You are already beaten.
How is it that the greatest cyclist would be so handsome? When the stars lined up with Mr Merckx, they all lined up. Cycling does seem to produce a lot of handsome athletes but really Eddy, didn’t you already have it all? He was already the most driven, most meticulous, the hardest and the fastest. Shouldn’t he have at least looked more like Buddy Holly than Elvis Presley?
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Under the 128 dossard I see a frame pump. Did guys used to race with their own pumps?
Also...I have been voted by my lot of mates as having the best hair; most of them are balding, I'm goin' strong!
@wiscot
That sounds like an excellent idea.
@Ron
If you go back far enough they had to be entirely self sufficient even down to mending frames/forks at the local blacksmith themselves mid race.
Elvis.
@frank
is that an image from Merckxissimo ??
@Ron
Self sufficiency in action.......
@Ron
I have a pic at home from the Giro in 73 or 74 of one of Merckx's teammates at the side of the road. He has a frame pump and spare tub with him. I also have a pic of a Bianchi rider with pump and spare, maybe same race. I guess once you'd done your bit and the team cars were up the road, you were on your own if you were a domestique.
@frank
So were the rags used to clean Merkx's bikes considered holy relics? I mean, Elvis used to hand out hankies to the crowd anointed with his sweat and you can be damn sure those things were venerated, so why not a Merckx bike rag?
@frank
What I would do to be able to grow a set of 'burns like that. Shit the bed those things have their own postal code.
@Barracuda
I'm a big fan of Boonen but this Fonz meets Del Boy look is how not to do it