I was an Interbike one year many years ago, and of course, Lance was at a booth. He was being paid like many athletes to sign posters etc... There was a shop owner in front of me that wanted Lance to sign an older TRek poster that he had framed and hung in his shop. Lance threw an absolute fit, started yelling at the guy and continued ranting that he was only signing the new posters....ummm both were Trek posters?? At any rate, even though the shop owner was polite and simply explained what he wanted, Lance had him removed with security from the line. When I saw that happen, I and some others simply moved to another line by choice... I don't need or want to have a poster signed by someone with such a large ego and throwing a fit for no apparent reason other than to throw his ego around. The ironic thing was that Eddy Merckx was in the area, saw what was happening, and had a strange look on his face like the rest of us. I got a poster signed by him and his son Axel, and it still hangs in the shop.

I would NEVER pay to ride with Lance, nor buy his book(s) etc... but that's up to everyone else as well.

What I will say that bothers me is Nike has chosen to stand by many athletes that have been in trouble... Lance, Michael Vick etc... it just goes to show that money is worth more than credibility. And even bigger than that since I work in the bike industry is TREK! But again, choices for people to make...