#greg lemond

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Greg LeMond & Bernard Hinault lancés à pleine vitesse dans la descente du col de la Croix de Fer (Tour 1986)

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Cycling is the art of suffering.

- Greg LeMond

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Review of Tour de France Unchained - Netflix

Everyone in the world of sport has had something to say about the Netflix documentary Tour de France unchained. Some of it has been positive, showing the rivalry between teammates and how the dynamic changes across the three weeks. Some of it not so positive, asking who Steve Chainel was, for example But I think that documentary has given insight where we wouldn’t usually see, behind the…

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Right hand on the Bible. God can strike me down if I'm lying. THAT MOTHERFUCKER IS CHEATING! TAKE MY WORD!!!

-Greg LeMond about one Lance Armstrong.

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Today is Mr. Lemond’s 61st birthday

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Greg Lemond and Bernard Hinault race at the 1986 Tour de France

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Changing the way we experience games: the rise of sports documentaries

In the summer season of 2014, an novice bike owner dwelling in Boulder, Colorado determined to race in the Haute Route Alps, an 800km biking occasion from Megève to Nice spanning seven days. Bryan Fogel seemed as much as cyclists like Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong all his life and wished to emulate their grit, efficiency and athleticism. However, when Lance admitted to doping in 2013, Bryan…

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Les soi-disant "vaccins" à ARNm ont causé des dommages cardiaques irréversibles sur des MILLIARDS de personnes.

Certains parmi les plus chanceux.ceuses qui s'en sont bien tirés ont eu droit à un médecin qui diagnostique et guérit en même temps. Deux pour un quoi. ["Bike Forever", attends ton tour 😂]

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please give an essay about this sunglasses 🙏 I love you talking about sunglasses

ok so.

the sunglasses in this picture

are vintage, baby !

this is a reselling off Etsy, but they're the Oakley E Wires! (I'd have to look at the sides to see what generation lol). very European, super y2k, super sports luxe!

while they're sadly not milf glasses (PLEASE get some Prada George. for all of us) they are a pair full of history!

this style came out in 1992 and slowly evolved until it was discontinued in 2005 (according to the O-Review website there was also a collectors edition that came out in 2013). It's a metal version of the eye jackets aka one of Oakley's most ICONIC frames

Before we get to that though, when Oakley started as a company, they were a motocross grip-selling company (the plastic they used, called Unobtainium, is what the rubbery part of Oakley glasses are mostly made of). Over time, Oakley shifted its main market from motocross gear to shield visors to shield sunglasses. These are what the first Oakley 'sunglasses' look like ->

The pair on the right was made from a motocross visor shield, electrical tape, and a coat hanger. The pair on the left is a style called the Eyeshades, the first commercially sold version of the extremely popular modern-day Sutros.

The Sutros are an iconic sports frame and have been extremely ingrained in sports culture since they were put on the market. However, they weren't suited for ALL of sports culture. This is where the Eye Jackets come in. (We'll come back to the Sutros and Eyeshades later)

I'm sure you've all heard of Michael Jordan but did you know that Michael Jordan LOVED Oakleys? He was actually on the board of directors for a while and wore Oakleys all the time, specifically, he wore the Eye Jackets (and similar styles)

if you scroll back up to the pair George is wearing, they look very similar to these! And for good reason! The E Wire is essentially the thin metal frame version of the Eye Jackets.

Ok, cool. 90s and early 2000s fashion. very y2k and we know they come from Oakley so they're sporty. epic. awesome, even. but what's sports luxe? Why European if Oakley's an American brand and why do we care about these now?

Sports Luxe is basically a style that's based on athletic gear with a sophisticated undertone. Think leggings and tracksuits. Think Bella Hadid or Billie Eilish. Think Adidas or Nike or Lululemon. That's sports luxe babey (also called athleisure). When you have a basketball game at 12 and a photoshoot at 2. That's the vibe.

Now, full disclaimer, I am American so ig I can't really speak on if the recent spark in this trend started in Europe but from my viewpoint it totally did. It's big, it's bold, it's based in streetwear, it's casual but it's not lazy, and it flexes wealth subtly which is much more common among European celebs than American celebs and influencers (imo).

We can also go back to those Eyeshades from earlier and see that those became popular in Europe through cycling. Greg Lemond debuted the Eyeshades in the Tour de France 1984 making Oakleys a huge hit in Europe. This eventually progressed and made Oakleys an iconic 80s sunglass brand.

Trends did what trends do and the Eyeshades eventually took a backseat from mainstream fashion and instead became popular among surfers mostly. The trend that replaced it, was the Oakley Eye Jackets courtesy of MJ23 himself.

Glossing over 20 years of sunglass history, trends did what trends do and the 80s shield style and 90s/2000s eye jacket style of sunglasses faded into the back of closets. Until now.

The biggest modern name in bringing back this trend (via sunglasses at least) is Balenciaga. (disclaimer: I'm not getting into the whole thing with their brand, I'm sure you heard about it, I don't support the brand etc etc I'm talking from purely a fashion/trends viewpoint, which what I'm talking about was started by them prior to everything)

These are some of the most high-fashion sunglasses on the market right now.

fun, right? and maybe a little familiar..................... oh wait of course those are just smooth versions of the Oakley Eye Jackets. History repeats itself.

All in all, trends move in circles, fashion mistakes repeat themselves, and this will be Dream and George in denim on denim on denim suits next time they go somewhere fancy (REAL NOT CLICKBAIT)

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Tour de France 2023 - Act 1 - Shades of 1989

If I had been writing this before the stage finish yesterday it would have been a much more downbeat analysis of the race to date. Jonas Vingegaard had dropped his main rival for the overall yellow jersey, Tadej Pogacar, and alongside his dominant team Jumbo/Visma appeared to have the race tied up. But that’s changed. Hang on a minute though, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Back to last…

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Look at the pretties I found on insta🤗

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Highland Aire

Highland Aire I just finished a row. It’s about 99% humidity this morning, which, to credit Chris Wedge, reminds me of having just rowed inside someone’s mouth. Chris and I used to ride our bikes together when we were at CGRG. That was back in my racing days, I was decidedly a mediocre racer1 but I had a lot of fun. That was right when Greg Lemond became the great hope, 7–11 flew the US flag, I…