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    Quote Originally Posted by Dogmama View Post
    Maybe I'm jaded, but when I see photos like that, I wonder how much has been photoshopped. That's some pretty impressive upper body musculature on him. If it's real, it must have been taken off season because on-season he wouldn't want that added weight.
    Are you freaking kidding me? Think the TDF can be won with just legs?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cylegoddess View Post
    second look at marla - why is her head so small? This doesnt look right!
    Now that you mention it, things do look somewhat distorted. Like, where would her stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines all fit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fatbottomedgurl View Post
    Are you freaking kidding me? Think the TDF can be won with just legs?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDawlrIeaVM
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    Can I have an Amen!
    Sorry, I'm an atheist.
    You don't have to believe in a deity to basically say, "true dat!" That's all amen means.

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    This is sad but when I saw that Lance one I thought, hey whats the bike then, looked at Lance! Uh oh, bike nerdness....


    Yeah that cornfield bike pic is ...disturbing. I mean I like the Lance one as it seems so elemental, like he is a force of nature in nature. The other one is like nudie guy pin ups( and could go into my flikr folder of disturbing cycle guy pics.
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    the bike that Lance is riding is a trek. my copy is much larger than the Flickr one you all looked at. And Lisa, yes, her belly is a bit too tucked, but to me her head looks fine. Women have small heads and just because they beef up their bodies their heads don't grow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cylegoddess View Post
    This is sad but when I saw that Lance one I thought, hey whats the bike then, looked at Lance! Uh oh, bike nerdness....


    Yeah that cornfield bike pic is ...disturbing. I mean I like the Lance one as it seems so elemental, like he is a force of nature in nature. The other one is like nudie guy pin ups( and could go into my flikr folder of disturbing cycle guy pics.
    Funny an australian doesn't recognize a fellow australian. It's Robbie McEwan.

    He's my favorite aussie.

    But the pic sucks indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tc1 View Post
    Beautiful shot, body of a god, but not hot. Pale skinned guys should have some visible body hair. I know its done in the service of his greatness, but I find manscaping generally distasteful.
    All the pros shave their legs - and not all men have an appreciable amount of back hair, particularly those under 40.

    I'm not a big fan of the shaved-and-oiled look either (and I found those Bowflex commercials hilarious, with the hairy pudgy befores and the shaved buff afters), but that shot doesn't look unnatural to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post

    I'm not a big fan of the shaved-and-oiled look either (and I found those Bowflex commercials hilarious, with the hairy pudgy befores and the shaved buff afters), but that shot doesn't look unnatural to me.
    Not to mention the tans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fatbottomedgurl View Post
    Are you freaking kidding me? Think the TDF can be won with just legs?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDawlrIeaVM
    Not saying that. But, if I look at his arms at TdF and those arms in the picture, the deltoids and biceps are VERY pronounced in the picture. Hard to see delts in the cycling jerseys, but I think I'd notice those boulders. Even the triceps look large in the picture.

    Just my $.02
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    show me a photo where he doesn't have those arms then! (you have gotten my attention)
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    Gorgeous George!

    OMG, OK - I'm speaking from memory of what I saw on TV because photos can be altered.

    However, I did come across this:

    http://www.livestrong.com/lance-arms...-325e8226f02f/

    It's hard to tell anything but the bicep development doesn't look the same to me.

    In any case, it's a video that includes George.
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    !!! you're right !!!!
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    He might have worked out differently at different times, perhaps finding that he was too heavy in one season, or that he needed a stronger core or whatever?

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    that's certainly possible; but bottom line, I'm not taking my poster down. So there.
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