Posted on 03/02/2022 4:18:52 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The Slovakian rider says that the current peloton is 'total anarchy' as a new generation ignores cycling's unwritten rules.
It is a familiar refrain from many riders as they get older that the younger members of the bunch lack a certain amount of respect for others, and the 32-year-old Sagan recently criticized the latest generation of youngsters for it.
In an interview with Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, the Slovakian former world champion described how riders no longer pull out of the pack to take a comfort break, even when the action is not on.
“They don’t even bother going to the edge of the road. No names, but they just piss in the middle of the pack,”
“Everyone pees on everyone, nasty. And if you say something about it, you’re arrogant, so to speak, because you can’t decide what someone else should do.”
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Rodney Dangerfield
The same peloton; only different.
It’s a … virtual ride… how does he know when the youngsters are peeing?
Zwift has sensors and simulates for full effect.
Maybe soneone should flip your bike over to simulate an actual collision
Yeah - I Zwift a lot but haven’t seen that particular set of simulators. :D
Maybe that’s something I have to unlock...
That probably wouldn’t simulate an actual collision. Chris Horner was once asked what it was like to crash on his bicycle. He described it as, “dress in your underwear, tie your feet together, and jump off the back of a car at 30 miles an hour.”
Slide outs and collisions are two different things.
Iv’e been unfortunate to encounter both - slide out at 22mph and collision at 29mph.
Not fun!
You’re joking … right?
Just another day on Bourbon St.
My only crash was during a sprint and one of my pedals snapped off while i was of course pressing down on it during a power stroke
Right shoulder and side took most of the slide, got cheese grated pretty good.
Least it was when i was in high school, nothing broken, but i was in shock for awhile.
Paratroopers know that drill and that feel.
Getting peed on for money and calling it "sportsmanship"...
After the first time, he's just coming back because he likes it.
Man, I’d have to hold it for three or four d\days to be able to let loose wearing that tight outfit, sitting scrunched over that narrow saddle, performing at max output, and surrounded by hundreds inches away on all sides.
“Just another day on Bourbon St.”
I was doing some antenna site work down in the Louisiana Gulf area and we would get up early eat some breakfast and then run through downtown to pick up some work vouchers over at the electronics division building. The first time I was there I remember going through old town, and there were water trucks and sweeper trucks running the streets cleaning things up, I mentioned how nice it was that the city took such measures to make sure the streets were nice and clean for the tourists.
One of the guys looked at me and said if they didn’t do that this whole town would smell like boozy puke and piss every morning.
That was a revelation.
Is that “restroom formation split left”?
Mardi Gras is when the streets in the French Quarter are particularly ‘sticky’ from all the fruity drinks spilled and otherwise ‘passed’. Just take you shoes home and drop them in the garbage can before you walk into the house. Basically a hazmat precaution.
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