The Climb (Froome's first autobiography)

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mr. tibbs

mr. tibbs

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Beech Mtn said:
And when in doubt, fall back on trying to sell more books! :p
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And appealling to the casual cycling "fan" through said books, social media, and a general PR campaign.

I can't believe the content of this book and of Froome's (and Conde's) public statements. He may sound collected and articulate in interviews (compared to Wiggins, certainly), but he's just a bit too narcisistic for me.

Dear Mr. Froome: You are a grown-*** man who rides a $10,000 toy around in colored super hero underwear for a living. Stop taking yourself so seriously.
 
mrhender

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mr. tibbs said:
And appealling to the casual cycling "fan" through said books, social media, and a general PR campaign.

I can't believe the content of this book and of Froome's (and Conde's) public statements. He may sound collected and articulate in interviews (compared to Wiggins, certainly), but he's just a bit too narcisistic for me.

Dear Mr. Froome: You are a grown-*** man who rides a $10,000 toy around in colored super hero underwear for a living. Stop taking yourself so seriously.
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Hilarious post :):)
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Porte/froome...??
 
thehog

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Arrowfarm said:
Answer: They are spewing so many lies they can't keep track of them.
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Along with Walsh. Who appears to not even care to fact check information or follow up on details.

Sad.
 
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Arrowfarm said:
Answer: They are spewing so many lies they can't keep track of them.
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it would be nice to have a thread, not for discussion, just listing the lies produced by Team Sky (and individual members) ever since their formation.
It's getting hard for us to keep track as well.
 
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mr. tibbs said:
<snipped>

Dear Mr. Froome: You are a grown-*** man who rides a $10,000 toy around in colored super hero underwear for a living. Stop taking yourself so seriously
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I love cycling, but have to admit there's quite a bit of truth in that.
 
DirtyWorks

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sniper said:
it would be nice to have a thread, not for discussion, just listing the lies produced by Team Sky (and individual members) ever since their formation.
It's getting hard for us to keep track as well.
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That would be bogged down with ridiculous denials.

It's a very good idea though.

How about a summary of where the autobiography has "problems."

#####Impossible
2.1 race where Contador has bad mechanical luck. Froome states his proximity to finishing near Contador was some kind of benchmark of grand tour podium preparedness.
Froome doesn't do TUE's.

#####Ridiculous
Dropping stem adds 40Watts.

I can't recall others.
 
Benotti69

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DirtyWorks said:
That would be bogged down with ridiculous denials.

It's a very good idea though.

How about a summary of where the autobiography has "problems."

#####Impossible
2.1 race where Contador has bad mechanical luck. Froome states his proximity to finishing near Contador was some kind of benchmark of grand tour podium preparedness.

#####Ridiculous
Dropping stem adds 40Watts.

I can't recall others.
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Froome doesn't take any medication or TUEs.
 
Saint Unix

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DirtyWorks said:
That would be bogged down with ridiculous denials.

It's a very good idea though.

How about a summary of where the autobiography has "problems."

#####Impossible
2.1 race where Contador has bad mechanical luck. Froome states his proximity to finishing near Contador was some kind of benchmark of grand tour podium preparedness.
Froome doesn't do TUE's.

#####Ridiculous
Dropping stem adds 40Watts.

I can't recall others.
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Froome's success is down to doing four-hour extra-curricular rides without a power meter with his pet dog Richie.
 
42x16ss

42x16ss

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DirtyWorks said:
That would be bogged down with ridiculous denials.

It's a very good idea though.

How about a summary of where the autobiography has "problems."

#####Impossible
2.1 race where Contador has bad mechanical luck. Froome states his proximity to finishing near Contador was some kind of benchmark of grand tour podium preparedness.
Froome doesn't do TUE's.

#####Ridiculous
Dropping stem adds 40Watts.

I can't recall others.
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When, where and how he was diagnosed with Badzilla

Removing 15mm of headset spacers when stem is already slammed

Everyone hates Greg Henderson

etc etc
 
Ripper

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Just had a look at that stage. Froome got a bit close to pulling Evans away from Wiggo. For no good reason. What a load of BS. Froome's an a$$ hat
 
thehog

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42x16ss said:
When, where and how he was diagnosed with Badzilla

Removing 15mm of headset spacers when stem is already slammed

Everyone hates Greg Henderson

etc etc
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Best part for me was...

Describing now the chest infections and colds impacted his performance during his career.

A week before the release of the book, bigging it up how's there's no testing in Tenerife, then being found out for excessive cortisone use at Romandie whilst performing like an Ox.

So the reasons for former poor performances was coughs and colds but now when the same set or circumstances occurs he performs like a bull on speed?
 
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Ripper said:
Just had a look at that stage. Froome got a bit close to pulling Evans away from Wiggo. For no good reason. What a load of BS. Froome's an a$$ hat
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Similarly just re looked at the stage........
It's the way froome didn't quite take wiggins back to the group, but nearly.
Leaving wiggins to go into the red to finally bridge.
Then froome attacks, but takes nearly everyone bar wiggins with him.

At the time, I put it down to over enthusiasm and niavity, now I just see resentment and selfishness.
 
Ripper

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coinneach said:
Similarly just re looked at the stage........
It's the way froome didn't quite take wiggins back to the group, but nearly.
Leaving wiggins to go into the red to finally bridge.
Then froome attacks, but takes nearly everyone bar wiggins with him.

At the time, I put it down to over enthusiasm and niavity, now I just see resentment and selfishness.
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Yup, certainly not the work of someone looking out for you. Too boot - he spent the first portion of the climb behind Wiggo.

He really wanted to prove it in that race that it should have been him and not Wiggo, even if it meant Wiggo losing. When I watch excerpts it is pretty clear he is not really helping that much, or what he does is counter-done by his strange 'non-supportive' work.

On another note, let's just hope there is not another autobiography (why this one so soon without much history or success makes no sense).
 
blackcat

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just hit me
what is, cound is to batman of what motoman is to motowoman.


this post was meant to make perfect sense.

cound is batwoman. srry, motowoman. lets set adita rumsas on her tail
 
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