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Holy crap, we're months away from the TDF and the bets are already piling in. I just hope that by the time it comes, there will still be people willing to make bets that haven't made them with someone else already, otherwise I'd have to stick with Giro or something
 
Fetisoff said:
Holy crap, we're months away from the TDF and the bets are already piling in. I just hope that by the time it comes, there will still be people willing to make bets that haven't made them with someone else already, otherwise I'd have to stick with Giro or something

I'm surprised it took this long.
 
Jun 8, 2011
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Thought I would bump this thread up. So LaFlorecita, will the bet be on? :) I, ofcourse, would like you to get yourself a Taaramäe avatar, shall I win.
 
LaFleur said:
Thought I would bump this thread up. So LaFlorecita, will the bet be on? :) I, ofcourse, would like you to get yourself a Taaramäe avatar, shall I win.

Okay. Till the start of the Vuelta, I say.

I think it is a good idea to post our pics in this thread. I'll see if I can find a nice one. :)
 
If Taaramäe gets finished top 10 in the Tour, and wins the white jersey, I'll take an avatar of your choice till the start of the Vuelta. (August 18th, 00.00hr I say)

If he fails to do so, you'll take an avatar of my choice till the start of the Vuelta.

Okay with that?
 
Jun 8, 2011
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Yes, that is acceptable, atleast I will get better conditions in case of my loss than the 6 months of Kittel avatar I had to use...
 
Mar 10, 2009
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Agh Ha! I finally find out where the bets are done (avatar bets). I just hope to not see Rebelin again!
 
Jun 22, 2009
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Timmy .Vs Forum, 2012

auscyclefan94 said:
If Timmy wants to get rid of his Evans avatar right now he can always swap to a Justin Bieber avatar :D

That is your only alternative!

This my friend is incorrect. I have come into this thread to right a wrong.

Those of you familiar with contract law, will understand the following;

Consideration is the price paid for the promise of the other party. The price must be something of value, although it need not be money. Consideration may be some right, interest or benefit going to one party or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other party.

Basically this means that a contract where a promise is made can only be legally binding if there is potential for gain; such gains must repersent a value for said individual or party.

Basic principles of negotiation define compromise from both sides. Both parties must (potentially) gain something, and both parties must (potentially) lose something.

At this point I hope the concepts of a contract and/or negotiation are familiar for all members reading. I will now present the relevance to a great injustice that has occured on this forum during the past 12 months.

July 2011,
Le Tour de France 2011 is in full throttle, the speculation prior to the race was that Schleck would be the man to beat, Cadel Evans (or more commonly known as Cuddles) simply could not match the luxemburger in the high mountains; I Timmy-loves-Rabo (or more commonly known as "Timothy the Great") was one of the great supporters of this theory. In my mind Cadel Evans simply had no chance to win Le Tour.

As the race continued riders started to crash, champions like Alberto Contador were struggling with fatigue and pre-race favorite schleck was riding like a chump; Yet Evans continued to ride on, with new found confidence and belief. But still I was certain Mr. Evans had no chance and then the threads started... One thread particular (Cadel Evans, I told you it was his year) annoyed me; The race was barely into the high mountains and there was this thread insinuating that the race was 'in the bag' for Mr. Evans. Sadly this was my breaking point, and as the saying goes "Drastic threads, require drastic measures".

My reaction...

Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
I am very confident however that cuddles will crack.

If cuddles wins this tour tlr will take a cuddles avatar permanently

As the race went on and "Hope for Cuddles Failure" became more dire I still stuck to my guns, repeating my deal to take a 'cuddles' avatar multiple times. However everytime I made this statement, it was done unprompted and by my own free will, never was there any value or potential gain for my self-stated pledge. In fact never did any of the 'Cadel Band' even challenge my offer with a potential loss for themselves. In the final time-trial as I so greatly dreaded Evans delivered the goods and snatched the yellow from Andy Schleck's back; Evans became the 2011 Tour De France Champion.

Gracious in defeat, I Timmy-loves-Rabo honored my pledge and took this nightmare of an avatar. I have been forced to bare this shame for too long, people now look at my posts and identify me with cuddles. However, almost 12 months after this setback I formally challenge this injustice; as mentioned earlier a contract cannot be valid if there is no potential gain and loss for all involved parties. Considering this avatar bet (compared to all other avatar bets in cycling news forum history) it is quite clear there was never such potential gain for myself in the given situation, only loss. Likewise there was never potential for loss for the 'cadel band'. In court such a contract would not be legally binding, and I would be happily living with a bada$s Jan Ullrich avatar. Therefore I believe a terrible wrong must be righted and personal choice of avatar must be returned to myself.

Out of the respect of the Cadel band I will continue to bare this avatar, but in the coming weeks I will eventually rid myself of this evil. But removing this avatar will not bring me justice, nor retribution for the difficulties I have faced the last 12 months. Hence I demand the CN moderators to act in the name of justice and all that is good in this world and respectfully perma-band those who opposed me in the previously mentioned thread. Only then will justice be served.

I thank all those who read this. Regards, Timmy-loves-rabo.
 
Jun 16, 2009
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Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
Timmy .Vs Forum, 2012

This my friend is incorrect. I have come into this thread to right a wrong.

Those of you familiar with contract law, will understand the following;

Consideration is the price paid for the promise of the other party. The price must be something of value, although it need not be money. Consideration may be some right, interest or benefit going to one party or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other party.

Basically this means that a contract where a promise is made can only be legally binding if there is potential for gain; such gains must repersent a value for said individual or party.

Basic principles of negotiation define compromise from both sides. Both parties must (potentially) gain something, and both parties must (potentially) lose something.

At this point I hope the concepts of a contract and/or negotiation are familiar for all members reading. I will now present the relevance to a great injustice that has occured on this forum during the past 12 months.

Out of the respect of the Cadel band I will continue to bare this avatar, but in the coming weeks I will eventually rid myself of this evil. But removing this avatar will not bring me justice, nor retribution for the difficulties I have faced the last 12 months. Hence I demand the CN moderators to act in the name of justice and all that is good in this world and respectfully perma-band those who opposed me in the previously mentioned thread. Only then will justice be served.

I thank all those who read this. Regards, Timmy-loves-rabo.

I will ignore all the hubris in most of these paragraphs and discuss the above quoted paragraphs. I will be seeking legal advice from my Lawyer on this matter in order to make you suffer as much as possible for this inadequate excuse. :D

My 1st point is that you did not take a Cadel Avatar considering that is a photo of a paper mask and not the proper Cadel Evans therefore you have not followed all the terms of the Contract.

My 2nd point is that a precedent has been set by prior avatar bets on this thread and other threads where the person making the Avatar bet has asked nothing for in return or no Consideration.

Thirdly, if you break such an injunction, which you have threatened to do, I will make a request to Susan Westemeyer that you appear before the Cyclingnews Forum Grand Jury.

Also, you mention that in negotiation requires "compromise from both sides" but may I remind you that no such negotiation took place as you laid down the offer although I did not consult with you what those terms were going to be.

I think this shows that you have no case what so ever. Goodbye!
 
Jun 22, 2009
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1. Close enough yo :eek:

2. If no one challenged it and there wasn't a provided outcome there was no precedence. Rather we may have had a similar situation which one individual failed to act upon!

You are right that no negotAtion ever took place (tho the cadel band was very enforcing once circumstances had been met, so a mutual contract was implied) and really I can change whenever I wish it :D
 
Jun 16, 2009
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Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
1. Close enough yo :eek:

2. If no one challenged it and there wasn't a provided outcome there was no precedence. Rather we may have had a similar situation which one individual failed to act upon!

You are right that no negotAtion ever took place (tho the cadel band was very enforcing once circumstances had been met, so a mutual contract was implied) and really I can change whenever I wish it :D

Because I am the leader of the cadel Band (unofficially), I will make the decision to allow you to post once you get to post 10,000. Keep posting! :D
 
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
Gracious in defeat, I Timmy-loves-Rabo honored my pledge and took this nightmare of an avatar. I have been forced to bare this shame for too long, people now look at my posts and identify me with cuddles. However, almost 12 months after this setback I formally challenge this injustice; as mentioned earlier a contract cannot be valid if there is no potential gain and loss for all involved parties. Considering this avatar bet (compared to all other avatar bets in cycling news forum history) it is quite clear there was never such potential gain for myself in the given situation, only loss. Likewise there was never potential for loss for the 'cadel band'. In court such a contract would not be legally binding, and I would be happily living with a bada$s Jan Ullrich avatar. Therefore I believe a terrible wrong must be righted and personal choice of avatar must be returned to myself.

Out of the respect of the Cadel band I will continue to bare this avatar, but in the coming weeks I will eventually rid myself of this evil. But removing this avatar will not bring me justice, nor retribution for the difficulties I have faced the last 12 months. Hence I demand the CN moderators to act in the name of justice and all that is good in this world and respectfully perma-band those who opposed me in the previously mentioned thread. Only then will justice be served.
Who made it a contract? It looks like you were a willing lamb to the slaughter.

Somehow fool ACF into taking an avatar bet so you lose the Avatar:D ( like Gesink finishing top 3 ).

Also ACF he is so close- he will be done soon.
 
Jun 8, 2011
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LaFlorecita said:
LaFleur seems like you got that one in your bag :p And I thought I would be on holiday between the end of the Tour and the start of the Vuelta but not anymore :eek:

I wouldn't be so sure yet... but I was thinking about something like this :D :
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airstream said:
If you said 'He will win because I want him to win' it would be more honest. :D Explosiveness is purely visual criterion. The most explosive doesn't always win. Froome is not a teakettle at descending too. Not Basso and not Menchov. I didn't see episodes that characterize Froome badly as a descender. But if you like to consider Contador better simply cos it is Contador, OK.
Does that mean that you're on? ;)

Netserk said:
Anyone fresh on an avatar bet that Contador will beat Froome in the last ITT in the Tour? Anyone :D
 

airstream

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Netserk said:
Does that mean that you're on? ;)

On what?
:cool:

If one operates with a critetion of palmares so busily as dear Miburo does, no one has any chances to win the 2013 Tour. Is it fair? Hell, believe in the past if you like it. IMO other riders' fan believe in the present and the future.

A guy who had no equal in the last 5 years.
you are desperate.