thank you for the laugh!Digger said:In which case I will make a fortune from the bikeradar thread on me - 8 pages!!! I am going to be rich!!!
Will Greymanrod represent me I wonder.
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thank you for the laugh!Digger said:In which case I will make a fortune from the bikeradar thread on me - 8 pages!!! I am going to be rich!!!
Will Greymanrod represent me I wonder.
RownhamHill said:Yes, I think you're absolutely right on the potential merits of Moore's threatened law-suit - especially with regards to Moore showing that criticism from Digger could have led to loss of earnings or led to a reasonable person to think worse of Moore. Indeed this is probably why it didn't happen.
It's still not got anything to do with Sky though, has it?
Digger said:yeah that's why he got so hot and bothered....because he didn't care.
Marginal gains...and about getting a select few of the media onside to tell their version of events...to editors being bullied...to journos being blacklisted...but when this above is the result, they really ought not to even try and control the media.
RownhamHill said:Yes, I think you're absolutely right on the potential merits of Moore's threatened law-suit - especially with regards to Moore showing that criticism from Digger could have led to loss of earnings or led to a reasonable person to think worse of Moore. Indeed this is probably why it didn't happen.
It's still not got anything to do with Sky though, has it?
EnacheV said:why don't you start a new defence fund about it? seems like a good opportunity and, without knowing the exact story so pardon me if im wrong, seems like you are an expert on the matter?
Digger said:yeah that's why he got so hot and bothered....because he didn't care.
Marginal gains...and about getting a select few of the media onside to tell their version of events...to editors being bullied...to journos being blacklisted...but when this above is the result, they really ought not to even try and control the media.
thehog said:I'd actually be more (no pun intended) concerned with Moore's anti-competitive behaviour towards Digger.
Is he suggesting his brand of fantasy is worth more than Digger's reality?
Moore knows he has sold out. Good for him. But he needs to tread carefully in threatening others who are writers even if they are writers only on Twitter.
Freedom of speech, right to earn a living and all that.
RownhamHill said:I've read this three times now, and I really can't make head nor tail of it. I can understand what you've written in the first paragraph, though why you've addressed that to me I've no idea (just to recap on the post of mine you're quoting, in it I'm agreeing with thehog that I don't think Moore's threat of legal action would have any merit). But then in the second paragraph you've lost me completely, when this above is the result of what? I'm sorry.
Are you about to suggest that Sky should sue Moore on Digger's behalf?
RownhamHill said:I've read this three times now, and I really can't make head nor tail of it. I can understand what you've written in the first paragraph, though why you've addressed that to me I've no idea (just to recap on the post of mine you're quoting, in it I'm agreeing with thehog that I don't think Moore's threat of legal action would have any merit). But then in the second paragraph you've lost me completely, when this above is the result of what? I'm sorry.
Are you about to suggest that Sky should sue Moore on Digger's behalf?[/QUOTE]
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RownhamHill said:Are you about to suggest that Sky should sue Moore on Digger's behalf?
thehog said:No.
I suggested that if Moore persisted with his threats that Digger (if he shall chose) to request Moore desist from his anti-competitive behaviour.
Digger as does Moore has as much right to produce written works. Moore is open for criticism by the nature of his business. Good or bad. As is Digger.
Anyway back to Sky.
Digger said:Brings me back to last Summer - and I thought the USP/Lance fans were rabid....running commentaries on what I tweeted...good days
So the fans are undoubtedly a factor in the focus on SKY.
Walsh hasn't helped things with his relaying, or else, of what happened on Alpe d'huez
Dazed and Confused said:Sure Stannard has improved. You would expect that from a rider his age. Steady improvement. Team history:
CQ performance:
Sure if he starts to drop everybody in RVV and/or PR with 5-50km to go or beat Boonen etc in a sprint, I'm not going to argue for his potential cleanness.
lllludo said:Bravo to the best climber of today's Paris-Nice pack: Geraint Thomas. It's not a big surprise in itself because he was even more impressive last year during the Dauphine.
He's another well developing UK Sky rider, nurtured by the BC academy in Quarrata, Barloworld with Froome. I am sure if I look at his CQ graph I will see the same progression as Stannard with this nice little bump in 2011 when SKY made some adjustments within their staff.
More admirable Thomas was supposed to be a classic specialist but he's an all-rounder like a modern version of George Hincapie.
lllludo said:Bravo to the best climber of today's Paris-Nice pack: Geraint Thomas. It's not a big surprise in itself because he was even more impressive last year during the Dauphine.
He's another well developing UK Sky rider, nurtured by the BC academy in Quarrata, Barloworld with Froome. I am sure if I look at his CQ graph I will see the same progression as Stannard with this nice little bump in 2011 when SKY made some adjustments within their staff.
More admirable Thomas was supposed to be a classic specialist but he's an all-rounder like a modern version of George Hincapie.
Did everyone except those three go there?maltiv said:I find it very peculiar how every Sky rider who didn't attend to the training camp in Mallorca once again are showing FAR better form than the rest of the team.
Why weren't Porte, Froome and Geraint training with the rest? Why would they separate those guys completely from their teammates?
Is the training camp so bad that they prefer to stay at home, or are they trying to hide something?
Catwhoorg said:
There it is.
In 2012, he obviously had a track focus for much of the year.
thats a pretty smooth progression apart from the 2012 drop.
No, he focussed on being a nice rider on Barloworld.roundabout said:I forgot, did he focus on the track pre 2010 as well?
maltiv said:I find it very peculiar how every Sky rider who didn't attend to the training camp in Mallorca once again are showing FAR better form than the rest of the team.
Why weren't Porte, Froome and Geraint training with the rest? Why would they separate those guys completely from their teammates?
Is the training camp so bad that they prefer to stay at home, or are they trying to hide something?
ChewbaccaD said:You guys can close this thread. Justin Bieber's #1 fan...sorry, the hog, believes that Sky are doping, so there is no way they are doping. Laws of the universe people, can't argue with 'em. Turn out the lights, the party's over.
Good post Chewie.
roundabout said:I forgot, did he focus on the track pre 2010 as well?
Fearless Greg Lemond said:No, he focussed on being a nice rider on Barloworld.