Pokerface's Paralympics

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  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    Great news! Well done, Colin!
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Awesome!!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,557
    Well done Colin, you can forget the talk of retirement now!
  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    Chapeau! Keep living the dream Colin!
    http://www.independent.ie/sport/rio-201 ... 48740.html
    "It must be true, it's on the internet" - Winston Churchill
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Huge congratulations! :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Very pleased for you. Well done!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,327
    Superb! Congrats Colin!
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  • JackTar
    JackTar Posts: 77
    Absolutely over the moon for you! Congrats!
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    Andcp wrote:
    Chapeau! Keep living the dream Colin!
    http://www.independent.ie/sport/rio-201 ... 48740.html

    Like we thought...no mention of his chums on this forum in the article. :D
    Half man, Half bike
  • mr_poll
    mr_poll Posts: 1,547
    https://twitter.com/ParalympicsIRE/status/776163707739115520
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    chapeau
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    It's been a LONG day, Up at 4:30AM my time to race at 8:00

    But worth it.


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    One more race on Friday (road race) where I'll be looking to help my teammate get his 2nd Gold.


    Cheers all!!
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    Brilliant to see you medaled, well done !!!
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,647
    Bloody hell congrats! Amazing news
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Great Work Sir!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,602
    Wonderful stuff! Well done! :D
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Pokerface wrote:
    It's been a LONG day, Up at 4:30AM my time to race at 8:00

    But worth it.


    000cd9ca-600.jpg
    Rio_zpsn5etetzo.jpg
    000cda3d-800.jpg

    One more race on Friday (road race) where I'll be looking to help my teammate get his 2nd Gold.


    Cheers all!!

    Post of the year, right there!!
    Trail fun - Transition Bandit
    Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
    Allround - Cotic Solaris
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Amidst all the crap we fill this forum with, there is one man out there, day in, day out: training. And winning Olympic medals.

    The word "awesome" is badly overused, but I really think it applies here.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Fantastic Colin, well done!

    (I was about to ask a question about your prosthetic, when I realised I'd confused your right leg with a compression sock on with your prosthetic...)
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Fantastic Colin, well done!

    (I was about to ask a question about your prosthetic, when I realised I'd confused your right leg with a compression sock on with your prosthetic...)

    Nope - that leg has a carbon brace to the knee, wrapped in black tape and a SMART overshoe! (Spinal injury that caused me to lose my left leg also took all the muscle not he right side below the knee).
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Pokerface wrote:
    Nope - that leg has a carbon brace to the knee, wrapped in black tape and a SMART overshoe! (Spinal injury that caused me to lose my left leg also took all the muscle not he right side below the knee).
    Ah, sorry to hear that. To begin with I thought you had a new cycling prosthetic with a "foot" on as opposed to the straight prosthetic with a cleat attached that I'd seen before, then I realised I was looking at the wrong leg.

    Fantastic performance yesterday. Are you still keeping the medal about your person at all times?
  • Richj
    Richj Posts: 240
    Congratulations Colin on an excellent result
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Brilliant Colin, well done.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    Nope - that leg has a carbon brace to the knee, wrapped in black tape and a SMART overshoe! (Spinal injury that caused me to lose my left leg also took all the muscle not he right side below the knee).
    Ah, sorry to hear that. To begin with I thought you had a new cycling prosthetic with a "foot" on as opposed to the straight prosthetic with a cleat attached that I'd seen before, then I realised I was looking at the wrong leg.

    Fantastic performance yesterday. Are you still keeping the medal about your person at all times?

    Well, I'm still in bed, so not yet!

    Still have a road race to do on Friday and training today!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pokerface wrote:
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    This is not a poker face at all!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,439
    Whoop! Congrats. Gutted I missed it. Is there still no like button?
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • Shadowrider
    Shadowrider Posts: 483
    Well done again Colin. I'm going to try make the hour attempt.


    I think you've earned the right to use such a high end bike now. haha
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Preview of my Hour Record set-up (same as the Pursuit):

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  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    That’s more of a poker face!

    Congratulations, Colin. It’s been fun to see someone on the forum do so well on the world stage.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Congratulations.

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