Figured you guys would get a kick out of this. I was surfing around trying to figure out how much I could sell my 1999 Raleigh R600 beater, which has just been sitting around the garage for 2 years, and I stumbled across a unique triathlon site. Turns out some guy took his Raleigh beater and “PIMPED IT UP”, got it painted and decal’d see below, he calls his bike, now…the “Dork Rocket.”:
They appear to be, judging from their team colors, Minnesota Gopher people, my favorite Big Ten people—good natured athletes, who aren’t fanatic about winning at all costs but when their backs are pushed to a wall, they can get pretty rugged on your ass, and out think and beat you with primitive tools (much like what this guy did with his Raleigh R600): and they aren’t afraid to scratch or bite.