Emergency lie watch update

Super special update! Floyd Landis's massive disgusting PR campaign has begun. Trust an American to think that getting lots of people to like him will mean he's innocent.

So far:
- Powerpoint presentation on his website, that we haven't watched. Almost certainly features the phrase "protocol wasn't followed".
- 300 page report on his website, that we haven't read. Almost certainly features the phrase "protocol wasn't followed" several times.
- Forum posts. In which Floyd assures everyone that he's innocent by making broad claims, but tells everyone to read the 300 page report whenever someone asks for something more substantial. Often responds to difficult questions with "I can prove it, but I don't know whether I can talk about it yet", which is code for "My lawyer didn't answer the phone when I phoned him to ask what to say."

Thus:
- Floyd is innocent, and he has broad claims to prove it.
- Broad claims not enough? How about a report that can't possibly be summed up in less than 300 pages?
- Besides, he seemed like a fun chap when he posted on that forum the other day.

Therefore:
- He must be innocent, why would a guilty man throw money into providing lots of vague, cloudy arguments and try to circulate a discourse of innocence through various marketing campaigns?
- He also must be innocent because he's a Mennonite and they don't take performance enhancing drugs. They DO make Powerpoint presentations, date supermodels and travel the globe taking part in sporting events, however.

He still looks like a monster, however this all pans out. (And let's face it, we're not expecting him to get in any trouble from USADA whatsoever.)


Some old updates that aren't entirely awful


And there'll be even more coming to this spot just as soon as we can be bothered trawling through our somewhat embarrassing archives.

Simon and Anthony


Nigel and company


Johnathan & friends, even though they're always last with the news and the website is horrible


Dutch cyclists we like because they're better/more attractive than British riders

Bobke Strut is so good that it deserves a category of its own

Arrr, bike pirates

George!

Things we hate so much we're not even going to link to them

  • Trust But Verify
  • Trek
  • Assos

Our e-mail inbox isn't just for Japanese gambling promotions and the latest advances in penis enlargement chemistry, you know

What's the word "derailed" got to do with bikes anyway?

  • Err... bikes have things called derailleurs? Apart from track bikes, which don't.

If derailleurs evolved from fixies, how come there are still fixies?

  • Survival of the fixest.


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