Well, just name dropping here, but Eddy came to my house and we went to dinner when I designed his logotype in the early 1980s. Yes, I'd characterize him as shy and humble. Pious? Wouldn't know or care actually.
The Cannibal? That's the side that his competitors saw, not me.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA USA http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> You're kidding about Merckx, right? I've heard a thousand
> adjectives applied to Merckx, but shy, humble and pious are not
> among them. None of these square with his nickname "The
> Cannibal". Merckx has by all accounts a huge ego. But what makes
> it acceptable in him is that his achievements match his ego. Or as
> that great philosopher Muhammed Ali so aptly said, " If you can do
> what you say, you ain't bragging."
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas
>
>
> Nipponcomet@wmconnect.com wrote:
> Jerry, this has nothing to do w/ honesty...rude behavior is rude
> behavior.....enlightened people recognize a character fault and
> work on it...they don't celebrate it with buttons to excuse borish
> behavior...better a button states, "pardon my rudeness,but i'm
> workin' on it"...this all started because peter screwed up his
> frame for sale description and asked bg to kindly correct him off
> list next time....how does bg get off w/ the "shop lied" bit...he
> doesn't know that! does bruce know alot???...i would think
> so.....more than peter???....well that is clearly obvious..but..in
> regards to that frame in that moment in time!... the facts are
> great to have, especially if peter wants to accurately discuss,
> describe, and otherwise post anything for sale around this
> site...it's the extra stuff that is not helpful....and w/ all this
> buzz back and forth over this it's curious bruce doesn't step in
> and say, hey, lets put it to rest... maybe he enjoys all the
> fawning over him by his fans. there are thousands and thousands of
> great frames by knowns and unknowns....good frame builders before
> bruce, during bruce, and after bruce....now eddy merckx, he was one
> in a million....an extremely shy, humble and pious man.... the
> really great ones are always the humble ones....charles(almost
> ready to let this go)flaherty in cooling off quickly baltimore
> maryland usa