Originally Posted by Maelochs

Back in the day, I heard a quote form a journalist to the effect that Lance was the sort of guy he'd like to drink a beer with ... but not two beers. I doubt I could sit through half a beer with him enjoyably.

I am sure he'd be just a domineering and demanding in conversation as in every part of his life---self-centered, needing attention, demanding agreement, attacking alternate understandings .... I've listened to some of his stuff, and he knows what he knows .... he actually did race a lot for a long time and learned a lot.

So have other people, and those other people didn't deliberately ruin everyone who had once befriended them to get their own ways.

Your call.