Lance in Glasgow

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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Great story and pix there Alan looks like you has some day though i reckon you could have got back on on the road to Lochwinnoch :-), i live about 40 miles North East of Paisley but choose yesterday to go mountain biking at Glentress :-( Yet i was warned by my daughter on Mon night as she follows him on twitter as usual i scoffed and merrily went down to Peebles. Maybe next time :wink:

    If you live in Bridge of Allan, just say you live in Bridge of Allan. We won't judge you. :-)
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    DaveyL wrote:
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Great story and pix there Alan looks like you has some day though i reckon you could have got back on on the road to Lochwinnoch :-), i live about 40 miles North East of Paisley but choose yesterday to go mountain biking at Glentress :-( Yet i was warned by my daughter on Mon night as she follows him on twitter as usual i scoffed and merrily went down to Peebles. Maybe next time :wink:

    If you live in Bridge of Allan, just say you live in Bridge of Allan. We won't judge you. :-)

    No its Fife but BOA is not too far away and is a nice wee place if you dont meet any locals :wink:
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Lived in Stirling for a good many years and the folks still live there, so you don't need to say :-)
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    DaveyL wrote:
    Lived in Stirling for a good many years and the folks still live there, so you don't need to say :-)

    Ah one of the Raploch old boys then Davey ? :wink:
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    Alan A wrote:
    I'm a regular lurker but I thought I'd share this because yesterday was a little bit special........But what a day.

    Really enjoyed reading that, good post Alan, must have been great fun.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Alan you lucky lucky sod. I'd have travelled from London with alittle more notice.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Moray Gub wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Lived in Stirling for a good many years and the folks still live there, so you don't need to say :-)

    Ah one of the Raploch old boys then Davey ? :wink:

    Certainly not from Big Mags's turf :-) Broomridge, dontcha know. That's the posh part of Braehead :-)
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Welcome Alan- what a fabulous post, just wonderful. You wrote so beautifully- I could feel just what it was like to be there. Thankyou.


    Tusher (who is still sitting on the naughty step)
  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    DaveyL wrote:
    Moray Gub wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Lived in Stirling for a good many years and the folks still live there, so you don't need to say :-)

    Ah one of the Raploch old boys then Davey ? :wink:

    Certainly not from Big Mags's turf :-) Broomridge, dontcha know. That's the posh part of Braehead :-)

    Snap - my kids are in Braehead primary.
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    edited August 2009
    My wee brother's a traffic polis in Strathclyde, so I must ask him if he knows anything, but I'm trying to imagine the scene in the canteen when the traffic sergeant told the early shift to drag their bikes out the shed 'cos they were going to have to pedal faster than they have ever done in their lives to escort LA around Paisley.

    I think they have to have intensive training to learn how to use their legs again when they transfer from panda cars to bikes.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    paulcuthbert wrote:
    What's the difference between God and Bono?

    God doesn't walk round Africa thinking he's Bono

    And God still can't ride a Bike. ???
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    As I stood watching from the cover of a local boozers doorway one of the regulars piped up “ Who’s that oer there? Chris Hoy? ” “Nah it’s Lance Armstrong” “The baw cancer guy?”

    That's classic- and is so typically Paisley :)
    Thanks for the story and pictures. Would loved to have been there :(

    Next time... :D
    The most painful climb in Northern Ireland http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6776_124247198694_548863694_2335754_8016178_n.jpg
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Alan,

    Great post about the ride. Can't quite get my head round how this happened so close to home (or work in East Kilbride).

    I'd have been there along with several others from work and it would have been quite something to have been riding in such a large bunch. I wouldn't have lasted long at all, but the experience would have been quite something.

    Got to admit that when I was racing, I very rarely did any riding around Paisley (just the St James courses), and now I only pass through on my way to Elderslie to take the Sustrans route down past Lochwinnoch.

    As others have said, despite not being a fan at all, it was a nice touch to publicise the ride and give others the chance to take part and I would have to credit him with doing it.
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    Moray Gub wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    Moray Gub wrote:
    Great story and pix there Alan looks like you has some day though i reckon you could have got back on on the road to Lochwinnoch :-), i live about 40 miles North East of Paisley but choose yesterday to go mountain biking at Glentress :-( Yet i was warned by my daughter on Mon night as she follows him on twitter as usual i scoffed and merrily went down to Peebles. Maybe next time :wink:

    If you live in Bridge of Allan, just say you live in Bridge of Allan. We won't judge you. :-)

    No its Fife but BOA is not too far away and is a nice wee place if you dont meet any locals :wink:

    God's Kingdom :D
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    I live 70 miles on a bearing of 49 degrees from Paisley. That's nowhere near Bridge of Allan, if it helps.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    afx237vi wrote:
    PS, my respect for Armstrong went up a tiny fraction for doing the group ride, but then plummeted again when I heard he was there to see U2. Some things are just unforgivable, I'm afraid.

    Oh right.

    I have come to the conclusion that Lance fans do not ride their bikes an awful lot.
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  • mikeq
    mikeq Posts: 141
    my pics from the day

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    Cycling from Glasgow to Paris to raise funds for Asthma UK

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  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    frenchfighter wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    PS, my respect for Armstrong went up a tiny fraction for doing the group ride, but then plummeted again when I heard he was there to see U2. Some things are just unforgivable, I'm afraid.

    Oh right.

    I have come to the conclusion that Lance fans do not ride their bikes an awful lot.

    That's probably because a lot of the attention he gets isn't for his cycling. I only got into cycling after reading his autobiography and now I'm hooked. I assume a lot of people have read his books and don't have an interest in cycling.

    So you're probably right, a lot of Lance fans probably don't ride bikes.
  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    frenchfighter wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    PS, my respect for Armstrong went up a tiny fraction for doing the group ride, but then plummeted again when I heard he was there to see U2. Some things are just unforgivable, I'm afraid.

    Oh right.

    I have come to the conclusion that Lance fans do not ride their bikes an awful lot.

    What's your point?

    I'm a fan of Ole Einar Bjørndalen but I've never skied.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Case in point.

    I have also noticed that most of the pro Lance people have very few posts. Often really low.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    guinea wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I have come to the conclusion that Lance fans do not ride their bikes an awful lot.

    What's your point?

    I'm a fan of Ole Einar Bjørndalen but I've never skied.

    This is a pro race forum. I would expect people interested enough to participate in a forum on a sport (whatever it is) to take part in it a lot if they are physically able to.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Case in point.

    I have also noticed that most of the pro Lance people have very few posts. Often really low.

    I have to admit I've only had my eyes opened to peoples opinion of Lance and doping in the sport in general since joining this forum. Before I thought if you hadn't been caught, then you didn't dope and certainly never entertained Lance doping. I have to admit I am saddened by the feeling that very few TDF winners are clean.

    People on here seem to be happy when people are caught doping. I'm happy that the cheats are caught but with others it tends to be an 'I told you so' happiness.

    My post count is low due to my obvious naviety. Maybe other people in the same boat as me feel the same.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    This is a pro race forum. I would expect people interested enough to participate in a forum on a sport (whatever it is) to take part in it a lot if they are physically able to.

    Why? Do you think they crazy overweight people you see frothing at the mouth during the Tour of Flanders have been near a bike in years?

    It's just a sport, I'd expect a mixture of people who are fans and people who are fans and participate.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Rosco, no direct hit at you - what I've read of your posts so far have shown sense and an understanding many people with a hundred time your post count do not have.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    This is a pro race forum. I would expect people interested enough to participate in a forum on a sport (whatever it is) to take part in it a lot if they are physically able to.

    Why? Do you think they crazy overweight people you see frothing at the mouth during the Tour of Flanders have been near a bike in years?

    It's just a sport, I'd expect a mixture of people who are fans and people who are fans and participate.

    Crazy, overweight Belgians couldn't get up the hills! In addition, it isn't equivilant to the Lance issue as it is engrained in thier culture.

    The thing about cycling too is that it is extremely easy to participate in for one, and two it is niche, so it is not like football where it is a part of English culture (not mine), which would reinforce my point.

    I can only speak for myself I guess - I never participated on a forum for a sport I never take part in, and am out training 2-4 times a week.
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  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    Tusher wrote:
    Welcome Alan- what a fabulous post, just wonderful. You wrote so beautifully- I could feel just what it was like to be there. Thankyou.


    Tusher (who is still sitting on the naughty step)

    +1 Sounds like you had a great day, made me smile just reading it.
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Rosco, no direct hit at you - what I've read of your posts so far have shown sense and an understanding many people with a hundred time your post count do not have.

    I'm not taking it that way at all mate, I just thought I had a point that may be relevant to yours :D
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    frenchfighter wrote:
    I can only speak for myself I guess - I never participated on a forum for a sport I never take part in, and am out training 2-4 times a week.

    Have to disagree - I sometimes post on motorsport forums, but not having the car or money to take part, I do not actively compete. I do attend many motorsport events as a spectator and have been in to motor racing for about the same length of time as I have been in to cycling (since about 1975 if you want to know).

    I do agree that having been a competiton cyclist, there are areas that we will have a better knowledge of than general fans, but for a sport such as motorsport, only team members would have access to the full facts. This doesn't stop people having reasoned debate on forums with a large amount of knowledge displayed by many members.

    This is coming back a bit to the complaint from some people who want to join a club that we are too aloof and look down at new members until they have proved themselves. I was fortunate that in Ayr Roads, everyone was very welcoming in the mid '70's and we had no problem fully fitting in with the more experienced club riders.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Roscobob wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Rosco, no direct hit at you - what I've read of your posts so far have shown sense and an understanding many people with a hundred time your post count do not have.

    I'm not taking it that way at all mate, I just thought I had a point that may be relevant to yours :D

    Sure. It was a good point.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Norway's own biker Thor Hushovd won the Oslo Grand Prix Wednesday evening, with a crowd of 70,000 lining the streets of the Norwegian capital. Compatriots Alexander Kristoff and Kurt Asle Arvesen followed in 2nd and 3rd place.
    Many of the spectators had come to watch cycling legend Lance Armstrong, who was back in Oslo for the first time since 1993, when he won the World Championship, the beginning of his great career.

    The American had been especially invited to the Oslo Grand Prix by Hushovd, as the race was held in benefit of the Cancer Society.

    Towards the final rounds Wednesday evening the two friends pulled away from the rest of the field, but on the last leg Armstrong stiffened up, and Hushovd won comfortably. Armstrong ended in 8th place.
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