Awesome Danish Guys: Brian Holm

Rule #82 problem

Or as Bob Roll keeps calling him Bri-ann Holm?! I have three reasons right off the top of my head as to why Bri-ann Holm is a badass.

The first is he offered to cut off Dan Martin’s ears if he didn’t finish in the top ten of this year’s Tour de France. Martin finished 9th, ears intact, just. When I first saw the remark I thought Holm was saying he would cut his own ears off if something or other didn’t happen, which I liked even more. I admire a man ready to take a confident stand. But it was Dan Martin’s ears and Brian wanted him to really perform, obviously. He is an old school directeur sportif at Quick-Step and this relates to reason number two. In a Rouler article he said if one of his young riders crashes he will sometime send him to the front to work, to take his mind off the crash. In passing he said you can only hurt in one place at a time, maybe meaning get to the front and work and it might take your mind of the terrible crash you were just in.

This would normally be the kind of bold statement I would write off as nonsense but it fits my own long held theory exactly. I refer to the “resident evil” that floats around in my body that can only be in one place at a time. Warming up, the evil nestles into my left knee, eventually it floats somewhere else but never two locations at a time. It’s exactly what Bre-ann said.

Lastly, Mr Holm is awesome and an unwitting Velominatus (even though Brett hates him but Brett hates most things) because he gets IT. Please read this interview and discuss.

Gianni

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fignons barber says:

Sep 17 2016 at 10:19 am

@frank

Not to prematurely close this conversation on the Maximum Possible Awesome, but…

One photo that will end the " caps not hats" discussion FOREVER........
Ccos says:

Sep 17 2016 at 10:44 am

@Teocalli

“In passing he said you can only hurt in one place at a time” there is apparently much conjecture about this and little scientific fact. The slight;y worrying part is that the inference is that there is a “pain priority” that is set by attending to the greatest pain first – the problem here that it’s an ever escalating process – kinda where a scrape to your knee ends up with you sawing off your leg with a blunt saw and no anaesthetic……….

Sounds suspiciously like these guy's brand of anesthesia
fenlander says:

Sep 17 2016 at 12:59 pm

@fignons barber

@frank

Not to prematurely close this conversation on the Maximum Possible Awesome, but…

One photo that will end the ” caps not hats” discussion FOREVER……..

Being a 'speccy' I have thoughts of getting glasses like that and say pick up an appropriate old Raleigh but I don't think I could quite pull it off;would pass on that cap though.
wiscot says:

Sep 17 2016 at 1:19 pm

@frank

What does his arm warmer say upside down? Upwarters? Bottom dollar sponsor, I’m guessing.

I am loving that position. Riders do not appreciate a long position like that anymore. Up until we got to the “Ahead” set, we went long to get our hips into the right position. Now with lower stems, we just drop the fuck out of that shit to get the length we used to get out of the top tube.

I’m actually pretty sure the lower bars are better than the long position because it gets the center of mass lower for bigger riders like me, but I love the look of those steel frames with the long top tube and long-ass stem.

Take, as example, Fignon’s Bianchi. One of the most beautiful bikes ever.

Fact is, his position was so spectacular in general.

Errr . . . you're in IT stuff aren't you? It says "omputers." The "c" is covered up!
Teocalli says:

Sep 17 2016 at 2:11 pm

@wiscot

The jersey kinda offered a wee bit of a clue or two too.............
Teocalli says:

Sep 18 2016 at 5:01 am

Tragic news from the Paralympics Road Race. RIP Bahman Golbarnezhad. May the breeze be always behind you.
Cary says:

Sep 18 2016 at 1:32 pm

@frank

What does his arm warmer say upside down? Upwarters? Bottom dollar sponsor, I’m guessing.

I am loving that position. Riders do not appreciate a long position like that anymore. Up until we got to the “Ahead” set, we went long to get our hips into the right position. Now with lower stems, we just drop the fuck out of that shit to get the length we used to get out of the top tube.

I’m actually pretty sure the lower bars are better than the long position because it gets the center of mass lower for bigger riders like me, but I love the look of those steel frames with the long top tube and long-ass stem.

Take, as example, Fignon’s Bianchi. One of the most beautiful bikes ever.

Fact is, his position was so spectacular in general.

one thing i have found over the years, as far as position is concerned, is that achieving the proper stretch/ weight distribution is at least as important as saddle height. i ride a lugged steel, traditional double diamond frame, which came with a short (to me ) 100mm ahead stem. i loved the ride of the bike, but i found the handling twitchy and unforgiving until i put a 120mm stem on it. now it's perfect. the bike goes in the precise direction i look, with no drama or hesitation. the telling factor for me with positioning is when the front hub is hidden from view by the handlebars whether i'm on the hoods, tops, or drops.

could not agree more about Fignon. it's a tossup between he and Bugno for the most stylish rider of my generation, imo.
Bob says:

Sep 18 2016 at 4:25 pm

@frank

Deep drops to get low. None of this compact crap.
Gianni says:

Sep 18 2016 at 10:22 pm

Damn that is a depressing photo. Even Fignon knows how wrong this hat is.
Gianni says:

Sep 18 2016 at 10:27 pm

And the guy riding with Fignon, the Subaru Montgomery guy is on a Merlin extralight?! I never knew Merlin made it into the pro peloton, unless this is the Tour de Trump and poor Laurent had to come over to the USA and ride it. We like Gatoraid.