Toby, I love you, but if you were a fish then we'd all be the world's greatest fishermen.
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Toby, I love you, but if you were a fish then we'd all be the world's greatest fishermen.
I know.
It's still such a lame narrative you're pushing, though, but Nibali has sadly become a meme on this forum which his thread clearly shows. I don't really know why I got into the thread at all, a place I usually avoid.
Why sadly? This place is fun if you don't take it seriously.
Hardly. If people were slamming Masnada unreasonably, you wouldn't be up in arms in two seconds?
What these guys are posting is dead serious though, and people are obviously gonna react to posts on this topic if youre invested it in... whats the point about the forum anyways?
I don't think more than 2-3 posters are dead serious in this thread, but ok I don't wanna stop anybody from having discussions here.
The point of the forum is obviously to be excited about watching races and then go back to armchair psychoanalysis on posters we disagree with about riders who don't even know we exist.
With the exception of you being on a first name basis with Primoz.
We're the ones who don't actually know your real first name
P.S. My guess is that your friends - and Scarlett Johansson, and Geraint Thomas's mother - call you Richard The Sharkheart.
No.
By the way I think you are a good poster, you understand the sport. You are just a bit serious.
This is the Nibali thread. Don't mention the V word. There are several threads dedicated to Valverde. Nibali and Valverde are friends. I dream of a world where Nibali fans and Bala fans are friends too.
You and I are fans of both riders but we're trying to keep it quiet.
Who are the 2-3 serious posters in this thread? There's always a few who just want to be different.
The V word and the N word have both offended many over the years.
Nibali fans and Valverde fans are kind of like brothers in-law.
Whereas Contador fans and Froome fans are kind of like Springfield residents and Shelbyville residents.
Whereas Contador fans and Froome fans are kind of like Springfield residents and Shelbyville residents.
I'm a serious poster. There is a specific thread to discuss Nibali vs Bala. Why is Bala continually brought up here? It is off topic IMO, go to the correct thread.
Look, soon we will celebrate 11 years since this thread was started by a member who is long gone from around here. After following for some years I decided to join this forum during the Giro in 2013 mostly because I felt that Nibali will win that Giro from an underdog position against Mighty Wiggo and The Sky Train. Not very popular opinion then.
During the following almost 10 years he reached the highest highs and some real lows. We were dead serious, Nibali was dead serious in his sport. But things change, as we grow older so is Vincenzo Nibali. While the effect on him gradually translated in a lack of meaningful successes, we became somewhat euphoric, drunk on the past glory of our favorite rider as we discovered our sense of humor oppressed by so many years of being dead serious. It's like we're trying to have the best fun just before the inevitable end of something that we hold dear.
During the following almost 10 years he reached the highest highs and some real lows. We were dead serious, Nibali was dead serious in his sport. But things change, as we grow older so is Vincenzo Nibali. While the effect on him gradually translated in a lack of meaningful successes, we became somewhat euphoric, drunk on the past glory of our favorite rider as we discovered our sense of humor oppressed by so many years of being dead serious. It's like we're trying to have the best fun just before the inevitable end of something that we hold dear.
Well said. I was a Vincenzo fan well before this thread was even started. I first noticed him in 2009 and he hit my favorite list in the 2010 Giro. I picked him to win the 2010 Vuelta and reveled in his win then and all through his glory days. Now he's in decline but I'll Always root for him and wish him the best. He is My Kind of Rider. Filled with Grinta, Courage and BALLS. He rode to win, not to place. The day he retires I will be sad. But I'm over 70 and have seen my favorites through their years of Glory followed by the inevitable fate of any sportsman as he ages.
We just want enjoy the time we have left to see him ride and remember his wins, many of which I have first on vcr and converted to dvd or recorded on dvd and dvr.
IMO he is one of the Most Underrated riders to ever ride the sport. It's in my signature that he managed to do something last done by Hinault! When will we see anyone accomplish that again? Probably not in what is left of my lifetime.
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Thread is barely twice as big as Evenepoels.....
But less on this forum than many other places.
I bought a bag because of Nibali. That's how popular he is.
Probably two tridents and two weird spiral thingys.
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