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Comment of the day, April 1, 2009:
By: Wheelsucker
Wed, 04/01/2009 – 09:04
is this Pez Cycling News?
siebert
I heard that South America is coming back in style
Chris Hoy subsists entirely on Bran Flakes
Wow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/fashion/02FITNESS.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper
i swear to f’cking god the next time the NY Times calls bike racers “wanna be Lance Armstrongs” i’m gonna lose it…
No one ever refers to a junkie shooting up as a wannabe Lance Armstrong
Jason, what have you done to cycling and how can we get it back? Here’s hoping you got some sweet free Rapha stuff, ’cause otherwise, dude.
actually a well-written article by the reporter.
it’s just that the topic is so worthy of a bikesnobnyc rant that i hope to god he blasts this to kingdom come tomorrow.
hey bikesnob: YOU MUST skewer this!
its f—ing stupid. the way its all bunched up makes it look like anything but designed for pragmatic style on the velocipede. also, what a dandy. i bet that hat costs more than a pair of sidis.
BSNYC chimes in on Rapha after being blasted by a reader for hypocracy:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4213956784784062266&postID=1446269709861101627
The snob own Livestrong kneepads?
Jason Gay – for shame!!
For shame? JAson Gay for MAYOR!
Jason Gay for Man of the Year!!! Haters be damned!
“It’s a strong brand with a lot of mystique — it’s not something you can get everywhere.â€
Laughable at best
pathetic at worst
$3,500 cycling suit – good luck in this economy. Rapha is doomed, doomed I tell ya!!
First of all, you really don’t know WTF you’re talking about.
Second… Actually, that’s it.
But, But…I can get it everywhere – http://www.rapha.cc/
I’m the first guy to defend Jason…nice guy.. but that article is LAME
The snob does not appreciate him some Andy:
“The main reason bike reviews often sound so ridiculous is because they inevitably veer off into those sensuous descriptions of the bicycle’s ride quality. Either that, or they attempt to quantify something that is essentially subjective, which is often even more ridiculous.”
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2009/04/bsnyc-product-review-look-566-road.html
is LAME about that article? What part at all? It didn’t have enough pink for you? SHOW ME THE PINK.
The bug exoskeleton helmet come with the new kit?
http://www.teamorganicnyc.org/TOAG/090307/IMG_5675.jpg
what shop is good for cheap & quick spoke repair?
LiveStrong kneepads. Sweet. What’s lamer than having his LordStrong wear your shirt?
Nope. Snob has Rapha kneepads, custom tailored at Signature Cycles. Sellout.
the joke is on you. jason gay IS bikesnob.
gay is not the bikesnob
i have strong belief bikesnob is a member of CRCA. and i’m also wondering why he didn’t write about the red hook crit. he was probably there.
today’s bike snob was one of, if not THE, funniest columns in recent times.
actually, i take that back, they’re all pretty damned funny.
There were no CRCA riders in the Red Hook criterium.
BIKESNOB IS GAY LOL