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Old 11-20-08, 08:02 PM
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Madonna's De Rosa

I guess Madonna was kind of cool in '85?



There's a ton of old Life Magazine images on Google now. The "bicycle" search pulled up about 10 pages of really interesting shots. Find the Rita Hayworth and pals riding to picnic in Westwood, hummana, hummana, hummana!
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That was when she was cute, now she's just an old skank.
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Originally Posted by Otis
hummana, hummana, hummana!
pics please...
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Here's another cool image from LIFE, brakeless fixed gear hipster in NYC circa 1960. Nice Legnano trackie!

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Originally Posted by Blue Order
pics please...
Man, it's only a google search away, but here:



There's more, I recommend checking them out on the google.
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I think madonna still rides a bicycle, but she moved on to the dark mountain bike side I think.

Thats kinda cool she has/had a road bike though, cant stand 80s madonna, but I say she was "in the zone" around 2000/2001.
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A piece of gristle from what's being reported
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I guess Madonna was kind of cool in '85?





Love her or hate her, she is a smart, talented , powerful woman. Did you see the settlement GR turned down? She must have done something right. That purple De Rosa is killer.
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She was not cool in '85.





She was HAWT
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Originally Posted by geekrunner
That was when she was cute, now she's just an old skank.
Yes, but a very rich old skank. I think I could handle it. And if I couldn't, I take the settlement, a couple mil and the de Rosa.
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Originally Posted by Otis
Here's another cool image from LIFE, brakeless fixed gear hipster in NYC circa 1960. Nice Legnano trackie!

that's no "hipster" that's a real track rider: look at the sprinter's legs...the guy in the loafers, he's the hipster.
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Originally Posted by Otis
I guess Madonna was kind of cool in '85?

There's a ton of old Life Magazine images on Google now. The "bicycle" search pulled up about 10 pages of really interesting shots. Find the Rita Hayworth and pals riding to picnic in Westwood, hummana, hummana, hummana!

HI , i tried your google seach and i didnt get any results/pictures of madonna on her De Rosa .
do you have a link ot your search . i would like ot see more of these pictures of celbs on Hot steel
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Originally Posted by Otis
Here's another cool image from LIFE, brakeless fixed gear hipster in NYC circa 1960. Nice Legnano trackie!
his gloves said if you call him a hipster again he'll punch you in the FACE
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I had that same Sergal wool jersey, same color too. Notice the buttoned front pockets. Looks like his has shrunk on him just as mine did. Except I didnt have the guns that guy has. Classic.
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I thought her first husband, and father of her first kid, was a personal trainer/bike racer....which maybe that explains why she was on a nice bike back then
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According to Wikipedia she didn't hook up with the trainer guy Carlos Leon until 1994 and had his child in 1996. In 1985 she met and married Sean Penn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna...#Relationships
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JFK Jr. electri-taped his Stumpjumper...

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..and he rode it in the rain and filth too....good for him.
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Here are some more bike sweeties care of google search:
Edit: sorry for my off-topicness. I saw cutey on a bike and ...





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Originally Posted by sonicj
his gloves said if you call him a hipster again he'll punch you in the FACE
Those gloves are his "brakes".

I guess some of you missed the satirical tone of me calling this guy a "hipster". Obviously he's the real deal. I forgot satire does not work here without the smiley face things.
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Originally Posted by Otis
Those gloves are his "brakes".

I guess some of you missed the satirical tone of me calling this guy a "hipster". Obviously he's the real deal. I forgot satire does not work here without the smiley face things.
I think he was agreeing with your satirical tone
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Originally Posted by geekrunner
That was when she was a young skank, now she's just an old skank.
Fixed it for you.
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I like her subtle Flipping of the bird to the camera. And the bike is nice too...
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Originally Posted by ban guzzi
I like her subtle Flipping of the bird to the camera. And the bike is nice too...

It's the wrong finger you numbskull
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Originally Posted by bmaxwell
It's the wrong finger you numbskull
doh!

three hours sleep with shift work. No wonder I'm hallucinating!
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