Thread: Did Uncle Crud move to Manhattan?

I kiiiiddd....

Broker accused of 'spin rage' at gym By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer
Tue Sep 18, 10:57 PM ET



NEW YORK - A Wall Street stock broker has been charged with assault after he became enraged during a cycling class at a posh health club and slammed a fellow member and his bike against a wall, according to a complaint.

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Christopher Carter, 44, a broker at Maxim Investments Group, was at Equinox gym taking a spin class, a high-impact workout using stationary bikes. He apparently became so fed up by member Stuart Sugarman's hooting and grunting during the workout that he picked up Sugarman and his bike and hurled them into a wall.

"This is spin rage," said Samuel L. Davis, Sugarman's attorney.

Sugarman, 48, a Manhattan hedge-fund manager, suffered a back injury that required surgery to correct a herniated disc pressing on his spinal cord, Davis said.

Carter was charged with a misdemeanor assault and was released on his own recognizance Monday, according to the Manhattan prosecutor's office. A criminal complaint charges that Carter caused a back injury to Sugarman.

Carter's attorney Michael Farkas denied the claim.

"We intend to vigorously fight this charge," Farkas said. "We await the truth to come out, which will be a vastly different story than Mr. Sugarman's."

The incident took place last month at the Upper East Side gym, which is frequented by celebrities and wealthy business executives, Davis said. Sugarman, who weighs about 200 pounds, was enjoying the "euphoric experience" of cycling and was making noises to increase his high, according to Davis.

"Carter yelled over to him to shut up," Davis said. "My client yells back: 'This is spin class. If you don't like it, leave. Stop being such a baby,'" he said.

With that, Carter walked over to the bike, lifted it into the air and flipped it over, Davis said.

Sugarman got back on the bike and continued the class but stopped when he began to feel pain, Davis said. He called 911 from his cell phone and was taken to a hospital.

Hooting and grunting definitely deserve a wall bounce!

I submit, Your Honor, that it was not me -- but rather, it was my good friend Woodsy.

I truly appreciate the fine humor though, rideit! Perfect fit.

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PS - I hate Manhattan. I lived in NJ and dated a Manhattan gal (Upper East Side (said with clenched jaw), of course) before I moved to New Yuppie Valhalla, a/k/a neo-Boulder.

PPS - We recently received an influx of a bunch of hooting and grunting Type A yuppies here in Zootown. We ride them off the trails when we see them.

Dude must be beefy to lift and toss a 200 lb dude and his stationary bike....

Yeah. And during a spin session.

Sugarman should lose his job for being proven stupid.

Originally Posted by grskier

Dude must be beefy to lift and toss a 200 lb dude and his stationary bike....

not only that, but those spin bikes aren't normal stationary bikes..they have 50-75lb fly wheels on them.

Is this another one? Seems like there was a similar story about a month ago.

So, this guy was toughest guy at spin class?

same story. i read that the putz was yelling, "You go girl" to himself to get pumped up

fucking hedge fund managers

Originally Posted by Tap

i read that the putz was yelling, "You go girl" to himself to get pumped up

Oh. In that case, I hope you don't punch me if we ski together this season. Sometimes I sound like Star Jones at a pie eating contest when I'm getting faceshots.

Originally Posted by uncle crud

PPS - We recently received an influx of a bunch of hooting and grunting Type A yuppies here in Zootown. .

Right, as if this is a new phenomenon.

Anyways, if you are sick of the Zootown, I'll trade your house for a house in Hamilton, straight up.

Originally Posted by bio-smear

Oh. In that case, I hope you don't punch me if we ski together this season. Sometimes I sound like Star Jones at a pie eating contest when I'm getting faceshots.

I'LL THROW YOU OFF THE FUCKING MOUNTAIN! YOU AND YOUR LITTLE TOTO TOO!

YOU GO GIRL!

Originally Posted by Tap

I'LL THROW YOU OFF THE FUCKING MOUNTAIN! YOU AND YOUR LITTLE TOTO TOO!

YOU GO GIRL!

I think that was Xover...

Originally Posted by Tap

YOU AND YOUR LITTLE TOTO TOO!

Show my lady some respect.

Originally Posted by RootSkier

Right, as if this is a new phenomenon.

Anyways, if you are sick of the Zootown, I'll trade your house for a house in Hamilton, straight up.

By sheer %% the phenomenon is new. The balance has tilted, the Missoula economy now no longer is driven by the Univ of MT and the USFS.

A Type A forester or Type A university professor is an entirely different person from a Type A "businessman" or medical person.

Now it is driven by health care (2 hospitals and insurance brokers related to benefits plans) and by house construction.

That wasn't the case when I moved here in 1998, and it wasn't the case for the first 5-6 years I lived here.

As for a straight-up trade, if your house was up one of the canyons on the west side of the valley, I might consider it. Hamilton will be Missoula in 10 years. Why would I want to jump from the frying pan into the fire?

Originally Posted by grskier

Dude must be beefy to lift and toss a 200 lb dude and his stationary bike....

That's what some GATORADE will do for ya....

uhhmmmm....

"a high-impact workout using stationary bikes"

well, yeah, in this case, I suppose so.

I can't stand the classes. The ex wife and 3 or 4 girlfriends have tried to whine and coax me into the rooms, but, after one try, I swore never ever again. Why the fuck do you want to be in a small room with 30 other people sweating like pigs while some dumb ass instructor is shouting at you over really bad disco music. Why?

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Why the fuck do you want to be in a small room with 30 other people sweating like pigs while some dumb ass instructor is shouting at you over really bad disco music. Why?

<phil liggett> Because you'll be riding the time trial of your life and suffering like you've never suffered before </phil liggett>

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

uhhmmmm....

"a high-impact workout using stationary bikes"

well, yeah, in this case, I suppose so.

I can't stand the classes. The ex wife and 3 or 4 girlfriends have tried to whine and coax me into the rooms, but, after one try, I swore never ever again. Why the fuck do you want to be in a small room with 30 other people sweating like pigs while some dumb ass instructor is shouting at you over really bad disco music. Why?

Not to mention the annoying hooting and such. Every time I have been to a spin class there has been tons of it. Makes me want to go knock over some bikes....

Oh man, I was working out yesterday in the room alone with my IPod, and a class streams in - I'm outta there. Ten minutes later, the out of shape "teacher" is wooping and hollering over, I fucking kid you not, "Video Killed the Radio Star". Good Lord. You could here it all over the place.

wait, all of my road rides outside are in the dark with flashing disco lights. yours arent?!