Lance Armstrong lied...

bonkstrong
bonkstrong Posts: 120
edited February 2012 in Commuting chat
He says it's not about the bike??? Pffffft, what uttert tosh!!

I can confirm that after flying round the country lanes on the fancy carbon beauty at great speed I have now been reduced to a gibbering wreck after averaging just 10mph on the SS Pompino - in my defence it's pretty much uphill all the way, but even so it's amazing how much difference the bike does make over a journey! I've never felt so empty after just 8 miles... :cry:

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  • petemadoc
    petemadoc Posts: 2,331
    I think he lied about some other stuff too . . .
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    PeteMadoc wrote:
    I think he lied about some other stuff too . . .

    "I'll love you for ever Sheryl......."

    is that the kind of thing you mean?
  • bonkstrong
    bonkstrong Posts: 120
    PeteMadoc wrote:
    I think he lied about some other stuff too . . .

    You are clearly a bitter individual with an agenda/drink & drugs problem/book to promote (insert a whole host of other reasons for people to diss the man who will one day cure cancer)

    He's done too much good for too many people - all hail King Lance!!!!
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    I bet Trek were over the moon when they found out what his book was going to be titled. Although I'm sure they made a few quid out of the association all the same.

    Glad you're enjoying the knew bike Bonkstrong! To a smaller degree I'm sharing your fun at the moment as a new frame and wheel set has me close to my PBs without even trying.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    BONKSTRONG wrote:
    PeteMadoc wrote:
    I think he lied about some other stuff too . . .

    You are clearly a bitter individual with an agenda/drink & drugs problem/book to promote (insert a whole host of other reasons for people to diss the man who will one day cure cancer)

    He's done too much good for too many people - all hail King Lance!!!!

    french or troll... or a combination
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Yes - it SO is about the bike as Strava KoM titles fall before the might of the all-conquering* Volagi

    * When I say all-conquering, I really only mean me on other bikes :oops:

    In all seriousness (there's that "all" word again which I don't think I've quite mastered), I'm impressed that, despite crap weather, the cold, and a "winter waistband", I'm knocking down Strava segment times that I set last summer on my all-carbon (OK - mostly carbon..) Cayo.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,946
    Did he lie to one or both of the Olsen twins as well?
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  • bonkstrong
    bonkstrong Posts: 120
    Clever Pun wrote:
    BONKSTRONG wrote:
    PeteMadoc wrote:
    I think he lied about some other stuff too . . .

    You are clearly a bitter individual with an agenda/drink & drugs problem/book to promote (insert a whole host of other reasons for people to diss the man who will one day cure cancer)

    He's done too much good for too many people - all hail King Lance!!!!

    french or troll... or a combination

    <comes out from under bridge> Moi? :lol:

    In all seriousness though, as a huge fan of Le Tour and a firm grasp of the problems within Cycling his achievments on the bike were still legendary. Unfortunately his off-the-bike antics let him down. As far as Hero's go I'm afraid his Lancness has slipped to no2 behind the current leader, Sir. Mark Cavendish

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