Obama and the future of cycling...

Sewinman
Sewinman Posts: 2,131
edited November 2008 in Commuting chat
I am astonished that there has been no comment on this momentous, historic, amazing, incredible and unheard of day and the effect it will have on cycle commuting in the UK!?


Note the helmet and sensible hybrid - read: cautious, unlikely to start wars.

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In comparison to the hardcore MTB who has thrown away the helmet and is showing off his guns...

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.
  • Sewinman
    Sewinman Posts: 2,131
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    What's wrong with Trek?
  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...nothing wrong with Trek...I own two, and I ain't started no wars...
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Nothing at all. I just don't like 'em.
  • Cantdosleepy
    Cantdosleepy Posts: 122
    Obama's impact on commuting in London isalready being felt.

    I stayed up too late last night watching the votes come in, so overslept and had to tube it to work today.

    D'oh!
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Obama needs to pump his tyres up... and is that a trailer?

    Bush just needs to go away. Also, there's nothing to indicate he's done anything but pick up the bike.
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,955
    Christ on a bike, that's one hell of a rear mudguard Obama's packing! :shock:

    Or is he towing George Dubbya behind him?
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  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...
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  • Finbar Saunders
    Finbar Saunders Posts: 299
    The picture of Dubya was taken before his aides told him he was supposed to ride the bike, not carry it around. To which he replied " Hell, I bin carrying Cheney around for years and it ain't never dun me no harm".
    No-one wanted to eat Patagonia Toothfish so they renamed it Chilean Sea Bass and now it's in danger of over fishing!
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    edited November 2008
    That is a particularly nasty dress sense Bush is revealing there. The socks! Blue and green! :shock:

    Time for a caption competition me thinks:

    From out-of-shot Presidential aide to Bush: "Er, Mr President, the idea is that you ride it, not carry it. Put the bike down, Mr President."

    Bush: "This carbon stuff sure is light. Maybe we should invade China to get ourselves some more of the stuff."
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Finbar Saunders wrote:
    The picture of Dubya was taken before his aides told him he was supposed to ride the bike, not carry it around. To which he replied " Hell, I bin carrying Cheney around for years and it ain't never dun me no harm".

    :lol: B*ugger. Beat me to it!
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,399
    Daniel B wrote:
    Christ on a bike

    Despite the media hype I don't think it is.
    :lol:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Jen J wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...

    I'm sorry but "beautiful Trek" is an oxymoron. :D
  • chromehoof
    chromehoof Posts: 79
    on the small front chainring on the flat?

    tut tut.

    cool mudguard though. I want me one of them!
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    bush.jpg

    Trek's new bike stand was just happy to be employed.
  • chromehoof
    chromehoof Posts: 79
    Jen J wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...

    lucky escape for 2 reasons. 1: you'll get way more bang for your buck with a so-called 'lesser' brand (say Canyon). 2: you'd have been just like everyone else. Trek. Yawn. Nice, but boring.
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    jashburnham wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...

    I'm sorry but "beautiful Trek" is an oxymoron. :D

    No, it really was. Shiny blue carbon...mmmmm.

    Mind you, it was early on a Sunday morning, after a late night...so maybe you have a point...
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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    edited November 2008
    jashburnham wrote:
    bush.jpg

    Trek's new bike stand was just happy to be employed.

    Or how about; "Park unveil their latest product - The Complete Tool" :wink:

    Pity it was a model from the men's Trek range, otherwise;

    "See, I told you those WSDs existed"
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  • wgwarburton
    wgwarburton Posts: 1,863
    Bush has a history, here: When he was over in Scotland for the 2005 G8 conference he skidded on a wet surface when out for a ride & clocked a policeman... I'd suggest this was down to unfamilarity with wetness, given that he's from Texas... but apparantly he's fallen off his bike there, too...

    Cheers,
    W.
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    DavidBelcher : :lol::lol::lol:

    Poor sock choice aside he does look the part, he appears to be wearing SPD shows, is carrying a camelbak (or similar) hydration pack and there's even a helmet next to him!
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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Jen J wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...

    Thats the trouble when you start sniffing that stuff in the shop. :lol:

    trek are nice though
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    downfader wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...

    Thats the trouble when you start sniffing that stuff in the shop. :lol:

    trek are nice though

    Sorry, I can't quite read that bottom bit - can you type it a bit bigger please? ;)
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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Jen J wrote:
    downfader wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    I nearly bought a beautiful £2k Trek road bike on Sunday, when I went to buy some bike cleaner :?

    Still want it...

    Thats the trouble when you start sniffing that stuff in the shop. :lol:

    trek are nice though

    Sorry, I can't quite read that bottom bit - can you type it a bit bigger please? ;)

    I said:

    trek are nice though

    ..well the ones I've seen :wink::lol:
  • Dudu
    Dudu Posts: 4,637
    Sewinman wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Mmm but they both ride Trek...

    Warmongers.

    What's wrong with Trek?


    Planned obselescence, marketing hype - the same as Shimano.

    But a Trek (or Shimano) product today, and when it wears out, you won't be able to get the bits you need to repair it.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    But there'll be a million used spare parts floating around, no?
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Hopefully Obama will prove thatyou don't need to be a complete numpty to run the United States
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    I think that is a trailer Obama is pulling

    Probably got the hopes and dreams of the entire world on it, no wonder the tyre looks flat.
    Now if he just raised his saddle a bit...
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  • laughingboy
    laughingboy Posts: 248
    Apparently, despite the cowboy posturing, Bush is a credible cyclist:

    http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600155939,00.html

    Let's hope Obama, by contrast, proves himself a credible president. :lol:

    P.S. - BTW, I don't know whether it is the done thing to comment on such things but, Attica, your avatar and accompanying quotation show you to be a man of exquisite taste.
  • sbsmac
    sbsmac Posts: 21
    Bloody hell - looks suspiciously like I ride the same bike as the ex-president of the USA ! (Trek Top Fuel 0 8) :shock: Should have known something was up when mine was discounted with "one careless owner - may have seen some crunches".
  • robbarker
    robbarker Posts: 1,367
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Obama needs to pump his tyres up... and is that a trailer?

    It's to tow the secret service bloke who's eaten too many doughnuts..

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