Robert Evans

That's really the post-war experience for a lot of assholes in a nutshell.

That's great.

Now, Jimmy's never super committed to the competitive side of racing.

I think he likes it because there's a lot of girls.

Right.

In fact, he loses one race because he and his buddy, as they're cycling past, see some girls having lunch by like, you know, in a park or something.

And they decide to stop and flirt with them.

And so everyone else passes them.

He regularly flexed the power of his oddness here, too.

He starts doing that in his cycling days.

He would do shit like he would show up for races wearing a full tuxedo, and he would hire someone to run up where everyone else is stretching pre-race.

He's got his tux on, and he hires someone to run up with a tray and a mirror so he can freshen up and make himself look nice while everyone is prepping for the race.

He's doing this as a bit, and he's doing this because it makes him stand out.

One of his buddies later said of him, he was a good writer, but he was never a great writer.

He was a real character, however.

Some of the other writers thought he was a bloody fool and he was a buffoon at times.

In fact, his buffoonery is going to be what takes him further than the cycling because he's never good enough to really make a living as a professional cyclist.

But he does become famous.

Even though he's never one of the guys winning races, he's one of the most famous cyclists of his day because of his bizarre behavior.

He gets his first nickname, Oscar the Duke Seville.