Post of the tour

alan_a

With 34 pages of mentalness with regards today's TT I think it is time to lighten the mood and highlight this forum's best posts of TdF

Today's contenders are RichN95 & Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

“I wanted to do better” said Sagan. “I was thinking when I started that I felt good and I should try something.

Like this. Naughty Peter.



(He's catching Hernandez of Saxo. And yes the road is narrow)

Apparently the driver had his hand out of the window, asking for 2 quid a km to use the back seat properly.

RichN95 wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Apparently the driver had his hand out of the window, asking for 2 quid a km to use the back seat properly.

The rumour is he rode up the back of the car and sat on the roof for 5km

Any other contenders from previous threads?

RichN95.

I'm afraid I have to confess to nicking that joke off twitter. Sorry.

alan_a

Boooo

From Stage 1 after the crash

underlayunderlay wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

I Blame Ribble or Wiggle for today's stage 8)

Has Laura Trott been awarded it by the commissaires yet?

alan_a

Also from Stage 1

Alan A wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

Did I just see a giant inflatable Angry Bird in the hills :shock:

Yeah, it's Michelle Cound, she's annoyed about Froomie's crash.

He said inflatable, not self-inflated.

Early contenders for post of the race.

Chappeau.

Bo Duke

RichN95 wrote:

I'm afraid I have to confess to nicking that joke off twitter. Sorry.

Doping! Cheat!

alan_a

From yesterday's spoilers thread.

RichN95 wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ECHELONS!!!!!!!!!

This is not a drill! I repeat, this is not a drill!

These two posts made me stop work and plonk myself on the couch. Merci ATC & Rich.

adr82

Alan A wrote:

From yesterday's spoilers thread.

RichN95 wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ECHELONS!!!!!!!!!

This is not a drill! I repeat, this is not a drill!

These two posts made me stop work and plonk myself on the couch. Merci ATC & Rich.

Yes, likewise! Wasn't going to bother to watch it live until I saw that

ddraver

Yep was happily listening to the cricket....

MrTapir

The Laura Trott one was good, I also liked when Frenchfighter said he had a picture of a horse but he wouldnt post it.

alan_a

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Reported sighting of Tommy Voeckler applying Ambre Solaire factor 50 to his tongue,
this morning.........................

alihisgreat

MrTapir wrote:

The Laura Trott one was good, I also liked when Frenchfighter said he had a picture of a horse but he wouldnt post it.

you're going to need to find it and quote it because I didn't see those ones...

above_the_cows

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

MrTapir wrote:

The Laura Trott one was good, I also liked when Frenchfighter said he had a picture of a horse but he wouldnt post it.

you're going to need to find it and quote it because I didn't see those ones...

Frenchie's horse post was so good, inkyfingers now has it as a signature. I second Frenchie's horse post. It ably captures the occasion that is the Tour.

adr82

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

MrTapir wrote:

I also liked when Frenchfighter said he had a picture of a horse but he wouldnt post it.

you're going to need to find it and quote it because I didn't see those ones...

FF's horsey one in all it's glory: viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12930529&p=18415367#p18415357

rick_chasey

Alan A wrote:

From yesterday's spoilers thread.

RichN95 wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ECHELONS!!!!!!!!!

This is not a drill! I repeat, this is not a drill!

These two posts made me stop work and plonk myself on the couch. Merci ATC & Rich.

Made me grin from ear to ear. Even if I was never going to see the stage.

MrTapir

adr82 wrote:

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

MrTapir wrote:

I also liked when Frenchfighter said he had a picture of a horse but he wouldnt post it.

you're going to need to find it and quote it because I didn't see those ones...

FF's horsey one in all it's glory: viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12930529&p=18415367#p18415357

the follow up posts egging FF on to post it are amusing, and also the picture of the horse is fantastic, it seems quietly amused, or in fact smug.

Ali, the Laura Trott post is quoted further up the page by Alan A if you meant that one too.

alan_a

From the Oi Rick get rid of post preview thread

No tA Doctor wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

could not find it last night.

have fun.

I reckon you're about to get swarmed by a group of vigilante php developers!

But why? Like I said I could not find it last night.

I was thinking they might be offering to find it for you :-)

It seems to be on

Edit Forum>General forum settings :


From
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29642

I'm .NET so can't verify that ;-)

Chappeau No tA Doctor

Macaloon

"I expect Sky will continue to make Froome do telesales of Satellite dishes even on a rest day. Towards the top of yesterdays climb he must have cold called 40 punters in Croydon."

Yellow Peril, second rest day thread, with the definitive answer to Froome's non-stop radio chatter on Ventoux.
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12931947&p=18434424#p18434665

alan_a

From the Brian Holm Thread

ThomThom wrote:

goonz wrote:

Dare I ask who he is?

alan_a

From the Stage 15 Spoilers thread

RichN95 wrote:

The profile:
The climb profile:
The mountain:
The memorial:
The geology:
The cheese:

Everybody happy? You bet the f*** we are.

alan_a

On Froome's climbing style up Mont Ventoux

TailWindHome wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down.. Head up, head down..

That's what he hears on the radio?

ddraver

Bo Duke wrote:

'Hey Sagan, show me how to do it again!'

Winner for me so far!

Have to disagree with the Ventoux one as the geology is just so wrong!

graeme_s-2

This exchange from the Stage 16 spoiler thread gets my vote. ATC's comeback properly made me laugh out loud.

Above The Cows wrote:

josame wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

The many meanings of Thumbs Up

Thumbs up does not have a universal meaning.

In Iran, the thumbs up is traditionally an obscene gesture, equivalent to the use of the middle finger in the Western world.

In the USA, American Sign Language users use this hand shape to indicate the number ten when wiggled modestly left and right. When held stationary and thrust toward another person the meaning is 'yourself'. When lifted up by the other palm, the meaning is 'help'.

In Japanese sign language, the thumbs-up indicates a man, or male gender as opposed to an extended pinky indicating female.

In India, although the gesture is well accepted, similar gestures have negative connotations, while doing a thumbs up, if the hand is wagged from side to side in a reverse-pendulum like movement, it means "won't work" or "disagree".

In Brazil, it can be used in lieu of saying "thanks".

Thanks, do I get my minute back :roll:

No but you can have a thumbs up Iranian style.

alan_a

ddraver wrote:

Bo Duke wrote:

'Hey Sagan, show me how to do it again!'

Winner for me so far!)

I missed that one. Tis a belter.

Any more?

ddraver

Graeme beat me to it...

ddraver

Yellow Peril wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

RideOnTime wrote:

calvjones wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

Froboz wrote:

I was really excited for today's stage, then I remembered it was an ITT and I wanted to shoot myself in the face. Boring.

I think ITT needs to get binned, or at least have only 1 per Tour.

Without TT's you'd have a bunch of riders just cruising until the last day of mountains to finally do something. They are essential for a good GT. That said, I'm not the biggest fan either.

I think ATCs colleagues need to be informed about all these cyclists cruising the mountains. They're in the wrong place in the Low Countries.

looking for goat with a tight ass. or an ass with tight goat.

Oh dear god what with this and talk of donkey porn on the other thread that will not be named. :shock:

This lot are in the UK as it is. It all apparently started over an argument about whether Mark Cavendish [/b]is 'fit' in the aesthetic sense. I now feel like Morpheus and I have given them the red pill. Where will it all end? Where? I'm going back to reading about passports (real ones, not blood ones).

He is quite handsome but incredibly tiny. It would be like trying to sh@g an Action Man...just sayin again.

above_the_cows

This by disgruntledgoat brought tears.

disgruntledgoat wrote:

RideOnTime wrote:

calvjones wrote:

ThomThom wrote:

Froboz wrote:

I was really excited for today's stage, then I remembered it was an ITT and I wanted to shoot myself in the face. Boring.

I think ITT needs to get binned, or at least have only 1 per Tour.

Without TT's you'd have a bunch of riders just cruising until the last day of mountains to finally do something. They are essential for a good GT. That said, I'm not the biggest fan either.

I think ATCs colleagues need to be informed about all these cyclists cruising the mountains. They're in the wrong place in the Low Countries.

looking for goat with a tight ass. or an ass with tight goat.

You rang?

above_the_cows

Ooo the Peril is hot this morning:

Yellow Peril wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

Westra 52'04 (35.2km/h)
Sicard +59
Ogrady _1'22

It's a wierd thread where Cleat is actually the most sane and on topic

Exactly. If Hieronymous Bosch had done forum threads instead of paintings this would have been one of his.

alan_a

Very hot day today

bazbadger wrote:

I knew I'd seen the Belkin TT riders somewhere before:

frenchfighter wrote:

I reckon it`s the bananas. I haven`t seen him eat many of them this year.

This exchange is certainly the cleverest of the Tour.

MrTapir wrote:

Joelsim wrote:

dsoutar wrote:

goonz wrote:

Not sure if this has been mentioned but Movistar have just signed up Quintana's 22yr old younger brother....

2 Quintana's got to be better than 1 right?

If one sits on the others shoulders then the podium girls won't have to bend down so much

Quintani is the plural

His name is actually already pluralised (for the whole family of), the singular is of course 'Quintanum'.

ddraver wrote:

brookter wrote:

Salvete amici.

Caecilius in horto (ablativus) est, non in hortum (accusativus).

Et puto una Quintana, duae Quintanae...

Francuspugnator Froomumcanum non amat, sed periniustus et luscus est. Francuspugnator belua improba est!

Valete,

Lanterna Rubra.

spaceman147

Mine so far

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

Ok, I'm back from the shops - anything interesting happen while I was away.

ddraver

Ok, controversial and maybe a bit meta but this from inner ring cheered me up no end!

the Inner Ring @inrng wrote:
Sky release Froome's climbing data and power stats to L'Equipe who have numbers reviewed by @fredgrappe who draws four conclusions:
1. Froome's power curve (W vs time) has a normal slope and his rides in the Tour are consistent with data from last 2 years
2. Sky have never measured his V02 max but Grappe says he must have a score close to the known physiological limits
3. his weight's been stable for races and
4. Grappe says he must have excellent powers of recovery. Data go from Vuelta 2011 to Mont Ventoux

alan_a

From Double Alpe spoilers

No tA Doctor wrote:

I'm just hoping the Dutch are doing their chair lifting when Sagan comes past, so he can hop off and wave his bike about.