I’ll think of this chap

Juan Jose Mendez

Video: Unstoppables’ Juanjo Mendez

Inspring. And humbling.

Also – Erm, chaps, I’m not quite dead actually. And besides, I’d like to chuck a discus further than most able bodied people could even dream of doing.

I just watched the highlights and was slack jawed. Immense respect

I’m not even going to bother doing a “Performance and Photography” thread today. This thread has trumped it, good and proper.

🙂

I bet he’s had some comedy SPD moments… 😉

Amazing stuff though. Sarah Storey, our first Paralympic gold medallist of this games, was a couple of years below me at school and was winning Paralympic swimming golds when I was in 6th Form. I’m now 38…

This needs a shameless bump.

So, here it is.

truly inspiring!

Man of steel.

What does it inspire you to do?

ride my bike without worrying about such trivial things as wind, rain, aching legs, hangover, old kit, creaky saddle, CBA, etc.

ride my bike without worrying about such trivial things as wind, rain, aching legs, hangover, old kit, creaky saddle, CBA, etc. [b]MTFU[/b]

FTFY 😉

How does that physically work?

Presumably his SPD is really tight so he can pull up as hard as he pushes down?

Derek Derenalagi; what an inspiration.

That’s pretty cool, would like to see a bike check. His left leg looks like it’s attached to the saddle. He looks a bit like eric cantona.

Yeah I think it is… if you watch the vid CaptF posted up you can see the “cradle”? on his warm up/cool down bike.

A nice bit of carbon fibre bling as it happens… but one I’ve not much interest in needing ta

Lifer – Member
What does it inspire you to do?

Anything – if I put enough effort into it!

If there was just a photo of the guy you would look at him and think he’d be mad to take up competitive cycling as it would be so damn hard for him – but there is a photo of him riding a bike, probably faster than I could hope for – determination and effort can get seemingly impossible results.

Quicker than anyone here! 🙂

The Storey (see what I did there?) so far:

Gold 1992 Barcelona 100 m backstroke S10
Gold 1992 Barcelona 200 m individual medley SM10
Gold 1996 Atlanta 100 m backstroke S10
Gold 1996 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke SB10
Gold 1996 Atlanta 200 m individual medley SM10
Gold 2008 Beijing Time trial LC 1–2/CP 4
Gold 2008 Beijing Individual pursuit LC 1–2/CP 4
Gold 2012 London Individual pursuit C5
Silver 1992 Barcelona 400 m freestyle S10
Silver 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle S7–10
Silver 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley S7–10
Silver 1996 Atlanta 400 m freestyle S10
Silver 2000 Sydney 100 m backstroke S10
Silver 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley 34pts
Silver 2004 Athens 100 m breaststroke SB9
Silver 2004 Athens 200 m individual medley SM10
Bronze 1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle S10
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 100 m freestyle S10
Bronze 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle S10

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Amazing!

Feels a bit insensitive to clap though…

Just remembered, I heard on R4 this morning that NBC, the main American Olympic broadcaster, are doing a 90 minute special on the Paralympics in the middle of September, including edited highlights of the openin and closing ceremonies.

That is the entirety of their coverage of the games. Nice.

GrahamS, I now hate you! You’ve put me in a quandary.

That was very funny. But I feel awful for laughing!

🙂