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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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frank says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:04 pm

@Ron
Thank you for bring this back to CYCLING.

Brett, ++1 for your Jenny Craig's joke. Next person to cite a long list of weights get banned from the site.

Oooooooooohhhhh....I couldn't ban any of you sorry sods. I love y'all too much. But seriously.

As for the RIDERS in the PHOTO. Yes, that is Brech fo'shizzle. His sleeves say "Post" not "POL" - as in Danske Post, one of his sponsors.
Buck Rogers says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:22 pm

@frank
Ahhhh, jeesh, you're no fun!
Marcus says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:26 pm

@frank
In my defence, I quoted heights and weights of major GC riders. It was the other monkeys that then converted this into a navel gaze!
frank says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:43 pm

@Marcus
Riiiiiiiggghhhhhtt....

@Buck Rogers

Ahhhh, jeesh, you're no fun!

First time I've been accused of that!

Been travelling to Newark last few days. Incredible. Every meal has been a PILE of food. This is not a healthy city. I'm going to have to get my hands on some clenbutorol. The healthiest meal at the hotel restaurant was a ribeye with onion rings. It'll be good to get back home and do some rain riding and fasting.
Marcus says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:46 pm

@frank
I do feel a bit bad about being the ArchDuke Ferdinand instigator o=n the weight posts. To make up for it, I believe that this is an acceptable exception to Rule 16.

Courtesy of fyxomatosis.
Rob says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:53 pm

I am still trying to eke stats out of this but will leave it to others. If you want to join in copy and paste the last list (use below) and add your numbers. The submit post function knocked out the nicely rectified lines I had everything in but this still works and maybe if @all join in it will be informative?

Height/Weight (Race) Age
weight
179cm / 63.5kg JiPM 44
179cm / 74.5kg BR (67kg)
179cm / 82kg SP 36
180cm / 78kg R (68kg) 55
182cm / 83.9kg McS 29
183cm / 105kg OB-W
188cm / 73kg N
188cm / 83kg M
188cm / 84kg Z
196cm / 86.2 3C (80kg) 55
199cm / 97kg X
xyxax says:

Feb 16 2011 at 2:54 pm

@frank
bring your bike?
We are equidistant from the GW Bridge and a ride along the Palisades.
mcsqueak says:

Feb 16 2011 at 3:10 pm

frank:
Oooooooooohhhhh....I couldn't ban any of you sorry sods. I love y'all too much. But seriously.
As for the RIDERS in the PHOTO.

Wait, there's a photo? I'm still running Lynx.
Rob says:

Feb 16 2011 at 3:11 pm

Frick, sorry wrong list ^ use below:

Height / Weight (Race) / Age / Kids

JiPM...179cm / 63.5kg /44
BR.....179cm / 74.5kg (67kg) /39
SP.....179cm / 82kg /36
R......180cm / 78kg (68kg) /55 /1
McS....182cm / 83.9kg /29
OB-W...183cm / 105kg
N......188cm / 73kg /37 /2
M......188cm / 83kg /40
Z......188cm / 84kg
G'p....189cm / 83.5kg / 46
3C.....196cm / 86.2 (80kg)/ 55 / 3
X......199cm / 97kg / 51 / 2*
sgt says:

Feb 16 2011 at 3:42 pm

@All

Not playing, but let's just say I'm on the low side in all categories.

Jeez, what the hell kind of mass hysteria has hit this thread?

Just say "no" to posting height and weight on the Internet

@Marcus
Nice Merckx... Nicer model...