The 'let it all out' thread - who do you hate the most?

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  • The Truth
    The Truth Posts: 161
    ddraver wrote:
    The Truth wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Gone the way I strongly suspect Mr Horner will go this year...

    What do you mean?

    old guy, no one remembers who he is, get's lucky, beats opponents who are tired/broken/not that in to it really having had other plans, wins

    The next year no one gives them the freedom they had before as they re the "Vuelta Champion" and they end up back in mid table obscurity again until they re forgotten. Lets be honest Horner and Cobo should have just retired on their highs but I imagine the lure of cashing in one last time would tempt most people

    You re dissapointed arent you...

    Well this post makes about 0 sense, but at least you didn't break the #1 rule of bikeradar like I thought you were going to.
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Don't be a nitwit Truth ... It makes perfect sense in terms of racing and in terms of cashing in on the payday ...

    Unless of course you're feeling left out and are desperate to get yourself added as a voting option?
  • The Truth
    The Truth Posts: 161
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Don't be a nitwit Truth ... It makes perfect sense in terms of racing and in terms of cashing in on the payday ...

    Unless of course you're feeling left out and are desperate to get yourself added as a voting option?

    It doesn't make sense that a generational talent like Cobo is finding himself riding on some obscure team no one has heard of.

    You don't "get lucky" to win a grand tour.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The Truth wrote:
    Crankbrother wrote:
    Don't be a nitwit Truth ... It makes perfect sense in terms of racing and in terms of cashing in on the payday ...

    Unless of course you're feeling left out and are desperate to get yourself added as a voting option?

    It doesn't make sense that a generational talent like Cobo is finding himself riding on some obscure team no one has heard of.

    You don't "get lucky" to win a grand tour.

    Oscar Pereiro.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Richmond Racer wrote:

    The kind of ancestor you'd be happy to learn you had

    I fear for what would happen if I delve into my family tree

    I wonder if the ancestor had some part in her epic bottom? :P
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    How is Cobo a generational Talent?!?!?

    He won against a guy who'd been in hospital a few weeks prior to the race and a guy with a parasitic blood disease

    Edit - Oh yeah I forgot you think that Andrew Talansky is a generational talent don't you. Maybe you should look up the definition of that one...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Crankbrother wrote:
    People in the 'Your Road Bikes' section who entitle threads 'PROJECT not exciting at all really' or 'STEALTH build' (it's a boring ass bike from Planet X ffs) ..,
    What's even worse are the YouTube 'reviews' of bike bits, where the review is them opening the box and looking at it, not having actually used the item!
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  • The Truth
    The Truth Posts: 161
    ddraver wrote:
    How is Cobo a generational Talent?!?!?

    He won against a guy who'd been in hospital a few weeks prior to the race and a guy with a parasitic blood disease

    Edit - Oh yeah I forgot you think that Andrew Talansky is a generational talent don't you. Maybe you should look up the definition of that one...

    He won a grand tour clean. How many other riders have done that?
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    I've just come to a very important realisation about that box Pandora opened. Written across the top of it in blue writing was almost certainly the following three words:

    "Display this post"
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The Truth wrote:
    He won a grand tour clean. How many other riders have done that?
    Lots, if we use the same criteria you are to declare Cobo clean. Cobo lacks the weight of palmares that many of the others do though.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • The Truth
    The Truth Posts: 161
    RichN95 wrote:
    The Truth wrote:
    He won a grand tour clean. How many other riders have done that?
    Lots, if we use the same criteria you are to declare Cobo clean. Cobo lacks the weight of palmares that many of the others do though.

    How many clean grand tour winners have we had in the past 20 years? Not many. And Cobo is clearly more talented than the other clean winners like Froome and Wiggins.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The thing about Cobo that many people don't take into consideration when assessing his performances or lack thereof is that he is known to suffer from depression that has had serious implications for his motivation over the years.

    Anyway, I'm not sure why we're talking about Cobo to be honest.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The Truth wrote:
    How many clean grand tour winners have we had in the past 20 years? Not many. And Cobo is clearly more talented than the other clean winners like Froome and Wiggins.
    Neither of us know for sure who is clean and who is not. But if you tell us the criteria that lead you to deduce that Cobo was clean then perhaps we can work out who else fits the bill.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway, I'm not sure why we're talking about Cobo to be honest.
    Because someone's trying to tempt us into calling him a Cobo so he can jump up and down about some rule or double standards and claim 'victory'.
    It's such a transparent ruse he should feel embarrassed at using it. It's like turning up to a magic show audition and doing the coin behind the ear trick.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    ^ With the added bonus that, in Truth, there's no way Froome can be doing what he's doing clean, if Cobo proves to have come from nowhere with illegal assistance.
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway, I'm not sure why we're talking about Cobo to be honest.
    Because someone's trying to tempt us into calling him a Cobo so he can jump up and down about some rule or double standards and claim 'victory'.
    It's such a transparent ruse he should feel embarrassed at using it. It's like turning up to a magic show audition and doing the coin behind the ear trick.

    Desperate times (evidence famine), desperate bloke, desperate measures.

    Cobo: 2 good seasons and 2 modest seasons in a so far 12 year career.
    Clearly a talent of his generation. :roll:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Anyway, I'm not sure why we're talking about Cobo to be honest.
    Because he's trying to tempt us into calling him a doper so he can jump up and down about some rule or double standards and claim 'victory'.
    It's such a transparent ruse he should feel embarrassed at using it. It's like turning up to a magic show audition and doing the coin behind the ear trick.

    Well yes I figured that, our dear friend first brought Cobo up a few days ago on one of the now locked threads but no one took the bait then, I was just trying to shunt the topic off the board using deceptive naivety, in a 'what's Cobo got to do with anything, who's Cobo?' kind of a way. I mean why are we discussing Cobo on a thread about who we hate the most, he hasn't done enough to hate him, long black socks aside.

    COBO-SOLO.jpg

    And awful shoes. We need Frenchie to pass judgment.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • The Truth
    The Truth Posts: 161
    Macaloon wrote:
    ^ With the added bonus that, in Truth, there's no way Froome can be doing what he's doing clean, if Cobo proves to have come from nowhere with illegal assistance.

    Don't worry, there is no evidence Cobo was doping. So that must mean he is clean and anyone that thinks otherwise is a troll that should get sued.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    ^Mensa's on the line

    I've told them to stand down, their membership list is in no danger of being added to
  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    The Truth wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    ^ With the added bonus that, in Truth, there's no way Froome can be doing what he's doing clean, if Cobo proves to have come from nowhere with illegal assistance.

    Don't worry, there is no evidence Cobo was doping. So that must mean he is clean and anyone that thinks otherwise is a troll that should get sued.

    I was looking through the Independent, for want of better things to do and I found this......

    "In a survey conducted by the group of psychologists, people who partake in so-called trolling online showed signs of sadism, psychopathy, and were Machiavellian in their manipulation of others and their disregard for morality." Quote.

    Now that would explain a lot of locked threads. Recognise anyone from the above description? :wink:
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Above The Cows wrote:
    And awful shoes. We need Frenchie to pass judgment.

    My word, they are awful. Reminds me of a time when some kid turned up to school with a new pair of shoes that his mother had bought cheap off the market for him. Within five minutes of turning up at school, they started to show flashes of bright orange. Closer investigation revealed that some canny opportunist had obviously bought a job lot of horrible shoes and slapped a load of cheap gloss over the top of them. I'm not suggesting that this is precisely the story behind these, but someone clearly saw him coming...
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  • The Truth
    The Truth Posts: 161
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    ^Mensa's on the line

    I've told them to stand down, their membership list is in no danger of being added to

    Don't worry, there is always room for you here in the BikeRadar groupthink.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    I quite like the odd episode of trolling. Keeps it interesting. But this is just tedious.

    If the level of groupthink is as moronic as you claim, why aren't you able to run rings around it, or rally a few to your flag? (Granted, there is rayjay.)
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    And awful shoes. We need Frenchie to pass judgment.

    My word, they are awful. Reminds me of a time when some kid turned up to school with a new pair of shoes that his mother had bought cheap off the market for him. Within five minutes of turning up at school, they started to show flashes of bright orange. Closer investigation revealed that some canny opportunist had obviously bought a job lot of horrible shoes and slapped a load of cheap gloss over the top of them. I'm not suggesting that this is precisely the story behind these, but someone clearly saw him coming...


    I think we might have got to the bottom of his grand tour winning form. He thought if he pedaled fast enough no one would be able to see his shoes.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The Truth wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    ^ With the added bonus that, in Truth, there's no way Froome can be doing what he's doing clean, if Cobo proves to have come from nowhere with illegal assistance.

    Don't worry, there is no evidence Cobo was doping. So that must mean he is clean and anyone that thinks otherwise is a troll that should get sued.

    I actually agree with your point, even thought you don't believe it yourself.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Those shoes can't have helped his depression, surely?
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Those shoes can't have helped his depression, surely?

    Dunno. Things must have started looking up whenever he got to take them off?
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Those shoes can't have helped his depression, surely?

    Alternatively, are you suggesting those shoes were just a form of self-harming? They certainly look like a cry for help...
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Those shoes can't have helped his depression, surely?

    Alternatively, are you suggesting those shoes were just a form of self-harming? They certainly look like a cry for help...


    I'll consult a head specialist on this - certainly one could be kept busy with a couple of our more recent fellow posters
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Those shoes can't have helped his depression, surely?

    Dunno. Things must have started looking up whenever he got to take them off?

    :lol: belter
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