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Old 04-24-09, 09:32 AM
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Mt Rushmore of US Cycling

ESPN did a thing about each state's "Mt Rushmore of sports" i.e. picking the 4 icons for each state.

The Hampsten interview linked in another thread suggests that Hampsten would be on USA's cycling Mt Rushmore.

Would he?

To me, Major Taylor, Greg Lemond, and Lance Armstrong are locks. Hampsten is an obvious candidate for the 4th spot.

But is Hampsten a lock?

Other candidates?
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Davis Phinney has to be in the conversation; as does ned overend
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There are a lot of disciplines aside from Road which deserve consideration.

Or are we just talking about the Road Cycling Mt. Rushmore?
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All male US cycling, hence Major Taylor. Taylor makes it imho because he was so dominant on the track, and track racing was the major cycling discipline of the day. I'm not aware of any other track guys, that I would put up there.

And for me, you'd have to really standout as a mountain biker to make it.
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Tinker, Matt Hoffman, Lemond, Taylor


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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
All male US cycling, hence Major Taylor. Taylor makes it imho because he was so dominant on the track, and track racing was the major cycling discipline of the day. I'm not aware of any other track guys, that I would put up there.

And for me, you'd have to really standout as a mountain biker to make it.
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I think the 4th pic gets a little bit difficult. I can see a case for Overend, but MTB was still somewhat of a fringe discipline when he won his World Championships.

I'd probably vote for the Cash Register because he was so dominant in US racing and the two TDF stages gives him some international cred (and I like him better than Hampsten.)

But its hard to put him above Hampsten , the only american to win the Giro, 4th in the TDF, an epic TDF stage win, and the Tour of Switzerland.

I would have made a case for Floyd, but that went out with the Jack Daniels.
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
Marty Nothstein

Good point, but track cycling is such a fringe discipline, particularly in the US. How do you compare his accomplished on the track to road cyclists.

When Nothstein did take to the road, my recollection was he was kind of average, which may not be totally fair given the point he was in in his career.

But if we're trying to pick 4 icon's, it's going to be difficult to make it from what is largely an obscure discipline.
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
Tinker, Matt Hoffman, Lemond, Taylor


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Originally Posted by wfrogge
Tinker, Matt Hoffman, Lemond, Taylor


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I had to google 2 of these.

after doing so, I post a and move that this thread stay open.
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Bob Roll, but just because the volume of stone they would need to remove to to create a likeness of the gap between his teeth could be used to build second monument, the Mt. Rushmore of BF, with botto, Pcad, RyanF and Tom Stormcrowe on it.
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Just to throw it out there, Connie Carpenter should at least be in the discussion.
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Just to throw it out there, Connie Carpenter should at least be in the discussion.
Agreed, but OP said membership on this mountain requires a Y chromosome.
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I realize he's not American, but how bout Eddie B. or Jim Ochowicz?
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why's it have to be all male? is OP a chauvinist?

Lemond and Armstrong, sure. People who took the sport to another level, both globally and at home. That would put Major Taylor on the map. Frank Kramer as well, or is he an also-ran compared to Taylor?

Sheila Young... Connie C...

Phinney?

John Howard?

George Mount?
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Originally Posted by Creakyknees
why's it have to be all male? is OP a chauvinist?
Because it's very difficult to compare across Gender. Particularly given the disparate opportunities available for women cyclists.

They can have their own Mt Rushmore.
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Originally Posted by MDcatV
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Ned. He's still kicking ass and taking names.
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hampsten, without a shadow of a doubt.
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20 posts and not one mention of Pcad? What's up with that?
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Because it's very difficult to compare across Gender. Particularly given the disparate opportunities available for women cyclists.

They can have their own Mt Rushmore.
hmmm... kinda "separate but equal" right?
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How about the first Euro-Pro American cyclist since Marshall Taylor lit it up in 1900 and 1902?

Jonathan "Jacques" Boyer
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How about the first Euro-Pro American cyclist since Marshall Taylor lit it up in 1900 and 1902?

Jonathan "Jacques" Boyer
something makes me think that a convicted child molester night not be the best candidate.
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