Perhaps, but my friends and I went to a race in Tokyo in November 1989 and Bauer, Hampsten, Rominger, Fignon, Kelly, almost all the big names were there (minus LeMond) and Hampsten was the only one who came to talk to us. He hung around long enough to get a photo holding my best friend's baby and signed autographs and talked to us, and we were surrounded by Japanese, so they had to notice the small group of Americans in the sea of Japanese. So regardless of why none of the others spoke to us, Hampsten was number one to us. Considering doping in the 1990's, Hampsten was likely the winner in 1992--Indurain, Chiappuci and Bugno worked with the infamous doping doctor Michele Ferrari that year.
I ripped off most of these from others, edited them for time, added comments, and uploaded the result. I tried to give credit--I was schooling a friend on professional cycling by showing her all the Tours from 1985 to 1992. So I figured a person outside the sport would initially be bored, and to remedy that I tried to make the videos entertaining and also made a point for focus on personalities--Hampsten was always "Little Orphan Andy" because he was so cute and cuddly. My friend loved Andy--we both sent him birthday cards when he turned 50--I was friends with his brother on facebook for a short time. Rumor is LeMond is just as nice, but I've only had short facebook exchanges with him. Betsy Andreu, his friend and a person I've had countless facebook conversations with told me he was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet just like Andy. I confided in her that I wanted to make a friend request for Greg but was afraid he'd accept and then I'd write something he didn't like and he'd unfriend me--she said he doesn't unfriend anyone. How Armstrong came from that group is beyond me. I also understand that as a competitor, emotions can run high and I'm often a cranky mess before a big race. If I approached one of these guys before a big stage and they snapped at me or were rude, I'd just chalk it up to be being competitive.
Unfortunately I was born in 1985. But that`s what makes your videos even more precious for me: Watching "humans" rather than the EPO-fueled cyborgs I grew up with...
love the add ons... Broom wagon over the cliff etc etc. brilliant
When they are interviewed I think you can tell there is no doping. They sound more real.
Steve Bauer is so fucking cool, dude!
Perhaps, but my friends and I went to a race in Tokyo in November 1989 and Bauer, Hampsten, Rominger, Fignon, Kelly, almost all the big names were there (minus LeMond) and Hampsten was the only one who came to talk to us. He hung around long enough to get a photo holding my best friend's baby and signed autographs and talked to us, and we were surrounded by Japanese, so they had to notice the small group of Americans in the sea of Japanese. So regardless of why none of the others spoke to us, Hampsten was number one to us. Considering doping in the 1990's, Hampsten was likely the winner in 1992--Indurain, Chiappuci and Bugno worked with the infamous doping doctor Michele Ferrari that year.
I ripped off most of these from others, edited them for time, added comments, and uploaded the result. I tried to give credit--I was schooling a friend on professional cycling by showing her all the Tours from 1985 to 1992. So I figured a person outside the sport would initially be bored, and to remedy that I tried to make the videos entertaining and also made a point for focus on personalities--Hampsten was always "Little Orphan Andy" because he was so cute and cuddly. My friend loved Andy--we both sent him birthday cards when he turned 50--I was friends with his brother on facebook for a short time.
Rumor is LeMond is just as nice, but I've only had short facebook exchanges with him. Betsy Andreu, his friend and a person I've had countless facebook conversations with told me he was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet just like Andy. I confided in her that I wanted to make a friend request for Greg but was afraid he'd accept and then I'd write something he didn't like and he'd unfriend me--she said he doesn't unfriend anyone. How Armstrong came from that group is beyond me.
I also understand that as a competitor, emotions can run high and I'm often a cranky mess before a big race. If I approached one of these guys before a big stage and they snapped at me or were rude, I'd just chalk it up to be being competitive.
This was the generation I fell in love with cycling with--the late 80's, so I'm admittedly partial to them.
Unfortunately I was born in 1985. But that`s what makes your videos even more precious for me: Watching "humans" rather than the EPO-fueled cyborgs I grew up with...
0:58 "Team C"???
i could never understand Rondon... he did this same fkn sht in 89'....dragging other favorites behind him as a target.