on Dennis, they're terrible :D
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    You happen to sit down next to Lance in a bar, but don't realize it at first. He offers to buy you a beer, at which time you realize who he is. Do you accept or move away in disgust??? :? :?

    So what do you reply when your out for a ride with LA and he asks you what you think of his grey socks?

    Come on Dennis, they're terrible :D

    Yes they are. Then again black socks were put down when people started wearing them. I believe Lance does things like that on purpose. Just to get people upset.
    As for the question I asked ff. I'm really curious how he would react. From all his talk
    he would definately get up and walk away, or so you would think. I'm betting otherwise.
    He'd have that beer and probably "come away with a different point of view", to quote the song "A Boy Named Sue".
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    Who gives a f**k about the colour of shoes and socks?

    It's beyond pathetic. It's bad enough we (me included) turn so many threads into I love/hate Lance, but this FF obsession with the most trivial put downs of anything Armstrong is sad loser territory.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    dennisn wrote:
    Yes they are. Then again black socks were put down when people started wearing them. I believe Lance does things like that on purpose. Just to get people upset.
    As for the question I asked ff. I'm really curious how he would react. From all his talk
    he would definately get up and walk away, or so you would think. I'm betting otherwise.
    He'd have that beer and probably "come away with a different point of view", to quote the song "A Boy Named Sue".

    Not sure if you can see on my avatar, but I'm wearing black socks in it :oops:

    Maybe this is a bit clearer...

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    But then I think it looks quite good with the white shoes!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Ah poor dougzz is all riled up about some socks. I suggest you simply don't comment on threads where you think the material is beneath you, or pointless, or not interesting or whatever. It adds pretty much nothing.

    If I care about rider's style and you don't, I suggest you get over it, it is not the end of the world.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    But then I think it looks quite good with the white shoes!

    The colour combination in your attire works well here.
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    Yes they are. Then again black socks were put down when people started wearing them. I believe Lance does things like that on purpose. Just to get people upset.
    As for the question I asked ff. I'm really curious how he would react. From all his talk
    he would definately get up and walk away, or so you would think. I'm betting otherwise.
    He'd have that beer and probably "come away with a different point of view", to quote the song "A Boy Named Sue".

    Not sure if you can see on my avatar, but I'm wearing black socks in it :oops:

    Maybe this is a bit clearer...

    3251223980_90311b9e00.jpg

    But then I think it looks quite good with the white shoes!

    I have my fair share of black socks. They don't show dirt like the white ones.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    dennisn wrote:
    I have my fair share of black socks. They don't show dirt like the white ones.

    Ahh, yes, but do you have the FF Golden Sock of Approval :D
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    I have my fair share of black socks. They don't show dirt like the white ones.

    Ahh, yes, but do you have the FF Golden Sock of Approval :D

    Alas, I have not yet been so honored. It is a goal in life I have on my "Bucket List" though. :wink::wink:
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Ah poor dougzz is all riled up about some socks. I suggest you simply don't comment on threads where you think the material is beneath you, or pointless, or not interesting or whatever. It adds pretty much nothing.

    If I care about rider's style and you don't, I suggest you get over it, it is not the end of the world.

    You as ever miss the point. I'm not annoyed about the socks, but about your endless love affair with Bertie and your pathetic put downs of Lance. Criticise Lance for the big things he does wrong, don't bleat on about the colour of his kit, it's really sad. You pick something completely subjective such as style, and then make endless posts as if you're the absolute authority on style, you promote your opinions as if they're fact, when they're just the ramblings of your warped Bertie world. I really should know better than to respond since debating with you is akin to arguing with a 3 year old.I suspect you're one of these people with 4923 Facebook friends, and not a proper actual friend in the whole world.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    dougzz wrote:
    You as ever miss the point. I'm not annoyed about the socks, but about your endless love affair with Bertie and your pathetic put downs of Lance. Criticise Lance for the big things he does wrong, don't bleat on about the colour of his kit, it's really sad. You pick something completely subjective such as style, and then make endless posts as if you're the absolute authority on style, you promote your opinions as if they're fact, when they're just the ramblings of your warped Bertie world. I really should know better than to respond since debating with you is akin to arguing with a 3 year old.I suspect you're one of these people with 4923 Facebook friends, and not a proper actual friend in the whole world.

    You know immediately if someone has lost the argument and lost composure when they resort to personal criticisms and attacks. That sort of stuff is below me so I will not reply in kind.

    You obviously didn't get it the first time so I shall repeat it a little more plainly. I will write whatever I chose to. If you find it inane or otherwise it has no bearing on my future postings. I couldn't care less what you think. Your opinion in no way influences mine.

    I am a fan of the best stage racer in the World. I suggest you get used to it as that will not change any time soon. You can call my admiration of his talent as a 'love affair' if you choose to if it makes you happy, I care not a bit.

    I will not bother replying to you again if you reply to this comment as I have better things to do with my time.
    Contador is the Greatest

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