Outside Mag. on Kerry's Cycling

"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
...
Maybe it's just my advancing age, but Outside magazine often seems a bit
weird. I pick it up at the library from time to time, because I really
do love cycling, kayaking, hiking, etc...

... but like Buycycling, it seems too equipment-freakish, too centered
on risking your life to prove you're macho, with the added kicker of
frequent articles promoting the newest undiscovered, unspoiled
wilderness for you to drive to in your SUV.

All true, but they have some good writers.

Terry Morse wrote:
" The result? He looks like a loser who's bought into a new sport
with top-of-the-line equipment, only to be smoked by guys with
cheaper but authentically worn-out gear. It's probably too late for
Kerry to dump the Serotta for a proletarian ride (although we happen

Kerry is 6'7" tall and his wife has half a billion dollars
to buy her husband a birthday present.

A custom bike from (probably) the best American shop is not
out of the realm of reasonability.

to have a vintage, rusting Schwinn we'd part with for only $2,000),

I bet Bush would buy it; he paid $3k for a MTB he beats up...

so his best shot at legitimacy is to take a couple of strategic
spins. A strong finish‹or a flashy wreck‹in a local criterium would
build street cred. A Sunday ride with Lance would go a long way as a
photo op. And, again, he must at all costs avoid being photographed
in tight shorts."

http://outside.away.com/outside/decision04/index_3.html

Alas, I guess America's not yet ready to see its commander in chief
in lycra.

Ask Teresa.

--Blair
"She knows what it'd work out to."

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:01:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

Maybe it's just my advancing age, but Outside magazine often seems a bit
weird. I pick it up at the library from time to time, because I really
do love cycling, kayaking, hiking, etc...

Too many people at the end of rides or at the top of mountains that
simply looked bussed in. No sweat, no wrinkles, nice, crisp fabrics.
Never a chain mark or sign that grease ever touched them or their
bikes or whatever. The latest colors, too...

Kind of like someone paid them for a content commercial.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

:
: I'm still snorting my tea over "Senator Hairspray."
:
: *snort* *snort* *snorfle*
:
: -km

You should come to Texas and see our "Governor Good Hair" then.

Pat in TX

Curtis L. Russell wrote:

Too many people at the end of rides or at the top of mountains that
simply looked bussed in. No sweat, no wrinkles, nice, crisp fabrics.
Never a chain mark or sign that grease ever touched them or their
bikes or whatever. The latest colors, too...

You mean like this one:

http://tinyurl.com/3jcwx

That's Gabrielle Reese, a bona fide outdoor athlete. Sort of.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/

http://tinyurl.com/3jcwx
That's Gabrielle Reese, a bona fide outdoor athlete. Sort of.

=v= Is that the kind of body you get pumping gas pedals?
_Jym_

Jym Dyer wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/3jcwx
That's Gabrielle Reese, a bona fide outdoor athlete. Sort of.

=v= Is that the kind of body you get pumping gas pedals?

That's a beach volleyball body, with a few probable cosmetic
adjustments.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/

Terry Morse wrote in message ...
" Kerry can also bounce his likeability if he plays up his cycling.
At a time when Lance Armstrong has helped road riding become one of
America's fastest-growing pursuits, we've seen very little of Kerry
on his bike?except for an early-summer wipeout that was picked up by
the press. When he does roll into view, he's coming on too fancy,
brandishing an ultra-trendy LIVESTRONG bracelet and toting his
$8,000 Serotta Ottrot with him on the campaign jet.

" The result? He looks like a loser who's bought into a new sport
with top-of-the-line equipment, only to be smoked by guys with
......
in tight shorts."

......
Alas, I guess America's not yet ready to see its commander in chief
in lycra.

If Americans vote based on what kind of bike the person rides then we
deserve the President we get.

During the primaries I heard an interview with a woman in Chicago who
said she was voting for John Edwards because she liked his southern
accent.

Tom

"Terry Morse" wrote in message
...
Jym Dyer wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/3jcwx
That's Gabrielle Reese, a bona fide outdoor athlete. Sort of.

=v= Is that the kind of body you get pumping gas pedals?

That's a beach volleyball body, with a few probable cosmetic
adjustments.

Niki Gudex Australian XC & DH champ... http://www.nikigudex.com/model.html#

Thomas Reynolds wrote:

During the primaries I heard an interview with a woman in Chicago who
said she was voting for John Edwards because she liked his southern
accent.

A woman called into Larry King the other night and said she's not
voting for Kerry because he has a crooked smile.

Never underestimate the shallowness of the voting public.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/