Some old bloke's got a new bike.

OffTheBackAdam
OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
edited September 2012 in The cake stop
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You'd think he was any good! :wink:
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Next he'll be askin' all types of "numpty" beginners questions next, and askin' am I alright to wear a world champions/yellow/pink jersey. You know the sort. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • Ride hard
    Ride hard Posts: 389
    Merckx? Never heard of him.

    Instead of the free travelcards they give to OAP's this country, they should give them an EMX-7's instead.
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  • schweiz
    schweiz Posts: 1,644
    either that or he'll be plodding around wearing a heavy woollen Molteni jersey telling you all about how when he was younger that's what everyone wore and if it was good back in those days then it's perfectly okay now!
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Perhaps he's thinking "bloody carbon fibre, what's up with good old 531 tubing?"
    Tail end Charlie

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  • solosuperia
    solosuperia Posts: 333
    This old bloke was going to have a custom paint job including my name on the downtube..............
    But thinking about it decided it was just a bit naff!!!!!
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Looks like he's been eating too many people.....
    Faster than a tent.......
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    A devout cyclist dies and goes to heaven. Saint Peter meets him at the gate. Cyclist askes if there are bicycles in heaven. Peter says "Sure, let me show you," and leads the guy into the finest Velodrome you can imagine.

    "This is great," the cyclist says. "You will love it here" says Peter. "You will be fitted a custom track bike, the mechanics will glue on fresh silks each night, and your personal masseuse is always available." As they speak a blur flys by them on the boards riding a gold plated Cinelli and the cyclist says "Wow he was fast, that must be Eddy Merck!"

    "No," says Peter, "that was God, he only thinks he's Eddy".
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  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    i bet hes a dentist
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    he could get some decals to spell out his name....i know a guy
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  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    he could get some decals to spell out his name....i know a guy


    :lol::lol::lol:
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Ezy_Merckx?
  • john-e-big-guns
    john-e-big-guns Posts: 489
    And ...how much did he pay for that..I wonder ???
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  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Eddy Merckx. Audi driver. Sad day
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • john-e-big-guns
    john-e-big-guns Posts: 489
    "Audi Dudi Eddy"
    No Pain; No Gain;

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  • velohutts
    velohutts Posts: 288
    legend !!
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,694
    That's a lot of spacers under the stem. Shame.
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  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Looking for his allen key
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    rear sets folded up, no roof rack? how did he get that bike there? Or has he been for a ride and it just packing it away, if he did you would think he would try lycra? There is a hint of ronnie corbet about him now.
  • eede
    eede Posts: 58
    I think he keeps a test rider in the boot. Some ex doper who still failed as a pro......
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  • Gizmodo
    Gizmodo Posts: 1,928
    mallorcajeff wrote:
    rear sets folded up, no roof rack? how did he get that bike there? Or has he been for a ride and it just packing it away, if he did you would think he would try lycra? There is a hint of ronnie corbet about him now.
    That rear seat looks folded down to me. Definitely Ronny Corbett. :D
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    That's a lot of spacers under the stem. Shame.

    And the bottle cages don't match.
  • Gizmo_
    Gizmo_ Posts: 558
    He'd probably still hand me my arse.

    My father-in-law-to-be used to race. He's now 70. I'm not looking forward to the first time we go out, he's still got a frame by someone unpronouncable fitted with full Chorus.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    That's a lot of spacers under the stem. Shame.

    To be fair, he probably knows enough about cycling to know to set the bike up to his geometry rather than for looks though it does suggest that Eddy Merckx doesn't make bikes for Eddy Merckx!
    Faster than a tent.......

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