Race pics you wish never got posted online...
06-11-07, 09:26 AM
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Race pics you wish never got posted online...
So KP's unforunate race photo in the "suffering" thread reminded me of a pic of me that made me cringe...
The camera angle, wind-filled unzipped jersey, and the fact that I ain't the skinniest kid in the class conspired to create this decidedly unflattering image.
Also note the Cat 5 tattoo on the right calf. 
And looking through another album from the weekend, this photo made me want to find out who this was to make sure he's still alive:
Let's see 'em... bring on your worst.
The camera angle, wind-filled unzipped jersey, and the fact that I ain't the skinniest kid in the class conspired to create this decidedly unflattering image.
Also note the Cat 5 tattoo on the right calf. And looking through another album from the weekend, this photo made me want to find out who this was to make sure he's still alive:
Let's see 'em... bring on your worst.
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06-11-07, 09:37 AM
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And the inspiration for the thread....
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06-11-07, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
And the inspiration for the thread....
06-11-07, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
the dude in green has one f'd up beard.
not only does it look like he dyes it, i'm pretty sure he shaves the top part of the 'stache.wtf is up with that?
not only does it look like he dyes it, i'm pretty sure he shaves the top part of the 'stache.wtf is up with that?
06-11-07, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jrennie
At 155-160 I'm not exactly a cream puff but next to this guy I look like the fat kid.
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06-11-07, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
doesn't matter what pic it is, KP always looks like a dork in that kit. good thing he's fast.
edit: also, it doesn't help that performance sunglasses are ugly as hell
06-11-07, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Like I said in the other thread, the kit kinda grew on me....like a fungus.
edit: also, it doesn't help that performance sunglasses are ugly as hell
edit: also, it doesn't help that performance sunglasses are ugly as hell
06-11-07, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
looks the guy ahead of you farted, you caught a whiff of it, and he knows it.
06-11-07, 10:09 AM
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Trying to crush some souls back when I was a young'n. I wish I had some pictures of me at Northbrook on Saturday, because I was a mess. A 13 lap breakaway that ended on the last turn of the last lap. I'd never felt that run down in my life. You see all of these kids on $1300+ track bikes with full Dura-Ace, and then there's Beast on his Giant Bowery with a Zipp disc running away from everybody.
06-11-07, 10:52 AM
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Not sure why I'm all hunched over and looking like I'm gonna die. I felt awesome that day, the whole time. It looks like my lungs are trying to get out 
06-11-07, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike45
Need I say more?
Now there's the REAL "Team Disco..."
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06-11-07, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
The camera angle, wind-filled unzipped jersey, and the fact that I ain't the skinniest kid in the class conspired to create this decidedly unflattering image.
Also note the Cat 5 tattoo on the right calf.
06-11-07, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
The camera angle, wind-filled unzipped jersey, and the fact that I ain't the skinniest kid in the class conspired to create this decidedly unflattering image. Also note the Cat 5 tattoo on the right calf.
Also note the Cat 5 tattoo on the right calf. 
You guys get to thinking you're fat, just come see me and you'll feel much skinnier.
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06-11-07, 11:51 AM
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some of you have already had your fun with this one, but if truth be told it's one of my favorite pics (of the very few that i have) of me racing.
burlington vt crit, summer f '93. i was one of the +/-15 riders who actually finished.
you can see my jugular almost bursting on the actual print.
burlington vt crit, summer f '93. i was one of the +/-15 riders who actually finished.
you can see my jugular almost bursting on the actual print.
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^^^We were talking at work just the other night about how guys should never wear purple.
Looks good on you, though.
Not a bad pic.
Looks good on you, though.
Not a bad pic.
06-11-07, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
That isn't a bad pic at all.
Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Was the burlington crit the same course as the current GMSR crit?
06-11-07, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike45
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Sounds very familiar! Left, Left, Right, Left, Left, uphill to the Finish.
IIRC there was a RR in upstate NY on the saturday, and burlington on the sunday, back then.
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Originally Posted by Mike45
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