Saturday, February 21, 2009

Bobke Visits Johan's Barber Shop

Our good friends over at www.fatcyclist.com put out a challenge to all of us readers: raise $5000 for the LAF by the end of this year's Tour of California and Bob "Bobke" Roll will shave his head.

Let's take a minute to remind everybody some of the looks Bobke has sported in the past (in no way is this an all inclusive list. That would take too much server space)!

"Bobke Bed Head"
(The off season look)


"Bobke Barely There"
(The I used to be one of you street look)


"Bobke Broadcasting"
(The cleaned-up because the producers made me look)


For other, more hilarious and downright scary looks, just google "Bob Roll".

Bobke could be naked riding a bike and we would still love him. Oh. Really? You don't say....



But, one look we have never seen is Bobke sans hair. So Elden "fatty" Nelson of fatcyclist issued a clear challenge. He set Bobke up with his own LiveStrong Challenge page (http://tinyurl.com/azo5vk) on Feb 17th, 2009. 20 hours later we had raised over $5000! (As of this post, the total for the LAF is over $8,300).

True to his word, Bobke visited the "Johan Bruyneel Barber Shop" before Stage 5 (Feb 19th). With Lance Armstrong looking on, Johan shaved Bobke's head. The moment was captured by the throngs of media, fans, and racers alike.
Johan working his magic...

Sporting the new look...


In total, Elden Nelson has raised over $50,000 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation this year. You don't have to shave your head to support the LAF, simply visit the team page of "Team Fat Cyclist: Fighting For Susan" at http://tinyurl.com/bgw8fa.

And if you are looking for a trim, Johan opens shop 30 minutes before each stage.