Freddy effortlessly demonstrates Rules #80 and #82, the Three-Point System, and the Goldilocks Principle while his mechanic calmly swaps a mortal’s wheel for one that can withstand his ferocious sprint. All the while, a young Colonel Sanders looks on with bemused disapproval.
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@pistard
Great read! Thanks for posting. What a crazy world Freddy lived in.
@ChrisO
Thanks for clarifying! I knew Cipo was big, but not that big. I'm 6" 1' so Cipo would tower over me too.
@pistard
Wow, if they rode today their DSs would tell them to go on a diet, immediately. I didn't realize I'm the same size as Walter! Damn, now I can watch the Bulldog ride, then Gerrans, and Tommy "Grimace" Voeckler can be demoted. Nice.
@wiscot
I just read about that on the Flandria website (my goal now is to own one of those bikes) the other day. Funny someone should mention it.
@PeakInTwoYears he's leaning on a Peugeot 404!
@cyclebrarian
And what's funnier is that Freddy always rode Italian frames painted and badged as Flandrias!
@Carel
Carel. Carel. Sounds a bit like "Karla," doesn't it, old chap? Have we crossed paths, in Berlin, perhaps?
@pistard
Holy shiet, that is an interview! 300 km training rides all the time, that will make you or break you. Fantastic. Thanks.
I wish he had been at the museum the day we were all there for KT2012.
@Gianni
Not nearly in the same league, not yet anyway, Ritchie Porte on Bikelane, "yeah we do blocks of 1000km weeks for a month, but I don't mind just going out for a 300km ride" .
@frank
I strecth my hammies during the day. I think there's only two of us in the guys I know that are on the wrong side of 40 that can touch toes/palm plant flat on floor.
I'd really like to be much more flexible like this dude......