Categories: Anatomy of a Photo

Anatomy of a Photo: Roulin’ Dirty

After a long, hard day of dishing out pain to the peloton it’s time to chillax with der Homies. Here we have der Kaiser and Klodenizzle pimpin’ in the T-Mobile bus. Roulin’ dirty fo’ sho’.

Marko

Marko lives and rides in the upper midwest of the States, Minnesota specifically. "Cycling territory" and "the midwest" don't usually end up in the same sentence unless the conversation turns to the roots of LeMond, Hampsten, Heiden and Ochowitz. While the pavé and bergs of Flanders are his preferred places to ride, you can usually find him harvesting gravel along forest and farm roads. He owes a lot to Cycling and his greatest contribution to cycling may forever be coining the term Rainbow Turd.

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Steampunk says:

Oct 12 2010 at 4:27 pm

@frank
Correlation = causation. This bike is sitting on the wall of my local coffee shop. I see it two or three times a week. I like to think that has something to do with Zabriskie's early success in the 2005 TdF. He hasn't dropped by to thank me yet, though.
frank says:

Oct 12 2010 at 5:22 pm

@Cyclops
Down to the "V"s on the hub caps, I really, really, really, really wish I could have that car.

@mcsqueak
The Adidas cycling line has been re-badged as "Mavic". For example, the Yellow Princesses are actually Adidas shoes.

And abso-fuckin'-lutely they are playing My Adidas. Either that or Kraftwerk.

@Steampunk
Some of those pros are so damn insensitive.
ben says:

Oct 12 2010 at 5:35 pm

I'm thinking the accompaniment is more along the lines of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OH7NhwZlj4
frank says:

Oct 12 2010 at 5:45 pm

@ben
Wow. Just, WOW. I actually expect them to do this.
mcsqueak says:

Oct 12 2010 at 6:23 pm

@frank

Ah, I had no idea Adidas was providing private-label stuff for Mavic. Allow me a second to brown-nose: I only recently found this site, but it's a rich source of cycling knowledge without looking down upon those who are new to the sport, very nice indeed.

As far as Kraftwerk is concerned, I would hope they would be bumping Der Mensch Machine (Deutsch version, of course), but I would also accept them playing the then-recently-released (if the photo is from 2004) Tour De France Soundtrack.
Cyclops says:

Oct 12 2010 at 6:24 pm

Wouldn't this be more appropriate?
Ron says:

Oct 13 2010 at 4:49 am

That is a bold lounging position when you are in white kit...

Wow, the inside of that bus is awful. And yeah, I can't imagine allowing that photo to be snapped. Bad idea.
frank says:

Oct 13 2010 at 8:27 am

@Marko
I just noticed that the crown laying beside the Lion King looks like someone added fuzzy trim to a Burger King kid's crown.
Marko says:

Oct 13 2010 at 8:33 am

@frank
I thought pretty much the same thing when I saw the photo. Cipo must dig on the Whopper.
Dave Harding says:

Oct 13 2010 at 1:21 pm

Amazing Pics: made me smile.... Kloden and Ullrich "roulin' dirty" in the team bus and Cipo on his chaise lounge: Taking Homophobia to a new level lol