Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[ferryman]

Marginal gains are all about calculated risk.

Increase in output due to lighter weight with same power due to thinner fabric + additional % of work before overheating > Risk of decrease in cycling prowess due to contracting skin cancer.

Aye, and the thought of Team Docs leaning out of car windows and applying the factor 12 is not attractive either

 

[Granville57]

Getting reliable sleep with sunburn that bad is close to 0 without some significant "help".

Sky have dropped the ball and then tripped over it with this one.

But notice that the burn goes all the way up his neck?

Shouldn't Froome, what with his African upbringing and all that, be at least slightly aware of the effects of the sun on human flesh?

Maybe Michelle was just trying to stir things up by posting that pic, but hubby doesn't come out looking all that bright in the end, does he?
(Pun intended)

 

[mewmewmew13]

But notice that the burn goes all the way up his neck?

Shouldn't Froome, what with his African upbringing and all that, be at least slightly aware of the effects of the sun on human flesh?

Maybe Michelle was just trying to stir things up by posting that pic, but hubby doesn't come out looking all that bright in the end, does he?
(Pun intended)

ick…can't look anymore…
but it doesn't seem like anyone was thinking too hard on this one..

 

[BroDeal]

But notice that the burn goes all the way up his neck?

Shouldn't Froome, what with his African upbringing and all that, be at least slightly aware of the effects of the sun on human flesh?

Maybe Michelle was just trying to stir things up by posting that pic, but hubby doesn't come out looking all that bright in the end, does he?
(Pun intended)

Team Sky has not invented the theory of sunblock yet. Once they do, Walsh will waste no time in telling everyone that Sky is so attentive of its riders' needs that the riders use special creams and lotions to protect against the harmful effects of the sun, unlike all the other teams that never ever thought of a small detail like this.

 

[mewmewmew13]

lotion will make them that much faster…
lowers wind resistance

 

[Dear Wiggo]

But notice that the burn goes all the way up his neck?

Shouldn't Froome, what with his African upbringing and all that, be at least slightly aware of the effects of the sun on human flesh?

Maybe Michelle was just trying to stir things up by posting that pic, but hubby doesn't come out looking all that bright in the end, does he?
(Pun intended)

Yeah thinking about it. My first few rides in the sun are reddening, but after a while you brown up and can spend more and more time without burning (or not too badly). So I ride accordingly - start earlier and slowly ramp up "time in sun after 9am" over a few weeks.

This looks like he hasn't ridden in the sun at all. Certainly not wearing that kit. He does indeed look a bit dumb, mesh kit or not.

Looks like a training pic: https://twitter.com/michellecound/status/426057885274357760/photo/1

 

[BroDeal]

lotion will make them that much faster…
lowers wind resistance

Special aerodynamic lotion! Sounds like something that could make bank if it was marketed to triathletes.

 

[BroDeal]

Yeah thinking about it. My first few rides in the sun are reddening, but after a while you brown up and can spend more and more time without burning (or not too badly). So I ride accordingly - start earlier and slowly ramp up "time in sun after 9am" over a few weeks.

This looks like he hasn't ridden in the sun at all. Certainly not wearing that kit. He does indeed look a bit dumb, mesh kit or not.

Looks like a training pic: https://twitter.com/michellecound/status/426057885274357760/photo/1

He is British, dude. Or at least he claims to be. White and pasty is as good as it gets.

 

[sittingbison]

lotion will make them that much faster…
lowers wind resistance

Special aerodynamic lotion! Sounds like something that could make bank if it was marketed to triathletes.

Speak of the devil and in Sky coloured bottle to boot Marketing genius!!

And here are roomies Chris and Ritchie applying said special aerodynamic lotion

 

[blackcat]

^^^^ghey^^^^

 

[Ripper]

He is British, dude. Or at least he claims to be. White and pasty is as good as it gets.

It is not a sunburn. It is a wind burn from climbing too fast.

He will win le Tour by an hour.

Too legit to quit ...

 

[42x16ss]

^^^^ghey^^^^

El Tigre says it best

 

[caryopsis]

It is not a sunburn. It is a wind burn from climbing too fast.

He will win le Tour by an hour.

Too legit to quit ...

You're right! That tailwind really leaves a mark.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Speak of the devil and in Sky coloured bottle to boot Marketing genius!!

And here are roomies Chris and Ritchie applying said special aerodynamic lotion

hahaha
oh don't want to see that last pic again

 

[spalco]

You guys are really scratching the bottom of the barrel if you're starting with gay jokes now.

 

[the sceptic]

dont worry, there will be plenty of opportunity to laugh at the Dawg soon when he gets the season underway.

 

[blackcat]

You guys are really scratching the bottom of the barrel if you're starting with gay jokes now.

less scratch.

more loofer

 

[skidmark]

Speak of the devil and in Sky coloured bottle to boot Marketing genius!!

And here are roomies Chris and Ritchie applying said special aerodynamic lotion

Sooo, right, like your already-stretching-it-pretty-far joke is that they're applying lotion to each other, which is something we can make fun of because it's kind of gay? Thanks for setting the moral standard here, moderator.

 

[webbie146]

Speak of the devil and in Sky coloured bottle to boot Marketing genius!!

And here are roomies Chris and Ritchie applying said special aerodynamic lotion

Omg my eyes o.0

 

[spalco]

Does the image of some half-naked men make you that uncomfortable?

 

[hiero2]

Special aerodynamic lotion! Sounds like something that could make bank if it was marketed to triathletes.

Oh, gawd, this is SO funny! I only ended up here becuzz of the controver-say over that ugly photo opportunity - but your comment is way funnier!


And so TRUE!

 

[hiero2]

less scratch.

more loofer

loofer??????

Is that related . . .
to hoofer?

or hoover?

or ??????????? what?

I can't stretch my mind sufficiently to imagine a meaning or connection. Pass the lsd, stoke that toke, stretch my reality. Make me a connection.

 

[sittingbison]

loofer??????

Is that related . . .
to hoofer?

or hoover?

or ??????????? what?

I can't stretch my mind sufficiently to imagine a meaning or connection. Pass the lsd, stoke that toke, stretch my reality. Make me a connection.

Its a sponge silly, used in the shower to exfoliate

 

[JimmyFingers]

Wow, just wow. Very poor, thanks for reminding me why I don't come here anymore

 

[Netserk]

Wow, just wow. Very poor, thanks for reminding me why I don't come here anymore

Why? Are you homophobic?