Apologies for the delay in submitting my report of my hearing of the honorary captain. I was waiting for pictures to be developed, which were as you can see - not really worth waiting for. Nonetheless - there were at least 500 crazed fans at this Q&A session (there was no reading from the book).
When he waltzed in there was an energetic standing ovation, and the energy from the crowd continued throughout the evening. Floyd joked that people in Seattle must love books, or bikes. After a short preamble in which he encouraged people not to have their passion for biking diminished by controversy and scandal - he simply opened the floor for questions.
A few comments that prompted the most reaction...Floyd mentioned that he had been tested 25 times last year, with one positive result. The assumption of the lab was that the one positive result was the correct result, and the clean test results are not. "This is not an anti-French statement, but in America we don't stand for that kind of shit."
When asked if he likes Shimano or Campy? He said that since he is not sponsored by either company, he can actually answer...and he likes Shimano.
When asked how his faith sustained him during the past year? He talked about believing in himself and knowing who he is, as having sustained him when his character was being maligned.
All in all...a good night, and a very excited crowd. Floyd promised to stay until every person who wanted an autograph had received one...which from the looks of the line was almost every person there. I wasn't one of them...although I had had earlier hopes of sticking around...but my six-year old who I had dragged along, was cooked and ready for bed.
Check out this link for another report from the night.
Am very much missing riding with you all. Have been riding solo here, but am thinking about checking out these folks...http://www.point83.com/ I have discovered a nice burger joint which is open until 2 AM, which is a nice finish to an evening ride. It ain't VJ's, but it works.
Johnny N
2 comments:
Sweet, Jonny. Thanks for the report. For what it's worth, we miss riding with you too. Maybe we'll have to start planning on an FGBC left coast trip.
I bought Floyd's book, gave money to his defense fund, made a shirt that said "I support Floyd" but him saying he like shimano over campy proves definitively he's a liar.
Shimano is for fishing, campys for riding.
Dallas "wannabe campy user for unpteen years." Sigurdur
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