The new Golf
ugo.santalucia
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It really is
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2 1/4 big ones to ride around the Isle of Wight with Wiggins?
Bucket list location?
Eh? Seriously?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Waitlist?
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What has this got to do with Golf?0
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I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…lesfirth said:What has this got to do with Golf?
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no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.ugo.santalucia said:
I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…lesfirth said:What has this got to do with Golf?
taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.
this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Apparently when you've finished the tour you receive total consciousness.
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Disappointed - I was expecting to read about a new VW...3
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Well ,that makes a change. A sensible post from MF.MattFalle said:
no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.ugo.santalucia said:
I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…lesfirth said:What has this got to do with Golf?
taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.
this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
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On the other hand... it's a lot like this.MattFalle said:
no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.ugo.santalucia said:
I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…lesfirth said:What has this got to do with Golf?
taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.
this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
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Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these daysleft the forum March 20230
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well obviously its the same business model onnit.kingstongraham said:
On the other hand... it's a lot like this.MattFalle said:
no - you have mixed that up with apirations of grandeur and business sense.ugo.santalucia said:
I guess I have always associated a certain high life style with golf…lesfirth said:What has this got to do with Golf?
taxi drivers and squaddies play a lot if golf and thats not exactly a high lifestyle.
this is pandering to the new breed of cyclust who have bought inro the lifestyle.
https://www.legendstour.com/alliance.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Ouch!ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
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Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...focuszing723 said:
Ouch!ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
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tbh, he doesn't care - he's getting paid, what, £20k? - to ride really slowly with some, admittedly unbearingly boring sycophantic clubbies for 6 hours, have some really nice food, get drunk and boost his own ego.ugo.santalucia said:
Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...focuszing723 said:
Ouch!ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
Going fast is the least of his worries..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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True…MattFalle said:
tbh, he doesn't care - he's getting paid, what, £20k? - to ride really slowly with some, admittedly unbearingly boring sycophantic clubbies for 6 hours, have some really nice food, get drunk and boost his own ego.ugo.santalucia said:
Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...focuszing723 said:
Ouch!ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
Going fast is the least of his worries.
Anyway, it’s probably sour grapes as I am sure if MF paid for me to go, I’d probably have a good time… I like cycling and I like food
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This is a much cheaper way to waste your money: https://www.cameo.com/philippegilbert0
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Cos if he was still 6 W/kg you wouldn't be able to keep up. 😉ugo.santalucia said:
Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...focuszing723 said:
Ouch!ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
Why would I want to pay to ride with him?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
A bit unfair saying he doesn't look after himself - most blokes his age would settle for that - admittedly he's probably a couple of stone plus over race weight but my money would still be on Wiggins against us over a lap if the Isle of Wight.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]1 -
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Tbf as well, although the food does lovely, there doesn't seem to be a lot of it.
i reckon you'd get back starving, shower, dress uncomfortably for dinner because you'd have to, few glasses of bubbly, get hungry squiffy and a bit cold as you do, guzzle dinner then have to send someone out for a bag of chips and a few lines.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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ugo.santalucia said:
Some retired PROs look after themselves and they are still decent in their 40s and 50s, but Wiggins looks like what? 90kg? Combine that with deteriorated power output and it's very likely he can't keep up going uphill. If in his heydays his FTP was 6 W/kg or thereabout, now it's probably less than 4...focuszing723 said:
Ouch!ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
Why would I want to pay to ride with him?
So you could show him how to ride uphill.
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Post a picture of yourself, for comparison...ugo.santalucia said:Why would I want to ride with a plump retired pro? I bet I’d have to wait for Wiggins if the road goes up… he’s so damn fat these days
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At 6’3” with that build, he’s probably not far off 100 kg… I am sure he is still fast, on a flat road…DeVlaeminck said:
A bit unfair saying he doesn't look after himself - most blokes his age would settle for that - admittedly he's probably a couple of stone plus over race weight but my money would still be on Wiggins against us over a lap if the Isle of Wight.
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Maybe that's why Isle of Wight was chosen, no major climbs. 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
Or ride round the New Forest with Jens Voigt for roughly £60. Fun day out but no fancy dinner
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I looked hard but couldn't find any with a bare chest in the sun... but here's how 65kg look like...imposter2.0 said:
Post a picture of yourself, for comparison...
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What I have learned today: that Bradley Wiggins is 6'3". Had not realised that.0
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I suspect that Bradley might be more than capable of putting most (all?) of the BR posters to shame even at his current weight.
David Moncoutie (aged 46) recently rode through the area of France in which we have a house and demolished all of the KOMs, not just by a few seconds but by massive amounts.
These guys are usually in a totally different league to most of us even when they age a bit.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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Yes, but Wiggins wasn’t a natural climber… he had to get thin beyond belief to be able to stay with the best. He was 70 kg in 2012, he’s now over 90 for sure. At the time his FTP was probably around 6 W/kg, now it’s probably 4 if not less… which is a decent club rider level.dabber said:I suspect that Bradley might be more than capable of putting most (all?) of the BR posters to shame even at his current weight.
David Moncoutie (aged 46) recently rode through the area of France in which we have a house and demolished all of the KOMs, not just by a few seconds but by massive amounts.
These guys are usually in a totally different league to most of us even when they age a bit.
On a track I am sure he can still do some numbers
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