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8ballrollin · 03-05-2008, 06:41 PM

I'm going to be in a meeting today with Greg Lemond. Give me an example of an only-a-cyclist-nerd-would-know question I can ask him. Thanks.

creekster · 03-05-2008, 06:46 PM

Ask him if the report that he and his mechanic used a tin snip and a coke can to create shims for his aero bars before he rode the time trial in the most exciting finsih of a bike race ever, the final stage of the 1989 TdF, is really true. Seriously, i have alwayw wanted to know if it is true. I have read it, but always wondered. The finsih to the 1989 TdF is perhaps the most exciting sport event finish I have ever seen (on TV, sadly).

Also, ask him if Laurent Fignon was as arrogant in person as he seemed in press coverage.

I would avoid quesitons about his uncle.

il Padrino Ute · 03-05-2008, 06:54 PM

Ask him if he knowing that Lance Armstrong is better than he is keeps him up at night.

TripletDaddy · 03-05-2008, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Ask him if the report that he and his mechanic used a tin snip and a coke can to create shims for his aero bars before he rode the time trial in the most exciting finsih of a bike race ever, the final stage of the 1989 TdF, is really true. Seriously, i have alwayw wanted to know if it is true. I have read it, but always wondered. The finsih to the 1989 TdF is perhaps the most exciting sport event finish I have ever seen (on TV, sadly).

Also, ask him if Laurent Fignon was as arrogant in person as he seemed in press coverage.

I would avoid quesitons about his uncle.

What about my question as to why cyclists own so many bikes? I thought that was a good question.

RC Vikings · 03-05-2008, 07:14 PM

Ask him if he feels better now about chasing down teammate Jock Boyer in the 1982 Worlds because of Boyer's 2002 child molestation charge.

creekster · 03-05-2008, 07:15 PM

RC, at least you could be serious? Although that is pretty funny.

hyrum · 03-05-2008, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 8ballrollin

I'm going to be in a meeting today with Greg Lemond. Give me an example of an only-a-cyclist-nerd-would-know question I can ask him. Thanks.

Ask him why recumbents are not allowed in the Tour de France.
You might want to grow a beard before asking him that

creekster · 03-05-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by hyrum

Ask him why recumbents are not allowed in the Tour de France.

He wanted questions that serious cyclists might ask, not ones that granola-tic fringe dwellers would ask.

Btw, there's a crumb in your beard.

RC Vikings · 03-05-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

RC, at least you could be serious? Although that is pretty funny.

How about asking how he felt when Ronan Pensec got 10 minutes on him during the 90 tour, could he have ridden away from Hinault on Alp D'huez during the 86 tour, what magic happened between the 89 Giro and Tour to make such a big improvement and finally does he think he married to soon and he could have done better then Kathy.

creekster · 03-05-2008, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

could he have ridden away from Hinault on Alp D'huez during the 86 tour,

Great question. Also, ask him if he think Cyril Guimard is the biggest pompous windbag since Charles DeGaulle.

I knew you'd come up with some good ones.

03-05-2008, 06:41 PM	#1
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	quick name drop and request I'm going to be in a meeting today with Greg Lemond. Give me an example of an only-a-cyclist-nerd-would-know question I can ask him. Thanks. __________________ "Five to one... One in five No one here gets out alive"

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creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Ask him if the report that he and his mechanic used a tin snip and a coke can to create shims for his aero bars before he rode the time trial in the most exciting finsih of a bike race ever, the final stage of the 1989 TdF, is really true. Seriously, i have alwayw wanted to know if it is true. I have read it, but always wondered. The finsih to the 1989 TdF is perhaps the most exciting sport event finish I have ever seen (on TV, sadly). Also, ask him if Laurent Fignon was as arrogant in person as he seemed in press coverage. I would avoid quesitons about his uncle. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

03-05-2008, 06:54 PM	#3
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Ask him if he knowing that Lance Armstrong is better than he is keeps him up at night. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

03-05-2008, 07:14 PM	#5
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Ask him if he feels better now about chasing down teammate Jock Boyer in the 1982 Worlds because of Boyer's 2002 child molestation charge. __________________ "I always rode to my limit. If I won by three minutes, that's because I couldn't make four." Eddy Merckx

03-05-2008, 07:15 PM	#6
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	RC, at least you could be serious? Although that is pretty funny. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.