Greg LeMond in new Rapha video

nweststeyn
nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
edited November 2012 in Pro race
Yeah, sorry Rapha haters but this is awesome!

http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-with-greg-lemond/

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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Rapha haters will have to suck it up

    Awesome indeed
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    "I try to explain what it's like to race in the tour, on closed roads... It's good... It's fun".

    He seems to still hold a real passion for the sport.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Le Mond had to get old 'n fat before he got into Rapha. I hear he's doing night classes in orthodontistry too :wink:
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,231
    Have to do this now before anyone else does...
    http://internationale.teamjva.com/

    then we can get on with all the witty coments about Lemond remounting his throne as the best US rider ever.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Surely the Rapha image is about looking like a friendless sociopath? They got the wrong American.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Took me a minute before I realised the guy with the 'tashe wasn't FrenchFighter.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    That is one happy, content sounding man. Great little clip.
  • confused@BR
    confused@BR Posts: 295
    Oh, I sort of, hoped it was.
    'fool'
  • GGBiker
    GGBiker Posts: 450
    Is he the massively fat guy? Can't see how it helps Rapha's "sexy" image.

    Seems like a lot of ex-pros maintain their tour calorie intake long after the Champs Élysées.
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    would love to know how good he is uphill at that weight. looked like he caned them on the descent
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    That were grand :D
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    coriordan wrote:
    That is one happy, content sounding man. Great little clip.

    I'm sure he is, as he cashes the cheque! :D
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    GGBiker wrote:
    Is he the massively fat guy? Can't see how it helps Rapha's "sexy" image.

    Seems like a lot of ex-pros maintain their tour calorie intake long after the Champs Élysées.

    I think if you watched cycling in the 80's, Lemond is a total hero. I would still say he's my all time fave cyclist and if I rode bikes I'd probably be Rapha's target audience.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Neale1978
    Neale1978 Posts: 484
    Quite a lot of rapha stuff is a rip off from what ive seen but the video is great and greg was a great rider back in the day.

    I dident realise charles bronson had been released and had ventured into road riding?
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    nweststeyn wrote:

    3672-main-06.jpg

    What comes around, goes around. Black without advertising. :?:
    Picture could have been taken in the 1950's except those crazy USA hats. :roll:
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'd completely forgotten about Greg's slightly knees out pedalling style.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tremayne
    tremayne Posts: 378
    Total total hero. In fact a 'Hero for life' - rather than some of the more short lived all-American heros....

    Awesome clip.

    Bring back Lemond bikes. Please!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,575
    Only American to wear yellow ;-)
    _
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Only American to wear yellow ;-)

    Well yea and no. He was the first / only "United State-ian" to wear yellow. Alex Stieda was the first North American rider to wear yellow, in 1986.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    So, just watched the video:
    1) I'd love to ride in Nevada.
    2) I'd love to ride with Greg Lemond.
    3) Those black rapha continental bikes with the pink chris king hubs sure look pretty.
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  • skylla
    skylla Posts: 758
    Does anyone remember that story from quite a while back. Involved Greg Lemond, a massive wildfire in CA or NV, last 20 of some protected bird species - vultures? -, and Greg getting some of the blame?
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    LangerDan wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Only American to wear yellow ;-)

    Well yea and no. He was the first / only "United State-ian" to wear yellow. Alex Stieda was the first North American rider to wear yellow, in 1986.
    What No Colombian/American wore it then ?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,575
    LangerDan wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Only American to wear yellow ;-)

    Well yea and no. He was the first / only "United State-ian" to wear yellow. Alex Stieda was the first North American rider to wear yellow, in 1986.


    :roll:
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  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    Hahaha, when people watch too many Rapha video's - not only do they acquire knowledge of useless pedantic facts, they also develop an uncompromising level of seriousness. It doesn't stop at Lance Armstrong jokes either... (oh and, refreshingly, it's no pretence - just pure untempered seriousness).
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    I'm going to have to stop watching these:
    4) I want to ride in Alberta
    5) I want to ride with Alex Stieda (what a dude!)
    6) Maybe I'll just get some Chris King hubs... or a headset... or the BB....
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  • itisaboutthebike
    itisaboutthebike Posts: 1,120
    I hear he's doing night classes in orthodontistry too

    I'd heard he was chief pie tester for Pukka......................mind ewe having not ridden since the Marmotte I could be accused of same...........
  • harrydaisy
    harrydaisy Posts: 131
    good clip - looks a fantastic spot for a spin

    Le mond is a hero, but who are the Rapha hangers on....(although I must admit I think its a strong brand)
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    a few do mug it up in front of the camera, but yeah, looks a great place for a ride. the cast list is to the left side of the video if my mind serves me correctly. which it rarely does.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    harrydaisy wrote:
    (although I must admit I think its a strong brand)

    A strong brand? Not a good product then? :wink:
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Nah, product is v good. Bit pricy....

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