Worst things in Pro Cycling

[Hugh Januss]

Colored shorts.

Nah, worse, white shorts.......in cyclocross.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Nah, worse, white shorts.......in cyclocross.

That's just wrong, unless it's part of a skinsuit with rainbow colors on it.

 

[cyclegeek]

Cycling fans that dwell on all thats bad and miss all thats good.

 

[Phantom Menace]

All the Hators

 

[msjett]

All the Hators

Without them you would have no reason to be here.

 

[Hotbrakes]

The UCI, flat stages and Ben Stiller.

 

[Boeing]

This. Someone should kneecap that attention whore.

I would add TdFs with no mountains until about stage 10.

You have to admit dude is fit though he can keep pace for some time.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Funny..........I'm pretty sure I'm classed as a hater, but can't think of a single thing, other than PEDs, that I hate in cycling.
Willful ignorance, maybe?
I dislike black socks, but I wouldn't call it a pathalogical hatred.

 

[hope_rides_again]

Those who don't believe in courage, hope and miracles.

 

[Thorum]

doping
doping
doping
stupid team orders
doping
doping
doping
people who still don't want helmets. Who has to be the next to die or get into a coma? Armstrong? Contador? Cancellara? Cavendish?
doping
doping
doping

Have I mentioned doping?

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Mellow - It was "worst things" not "things you hate", which makes it relative. It's just a matter of opinion anyway.

Black socks was a good one.

I would add TdFs with no mountains until about stage 10.

Same goes with all GT's, but the Tour is most guilty of this.

Ben Stiller.

Good (bad?!) one!

I'll add a lack of critical journalism in the English language. We have David Walsh, Paul Kimmage, the occasional outburst by our own John Stevenson (), and that's about it for the most part.

 

[trekbikes]

worst thing in pro cycling......forums about pro cycling!

 

[Boeing]

Trek Bikes in the Peloton

 

[David Suro]

The best things about pro cycling:

The aesthetic beauty of the sport
Teammates sacrificing their efforts for their team leaders
Team time trials
Tradition
Watching a rider bury himself in pain to get second place, then compliment the winner for his strength
Cobblestone roads
Winter training
Arms raised at the finish line
Mountain-top finishes
Frenzied sprint finishes
Break-away efforts that work
The chasing peleton
The unwritten rules of etiquite (sp?)
Neo-pros who make an impact
Seasoned veterans who still race full schedules
The caravan of support vehicles
Graham Watson's images
The Rainbow Jersey and the Polka Dot Jersey
Feed zones
Crazed fans on the mountains
Rudy Dahnens' mother's celebration for her son

The worst thing about pro cycling:

The sports biggest fans are the most vocal with their criticisms and accusations

 

[Mellow Velo]

Mellow - It was "worst things" not "things you hate", which makes it relative. It's just a matter of opinion anyway.

Black socks was a good one.

Yes. I realised after.
It was that handful of posts that used the term "hate/r", that got me sidetracked.

I'm not fussy on stages with 40kms of flat, after the final climb, either!

 

[Steel4Ever]

Worst things....this is one of them:

The Devil does not do yellow!
He's the DEVIL for christsake!
Bah humbug!

 

[bobbins]

Cycling airing its dirty laundry in public. Deal with the dopers quietly and effectively.
All the armchair 'fans' who thing they know it all
The Armstrong entourage
People who think Sportives are races!
Race radios
Helmets

 

[red_explosions]

Contador's lame pistol celebration. Makes me cringe every time, though the fact it clearly got up Dopestrong's nose gives it some merit.

 

[derailleur]

Just about the only bad things about pro cycling:

1. Cheaters
2. Haters
3. Camera lice

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kind of ironic, when the haters are supposed to hate the cheaters.

 

[VeloFidelis]

Excuse the redundancy, but the real Haters, hate anyone who doesn't hate all the things they deem worthy of hate.

Maybe not the worst thing in Pro Cycling but definitely the worst thing in cycling forums

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

(Best things...)Rudy Dahnens' mother's celebration for her son.

Wow! That is something.

The worst thing about pro cycling:

The sports biggest fans are the most vocal with their criticisms and accusations

What would you have us do, bury our head in the sand and pretend there's nothing wrong?

 

[Mellow Velo]

I'm sorry I made the observation, even though it is correct, if not exclusive.
Lets not ruin this thread for others.
The clinic is the place for all things hating and the counter fanboy oneupmanship.

 

[VeloFidelis]

I'm sorry I made the observation, even though it is correct, if not exclusive.
Lets not ruin this thread for others.
The clinic is the place for all things hating and the counter fanboy oneupmanship.

As one fanboy to another... I respect that!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Good (bad?!) one!

I'll add a lack of critical journalism in the English language. We have David Walsh, Paul Kimmage, the occasional outburst by our own John Stevenson (), and that's about it for the most part.

Don't critcise the journo's who ask the hard questions and keep the barstards honest!