Photo in Bicycling Magazine

Marlene Blanshay

I finally checked out that photo that Claire Petersky mentioned. It was just
as outrageous as Claire's description.

However, it seemed to me that it was obviously a total joke. Of course it
looked ridiculous in that magazine- it's obviously supposed to. I doubt they
expect any woman cyclist to dress like that. It was a jab at the whole idea
of "Style". The word itself automatically conjurs up images of fashion
magazines, bored-looking anorexic models wearing just that type of idiotic
getup, and ads for Dolce and Gabanna or whatever.

That being said, I think the fact that they did fall back on that kind of
dumb image is in itself sort of pathetic, like they couldn't think of a
better joke? Very infantile, really. It's like "The Man Show." Does any man
really think that's funny?

frkrygow

Marlene Blanshay wrote:

> I finally checked out that photo that Claire Petersky mentioned. It was just
> as outrageous as Claire's description.
>
> However, it seemed to me that it was obviously a total joke. Of course it
> looked ridiculous in that magazine- it's obviously supposed to.

Sorry, Marlene. As a certified guy (although a non-typical one), my bet
is they put it in there to sell magazines to the hormone-addled teens
and 20-somethings.

Check out the photo on page 25. The bikini bottoms aren't a joke,
they're more testosterone bait.

And check out the article on Copper Canyon. See page 66. "make
training seriously f-ink harsh - and seriously f-ink fun" ... "the
ultramarathoners got their CoolMax asses kicked"... "The little prick
turned out to be Al..."

Bicycling is hoping that loud, crude, and fairly stupid guys are where
the money is. They're hoping their advertisers believe that, and
they're out to lure more of those "dudes" to buy that bitchin' magazine.

What seems odd, to me, is that the board members of the League of
American Bicyclists thinks this magazine is a great perk for its
members. It seems odd even if most of them are now bike industry
shills. Seems like a major piece of cognitive dissonance to me!

> I doubt they expect any woman cyclist to dress like that.

The boys they're hoping to sell to have intense daydreams about women
who dress like that. And they don't involve bicycles at all.

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Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"]

Zippy the Pinhead

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:54:46 -0400, "frkrygow"
<"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote:

>The boys they're hoping to sell to have intense daydreams about women
>who dress like that. And they don't involve bicycles at all.

But, in a very "broad" sense, they involve handlebars...

Luigi de Guzman

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:54:46 -0400, "frkrygow"
<"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote:

>Marlene Blanshay wrote:
>
>> I finally checked out that photo that Claire Petersky mentioned. It was just
>> as outrageous as Claire's description.
>>
>> However, it seemed to me that it was obviously a total joke. Of course it
>> looked ridiculous in that magazine- it's obviously supposed to.
>
>Sorry, Marlene. As a certified guy (although a non-typical one), my bet
>is they put it in there to sell magazines to the hormone-addled teens
>and 20-somethings.
>
>Check out the photo on page 25. The bikini bottoms aren't a joke,
>they're more testosterone bait.
>
>And check out the article on Copper Canyon. See page 66. "make
>training seriously f-ink harsh - and seriously f-ink fun" ... "the
>ultramarathoners got their CoolMax asses kicked"... "The little prick
>turned out to be Al..."
>
>Bicycling is hoping that loud, crude, and fairly stupid guys are where
>the money is. They're hoping their advertisers believe that, and
>they're out to lure more of those "dudes" to buy that bitchin' magazine.

....because mountain biking is the sport of the young, the male, and
the 'extreme'--who are 'extreme' because the rest of their existence
is comfortably taken care of (they have the time and money to devote
to cycling as a hobby.)

-Luigi
is not averse to some cheesecake on occasion, either.

Claire Petersky

"Luigi de Guzman" <luigi12081@cox.net> wrote in message
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> is not averse to some cheesecake on occasion, either.

Yum, *cheesecake*.


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Hunrobe

>"Marlene Blanshay" blanshay@total.net

wrote in part:

>It's like "The Man Show." Does any man
>really think that's funny?


Occasionally, yes. Most of it is just plain dumb but every once in awhile a
truly funny bit pops up or at least that used to occur. I'm not a regular
viewer so that may have changed.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

Marlene Blanshay

"frkrygow" <"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote in message
news:4081fb40@news.ysu.edu...
> Marlene Blanshay wrote:
>
> > I finally checked out that photo that Claire Petersky mentioned. It was
just
> > as outrageous as Claire's description.
> >
> > However, it seemed to me that it was obviously a total joke. Of course
it
> > looked ridiculous in that magazine- it's obviously supposed to.
>
> Sorry, Marlene. As a certified guy (although a non-typical one), my bet
> is they put it in there to sell magazines to the hormone-addled teens
> and 20-somethings.
>
> Check out the photo on page 25. The bikini bottoms aren't a joke,
> they're more testosterone bait.
>
> And check out the article on Copper Canyon. See page 66. "make
> training seriously f-ink harsh - and seriously f-ink fun" ... "the
> ultramarathoners got their CoolMax asses kicked"... "The little prick
> turned out to be Al..."
>
> Bicycling is hoping that loud, crude, and fairly stupid guys are where
> the money is. They're hoping their advertisers believe that, and
> they're out to lure more of those "dudes" to buy that bitchin' magazine.
>
> What seems odd, to me, is that the board members of the League of
> American Bicyclists thinks this magazine is a great perk for its
> members. It seems odd even if most of them are now bike industry
> shills. Seems like a major piece of cognitive dissonance to me!
>

I didn't look at all the other stuff, just the two photos of the cheesy
woman. Admittedly, they have to be reaching for readers with that stuff.

Dane Jackson

Claire Petersky <cpetersky@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> "Luigi de Guzman" <luigi12081@cox.net> wrote in message
> news954809cnnmu2pon6i0i6ht0ips40v2dj8@4ax.com...
>
>> is not averse to some cheesecake on occasion, either.
>
> Yum, *cheesecake*.

I'll see that cheesecake and raise you a Mango Cheesecake.

Mmmmmmm, it's champagne mango season.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"
-- Vroomfondel

David Reuteler

Dane Jackson <dane@unseen.edu> wrote:
> I'll see that cheesecake and raise you a Mango Cheesecake.

i'll see that and raise you a durian popsicle.

(just not in the apartment, if it must be indoors then a mango mochi)
--
david reuteler
reuteler@visi.com

Luigi de Guzman

On 19 Apr 2004 17:37:36 GMT, David Reuteler <reuteler@visi.com> wrote:

>Dane Jackson <dane@unseen.edu> wrote:
>> I'll see that cheesecake and raise you a Mango Cheesecake.
>
>i'll see that and raise you a durian popsicle.
>
>(just not in the apartment, if it must be indoors then a mango mochi)

I'll see that and raise you a tall, cold halo-halo. With a scoop of
ube ice cream on top and a sprinkling of pinipig.

-Luigi
sarap!

kak61

Can someone please email me that photo? What about URLs? Thank you.

"Marlene Blanshay" <blanshay@total.net> wrote in message
news:65ygc.29907$kc2.420468@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
>
> "frkrygow" <"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote in message
> news:4081fb40@news.ysu.edu...
> > Marlene Blanshay wrote:
> >
> > > I finally checked out that photo that Claire Petersky mentioned. It
was
> just
> > > as outrageous as Claire's description.
> > >
> > > However, it seemed to me that it was obviously a total joke. Of course
> it
> > > looked ridiculous in that magazine- it's obviously supposed to.
> >
> > Sorry, Marlene. As a certified guy (although a non-typical one), my bet
> > is they put it in there to sell magazines to the hormone-addled teens
> > and 20-somethings.
> >
> > Check out the photo on page 25. The bikini bottoms aren't a joke,
> > they're more testosterone bait.
> >
> > And check out the article on Copper Canyon. See page 66. "make
> > training seriously f-ink harsh - and seriously f-ink fun" ... "the
> > ultramarathoners got their CoolMax asses kicked"... "The little prick
> > turned out to be Al..."
> >
> > Bicycling is hoping that loud, crude, and fairly stupid guys are where
> > the money is. They're hoping their advertisers believe that, and
> > they're out to lure more of those "dudes" to buy that bitchin' magazine.
> >
> > What seems odd, to me, is that the board members of the League of
> > American Bicyclists thinks this magazine is a great perk for its
> > members. It seems odd even if most of them are now bike industry
> > shills. Seems like a major piece of cognitive dissonance to me!
> >
>
> I didn't look at all the other stuff, just the two photos of the cheesy
> woman. Admittedly, they have to be reaching for readers with that stuff.
>
>

Rick Onanian

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 22:46:47 -0400, "Marlene Blanshay"
<blanshay@total.net> wrote:
>That being said, I think the fact that they did fall back on that kind of
>dumb image is in itself sort of pathetic, like they couldn't think of a
>better joke? Very infantile, really.

Like I said in the other thread, I have a vague memory of realizing
that Bicycling's Style pages were [intentionally] exactly the same
joke as Fabrizio Mazzoleni is here.

>It's like "The Man Show." Does any man really think that's funny?

I do. My girlfriend does, too. While you may just not identify with
enough of it (or identify anybody you know with it) to find it
amusing, your comment smacks of culture snobbery. Your messages
usually don't offer that sort of feeling, so I'd guess it's option A
above.

Actually, it's not half as funny now as it was with the original
hosts. The new guys lack personality. Also, the original hosts (Adam
and Jimmy) actually were able to pull off that show with some class,
while the new guys have done away with class, it seems...although I
can't pinpoint why I think that. They seem to darken the whole show.
--
Rick Onanian

Dane Jackson

David Reuteler <reuteler@visi.com> wrote:
> Dane Jackson <dane@unseen.edu> wrote:
>> I'll see that cheesecake and raise you a Mango Cheesecake.
>
> i'll see that and raise you a durian popsicle.
>
> (just not in the apartment, if it must be indoors then a mango mochi)

I'd never had the experience of wanting to hold my nose while trying to
eat something before I had Durian. But I must say, the fruit looks
bad-ass. "Heavy metal pineapples" as my one friend used to call them.
The time I brought one home, I used a wood chisel to open it, there has
to be a better method though.

--
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<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping,
it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

Dane Jackson

Luigi de Guzman <luigi12081@cox.net> wrote:
> On 19 Apr 2004 17:37:36 GMT, David Reuteler <reuteler@visi.com> wrote:
>
>>i'll see that and raise you a durian popsicle.
>>
>>(just not in the apartment, if it must be indoors then a mango mochi)
>
> I'll see that and raise you a tall, cold halo-halo. With a scoop of
> ube ice cream on top and a sprinkling of pinipig.

Hmmm, a nice halo-halo does sound good. There's a place not too far
from my house that has it on their menu. And now I have a hankering
to pick up some Ube ice cream from Uwajimaya...

Looks like I'll have to put in some extra miles this week.



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