Zinger

Thanks

I might have to get onto FB one of these days. Until then I read a quote attributed to him on that link so I'll just have to make that my signature.....even though I never raced in sanctioned competition of any kind.

Artkansas 

Well it looks like its possible that Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer cycle.




But Steve Jobs only believed in bicycles for the mind.

Dudelsack 

I had no idea who Mount was until I looked him up. The first great American cyclist. Paved the way for LeMond and, I dunno, Tee Jay Van Garteren, I suppose. He should be better known.

Artkansas 

John Howard

Zinger

Who knows how Howard and Mike Neel might've done in Montreal in '76 if they hadn't crashed out? Howard won the GC in the first 2 Red Zinger Classics, btw, in '75 & 76. Wayne Stetina won in '77. Mount won in '78. Dale Stetina in '79 and Jock Boyer won in '80 when the race was bought by Coors and became the Coors Classic. Who knows how far the late Bob Cook might've gone had he not died from a brain tumor?



And former 7-11 Team assistant coach Mike Neel was also one of the earlier Americans to turn pro along with Mount and Jock Boyer. He won 2 stages in the '80 Coors Classic among many other wins. Don't know if he still rides or not. He had some (recreational) drug problems for awhile. Hopefully he's broke enough by now not to be able to afford much more of that.



Another early photo of Mike Neel and 7-11 team founder and coach Jim Ochowicz. Och also manages the currently active BMC team which has a number of top American riders including Tejay van Garderen, Taylor Phinney (who is the son of Davis Phinney), and, starting this year, Peter Stetina (who is the son of Dale Stetina).

All of these guys preceded Lemond and helped to bring American cycling to what it is today.

Zinger

Speaking of old Cyclists still cycling:



Jock Boyer still rides and coaches cycling in Rwanda.

https://www.bicycling.com/news/featur...jonathan-boyer

https://risingfromashesthemovie.com/jock-boyer

CB HI

That is part of hard style mountain biking. Which probably gives him better bike handling skills than the guys in the 41.

Dudelsack 

Can't believe no one has mentioned this one:

Artkansas 

What's that one?

Artkansas 

Here's Paul Reubens at Sturgis.

freedomrider1

Gordie Howe's son is a avid cyclist in my area.

otg 

Can't believe no one posted this guy yet!

Artkansas 

You mean Eric Clapton?

Zinger

Don't forget these guys. Don't know how serious either are at it but they're caught at it here. second 2 are the same guy. Yeah I hate those hats too but don't you think you'd better set an example Mr President ?

Zinger

Man that there is Bobke.....Or Bob Roll as he was named by his parents. Another pioneer on the '80s 7-11 team that raced in Europe and now a cycling race commentator for NBC. Bob finished his 1st TDF, btw, and was hammerin' in the last flat stages.


"Let them hate so long as they fear"......Bob Roll

Zinger

Gerryattrick

That takes me back. In 66 or 67 I went to a Cream show in London and before the show had to jump out of the way when crossing the road to avoid being run over by a black car that looked like an Austin Westminster being driven like a madman by Ginger Baker, with the other band members inside. Not saying he was high or anything

I've heard that Ginger Baker was a young champion or professional rider with ambitions to ride the TDF before an accident put paid to his cycling career.

Artkansas 

We can't forget this guy. Especially considering how many kids to whom he's given bicycles.

Zinger

We pretty much binged on that album until driving my buddy's family crazy with it when I lived with them in Dallas in '68 - '69. I'd always wondered if the name meant anything but never knew the story until a few months ago. Yeah Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Blind Faith, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers......all good. We used to go to a teen nightspot in Dallas called the Cellar to listen to a very good guitarist named Bugs Henderson cover much of what Eric had done up to then......Couldn't get enough of Eric Clapton even when well covered.

And I just learned that Robbin Williams was also influenced by the pre Lemond American cycling scene same as I. Never realized what a really long time fan he's been.



OK ladies Brad Pitt is now qualified as 50 years young and he rides.

Artkansas 

Bill Murray

Dan Burkhart 

Definitely one of cycling's more colorful characters right there.

Fred Smedley

He appears to be more accomplished as a cyclist than a President IMO.

Jim from Boston

Okay, guys, once again, who is this allegedly famous 50+er cyclist? My best guess is Terry Bradshaw.

Addendum: Or Max Gail

Jim from Boston

Gordie Who?

Just kidding, fr1. That reference is truly a Fifty-Plus All Star. As a native Detroiter and hockey nut in the 60's when there were the Original Six teams in the NHL, Gordie Howe was already a legend to me. I even collected his autograph a few times. We visited the Hockey Hall of fame this summer in Toronto, and he has a special display.

I know a plastic surgeon who went to the University of Michigan Medical School, and he told me that Mark Howe was in his class, and became a radiologist. I think the other son was Marty. If one of the sons is at least fifty, he would be born in 1963, and that sounds about the right age. Furthermore, a childhood friend of mine who plays amateur hockey up in Traverse City, MI, told me several years ago that Gordie, in his 70's, was playing in his league.

Dudelsack 

Bob Roll, Bobke as he is often called.