Donald Munro wrote:

William Asher wrote:
There's hope for all of us if they change the rules. For example, if
they expand the teams to around 20,000 riders each, then the top guys
could get handslung over the entire stage. It would look like a
200-km rider bucket brigade. But the point is with 20 teams of
20,000 that's 400,000 riders, plenty of room for fatty masters and
LIVEDRUNK(tm)s.

Have you ever tried giving a fatty master a handsling (bearing in mind
Newtons 3rd law) ?



No, the fatty masters are giving the handsling to the pro-type racers. I
figure one fatty master ought to be able to sling a 130-lb pro about 100
yards, more if you could get them to put down their beer and donuts.
Bicycle racing would become a cross between "World's Strongest Man,"
"Rollerball," and dwarf tossing. If we could figure out a way to get some
topless chicks in there, it could be huge, and there's always a way to get
topless chicks in somewhere.

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Bill Asher