John Tomac, not only an iconic rider
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rumpfy
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cannondale king":3em38gsz said:hi repack rider what was it like riding downhill on a repacks going stupidly fast back in the day ive seen the pics and film clips since i was tiny as my old man was a pashinote rider (not any more the lazy git alwas working) and living in suffolk (flatter than a pancake) alwas wanted to know but never had the chance to experiance it from dan
Try using some punctuation. That was a brutal sentence to read.
I'm always a bit sceptical when someone says I've met *favourite celebrity* and he was an idiot. You can't tell what someones like from a brief conversation and you don't know whats happened that day that might have put them in a bad mood.Repack Rider":2q4yogbu said:
Although I met Steve Peat at a DH track and he was sound, gave us an uplift in his van.
ringlatron
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i wouldn't ordinarily have mentioned it - but we spent a couple of days with him for a project and he was generally unfriendly/unhelpful to all involved. maybe he was having a bad day/week or wasnt into the project much but to contrast - shaun palmer who we also worked with on the same gig (who was notorious for being a pain at the time) was friendly, helpful and enthusiastic. i still hold tomac as the best rider of all time, i guess we had a uncharacteristic experience of his personality.
this thread is getting interesting!
Repack Rider - I've met David Beckham a few times (in the gym, on the golf course and in the bar and he's a sound guy! He's very unselfish with his time - even with masses of people around him. Amazes me really how he handles his fame.
I also met JT a couple of times and he was the exactly the same - signed some autographs for my dad and I, posed for a photo and showed a genuine interest in our team and my race!
Bottom line is that everybody has a bad day sometimes - i guess when you're an international superstar you just have to put on the public face!
Repack Rider - I've met David Beckham a few times (in the gym, on the golf course and in the bar and he's a sound guy! He's very unselfish with his time - even with masses of people around him. Amazes me really how he handles his fame.
I also met JT a couple of times and he was the exactly the same - signed some autographs for my dad and I, posed for a photo and showed a genuine interest in our team and my race!
Bottom line is that everybody has a bad day sometimes - i guess when you're an international superstar you just have to put on the public face!
ringlatron
Dirt Disciple
stevet1":26n6xg2j said:maybe he was just jealous of your one-handed no footed wheelies...
haha yeah that was definitlely it now you come to mention it ;-) he was seething inside i could tell...
I met Tomac (shortly) at the downhill races in Snowqualmi (US) and asked him if he had a minute. He was just hanging around before the race and he said: "Sure why not" I just made a ic and asked him some short thing, don't even know anymore what. Maybe it wasn't more like: "Hi how are you"
But I was happy.
He was there with Herbold and took a pic of him as well while he was busy with a pair of forks. He took the forks in the air made a funny face.
It was a great day.
But I was happy.
He was there with Herbold and took a pic of him as well while he was busy with a pair of forks. He took the forks in the air made a funny face.
It was a great day.
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