Bill Walton - 6'11" Bike Nut
04-20-16, 05:14 PM
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Bill Walton - 6'11" Bike Nut
Who knew?
Bill Walton Is All About the Bike - WSJ
Glad to read we are spending retirement the same way - on a bike, unapologetically. Lucky for him, his retirement income exceeds mine. Can't buy a 70 cm frame anywhere, so he only rides custom.
Bill Walton Is All About the Bike - WSJ
Glad to read we are spending retirement the same way - on a bike, unapologetically. Lucky for him, his retirement income exceeds mine. Can't buy a 70 cm frame anywhere, so he only rides custom.
04-20-16, 08:51 PM
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Maybe before your time, but Bill "wrote" a popular book about bicycle riding in 1985: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553340751
04-20-16, 11:33 PM
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I love this quote from the article... I may have to adopt it as my epitaph.
“While he is not fast, he makes up for it with a great deal of enthusiasm.” - John Howard
“While he is not fast, he makes up for it with a great deal of enthusiasm.” - John Howard
04-21-16, 12:19 AM
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I just went on Google images to find pictures of his bike. Check out the two water bottles on the down tube!
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04-21-16, 12:25 AM
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I'd have to cinzano him out of spite if I actually saw him on the road somewhere. Damn bruin. 
04-21-16, 03:42 AM
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an article from back in the day...
BILL WALTON WAS SOME TRAILBLAZER, ON A BICYCLE AS WELL AS ON COURT
riding here in the san diego area, i run across him on the road, always headed the opposite direction, 3-4 times a year.
see him most frequently in the la jolla and balboa park areas. last year, came across bill at the top of mount soledad
(la jolla area) which is a decent climb even if you take the easiest way up. considering the dozens of surgeries he's had
over the years-especially lower body surgeries-his perseverance on a bike is nothing short of amazing.
BILL WALTON WAS SOME TRAILBLAZER, ON A BICYCLE AS WELL AS ON COURT
riding here in the san diego area, i run across him on the road, always headed the opposite direction, 3-4 times a year.
see him most frequently in the la jolla and balboa park areas. last year, came across bill at the top of mount soledad
(la jolla area) which is a decent climb even if you take the easiest way up. considering the dozens of surgeries he's had
over the years-especially lower body surgeries-his perseverance on a bike is nothing short of amazing.
04-21-16, 10:53 AM
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Could get quite a wind-shadow behind him!
04-21-16, 11:17 AM
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I have seen him riding at centuries in the so cal area. An odd note, I saw him riding in my neighborhood (on the east side of Los Angeles) around 1968 while he was at UCLA, my brothers didn't believe me until they read somewhere that he was a rider.
04-21-16, 11:31 AM
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Maybe before your time, but Bill "wrote" a popular book about bicycle riding in 1985: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553340751
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That would be an ass-kickin' I'd have to watch...
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04-21-16, 12:23 PM
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Good article. I'm a big C's fan so I enjoyed watching him when he played for the Celtics. I enjoyed watching him play for Portland as well. Plus he just has an interesting persona.
04-21-16, 12:54 PM
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I was walking along the pacific beach board walk yesterday with some friends, and heard a deep "on your right guys." It was him and he made that bike look silly small. Pretty sure it was that orange one pictured above.
04-21-16, 01:27 PM
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And he played with a joy that was visible on his face. When UCLA's 88 game winning streak was finally broken at ND, he walked off the court with a huge smile, tapping his hand against his leg in time with the ND fight song.
04-22-16, 11:52 AM
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I love Jason Gay's constant attempts to remake the WSJ Sports page into the WSJ Cycling page. The man is incorrigible, in a good way. Constant cycling references in the largest paper in the US. Gay once published a full page article on the 'cross World Championships when they were in Richmond. I wonder what percentage of his readers even knew what the hell cross is?
04-22-16, 12:14 PM
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