Tossers on Tour meets Tarmac toss…
Throwing your bike is always poor form. Throwing someone else’s bicycle on the other hand…
In the sky above Horsens at the start of Stage 3 of the 2012 edition of the Giro d’Italia
#WW108
(Photo courtesy of Jens Hagström/@jenscer)
Bovinomics
Socialism: You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbour.
Communism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives you some milk.
Fascism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells you some milk.
Nazism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and shoots you.
Bureaucratism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away..
Traditional Capitalism: You have 2 cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
An American Corporation: You have 2 cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow dropped dead.
A French Corporation: You have 2 cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.
Japanese Corporation: You have 2 cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market them Worldwide.
An Italian Corporation: You have 2 cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.
A Swiss Corporation: You have 5000 cows. None of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.
Chinese Corporation: You have 2 cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.
An Iraqi Corporation: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No one believes you and they bomb your arse. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy...
Counter Culture: 'Wow, dig it, like there's these 2 cows, man, grazing in the hemp field. You gotta have some of this milk!'
Surrealism: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
Fatalist: You have 2 doomed cows...
A West-Country Corporation: You have 2 cows. That one on the left is kinda cute.
A Brazilian Corporation: You have 2 cows. You pay taxes for 6 cows. You have to sell one cow in order to pay the taxes. Your remaining cow gets sick and dies while waiting for availability in the public vet hospital.
Rick Santorum: You have 2 cows, and they'd better not be gay, non-white, female, or immigrants.
Took me about a dozen views to realize Cosmo is talking about French man-ass, not Tommeke’s…
Roger DeVlaeminck was tough and all, but really—how much man-ass did he have to deal with?
(it’s a .gif—your playback mileage may vary)
BOY
A gorgeous, moving short film written by British Airways Great Britons winner Prasanna Puwanarajah. Starring actor Timothy Spall, this heartfelt homage to cycling was inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Parijs-Roubaix van dichtbij (Paris-Roubaix up close)
Slo-mo video by Sport Holland of the sufferfest that is the pavé.
2011 Paris-Roubaix slow-motion pavé section.
Absolutely incredible. The abuse these riders put themselves and their bikes through never ceases to amaze.
Love the toe clips.
‘This 90-year-old on a tricycle is a total badass’
“My story? Well I’m 90 years old and I ride this thing around everywhere. I don’t see why more people don’t use them. I carry my cane in the basket, I get all my shopping done, I can go everywhere. I’ve never hit anyone and never been hit. Of course, I ride on the sidewalk, which I don’t think I’m supposed to do, but still …”
