Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

3hours in the mountains around adelaide. lance was more interested in my bamboo bike than what i eat. his assistant, elizabeth was on a motor bike following and taking shots. she called me back and asked me about what i eat. she told me lance has a close friend that is a vegan athlete. she almost fell off the back of the motorbike when i said 'actually im a raw vegan. 100% raw plant foods. NO COOKED FOOD EVER!, i get my carbs from fruit.' she was like' but you ride so fast! thats insane!'

then we hit a 7km climb and i attacked off the front. i was going too fast for lance and the team, cos they just let me go. i guess the guys are saving their legs for the real race that starts on sunday.

somehow i made a video of the ride and will post it on youtube shortly..
when i got back to the city the local journo's did a story. they took photos and i was wearing my organic athlete kit. it will run in tommorrows paper that has over 500 000! readers! lol! the journo loved the part about how i can eat up to 60 bananas in a day and ride 515km in a day.

so now lance armstrong knows whom durianrider is..lol! the crazy vegan dude from adelaide that races a bamboo bike..

ok, gotta go hydrate, carb up, rest up, stretch up etc, cos who knows what opportunities tommorrow will bring us?
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Thats great! 60 bananas a day?

I eat about 50 a week, I thought that was a lot! You should see the look I get at the Whole Foods when my basket is full of bananas!

That's great ! I even saw this on tv showing Lance Amstrong, if I can see it again tonight I'll try to see you. They said the temperature was 40C.

Nice work!

60 a day?!? You must have one hell of a compost heap.

AND a Bamboo bicycle? Wow man. I want pics.

Good job man!

Sounds like it was an awesome ride! And a great opportunity to share being a raw vegan athlete.

That is great! Please post the link to your Youtube video when you have it up.

Hopefully, you may have lance thinking about his eatnig habits

Cheers

Wow!

Totally awesome! Just today, I was randomly watching Lance Armstrong videos on You Tube hours before I even discovered this thread. I was watching some of his races, interviews, etc., came to the forum and then saw this.

Very cool!!!!!

Riding with the greatest must have been awesome!!!!!

http://player.video.news.com.au/adelaid ... BcGiASrHdB

try this link. it will work if you keep try'n.

i got in the paper and they called me 'harley, vegan extraordinaire, member of organicathlete.com..' that paper is read by over 500 000 readers in south australia.

i just wanna get the vegan word out there. show people we can live in harmony with our animal friends instead of thrash'n our health and planet to put another shrimp on the barbie..

and check this youtube vid earlier in the week, me training with 2006 tour de france winner, oscar pereiro.

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ahah, that's awesome ! I love how they called you "vegan extraordinaire", lol. But you are extraordinaire, cycling on a bamboo bike with these guys while filming and while talking to lance armstrong.

I fixed the link to your video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5HjL7yMc_U

"durianrider goes out training with 2006 tour de france winner, oscar pereiro and team."

Dude that is awesome! So cool to meet, and ride along with the Greatest in the sport!!!!!!

So cool man!

Nice jersey as well!

I got pretty pumped watching this....... sweet stuff.

That's awesome Dude

Did you tell Bradley ?

thats cool, we share the same last name.

This is super awesome man! Not just meeting a legend and one of the most famous people and accomplished athletes on the planet, but participating in his sport with him.

Man.....awesome stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you see DurianRiders bike ... made of Bamboo!!!