Comments on: Trek v. Lemond

By: Donimator

Donimator — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:39:19 +0000

Obama? You want to pay more in taxes???

By: bikesgonewild

bikesgonewild — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:21:26 +0000

…el jefe…word, as you kids say…

…only ever said hi to the pleasant mr vails but i know mr overend enough to say that he is a gracious & straight up individual…

…again, lemond AND armstrong are celebrated litigious “cycling personalities”…

…both are now “litigious personalities” & as far as “celebrated cyclists”…hmmmm, not so much…

By: Mikey

Mikey — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:45:52 +0000

“memo to mikeyhunt
if you are able to tell us you are drunk all the damn time you probably are not”

Butthead-

Naw, man, I work for a living, I’m drunk less than half the time.

Kirkwood was flippin’ sweet, dude, I loves me some corn snow. Awoo.

Mikey

By: butthead

butthead — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:35:49 +0000

memo to mikeyhunt

if you are able to tell us you are drunk all the damn time you probably are not

google that one

By: David Sommers

David Sommers — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:27:37 +0000

Jake

word

By: el jefe

el jefe — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:33:30 +0000

I started riding and racing near the end of Lemond’s career (1989 was my first mountain bike race). I remember when some cocky, punk kid named Lance won the world championships.

I got the chance to hang out and drink with Nelson Vails a few years back, when he was in town for a shop function. He’s one of the nicest and approachable cycling stars I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. If Lemond and Armstrong could behave like Vails or Overend they’d be much better people…

By: jake17

jake17 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:23:13 +0000

“how many of you were even fans of cycling before Lance won the tour?”

1985 – the year Lemond first made things interesting on La Vie Claire and the first of many times I watched the Sommers brothers race the Hell of the West in “American Flyers”.

By: felonius monk

felonius monk — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:30:17 +0000

I’ve been a fan of cycling since 1977 when I rode my first bike.

By: Corey the Courier

Corey the Courier — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:32:26 +0000

My first cycling heroes were Lemond, John Tomac, Ned Overend and Nelson Vails.

And name Mr. Shaftesbury as one of the late members the Emperor’s Club is too ironic and funny.

By: Evil_Bumpkin

Evil_Bumpkin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:43:17 +0000

I started following in Lemond’s last season with Z or what ever that team was called. I had more fun watching Steve Bauer finishing out his career than anything else.

Good post Stephen. Thanks for that little tidbit. I’m no fan of Trek – nor of Lemond – and this gives me another reason (like I needed anymore) not buy one of their tupperware bikes.

By: t-bone

t-bone — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:33:24 +0000

how many of you were even fans of cycling before Lance won the tour?

By: stephen sanpaolo

stephen sanpaolo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:56:49 +0000

TREK is in lawsuit frame of mind. They file trademark oppositions as the wounded plaintiff all the time, heck, if any of you had a company name with a ‘trek’ or phonetic equivalant (treq, trec, trax, track, trex, traxx and etc) they would endeavor to pull you down, you don’t have to say anything bad about them or their sponsored athletes. This is just how the system works. They filed a lawsuit against a disabled veteran startup business who can ill afford the attorney fees associated with their legal tactics. A half billion dollar annual sales corporation plays tough. Money is what counts in the business world, people are second.
see the following com
http://www.topix.net/forum/cycling/lance-armstrong/TLCRR5FIL2Q7TCMBT