tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post8134823429506648426..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: Heartbreak, heartache and Gosh did I ever need that Lion-print bikini - MimitigUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-38206731485775195522007-07-28T20:01:00.000+01:002007-07-28T20:01:00.000+01:00bikeolex: I mostly have a healthy perspective - it...bikeolex: I mostly have a healthy perspective - it's just tough to follow and love a sport so much that recently attracts attention only for the wrong reasons. Yes, lycra looks all wrong on mid-life crisis people who only get on a bike once a year, but anyone who reads my pieces on cycling knows how much I care about my sport.<BR/>Today I followed the "contre la montre" as Mouth would say, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-60524447178647166272007-07-28T06:56:00.000+01:002007-07-28T06:56:00.000+01:00it's a steep climb but keep going mimi!it's a steep climb but keep going mimi!filehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730724271102270669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-20796450363893168672007-07-27T20:09:00.000+01:002007-07-27T20:09:00.000+01:00Well, we've come to the end of another stage. Davi...Well, we've come to the end of another stage. David Millar gave it his all, and in press conferences too. Brad had a lot to say - I am not sure at all where to go with my thoughts. Le Grand Depart was a triumph - what's happened subsequently has either been a victory for finding out drug cheats, or just a destruction of the glorious race. I WANT so very much to believe in the cleaning up. I thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-63018777724988667262007-07-27T19:03:00.000+01:002007-07-27T19:03:00.000+01:00mimitig said:"Drug cheating bastards making a mock...mimitig said:<BR/><BR/>"Drug cheating bastards making a mockery of the Lycra"<BR/><BR/>It doesn't take a drug cheating bastard to mock lycra: most people mock the lycra. Let's face it, the go faster clothes really do look silly to non-bikers. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to see this scandal upsets you that much. As you note in your blog, at least you're dry and not flooded out. Doesn't that give you some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-62839780620904817282007-07-27T16:27:00.000+01:002007-07-27T16:27:00.000+01:00doc,200$ on Evans, I don't think Vegas wouldnt eve...doc,<BR/>200$ on Evans, I don't think Vegas wouldnt even post a line, but after so many cheaters packing and sent back home, your 200$ look like money in the bank. Contador snooze and Doc don't loose,<BR/>he get enough to pay for the booze.<BR/>ps:guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-39041058518320917082007-07-26T23:24:00.000+01:002007-07-26T23:24:00.000+01:00All of you - thanks so much.All of you - thanks so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-91710501153205365682007-07-26T22:32:00.000+01:002007-07-26T22:32:00.000+01:00Mimi& Mouthtrue believersI feel your tears are for...Mimi<BR/>& Mouth<BR/>true believers<BR/><BR/>I feel your tears are for the wrong reason, however heartfelt.<BR/><BR/>The victims are the riders who bust their every sinew, nerve, and artery to get themselves over the col in decent time, or at all, or haul back a break, or give a little kid in the crowd that wave and a look to ensure another rider is sown in tomorrow's fields... years and years ofDoctorShoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431741727712230963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-35541848193763885462007-07-26T22:08:00.000+01:002007-07-26T22:08:00.000+01:00'I fall in love all over again with football every...'I fall in love all over again with football every time I turn off the TV and put on my boots'.<BR/><BR/>So so true Eric. <BR/><BR/>Last night I played in the wind and rain on an all weather (it needed to be!) pitch. Recently we have sucked, but last night was just sweet, sweet, sweet. We were 7 vs their 8, playing up the slope. After going a early goal down, we worked and worked, the ball on theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-33651796969986163702007-07-26T22:00:00.000+01:002007-07-26T22:00:00.000+01:00Eric: you are so right. I take my bike and do the ...Eric: you are so right. I take my bike and do the fearful run to the Harbour - downhill and it is frightening. But I can't do it now imagining a descent of a Col, and being at one with a man of Le Tour.<BR/>I hate that my dreams have been smashed again, that heroes are dross. For so many years I have lived for my weeks of Le Tour, and they have let me down. It's like being let down by the one youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-22963034289460899792007-07-26T20:25:00.000+01:002007-07-26T20:25:00.000+01:00Mimi...my personal read of the semester.Knowing no...Mimi...my personal read of the semester.<BR/>Knowing nothing about cycling I still felt with you and angered with you.<BR/>As bluedaddy pointed out. I am sure you will find solace when you jump on your bike and pedal from A to B and back to A just for the fun of it, feeling the wind combing your hair. The same way I fall in love all over again with football every time I turn off the TV and put onericverschoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026660922401669323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-7438394771647340932007-07-26T17:40:00.000+01:002007-07-26T17:40:00.000+01:00Mimi dont be too brokenhearted. One of the reasons...Mimi dont be too brokenhearted. One of the reasons cycling is held so dear is that pretty much anyone can do it, and it's such a nice feeling to be on a bike. A breeze and some sun on your back, and nothing too steep ahead to climb, and it feels like you could spin those wheels right round the world.<BR/><BR/>This bloodletting is precisely what is needed. The Tour riders have always needed their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-74450103494385197372007-07-26T16:30:00.000+01:002007-07-26T16:30:00.000+01:00I wrote this before hearing about Rasmussen. It ju...I wrote this before hearing about Rasmussen. It just gets worse, and I want it to be OVER! I feel fraudulent and dirty having waxed lyrical about the Tour this year, having claimed that the teams are kicking out the drug-cheats, and having tempted back some former fans to this sport. Now - I don't know what to think. I can't take joy in these last few stages, I'm sick for poor old Bradley who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-74930403486251024272007-07-26T15:45:00.000+01:002007-07-26T15:45:00.000+01:00Mimi,"what a waste!" I thought 2 days ago while in...Mimi,<BR/>"what a waste!" I thought 2 days ago while in Paris, watching all the preparation preceding the arrival of the tour.<BR/> <BR/>This tour can make us laugh or make us cry and he could make us mad too.But most of all he make me think that it had to come to this point so we might as well never see another Tour de Shame again.<BR/>It's clean up time,I hope they finish the job for good so guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-58138862363605937472007-07-26T14:48:00.000+01:002007-07-26T14:48:00.000+01:00*sigh*There is still the great TV coverage and all...*sigh*<BR/><BR/>There is still the great TV coverage and all those helicopter shots. Isn't France a lovely looking country?<BR/><BR/>I'm leaving it behind tomorrow, flying off to my island retreat. <BR/><BR/>All the best to miss Mimi and the rest of yous. See you soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-58830784945634185722007-07-26T11:37:00.000+01:002007-07-26T11:37:00.000+01:00I still like young Evans' chances, a minute 53 is ...I still like young Evans' chances, a minute 53 is nothing. Geelong are having a good year so there's an omen there. Plus there's still a time trial to go isn't there and that's Cadel's strongsuit, the Doc's money is safe I feel.<BR/><BR/>Don't shed any tears, the crooks are being weeded out one by one and that's a good thing. It shows the tests are working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-74632523520515867662007-07-26T10:33:00.000+01:002007-07-26T10:33:00.000+01:00It is heartbreaking - the TdF is satifying on so m...It is heartbreaking - the TdF is satifying on so many levels: aesthetically; historically; competitively; intellectually and yet it stands in ruins.<BR/><BR/>I too weep for the loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com