Is anyone else getting "Hey Lance" shouted at them.
10-04-05, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by dan828
How would he know they were unaware? You'd think he'd just assume they recognized him and were cheering him on.
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10-20-05, 02:45 PM
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A driver-by once shouted "Orale Pinche Panzon" at me, I like to think that had something to do with Lance or the Tour de France in general, it was a proud moment for me, sniff sniff...
10-20-05, 03:41 PM
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Funny, I ride quite a bit in Pittsburgh, and I don't think I've ever heard that. Curious.
I think that judging by the vast popularity of livestrong bracelets, what those people were doing was in fact shouting support for the real Lance, not calling your friends names. They were assuming that your friends would also be Lance fans, and were expressing solidarity. Just like Pittsburghers will on drunken occasion go careening down the street shouting STEELERS! STEELERS! STEELERS! at people -- not because they have mistaken strangers for fullbacks, but in one of those inexplicable moments of fandom.
I think that judging by the vast popularity of livestrong bracelets, what those people were doing was in fact shouting support for the real Lance, not calling your friends names. They were assuming that your friends would also be Lance fans, and were expressing solidarity. Just like Pittsburghers will on drunken occasion go careening down the street shouting STEELERS! STEELERS! STEELERS! at people -- not because they have mistaken strangers for fullbacks, but in one of those inexplicable moments of fandom.
07-08-06, 04:40 PM
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Yesterday, on my way home from work, I got a "Go Lance" from some dudes in an SUV. That's happened once or twice before. It's nice to get a little goodwill every July.
(I decided to resurrect an old thread rather than start a new one.)
(I decided to resurrect an old thread rather than start a new one.)
07-08-06, 05:20 PM
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I get it at work...constantly. I can't say anything, since the main culprit owns the business. I don't even ride to work in cycling clothes, just street clothes and (sometimes) a helmet. But, if he is in the department when I leave, I'm sure to hear...'there goes Lance".
The other thing I hear, um, really am asked, is..."You ride a bike to work? Lose your license for a DUI?
That one really gets to me.
The other thing I hear, um, really am asked, is..."You ride a bike to work? Lose your license for a DUI?
That one really gets to me.
07-08-06, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by erok
My friend form out of town thinks this is just a Pittsburgh thing, but i don't believe it. It's much better than the other things that they usually yell, which i won't mention on this board.
no.
cheers
07-08-06, 08:33 PM
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My friend hears it more than I, but then his name is Lance. We had been riding once and stopped at Wendy's for a snack. We were standing by our bikes about to leave when some guy in the drive-thru lane says: "Hey, there's Niel Armstrong!"
Some people are just too stupid to try and be clever.
Some people are just too stupid to try and be clever.
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07-08-06, 09:41 PM
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No one shouts that at me, but my housemate and I have taken to shouting "Go Lance go" at every full-kitted roadie who plows through the pedestrians & slower cyclists at high speeds on the MUP.
07-08-06, 09:48 PM
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One coworker tried it. I replied,"You can call me Lance if I can call you Mario Andretti."
07-08-06, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by scottmorrison99
One coworker tried it. I replied,"You can call me Lance if I can call you Mario Andretti."
I'd have to use some NASCAR driver for anyone around here to understand a reply like that.
07-09-06, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by genec
No way would I be able to do the miles and miles I have done (touring and otherwise) in anything less than comfortable bike clothing.
Ever play basketball in dress shoes? How about running track in your Sunday best? Just doesn't make sense, does it?
Ever play basketball in dress shoes? How about running track in your Sunday best? Just doesn't make sense, does it?
....Lance can go uphill faster than I can go down...
07-09-06, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jwc
I'd have to use some NASCAR driver for anyone around here to understand a reply like that.
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07-09-06, 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by scottmorrison99
One coworker tried it. I replied,"You can call me Lance if I can call you Mario Andretti."
07-09-06, 05:09 PM
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Ahah got one first one yesterday as I was coming out of the bike shop with my new bike shorts on.
Guys in a passing car yelled: "Hey lance,looking good!"
I just laughed, its actually kind of a compliment!
Guys in a passing car yelled: "Hey lance,looking good!"
I just laughed, its actually kind of a compliment!
07-09-06, 10:02 PM
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Some folks have called me that when I walk into a place but on the road it's not that polite.
We have a 3 feet law in this state and I get em passing me within 6 inchs, doing 40 in a 30.
This is Utah, home of the most ignorant drivers in the world.
I am married to one.
We have a 3 feet law in this state and I get em passing me within 6 inchs, doing 40 in a 30.
This is Utah, home of the most ignorant drivers in the world.
I am married to one.
07-10-06, 04:45 AM
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Security guard at work called me Lance when I was carrying my bike over the turnstiles into the plant.
07-10-06, 04:59 AM
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My three year old, Lindsay (we call her Linz for short) zips around the house on her tricycle all day. We call her 'Linz' Armstrong. She doesn't seem to mind at all. 
07-17-06, 01:11 PM
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I finally got called "Lance" by a what I thought was a Redneck! I'm spinning up a hill, wearing a RAAM jersey and this redneck in a P/U truck slows down to(I thought,) heckle me. He says "Hey, Lance, How ya doin? Hot day to ride!"
I just grinned back and said yup, sure was a hot one and I probably resembled Ullrich more, (Being a Clyde...) and he replied he "Didn't want to offend me by comparing me to a DOPER!" I was shocked, but in a good way!
I just grinned back and said yup, sure was a hot one and I probably resembled Ullrich more, (Being a Clyde...) and he replied he "Didn't want to offend me by comparing me to a DOPER!" I was shocked, but in a good way!
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07-17-06, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by wheezl
fat people in full racing kit are *always* funny, even better when they are on a bike worth north of 3 grand
Hey I am a little pudgy, the only only jersey with writing on it that I have ever considered is the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Jersey.
Hey I am a little pudgy, the only only jersey with writing on it that I have ever considered is the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Jersey.
My fiance wants to get me the jelly-belly jersey. I told her I had to earn a body fit for a real jersey (mine's plain blue&black) before I deserved one.
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Yes, the winery I work at the one time I walked out in full roadie gear.
