Make no mistake about Louis...my friends in the bike industry know him as a shrewd, maybe even aggressive businessman and he was certainly not unaware of royal protocols.
Putting an arm around the Queen has marketing value that advertisers can only dream about. I'm not being critical...more power to him. Funny as hell...great picture too.
Warren Young Toronto (The Queen's City)
>In a message dated 10/17/2002 2:06:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>bob.reid1@virgin.net writes:
>
><< Hi Dale,
> No doubt you might end up flooded with suggestions for the picture, so here
> is another !
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>
>Thanks Bob!
>What a hoot! Poor Louis, he obviously had no idea! (Nor would I!)
>Louis Garneau is a really nice guy, I have known him since he was a youngster
>racing/visiting in our area. I used to cash his Stowe Shimano team
>sponsorship checks for him in my hippy shop in the late 1970s. He was
>traveling with David Ware, pro from Florida who settled down finally in
>Greensboro, and Chris Carmichael, now famous as Lance's coach. All were first
>class gentlemen and fantastic racers (This last is too often a conflict in
>terms!) . Thanks again for that link....
>Dale
>
>
>
>Dale Brown
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