Vicky Pendleton in just her shoes!!!

redvee

From a forthcoming article in Obsewrver monthly

Lagavulin

Hmm.... nice! 8)

DaveyL

Yuk. She's on a Trek.

z000m

shame there isnt any better angles

Rob Sallnow

DaveyL wrote:

Yuk. She's on a Trek.

Damn you beat me to it!!

BeaconRuth

What is she doing on a road bike?

Ruth

graeme_s-2

Now I understand why I got a text from my mate last night saying "Just thought I'd text to tell you to buy the observer on Sunday for the Sport Monthly. I think the cover will make your day!"

Adamskii

I want to be a photographer... Purely for artistic reasons of course

Ashley_R

DaveyL wrote:

Yuk. She's on a Trek.

You mean theres a bike in the photo, didn't notice!! :P

vermooten

Saddle's now on ebay ... I've just bid my life savings.

(sorry)

el_presidente

BeaconRuth wrote:

What is she doing on a road bike?

Ruth

copying the Anne Leibowitz Lance Armstrong pic as discussed here

http://www.atomicecho.com/cycling/2008/02/victoria_pendleton_naked.shtml[/url]

NFMC

They do say that sex sells and I'll certainly be buying the Observer this weekend.

1892

Is it sunday 2nd March or did I miss it last week :?:

bagpusscp

vermooten wrote:

Saddle's now on ebay ... I've just bid my life savings.

(sorry)

:twisted: >

I cannot find it :!: :!: :?: :?:

1892

Rob Sallnow wrote:

DaveyL wrote:

Yuk. She's on a Trek.

Damn you beat me to it!!

There's nothing wrong with Treks

robbarker

I look at that picture and,instead of seeing a sex object, (despite the fact that she is an incredibly attractive woman) I see a honed athlete at the top of her game, who has clearly made a lot of sacrifices and put the hours of painful training in to get where she is. I like it, and in a way my wife would probably approve of.

Agreed though, shame about the Trek ;-)

McBain_v1

Whatever you do don't click on the picture, and then some of the other pictures that appear below it :shock:

Not safe for work

daniel_b

Agreed, that is one impressive picture, and not for lecherous reasons, just for athletic ones.

Well done her.

Dan

Nuggs

I like it purely for lecherous reasons...

graeme_s-2

Richard Williams (one of the Guardian's sports journalists) stuck his oar in on this the other day

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/columnists/ ... 57,00.html

Victoria Pendleton is a terrific athlete and an impressive woman but a world champion track cyclist, even a drop-dead gorgeous one, should have no need to broaden her appeal by stripping off for next Sunday's Observer Sports Magazine.

She was right to be frustrated by her omission from the shortlist for last year's BBC sports personality of the year award but playing the glamour card might not look quite so astute if, in this Olympic year, she suddenly runs into a streak of poor form. Although Pendleton would say, with justification, that Britain's top cyclists need all the publicity they can get, some kinds of exposure have a way of turning sour. Let's hope this is an exception.

Now considering it's a really obvious homage to Annie Leibowitz's Lance Armstrong photograph, and he didn't get any stick for stripping off when he did it, isn't Williams actually saying that she shouldn't have done it because she's a woman. Isn't that sexist?

z000m

what hes saying is its not very lady like.

sloboy

Graeme_S wrote:

Richard Williams (one of the Guardian's sports journalists) stuck his oar in on this the other day

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/columnists/ ... 57,00.html

Victoria Pendleton is a terrific athlete and an impressive woman but a world champion track cyclist, even a drop-dead gorgeous one, should have no need to broaden her appeal by stripping off for next Sunday's Observer Sports Magazine.

She was right to be frustrated by her omission from the shortlist for last year's BBC sports personality of the year award but playing the glamour card might not look quite so astute if, in this Olympic year, she suddenly runs into a streak of poor form. Although Pendleton would say, with justification, that Britain's top cyclists need all the publicity they can get, some kinds of exposure have a way of turning sour. Let's hope this is an exception.

Now considering it's a really obvious homage to Annie Leibowitz's Lance Armstrong photograph, and he didn't get any stick for stripping off when he did it, isn't Williams actually saying that she shouldn't have done it because she's a woman. Isn't that sexist?

I don't quite get that the homage is that obvious or complete. Mainly because if the pic at the top of the thread is the whole image to be published, it's nothing like as complete an image. The Lance pic shows the musculature of the cyclist, both in its strengths and weaknesses as well as capturing something of the grit required. The only thing I don't admire in it is that his position on the bike looks a bit odd - maybe it's supposed to capture headwind.

Anyhow, by comaprison the VP picture, doesn't show much of anything.

Nuggs

sloboy wrote:

Anyhow, by comaprison the VP picture, doesn't show much of anything.

Which is a grave disappointment...

ddraver

meh she's got no boobs... :twisted: :twisted:

or the airbrush has been at work possibly

Mike Healey

According to a thread in another place, scanties were worn but Photoshopped/ airbrushed out.

Mark Alexander

If you take a look at countless celebrity photographers' work over the years, many have stripped off and not compromised their integrity. If you think that Vicky has then I really can't see why.

andy_winch

BeaconRuth wrote:

What is she doing on a road bike?

Ruth

Ere........ she`s a roadie/racer so that`s what you`d expect, she`d hardly be on an mtb would she ?

sloboy

I think we were expecting a track bike with sprinter bars really.

Mark Alexander

who knows. road bikes are more easily recognizable to the masses than a track bike. Personally I think it will have a wider appeal.

When the paper's opened this sunday, those interested in vicky P. can assess, well, Vicky P but everyone else can wonder....
"so where are the brakes :shock: :shock: " This way, no one will have to make up any excuses as to why they're staring at a beautiful brunette.
P.C. version non gender/sexuality defining

BeaconRuth

Mark Alexander wrote:

who knows. road bikes are more easily recognizable to the masses than a track bike. Personally I think it will have a wider appeal.

Surely if the masses really think she would be found racing and winning World Championships on the bike in the picture, then they wouldn't miss the brakes if they weren't there? Just seems all wrong to me, whether it's a take off of the Lance picture or not. He was on his racing machine, she should be on hers. TBH I think the image would have been an even more powerful homage for that difference.............. or maybe I'd better just shut up. Scientist. Out of Depth.

Ruth

Mark Alexander

Every time I go on a shoot, all the components are thought out and make sense. I agree that it would have been better on the track bike.

Where's her helmet?