"Naked Bicyclists Demand Respect
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Nude Cycling Protest
Mon, 06/12/2006 - 8:01am
Mon, 06/12/2006 - 8:25am
#1
Nude Smoode
"I guess the news – and the photograph captions that go with it on Yahoo these days – by contractual agreement must be written and edited only by legally blind journalists.
Go to the URL listed in the post above and click on the picture that declares these riders are ""nude."" Then see if you can find a nude rider. Or a nude anybody. They're all wearing shorts, and the woman in midground is wearing some kind of halter or sports bra.
Now, who in the NYCC would like to lead an authentic nude ride to show those folks in Mexico how to do it?
""If you want to know what the weather is, start by looking out the window.""
-- Radislovic the Dubrovnik Meterologist
Your Pal,
Etoain Shrdlu"
Mon, 06/12/2006 - 8:44am
#2
More like Prague
"You need to click through a few more slides...
Nude cyclists ride through Prague's Old Town Square as part of ""The World Naked Bike Ride,"" a protest against oil dependency and the ever-increasing number of cars on the road.
On another note, I would have thought Levi Leipheimer's stellar performance at Dauphine Libere would get some attention on this message board. Not a peep until now.
Instead, there's posts about World Cup soccer. Nothing wrong with that in itself. Where are all the Only Lance Network folks dissent now? At least OLN broadcasts some Dauphine Libere coverage and the other international sport, Stanley Cup hockey which does have a bit more scoring and suspense than World Cup soccer, Zzzzz.
-peter
p.s. In case you have already, don't take my comments too seriously. :)
"
Tue, 06/13/2006 - 9:47am
#3
Horray for Levi
Peter, it is great that Levi Leipheimer won. Big win for Gerolsteiner too. But it's kinda hard to comment on it. OLN's coverage is a lot of highlights, there's no way to get a feel for the drama on the mountain stages with just the snippets they show.
Iban Mayo won a stage, and showed he's still around. Christophe Moreau finished 2nd, bringing a smile to the French cycling fans. When there was time trialing, the Americans absolutely ruled (Zabriskie winning both clock stages) Hincapie finished 10th, which is a good result for him in a large stage race. As to say who's ready for the TDF you guess is as good as mine.
Tue, 06/13/2006 - 10:14am
#4
cycling.tv with the purchase of Cycling Premium Package you can get all of these races live stream on your computer screen for a mere $19.99.
Check it out....Who needs OLN anyway!!
I know we all do come Tour time but this is good for everything else. I watched due Giri d'talia on it.
Tue, 06/13/2006 - 3:29pm
#5
Exchange rate
It's actually the equivalent of £19.99, which is pushing $40 US these days. Still worth it, but it ain't twenty bucks.
Tue, 06/13/2006 - 10:05am
#6
It was worldwide
"Perhaps in Catholic Mexico, they were a little more clothed than in other places.
World Nude Protest story with links"
Tue, 06/13/2006 - 11:39am
#7
talking about things that dont get discussed here
"... what about the Spanish doping scandal in cycling and the fact that Lance was allegedly ""cleared"" by an obscure report from a Dutch lawyer. The fact that our sport is irredeemly drug infected doesn't seem to move too many people ..."
Wed, 06/14/2006 - 10:31am
#8
Perhaps people are not moved because they feel it's nobodys business what substances people put in their own bodies?
Thu, 06/15/2006 - 2:45pm
#9
cheating (nm)
Thu, 06/15/2006 - 2:46pm
#10
substance abuse
well it's CHEATING that's the issue. And the CHEATERS make millions of dollars off of idiots like us who think they are watching real sports and not the nintendo cyborg olympiad sponsored by AMGEN. It sure makes a difference to me whether Lance Armstrong is a great athlete or a fraud - so yes, I am interested what he puts in his body as long he races.
Mon, 06/19/2006 - 12:53pm
#11
You might be interested, but that does not make it YOUR BUSINESS.
Mon, 06/19/2006 - 2:14pm
#12
of course
it's my business because I'm being duped and cheated.
I watch races, I follow them online and in the paper. Which is why the races and riders have million dollar endorsement. i buy the damn bikes of the companies that sponsor them. So it is very well my business.
If people knew these guys were cheating then no one would watch and they wouldnt get rich. Unless everyone had the same attitude as you do - that it doesnt matter whether they are watching human beings in a sporting compettion or a bunch of lab monsters all breaking the rules and fooling eachother as well as the audience.
They are selling a product under a false label. And I am the consumer - dont you get it?
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 6:20am
#13
"So stop being a dupe. I buy bikes because they fit me and I like them. I'll care about a pro's performance when he cares about how my ride to Nyack went.
People want to see records broken. There are limits to what the ""unenhanced"" human body can do. If the governing body of any sport truly wanted the players to be ""clean"", they'd do pre and post event blood and urine tests on all participants, but they don't. They want plausible deniability, they want records broken, they want to sell tickets and make marketing deals.
When some dupe pulls his head out of the sand long enough to realize that buying Lance's bike does not make him Lance, (or even Lance's domestique), and starts making noise about it being imposible to do what Lance does without drugs an inquest is launched, to pacify the dupes.
Then they go back to business as usual."
Mon, 06/19/2006 - 8:12pm
#14
reality check
drugs and performance enhancements have been a part of sports since the first Olympics. Musicians may use use beta blockers to perform better. Its a part of high end competition
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 7:25am
#15
not quite the same thing
Actually, some musicians use beta-blockers to reduce the physical shakiness that comes with an adrenaline rush such as you feel before you walk onstage.
they don't use it to replace or even enhance the hours, weeks, years of time spent in their practice room.
if you can't play in the first place, beta-blockers won't help.
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 8:09am
#16
And you can pump yourself full of drugs and not be able to match Lance or any other pro. I doubt that the pros dope up and then sit on their butts and eat bonbons. They train like crazy while doping. As long as they put on a good show, so what?
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 8:28am
#17
for the record
"I didn't mean to suggest they don't train like crazy too.
I did want to set the record straight on your chosen comparison.
Beta-blockers do not give the user any additional powers. It's the equivalent, in my opinion, of a support vehicle. Not more, not less.
But if the core of your argument is ""as long as they put on a good show, so what"" you're on firmer ground comparing these racers to Jimi Hendrix."
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 2:21pm
#18
For the record, I didn't bring beta blockers into the conversation, another poster did, though I do agree with him.
If a musician can't play his instrument with a steady hand without drugs, that, (to me), is the same as an athlete who gets an edge from doping.
Jimi was great. The drugs didn't make him great.
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 12:17pm
#19
dope
of course they all train like mad. but a difference in perfomance of less than 1% can make the difference between winning the Tour and being a multimillionaire and being a helper who busts his ass and can barely cover expenses. So the drugs make that minute difference that makes all the difference and hence the temptataion is huge. Of course our friend above is right - when he says if you dont care about the pros it doesnt matter. it does matter only if you love the sport and the excitement of it and feel betrayed.
Tue, 06/20/2006 - 1:07pm
#20
lest anyone think this thread has been hijacked. . . . .
maybe some of us would feel better if those who were using performance-enhancing drugs would simply identify themselves by racing nude.
what a show that would be.
and nobody could question the integrity of the sport.
Wed, 06/21/2006 - 6:49am
#21
supervision
good thing we have someone stepping in to supervise this. what if we just aimlessly followed our streams of thought - god forbid!!
