How Long?
06-20-11, 01:14 AM
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How Long?
before obnoxious teenager stop yelling "GO Lance"!
06-20-11, 01:19 AM
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Only after they have discovered something equally obnoxious to say
06-20-11, 01:22 AM
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Team kit?
Yellow bracelet?
FBI car following you?
Yellow bracelet?
FBI car following you?
06-20-11, 01:32 AM
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Italian or Belgian colors.
Cannondale. The only trek Item I have is a melhet.
lol.
Cannondale. The only trek Item I have is a melhet.
lol.
06-20-11, 04:31 AM
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That's not obnoxious, they like you.
06-20-11, 10:11 AM
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I had somebody yell "Go Lance!" at me when I was riding in jeans and a hoodie.
I must be hella fast.
I must be hella fast.
06-20-11, 10:47 AM
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Depends on the generation. Or at least until we have another American dominate the TdF, or a change in the American cycling culture.
06-20-11, 11:41 AM
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this too shall pass...
it wasn't all that long ago that one still heard an occasional "hippy" this or that if one had long hair and a beard. it's pretty much died out now that george carlin passed away. but it had a good run. about 40 years or so...
it wasn't all that long ago that one still heard an occasional "hippy" this or that if one had long hair and a beard. it's pretty much died out now that george carlin passed away. but it had a good run. about 40 years or so...
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06-20-11, 11:48 AM
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Five years and it will mostly have run its course among the teenage demographic.
06-20-11, 11:50 AM
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I had two drunk college guys on the 3rd floor balcony of a beach rental on my weekday training route yell at me from above: "Hey Lance! The Tour's over! GO HOME!!". I just laffed. I figured if they started laffing too maybe they'd fall off the balcony and break something.
06-20-11, 11:59 AM
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If you can make out what teenagers are yelling, you're going too slow.
06-20-11, 12:09 PM
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I dont wear jerseys or team kits so I've been spared.
I don't wear hoodies or jeans on my road bike either so hopefully, I'm still safe.
I don't wear hoodies or jeans on my road bike either so hopefully, I'm still safe.
06-20-11, 12:11 PM
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I had two teenage girls at one of those gas station carwashes calling at me yesterday. "We can wash bikes too. I like your hair." Awkward cos it was a red light.
06-20-11, 12:14 PM
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One time on the end of the local Saturday ride, about 20 of us were leisurely riding through downtown towards the shop, and a homeless guy started yelling "This ain't France! This ain't France!"
I think he was just mad we were riding through his living room.
I think he was just mad we were riding through his living room.
06-20-11, 12:16 PM
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My name is Lance, so you can imagine how much more frustrating it is for me.
06-20-11, 12:24 PM
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For the next month, homeless people will yell at me to take my clothes off, thanks to the Fremont Solstice Parade.
06-20-11, 01:51 PM
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ha ha ha next time you should stop and act all surprised that they knew your name, like it totally made your day and small world and such.
06-20-11, 03:40 PM
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06-20-11, 05:43 PM
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it'll stop when you start running and then everyone yells 'Run Forrest, Run!' at you. I've only been called Lance twice. Usually I get called worse, or better, depending on how you feel about him.
06-20-11, 08:19 PM
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It was "hey Eddy" in my day.
06-20-11, 08:34 PM
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Move to the Vail Valley, following all the other MN people that have. Problem solved. Too many riders to yell anything at.
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