Anatomy of a Photo: Take a Look While You Still Can

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• @Nate

  @frank
  Is that really Urs in @Tobin's pic? There is only the slightest hint of a moustache on that guy.
  A black hole would have spontaneously formed if Urs was wearing the Atala stripes in this photo:
  
  More discussion here.

  See, the guy pointing at Laurent is saying, "see that Castorama kit with its pinstripes. It's pure shite. The only real striped kit was the Atala one that Urs used to wear.

  I have to say this, but in that pic LF looks like a scared wee boy while UF looks like the man.

• @Nate

  @wiscot
  Atala is a classic no doubt, in the same way as Castorama and Carrera.

  Easy now! Which Carrera are we talking about? The Roche Carrera or the "denim" Carrera of Pantani?

  With you being a proud wearer of an apron, I thought you'd like the Castorama? No?

• @wiscot

  @Nate

  @wiscot
  Atala is a classic no doubt, in the same way as Castorama and Carrera.

  Easy now! Which Carrera are we talking about? The Roche Carrera or the "denim" Carrera of Pantani?
  With you being a proud wearer of an apron, I thought you'd like the Castorama? No?

  The denim Carerra of course.

  I wear my apron when I am maintaining my steed, or gluing up tubulars, and have the good sense and taste to remove it before throwing a leg over.

• @sthilzy

  Too much black and white in the amateur peloton now.
  Yeah. I agree!
  If you can'y decide black or white bar tape, this dude has it covered!
  
  Zebra Dude - "Can I come a Cogal with you?"

  WAAYYYY too much going on there. All the stripes fighting the lines on the garage door in the background, gloves, HB tape. I had to take some anti seizure we had laying around here in the OR.
  But hey, at least he looks like he thinks he looks good. Happy.

• That is a Mario fan right there - puts us all to shame. Holy shit. The bike, wheels, grouppo, kit, overshoes...the only things he got wrong are the helmet and the shades.

  All told, though, this one is probably bordering on not enough going on. I'm glad the guy knew where to draw the line, as far as we know.

• @wiscot

  @Nate

  @Tobin
  Wow, that Atala kit is horrendous. Looks like prison stripes.

  Hush yo mouth! That Alata kit is one of the greatest kits ever. Super cool, super distinctive and when worn by the greatest 'tash-sporting style icon Urs Freuler, simply irreproachable.
  Let's face it, most kits are fugly or simply forgettable. T\For classic kits the 70s had the Peugeot checkerboard and Renault, the 70"²s/80s had Raleigh, the 80s had Alata, Sem/Skil/Mavic and La Vie Claire, the 80s/90s had RMO.
  What other kits are classics?
  It's well known that Tom Selleck was green with envy of the Mighty Urs.
  Hey Frank, when you gonna run the piece on Urs and let everyone know what a stud he was?

  Thank you. I saw someone in Italy with that full kit and I have searched high and low for one. It fucking rules. Those Urs photos are great, what a stud. He and his 'stash did that kit proud.

• @sthilzy
  Unless he's got 4 or 5 pieces of each of those kit options (perhaps not gloves & shoe covers) then he's doing a bucket load of washing to make sure he's matching that god awful paint scheme each ride, because it's obvious that this dude has even more matching OCD than @Frank.

  @ALL STOP FUCKING QUOTING THE ORIGINAL POST! Seeing that photo once is bad enough, and yes the shouting was necessary.

• @Mikael Liddy
  And the first one to quote @Fronk's last post is going directly to hell (or to San Franciso, or wherever else there is a vibrant - ahem - alternative scene)

• @frank

  That is a Mario fan right there - puts us all to shame. Holy shit. The bike, wheels, grouppo, kit, overshoes...the only things he got wrong are the helmet and the shades.
  
  
  All told, though, this one is probably bordering on not enough going on. I'm glad the guy knew where to draw the line, as far as we know.
  

  And then you had to go and post that last shot. I used to like you.
  And I pushed "quote" 'cause I know you wanted to see it again @ Mikael Liddy!

• i feel dirty just glancing at this thread... avert, avert!