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MEMORANDUM in Support re 116 MOTION to Compel Responses to Interrogatories 1 and 8 filed by Timebase Pty Ltd. SEALED DOCUMENT RECEIVED IN CLERKS OFFICE ON 2/12/10. (Gasey, Arthur) Modified on 2/12/2010 (akl).

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Exhibit 33

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA LEMOND CYCLING, INC., Plaintiff, -againstTREK BICYCLE CORPORATION, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, -againstGREG LEMOND, Third-party Defendant.
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Case No.
08-CV- 01010

(WK/ JSM)

May 7, 2009
9:33

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Deposition of IRA LANGER, held at
the 'offices of Foley
&

Lardner LLP, 90 Park

Avenue, New York, New York, pursuant to Subpoena, before Mildred Cassese, a Registered Professional Reporter and Notary Public of the State of New York.

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Computer Reporting Incorporated
501 Fifth Avenue NewYork, NY 10017 [phone] Fax [phone] www,crinyc.com

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bike race in Philadelphia, so we went to that bike race. He did his grand marshal type, you know, had his grand marshal type responsibilities there. And then the next day we took a car up to Sommerville, New Jersey, which was probably an hour away from where that, from central Philadelphia, you know. Actually at that event Gary Fisher was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, so it was kind of like a cross promotion type thing,
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one of the new members of the Hall of Fame. And having Greg there, there was a silent auction, and there was, you know, he provided some memorabilia and signed it, so it was kind of a fund raising thing for the Hall of Fame as well.

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You mentioned that you went there a

couple of times. Do you remember another instance?
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I think I just remember being there

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more than once.

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You mentioned, when you were talking
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about how Greg would do these autographs and talk to people, that Greg was just Greg. Can you sort of elaborate on that a little bit?
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Sure. Greg would make everyone

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someone came over to him and said that they met him five years ago he would make - - whether he had actually remembered meeting them five years ago, I don't know, but they were sure convinced that he remembered that. Every person who was sitting across from him was the most important person in the room at that moment. And there would be 300 people lined up behind to get his autograph and talk with him, and he would be spending an inordinate amount of time with one person because they had some magazine that he hadnt seen in a long time, or a picture of a bicycle he hadn't seen in a long time and, you know, just a nice guy, you know. People liked talking to him and he like talking to people.

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Did you ever get any feedback from the

dealers that held these grand openings and events
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as to what they thought, how well they thought the
event went?
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Yeah. It was always unanimous.

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People were always, like, oh, when can he come back again, you know, that kind of thing because - - and it was two different things: One, he drew a lot of people; two, he put a great big smile on everybody's face.

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So you mentioned that you did some

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dealer appearances and you listed several cities or places, Boston, Colorado. Which ones specifically, which dealerships do you remember going to with Greg?
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Metro Bicycles in New York. International Bicycles in Boston. Belmont Wheelworks in Boston. Wheat Ridge Cyclery in Colorado. Redlands Cycles in Redlands,

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California. Chain Reaction in the San Francisco area Helen's in Santa Monica, California. It's been a while.

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The time that you went to-Metro,is
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