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by **Stu Merckx Man** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:45 pm

i like those videos.,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-KueBsU ... ed&search=

here is my favourite one, it gave me almost all of inspiration to start cycling when i first saw it....and stick to it...when im in pain, muscles screaming etc, or about to take a hairy corner, i just try to think of it and realise i got nothing on them !:P

also if anyone watches it can you tell me...the chap in yellow lying on the floor, from what looks like the 60s odd...is that tommy simpson the one that died on the mountain?

stu

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:33 pm

ah cheers marco,

i didn't see the date !

stu

by **Dr Frigo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:04 pm

The real "Man in Black"! (Johnny Cash)

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:18 pm

sylvain,

was johnny cash also 'man in green'?

cheers

stuart...

by **Dr Frigo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:25 pm

[img]http://metamorphosism.com/archives/jxcash2.jpg[/img]

by **Roy Green** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:53 pm

I think the rider in yellow was Luis Ocana. It was in the 1971 Tour. He crashed on the Col de Mente, while locked in a great battle with Eddie Merckx, Ocana defending the Maillot Jaune. It was in pouring rain; Ocana might have got back on, but was very badly injured when Zoetemelk crashed into him. At the stage finish, Merckx refused to wear the jersey he'd taken from Ocana, in this manner, very sporting.
The other rider is Stephen Roche, almost out through oxygen debt after chasing the M. J. Pedro Delgado up Alpe d'Huez in 1987. Roche had to wait 4 more days to win back the Jersey and take the Tour.

by **Snoop Doug** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:54 pm

Kickin picture Sylv - he knew how ta rock - coulda been Joe Strummer's Pa!

Cheers - Snoop

by **Dr Frigo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:22 pm

There's a long section about the Merckx/Ocana Tour rivalry in the DVD I won, those were some epic fights. Ocana commited suicide in his forties.

I can lend the Merckx DVD to whoever's interested, if you can stomach b/w cycling footage set to a cheap techno soundtrack and approximative subtitles!

by **Dr Frigo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:53 pm

my turn ... nowt to do with cycling though ... Sufjan Stevens and his banjo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=d4tkiGvV_ek

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:25 pm

cheers roy,

i don't know who is right...both good stories though...but if i get 2-1 majority on either or, ill be happy....

i know who you meen now sylvain...perhaps its a good thing i did not know at first

i thought you meant the one that rides in green, then in black....i thought you were excited because you found out his second name or something :wink:

cheers,

stuart

by **Ian A4size** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:34 pm

AAhhh kraftwerk , i remember going to see the Computer World tour way back in the early 80's.. great heros of mine, love that electronic stuff... still love it now even tho i'm 45 :oops:

by **Dr Frigo** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:47 pm

[quote]i know who you meen now sylvain...perhaps its a good thing i did not know at first

i thought you meant the one that rides in green, then in black....i thought you were excited because you found out his second name or something

by **adrian** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:14 am

Cheers for the Sufjan clip, Sylv - like him a lot but hadn't seen that before.

One good turn deserves another, I reckon - here's something quite closely related:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1rAB0yDeU

by **jon avery** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:28 am

My broyher is a Neil Young fan, I've never got it myself.

by **Stu Merckx Man** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:25 pm

sylvain,

....im not sure if thats a good or bad thing that john has joined..

stu..

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