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Anatomy of a Photo: Things That Are Hard To Come By

Museeuw rockin’ the bands riding with Cipo decked out in yellow as he twists one up. There are only two things cooler than this and both of them are impossible to get. One is Led Zeppelin playing at your shitty graduation party in the late 70’s and the other is one of those awesome Coca Cola bidons. Fuck yeah!

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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RedRanger says:

Apr 22 2012 at 9:57 pm

The Apostle looks fuckin great in that cap btw.
harminator says:

Apr 22 2012 at 10:31 pm

@scaler911

His hair is perfect! ..

That's it! He's holding one of them little mirrors.

Not to fix his hair, but to check again how fucking awesome it is.
Marcus says:

Apr 22 2012 at 11:35 pm

@Mikael Liddy
Such a great photo - the hairnet - so long after hairnets went out of use - is just superb.
il ciclista medio says:

Apr 23 2012 at 12:13 am

He is moulding his energy bar into a likeness of himself. The next shot will see him showing this likeness to the other four in the group, accompanied by the words - "See, even my energy bar is cooler and better looking than the rest of you, ha!"
Chris says:

Apr 23 2012 at 1:15 am

Mario had it in spades but even he struggles to pull of celeste shoes matched with full yellow kit.

Some of the other shit going on is fairly shocking, Spinergy wheels and aerobars.
the Engine says:

Apr 23 2012 at 2:17 am

Who's the guy in front of the Spinergy man wearing my Time shoes? I still have them in the garage if anyone wants a suitably retro look to recreate this photo.

My brother thought Spinergy wheels were cool and used them in triathlons - which tells you all you need to know about Spinergys
Sauterelle says:

Apr 23 2012 at 3:55 am

I have an awesome photo of Cipo but I think you guys wouldn't appreciate it as much as I do. ;-)
Chris says:

Apr 23 2012 at 4:15 am

@the Engine

"Hey, Mario, fancy a bit of a triathlon to keep loose on the rest day"

"Fuck, no, some chick's just texted me about my saddle to bar drop, if you catch my drift, ciao"
Adrian says:

Apr 23 2012 at 4:31 am

Don't remember there being Twitter in '97?
Mark1 says:

Apr 23 2012 at 5:30 am

Can't vouch for the authenticity of the first one but the second one looks real enough.
Mountain climbers used to refer to it as oxygen deprivation training.