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sinker59
sinker59 Posts: 130
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Ernest is a semi-local celebrity. Boombotix used a fat pic of him in their ad. Really bad move.

http://groupthink.jezebel.com/dudebros-busted-being-dudebros-boombotix-startup-editi-1558807135

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  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
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    I just read about this guy in a link mtbr posted on facebook. I wasn't going to come here to post it:

    http://www.npr.org/2012/10/09/162586325/instead-of-surgery-man-pedals-off-the-pounds



    Awesome story.
  • GrindGravel
    GrindGravel Posts: 49 Member
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    Sad thing is, this is not the first time some company used his picture without his permission in a advertisement (Not to mention countless other memes etc...). Luckily, Ernest seems to take it in stride and keeps on riding.
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
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    That's a lawsuit in the making. And that company owner? He's a pervey little boy......

    on another note, on of my Gym Cycling instructors is a little chunky older bike racer. So what. He gets in these races and blows all the skinny younger guys out of the water. They are shocked that someone a little older & not uber skinny can go as fast as he does.

    I thought it was hilarious when I saw the jaws drop. :laugh:
  • GrindGravel
    GrindGravel Posts: 49 Member
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    @allaboutthecake Your story about the instructor reminds me of when I was a 15 year old skinny little punk and new to racing. I went out on a club ride and there was an older man with a pot belly riding with us. I thought to myself "what's this guy doing out here, with these racers?" That man proceeded to put a hurting on everyone, and after the ride I asked who he was. Turned out it was Allan Bell (http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/35-allen-bell) who was an Olympian, National Champion, US Cycling Hall of Famer. You just never know!
  • Archon2
    Archon2 Posts: 462 Member
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    @allaboutthecake Your story about the instructor reminds me of when I was a 15 year old skinny little punk and new to racing. I went out on a club ride and there was an older man with a pot belly riding with us. I thought to myself "what's this guy doing out here, with these racers?" That man proceeded to put a hurting on everyone, and after the ride I asked who he was. Turned out it was Allan Bell (http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/35-allen-bell) who was an Olympian, National Champion, US Cycling Hall of Famer. You just never know!

    It is the little life lessons like that that make one less quick to judge by appearances!
  • sinker59
    sinker59 Posts: 130
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    On the other hand, when I show up for a new group ride, people think "hmmm... older, overweight, probably slow" and they're spot on!
  • Lukejacksmum
    Lukejacksmum Posts: 30 Member
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    A few years ago, (when I was also still overweight) some boys tried to steal my son's bike. They were gonna leave the bikes they had and take the better ones.

    They had no idea I would keep pace with them as they tried to ride away from me. I stay on the one kids butt for about 2 miles through the Philly city streets. He finally stopped, when he hit a busy cross street and would have got hit by a car.

    I grabbed his handlebars and told him to just give up, he wasn't getting away from me.

    He said "damn that's a fast bike mister". I said it ain't the bike boy, it's me. Now go tell your buddy I'll see him in a few minutes. I actually beat that kid to the next one. That kid couldn't understand how I even found him, and the first kid didn't tell me. I didn't lay a hand on either kid, but they understood fear that day.

    They knew they could never hide from me, I'd find them long before the police would.

    I was like 42 then, and those kids never bothered my son again.

    Fat guys can ride as fast and as hard as any skinny guy, as long as they ride hard and often.

    I LOVE this :)

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