arms crossed, in front of a sign that says "PAIN" in big red letters.
Never mind that the sign is most likely sitting just outside a French
bakery. Armstrong could be referring to the pain riders are going
through as they ride the 2,088 miles of this year's Tour de France,
or he could be pointing out the pain he is feeling after nearly three
years of banishment from all Olympic sports ..."
soccer star, to raise money for a leukemia charity.
Meanwhile, back to pain, a French word derived from the Latin "panis".
Not quite as iconic as his "Invitation au rêve / Share the fantasy" ad for
voted the favorite TV advertisement of all time in a poll of British viewers.
"The advent of bike lanes in some American cities may seem like a big step,
but merely marking a strip of the road for recreational cycling spectacularly
misses the point. In Amsterdam, nearly everyone cycles, and cars, bikes and
trams coexist in a complex flow, with dedicated bicycle lanes, traffic lights
and parking garages. But this is thanks to a different way of thinking about
transportation. [...] The coexistence of different modes of travel is hard-wired
into the culture. This in turn relates to lots of other things — such as bread.
How? Cyclists can't carry six bags of groceries; bulk buying is almost nonexistent.
Instead of shopping for a week, people stop at the market daily. So the need for
processed loaves that will last for days is gone. A result: good bread."
What about carrying the loaves of bread ? You'd need a breadbasket (pannier), he might prefer to use
the baguette bag from a Kiev-based apparel company, Cyan.
Seeking guidance from TV advertisers, we discover their promotion of the seldom-seen
What's the connection between the world of bakeries and the Tour de France ? The
bike racing aficionado will have heard of the aptly-named Raymond Impanis, whose
nickname was "the baker of Berg" after his hometown in Flemish Brabant.
It says herebakerboy examples [...] are Impanis, Hugo Koblet, and Ferdi Kubler. Former butcher boys,
grocery shop boys and newspaper delivery boys include Merckx, Maertens, VanLooy, Coppi.
Robert Förstemann, German track specialist, isn't a roadie. He's also been a
producer of toast.
A delivery bike featuring a heavy-duty rack over the front wheel is known as a porteur. It's a
provides an interesting background. An up-to-date example is the
Runwell Porteur model by
Shinola of Detroit. How many baguettes can the Runwell accomodate ? Shinola's president