"I descended like a girl" B Wiggins . . . . discuss!

smithy21

Thread of the year. :roll:

deejay

Pross wrote:

clanton wrote:

So now dopers descend better too than non dopers? BS post.

Yep, pump them full of speed and all fear of the consequences would go out of the window

Richard Virenque could drop most riders going downhill throughout his career with juice or without.
Poor old Heras should have let him go. :roll:

Ladies, please

Vino'sGhost

prawny wrote:

My theory, is that the phrase 'like a girl' is a contraction of 'like a little girl' which I don't think anyone could find offensive.

Also, if I were a woman, I'd probably take offence at being called a girl if I was the offence taking kind. I don't relly like being referred to as a boy now I'm in my thirties.

Not defending what Wiggins said was right, but just something that crossed my mind. Feel free to tear my logic apart.

peace and love.
p.

Prawny if you were a woman you find offence in something. they all always do.

which is why non of them go down without encouragement

:roll: :roll:

Vino'sGhost

Note go down refers to descending you filthy filthy people

deejay

Vino'sGhost wrote:

Note go down refers to descending you filthy filthy people

So the flip side to your error is that Ladies won't go downhill without encouragement.

Daithi

Vino'sGhost wrote:

Note go down refers to descending you filthy filthy people

If you think that's filthy? This thread sounds plain perverse!

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12921855

Daithi

b45her wrote:

oh FFS stop trying to be ultra PC about stuff like this, its a saying, throw like a girl, hit like a girl etc.

. . . hit like a girl? I wish I could!

roypsb

Is anybody really upset by what he said? There's some awful shit out there in the world. What BW said is so inconsequential it's ridiculous.

Pross

You forget, some people get offended if there is nothing to offend them.

Tom Dean

'like a girl' = 'shite', right?
Who could be offended by that?

But, anyway, you should only be upset by THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD - nothing else matters, and this is a case of political correctness gone mad...

FWIW I don't think Wiggins meant anything, and I'm not upset by a jock making an off the cuff remark. The predictable rush to defend this dumb comment is what I find depressing.

ddraver

Chebrikov wrote:

Wiggin's ability to descend decreases in direct relation to the increase in the balance of his bank accounts and the departure of ex dopers.

I find it ironic that Sky's pursuit of marginal gains, and Wiggins' severe weight loss and adherence to a scientific numbers approach to preparation and training, should result in his losing more time descending than he gains in time trials.

Sky set much store by their Dr Peters, who's job is to ensure the psychological strength of the riders, but it would seem he has failed to make sure Wiggins knows where to find his bottle. Wiggins bottle may well be full of Gatorade but his loss of bottle has cost him far more time than Prof Asker Jeukendrup's bottle contents have saved him.

Perhaps the loss of team mates and coaches who in the past doped, and a certain Doctor Leinders, have contributed to Sir Brad's lack of confidence.

Sir Brad is a London boy. He knows all about bottle. But is he hungry enough?

Be honest, Are you Trev the Rev? If so I have to admire the switch in writing style. What do you think about clipless pedals? I assume you think they re the best thing in the world yes?

Tom Dean

^deffo Trev! now banned

little ring needed

Would like to think today's events are bad Karma but sadly I don't believe in any of that afterlife stuff. Anyway it brought a smile to my face.

Herbsman

Tom Dean wrote:

'like a girl' = 'shite', right?
Who could be offended by that?

But, anyway, you should only be upset by THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD - nothing else matters, and this is a case of political correctness gone mad...

FWIW I don't think Wiggins meant anything, and I'm not upset by a jock making an off the cuff remark. The predictable rush to defend this dumb comment is what I find depressing.

Great post

slim_boy_fat

Showed my wife this thread, who is the mother of our 6 year old daughter. Her response, 'have they not gone anything better to do?'.

Tom Dean

'they'?

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

'they'?

What?

Tom Dean

Who do you think she meant?

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

Who do you think she meant?

Everyone discussing the topic.

Tom Dean

:? so should I agree with her (a woman with a young daughter!)? You clearly don't.

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

:? so should I agree with her (a woman with a young daughter!)? You clearly don't.

I think she was probably suggesting the topic was not worthy of discussion. But you carry on.

Tom Dean

Slim Boy Fat wrote:

Tom Dean wrote:

:? so should I agree with her (a woman with a young daughter!)? You clearly don't.

I think she was probably suggesting the topic was not worthy of discussion. But you carry on.

so should I agree with her (a woman with a young daughter!)? You clearly don't... Do you understand my confusion yet?

I understand what your wife said. She is not the one commenting on the forum.

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

Slim Boy Fat wrote:

Tom Dean wrote:

:? so should I agree with her (a woman with a young daughter!)? You clearly don't.

I think she was probably suggesting the topic was not worthy of discussion. But you carry on.

so should I agree with her (a woman with a young daughter!)? You clearly don't... Do you understand my confusion yet?

I understand what your wife said. She is not the one commenting on the forum.

lol, interwebz fails again. It's so good at it.

Tom Dean

You'll have to spell it out for me.

It looks like you have just commented 5 times on something not worthy of comment. Is this a reasonable assessment? Or do you not agree with your wife? (who, as a woman (with a daughter), is the authority on the subject)

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

You'll have to spell it out for me.

It looks like you have just commented 5 times on something not worthy of comment. Is this a reasonable assessment? Or do you not agree with your wife? (who, as a woman (with a daughter), is the authority on the subject)

I commented on the discussion not the issue

Tom Dean

Fair enough. I always think that when people get annoyed by the very fact you comment, rather that actually admitting they disagree with you, you are onto something

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

Fair enough. I always think that when people get annoyed by the very fact you comment, rather that actually admitting they disagree with you, you are onto something

Annoyed? Don't think so, bemused, maybe.

Tom Dean

You're still not really seeing the irony are you?

Presumably there are many other discussions on subjects that do not interest you, yet there is something about the subject of casual sexism that interests you so little you want to comment again and again.

slim_boy_fat

Tom Dean wrote:

You're still not really seeing the irony are you?

Presumably there are many other discussions on subjects that do not interest you, yet there is something about the subject of casual sexism that interests you so little you want to comment again and again.

I don't remember making any comments about sexism, casual or not. I'm just amazed at what some people will argue about on the internet. So not to derail this thread anymore, I'm out. Enjoy the discussion.

Tom Dean

Whoosh.