ASCII Art—Sports—Cycling

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      Tour de France


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En danseuse jusq'au sommet...



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 Sprint final a l'arrivé...


Text excerpts from "Tour de France" (c)1983/1999 Kraftwerk






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   _O/ O_________O/_O______O/_O_ Biking and spying at the wall.

"joris bellenger" <svzanten@[deleted]> wrote in message news:397B6B79.408764FD@xs4all.nl...
> Ool wrote:

> > I've been wondering whether the cyclist wouldn't look even better
> > with legs.

> >    o    t   o   <- head
> >   (_)   a & o   <- arms
> >   /U>   k   l   <- basket, legs  <-+
> >   `|            <- wheel           |
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> Are you sure this is a basket?-------+

Yes.

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And this is a headlight.  Nothing else, just a headlight!  Understood?

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bicycle:

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thanks to Spunk for the sheep

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bicycle:

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We went on a bicycle holiday in France.
I was worried that I wouldn't be able to keep up.
(Thanks to anon for the bicycles)
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           bye bye
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  bicycling in the rain:

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Editor's Note: The following was drawn by Teng Yee Chiew:

-= cycling =-

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