The lovely Susan DeMattei.
And Keith Bontrager, for building my favourite bike ever.
Neither of 'em especially retro, but even so...
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Retro cycling heros - who's yours?
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samuri - Member
Straight as a die, no drugs. Yeah, proper hero.you need to read the Graeme Obree autobiography and the short time he was in Le Groupment
personnally I like Millar, the book "in search of..." was expolitative
rewatched old video's of the 92 tour, lots of class on show
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you need to read the Graeme Obree autobiography and the short time he was in Le Groupment
I have, I've not seen any reference to Millar taking drugs... He was very anti. His doctor was keen on boosting which is different fromn doping....
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Dunno if they even rode pushbikes but for me heroes (as in who I looked up to when I rode my bike) it has to be Evel Kneivel and Eddy Kid.
Not massively surprised at the amount of you citing roadies as your heroes, don't get me wrong I like roadriding (always have) and did follow roadracing for years but I'm not in the slightest interested in roadies as heroes at all. when I read Lance's book and was bored to tears. Cully on the other hand I could listen to all day.
if you can spare the time have a listen for yourselves..
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the hardnut Belgians of the 70's, Merckx ,de Vlaeminck,Maertens,de Mayer and Tomac ,Frishy.Mc Roy and Paolo Pezzo for Mtbing
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Straight as a die, no drugs
Robert Millar failed a drug test in '92.
Heard him talk at a coaching weekend many years ago, and he didn't come across as dour or miserable at all. Very funny and engaging speaker.
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I remember going to bike 97 maybe 98 at olypmia and getting missy giove , rob warners , dave hemming and steve peats autograph . Then going across the road where jo guest was upstairs in a pub at the launch of MBR magazine !!
And rob warners brother because he was doing the same downhill race as me at newton abbot in devon while he was riding for mbuk ( was it rich ? )Posted 7 months ago # -
It was Rich.
Can people put names as well as photos please?
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Hinault & indurain
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The badger for me. Had his poster on my wall next to Charlie Nicholas. Saw him win 2 tours when I was a kid.
Lemond was great too for me better champion and innovator than pretty much anyone else, was stood on the Champs Élysées watching the clock count down in '89 while you could see Fignon in the distance coming in, amazing moment. Felt pretty sorry for the Frenchman tho.
On mr Millar, knew him when I was little, him and my older brother trained together in the wheelers, seemed a very quiet and focussed guy from what I remember but guess you need to be to become a pro especially a British one at that time. I did make my mum buy a crappy fagor cooker just cos him an Roche rode for them
Did you know that Billy Connoly sponsored him and paid for most of his kit when he was an amateur? An unsung hero of Scottish cycling don't know if he still does but there was always kit behind the counter in Billy Bilslands shop that the big yin had paid for or donated for young skint racers.Posted 7 months ago # -
John Tomac
Greg Herbold
Thomas Frischknecht
Tinker Juarez
Ned Overend
Tim Gould
Barrie Clarke
Dave Baker
JMC
Julie Furtado
Paola Pezzo
Alison Sydor
Chantal DaucourtPosted 7 months ago # -
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ah.. Brokeback cyclist ^^
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Djamolidine Abdoujaparov:
Hard man, lunatic, legend and mostly successful drug cheat.
What's not to like?Posted 7 months ago # -
MrSparkle - Member
Ha ha...quality!
PS do NOT do a Google image search for 'zak tempest brant richards' or look at images 10 and 11, m'kay.Possibly work safe...unless you work in the gay pr0n industry
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indurain was boring to watch, having Leblanc design a tour with huge TTs to assist doesn't make for spectating quality
I miss cipollini he was a dude
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samuri - Member
you need to read the Graeme Obree autobiography and the short time he was in Le GroupmentI have, I've not seen any reference to Millar taking drugs... He was very anti. His doctor was keen on boosting which is different fromn doping....
read it again, it describes a lift in Millars car after a team presentation where he told GO how much his "preparation" would cost and was the final straw that caused GO to leave IIRC
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hero..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=793TAUqVfSQ&feature=player_embedded
sorry can't embed on this pc.Posted 7 months ago #
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