Too bad Jens has no opinions (or riding to back them up)

Mike Jacoubowsky

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Mar 4, 2011, 10:49:50 AM3/4/11

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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-race-radio-ban

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Ben Trovato

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Mar 4, 2011, 12:12:40 PM3/4/11

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On Mar 4, 7:49 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <Mi...@ChainReaction.com> wrote:
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-rac...
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> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com

But his wife is fertile.

Anton Berlin

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Mar 4, 2011, 12:24:14 PM3/4/11

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Holy shit that guy gets around. Puts Armstrong's franchise breeding
to shame

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-race-radio-ban/157928

Mike Jacoubowsky

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Mar 4, 2011, 2:32:16 PM3/4/11

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"Anton Berlin" <truth...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Holy shit that guy gets around. Puts Armstrong's franchise breeding
> to shame
>
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-race-radio-ban/157928

Does he "get around?" I know he has six kids; I didn't know anything about
them being spread around to different women. Is that the case? He certainly
plays the family-man father card well in interviews.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

Fred Flintstein

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Mar 4, 2011, 2:47:55 PM3/4/11

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On 3/4/2011 9:49 AM, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-race-radio-ban

He thinks the radio ban is not a well thought out plan.
And he's absolutely right. Good for him.

Fred Flintstein

RicodJour

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Mar 4, 2011, 3:57:28 PM3/4/11

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On Mar 4, 10:49 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <Mi...@ChainReaction.com>
wrote:
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> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-rac...

I love Jens. He's a humorous (usually) voice of sanity. He didn't
craft his argument in the best possible terms, but it's hard to argue
the totality.

R

Frederick the Great

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Mar 4, 2011, 4:23:37 PM3/4/11

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In article
<cd5f2e12-0c9f-4ef0...@f36g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
RicodJour <rico...@worldemail.com> wrote:

I sensed all along the radio ban is bizarre.
Jens confirms it with hard evidence.

--
Old Fritz

Fredmaster of Brainerd

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Mar 4, 2011, 5:06:11 PM3/4/11

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On Mar 4, 12:47 pm, Fred Flintstein <bob.schwa...@sbcremoveglobal.net>
wrote:

> On 3/4/2011 9:49 AM, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>

> >http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jens-voigt-speaks-out-against-uci-rac...

>
> He thinks the radio ban is not a well thought out plan.
> And he's absolutely right. Good for him.
>

He doesn't explicitly suggest this, but sort of hints
it at the end with the F1 comparison - if the UCI
wanted to neutralize the competitive effects of team
radio communication, they could make the teams
operate on public frequencies, allowing listening in.

Or, to address Voigt's safety concerns, give the riders
all radios that are tuned to a single frequency that
race radio and/or all the directors can talk on.

This is all moot since next year Oakley is going to
introduce sunglasses with a heads-up display
that shows SMS messages. So the directors can
just text orders to their riders. I'm not sure I'm
ready for the inevitable riders Twittering from the
breakaway, though.

Fredmaster Ben

RicodJour

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Mar 4, 2011, 6:54:42 PM3/4/11

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Are you TRYING to ruin my year? Sheesh.

Couldn't you have just said that Oakley was coming out with glasses
that had night vision adapters for podium girls? At least that would
give me something to look forward to...or under. Through? Whatever.
I'd like it.

R

Kurgan Gringioni

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Mar 4, 2011, 9:28:48 PM3/4/11

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"RicodJour" <rico...@worldemail.com> wrote in message
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Dumbass -

His argument is flawed. There was racing for 85 years before radios. Radios
didn't change that much except for it made it so that riders no longer had
to think for themselves tactically.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

RicodJour

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Mar 4, 2011, 9:36:44 PM3/4/11

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On Mar 4, 9:28 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni" <kgringi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote in message

All arguments are flawed, including yours. It is no longer 85 years
ago, the Tour is far more of a zoo, and there are even rock bands with
coherent light projectors. It is the future. Resistance is futile.

I still love Jens.

R

Fredmaster of Brainerd

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Mar 4, 2011, 11:48:28 PM3/4/11

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On Mar 4, 4:54 pm, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 5:06 pm, Fredmaster of Brainerd <bjwei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This is all moot since next year Oakley is going to
> > introduce sunglasses with a heads-up display
> > that shows SMS messages. So the directors can
> > just text orders to their riders. I'm not sure I'm
> > ready for the inevitable riders Twittering from the
> > breakaway, though.
>
> Are you TRYING to ruin my year? Sheesh.
>

Wait til the SMS shades make an appearance
in Fat Masters pro races.

You know it's coming. Sooner rather than later.

Fredmaster Ben
RBR Prophet of Technological Dystopia

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Scott

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Mar 5, 2011, 12:40:50 AM3/5/11

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On Mar 4, 7:28 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni" <kgringi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "RicodJour" <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote in message

They don't need to warn all the riders via radio of impending road
hazards, they just need to warn the lead escort moto...

Frederick the Great

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Mar 5, 2011, 1:58:37 PM3/5/11

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In article <iks74s$95a$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
"Kurgan Gringioni" <kgrin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey! Lets limit riders to two water bottles also.
Make them wear wool jerseys.
Change their own tires.
Ride single speed bicycles.

A radio ban is bizarre and artificial.
It is being enforced by the _riders_ _union_
against the riders' expressed wishes.

--
Old Fritz