Originally Posted by
bikingshearer
Keep in mind that Poulidor was being paid to ride and one of the conditions of receiving that pay was that he had to ride a bike that color.
(Personally, I always thought those Merciers looked great in that livery, but not everyone did.)
As I suspect many were.
I would also encourage you to keep in mind that anyone who looked down on a pink bike only to get there azz whipped at some point by it would be receiving a good dose of humility for their error.
Pretty sure Pantani wasn't taken lightly on his.
I can't even begin to count the number of opponents that made that kind of mistake when they looked at my old, tired looking KZ 1000's right before I turned on the win light at the dragstrip.
I love it when they have themselves at a psychological disadvantage of their own design.
