Retro pro cycling.
I picked out a couple at random and thought I’d share some bits that seemed fun.
2008 magazine. Iainf72’s favourite edition I think.
First page. 🤨
When the forum used to make the mag (and why I joined) thought the topic was relevant this Tour
I didn’t have enough time to find Iain’s question but this caption caught my eye
And this one made me laugh
Spotted this one from an earlier mag…
And then this mag
Check out this headline
And of course
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I remember getting Cycling Weekly back in 2009 when I started getting back into cycling. It had an article of Lance's art bikes and the ToB was on with some Norwegian kid called Edvald was dominating. There was lots of talk about how he could do anything and was the new Merckx.0
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rick_chasey said:
When the forum used to make the mag (and why I joined) thought the topic was relevant this Tour
I remember some of those names. BrianS is Brian Smith.
Do you have the Edvald Boasson Hagen - The New Merckx' cover?
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It's not a magazine, but I was going through the Guardian's coverage of the 2008 tour last night and came across Ricco being popped for doping, which was a bit of a Proustian rush - remember when you could more or less set your calendar by allegations (or proof) of him being on the sauce?0
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Like when he nearly topped himself attempting to blood dope giving himself severe blood poisoning. I can’t remember but did he use some animals blood.Lanterne_Rogue said:It's not a magazine, but I was going through the Guardian's coverage of the 2008 tour last night and came across Ricco being popped for doping, which was a bit of a Proustian rush - remember when you could more or less set your calendar by allegations (or proof) of him being on the sauce?
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Wasn't it a bag he'd had lying around for longer than was sensible? Think some suggestions were that he'd accidentally used his flatmate's, rather than some random pet.webboo said:
Like when he nearly topped himself attempting to blood dope giving himself severe blood poisoning. I can’t remember but did he use some animals blood.Lanterne_Rogue said:It's not a magazine, but I was going through the Guardian's coverage of the 2008 tour last night and came across Ricco being popped for doping, which was a bit of a Proustian rush - remember when you could more or less set your calendar by allegations (or proof) of him being on the sauce?
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He clearly isn’t the sharpest knife in the box.0
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Lanterne_Rogue said:
It's not a magazine, but I was going through the Guardian's coverage of the 2008 tour last night and came across Ricco being popped for doping, which was a bit of a Proustian rush - remember when you could more or less set your calendar by allegations (or proof) of him being on the sauce?
Watching 2008 back it was amazing how obvious Ricco was. Here's the stage he won. I start about two minutes before his attack (and also so you can see Phil & Paul bigging up a random Kenyan)
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He put bags of his own blood in his fridge in his flat but the fridge had stopped working/the 'leccy had been cut off but he cracked on anyway and gave himself sepsis.Lanterne_Rogue said:
Wasn't it a bag he'd had lying around for longer than was sensible? Think some suggestions were that he'd accidentally used his flatmate's, rather than some random pet.webboo said:
Like when he nearly topped himself attempting to blood dope giving himself severe blood poisoning. I can’t remember but did he use some animals blood.Lanterne_Rogue said:It's not a magazine, but I was going through the Guardian's coverage of the 2008 tour last night and came across Ricco being popped for doping, which was a bit of a Proustian rush - remember when you could more or less set your calendar by allegations (or proof) of him being on the sauce?
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Doesn't seem as long ago as that. Apparently his ban runs out in 3 years.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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"Not the sharpest knife in the draw" is being generous to Ricco. He wasn't even the sharpest spoon.Warning No formatter is installed for the format2
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No_Ta_Doctor said:
"Not the sharpest knife in the draw" is being generous to Ricco. He wasn't even the sharpest spoon.
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Oh come on, give the fella a break. Its an easy mistake to make.
Decide to cheat massively in a professional sport, drain your own blood, pop it in some bags, take it home, pop it in your fridge next to your latte, prosciutto and formaggi, go out for a bit, come home and find put that the frdige is broken/someone hasn't put 2,000 Lire in the meter so theres no 'leccy then think " ma va fa'nculo to it all", get the blood out amyway, pour an espresso, sit in your kitchen, self canulate and give yourself an i.v. transfusion.
Surely we've all done it at some point?
Oh..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Well I'm pretty sure the Yates brothers have fridges stuffed with old congealed blood, but that's for a fry up
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Did they find your pawn stash :-)rick_chasey said:So I was visiting my parents and I noticed they hadn’t thrown any of my old Procycling magazines away.
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It's fine if you put the empty bag on a shelf to remind yourself to never do it again; right next to a front dereilleur.MattFalle said:Oh come on, give the fella a break. Its an easy mistake to make.
Decide to cheat massively in a professional sport, drain your own blood, pop it in some bags, take it home, pop it in your fridge next to your latte, prosciutto and formaggi, go out for a bit, come home and find put that the frdige is broken/someone hasn't put 2,000 Lire in the meter so theres no 'leccy then think " ma va fa'nculo to it all", get the blood out amyway, pour an espresso, sit in your kitchen, self canulate and give yourself an i.v. transfusion.
Surely we've all done it at some point?
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Thanks for sharing, Rick. I have a couple of copies of Equipe from July 2011… will see if I can dig them out, I know we all love a photo of TV Tommy.Ben
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They should make a lot of this content available online. Not sure there would be anything to lose.0
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Haha, an insight into how bad the predictions are!TheBigBean said:They should make a lot of this content available online. Not sure there would be anything to lose.
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I have a lot of vhs tape of the 1990s"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Endless hours of vuelta sprint stages ..."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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I do have 1994 Roubaix. All zillion hours of it"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Ben6899 said:
Thanks for sharing, Rick. I have a couple of copies of Equipe from July 2011… will see if I can dig them out, I know we all love a photo of TV Tommy.
A few snips from L’Equipe, Samedi 23 Juillet 2011… (which rotate incorrectly no matter how I edit/save them - love this forum software)
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Thought i'd revive this thread as Procycling magazine has announced it's no longer going to be published.
Real shame as, as you can tell, I am a big fan of the magazine.
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Assume you're not tempted by their offer to transfer your sub to the mountain bike mag then?....rick_chasey said:Thought i'd revive this thread as Procycling magazine has announced it's no longer going to be published.
Real shame as, as you can tell, I am a big fan of the magazine.
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I only bought it last week for the first time in years. I used to subscribe but found I didn't get round to reading them. I always look for it if I'm in front of a magazine stand, but never found it until last week."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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A bit gutted by this.rick_chasey said:Thought i'd revive this thread as Procycling magazine has announced it's no longer going to be published.
Real shame as, as you can tell, I am a big fan of the magazine.
End of an era.
Certainly won’t be taking up their MBR offer!
Any suggestions for another pro cycling focused magazine?
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