This will be quick, as I don’t really have much time to write this evening, but I simply couldn’t resist posting this photograph of the ever-comical Max Jenkins (United Healthcare Pro Cycling) that appeared on Velonews a few days ago.
Here, Jenkins awkwardly sandwiches his new bike’s stem betwixt his thighs while perching his arms effeminately to each side, a cringe-worthy pose no matter the context. It’s made even more awkward by the proximity of the mechanic’s hands to said thigh sandwich; ordinarily, I imagine professional mechanics would frown at the prospect of wrenching that close to a rider’s pubic region, but the UHC mechanic’s campy (no pun intended) smile is icing on the cake. In the words of the reader who sent me this picture, “where’s Max’s publicist when he needs one?”
On a side note, the new UHC kits are quite a sight to behold.
Any more than three UHC teammates riding next to one another is downright epilepsy-inducing.
Gotta pay the bills somehow……