This is worth a read (if you've got half an hour or so)
https://cyclingtips.com/2022/04/exposed-by-a-strava-kom-the-many-lives-of-a-fake-pro-cyclist/
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Epic story of a dodgy bike shop owner exposed by a strava kom
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Posted 3 years ago #
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That popped up in my browser the other day. It's a crazy story.
I lived with a guy like that in a flat many years ago. I found this letter on the floor one day that had fallen out his pocket that he was going to post to somebody he knew down south (pre email days). It was full of outlandish claims and stuff he'd experienced with the rest of us in the flat that were just complete fiction, mostly of the 'my flatmates are completely idiotic, mental and causing me endless grief, and I am the unsung hero holding the whole of Edinburgh together' variety. I'm not saying we weren't mental, but still... Made me wonder if I was living with a psychopath. I left not long after.
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Was late for work yesterday because of that. What a story. Focused on the bike shop stuff, understandably enough, but clearly the periods before and after were just as much of a fantasy.
I was friends at St. Andrews with a post-grad from Raasay. Met him through playing for the shinty team. He spoke Gaelic - it sounded genuine to me, and he chatted with speakers from west coast teams when we played there. Had loads of colourful stories of his childhood on the islands. Never had a single doubt, but it turns out he grew up on a south London council estate and it was all bollocks.
His story unraveled several times, but he persisted.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/goodbye-mr-fake-teacher-forced-to-quit-bedales-after-exposure-as-a-serial-fantasist-69755.htmlPosted 3 years ago # -
not much call for gaelic and shinty teacher at bedales?
did the st andrews team win m/any matches?
the north carolina fantasist is a podcast waiting to happen
then it will be made into a far too long tv show
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did the st andrews team win m/any matches?
N/one in my time.Posted 3 years ago # -
Finally finished reading this - a highly enjoyable read. For some reason the post-bike shop career section took me quite by surprise.
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