TdF Metaphor
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TdF Metaphor
I was sort-of watching the NASCAR race at Miami- Homestead course and the newscaster was explaining Jimmie Johnson's position in the race comparing him to the Yellow Jersey and another car as his domestique.
What a change that sports announcers actually expect a typical sports fan to know what a Yellow Jersey was and what it means.
What a change that sports announcers actually expect a typical sports fan to know what a Yellow Jersey was and what it means.
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What's NASCAR?
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I was sort-of watching the NASCAR race at Miami- Homestead course and the newscaster was explaining Jimmie Johnson's position in the race comparing him to the Yellow Jersey and another car as his domestique.
What a change that sports announcers actually expect a typical sports fan to know what a Yellow Jersey was and what it means.
What a change that sports announcers actually expect a typical sports fan to know what a Yellow Jersey was and what it means.
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We've come a long way, baby.
I remember a few years ago at the Tour de Georgia, they compared the advertising of sponsors on the cars and jerseys to the same with NASCAR in hopes of making it seem more interesting to the local good ol' boys.
I remember a few years ago at the Tour de Georgia, they compared the advertising of sponsors on the cars and jerseys to the same with NASCAR in hopes of making it seem more interesting to the local good ol' boys.
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Are some of us getting a little to "pinky sticking out from the tea cup bike snob snooty"
Anti NASCAR posts belong on the Road Forum!..........
Anti NASCAR posts belong on the Road Forum!..........
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Didn't US Postal leave cycling to sponsor NASCAR? Or, was that just a rumor? I don't know, but cycling may take a foot hold in mainstream culture yet. I sure would like a larger number of drivers on the road that are aware of cyclist and don't think we're freaks. Perhaps encouraging the metaphors is a really good thing.
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Didn't US Postal leave cycling to sponsor NASCAR? Or, was that just a rumor? I don't know, but cycling may take a foot hold in mainstream culture yet. I sure would like a larger number of drivers on the road that are aware of cyclist and don't think we're freaks. Perhaps encouraging the metaphors is a really good thing.
I think it was congress or some congressional committee.
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They endorse Tyvek homewrap, perhaps through the Dupont connection, but I have never seen a stock car covered in Tyvek. Perhaps they use it when they build the pit garages?
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