Inferno7
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| 12/03/2014 08:38 AM |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30295759 |
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jacques_anquetil
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| 12/03/2014 09:50 AM |
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| i have his email address somewhere if anyone wants to get in touch with that ol' bastard |
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longslowdistance
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| 12/03/2014 09:58 AM |
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Thanks for the link. Well written piece about a very impressive guy.
The bike is interesting, too: looks like a brifter and a bar end shifter, one lever operates both brakes, and a sort of receiver for his prosthetic arm, which stays on the tops? |
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huckleberry
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| 12/03/2014 10:20 AM |
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| Wow. I'm a wuss. |
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THE SKINNY
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| 12/03/2014 10:58 AM |
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| that cx race i posted has highlights of some old guy race and one of the competitors had only one leg. the fact that there were barriers and a huge stair run up didn't stop him. they showed him hopping the barriers but how he did the steps i don't know. it takes 'hardman' to a whole new level. pretty inspiring. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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SideBySide
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| 12/03/2014 01:32 PM |
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| He is a hardman mentally and physically. |
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zootracer
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| 12/03/2014 05:31 PM |
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| He'd probably leave me in the dust.... |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 12/04/2014 10:01 AM |
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| I'm confuzzled....why would anyone think this was "he whose name shall not be mentioned"? |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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Orange Crush
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| 12/04/2014 10:47 AM |
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Make that +1 on confuzzle.
That asiide, the Alps leg of this race is what I'm doing next year. Reduced to riding against one legged hardmen and unicyclists; that's what my life is coming to. LOL! |
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Yo Mike
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| 12/04/2014 12:46 PM |
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+2 on the confusion
There's only one D-----, or at least I hope so.
I was actually expecting some purloined bird photos....
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Nick A
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| 12/06/2014 12:37 PM |
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Wow. I'm not usually a sucker for "inspirational pieces", but god d@mn, that's some inspirational sh1t.
Nick |
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