Million pound bike ride...

il_principe

FFS people at least they raised some cash. The planning was fcuking appalling though, wearing Altura in -8 cannot be much fun.

Davina can fcuk off though, overexposed noisy bint.

blorg

Il Principe wrote:

FFS people at least they raised some cash. The planning was fcuking appalling though, wearing Altura in -8 cannot be much fun.

Davina can fcuk off though, overexposed noisy bint.

They looked like Night Vision jackets which are extremely warm, too warm in fact for me anyway. Would certainly do me in -8. Thought Davina came across very well, certainly making a hard effort and carrying on alone even when her "experienced" pacemaker had to give up!

Ben6899

Out of interest, who were the pacemaker riders?

Pros? Elites?

Seanos

amaferanga wrote:

Well if you think that walking 10 miles is worthy of sponsorship then more fool you.

The kid is 6. It's quite a long way for a little kid. But the important thing is it raises money for Mencap, not that he ends up barely able to stagger over the line.

amaferanga wrote:

Is all money raised for charity good money? Then why the f@ck is Ethiopia for example no better now than it was 30 years ago (spent about 6 months cycling there (not for charity))? Perhaps if charities actually used their money wisely we wouldn't need to throw money at people doing things that everyone should be able to do

Yeah - all charities are rubbish, that's why we don't live in a utopia :roll:

Seanos

amaferanga wrote:

I need to go to the shop to buy a stamp. Its a 10 minute walk. Will anyone sponsor me?

I can't work out whether it's your dislike of giving to those less fortunate than yourself or your misplaced sense of moral & physical superiority that makes you come across as so embittered.

Stewie Griffin

blorg wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

FFS people at least they raised some cash. The planning was fcuking appalling though, wearing Altura in -8 cannot be much fun.

Davina can fcuk off though, overexposed noisy bint.

They looked like Night Vision jackets which are extremely warm, too warm in fact for me anyway. Would certainly do me in -8. Thought Davina came across very well, certainly making a hard effort and carrying on alone even when her "experienced" pacemaker had to give up!

To be fair he had been out for 5 hours straight when he abandoned her, iirc he couldnt feel his hands anymore.

stokepa31

I loved it. thought Davina was a star. have told my daughter Davina is going to be her new mummy.

rhext

I think they did well. First time I got back on the bike after a long break, I couldn't get up even the local hills, and the second time....well, suffice to say a painful experience memory of which is one of the main reasons I try never to go for more than a week without riding the bike these days.

So in order for them to do this at all, they've either been prepared to work in advance to train for it, or put up with some fairly significant discomfort during the ride itself. It's easy to sniff, but if you don't enjoy cycling enough to do it regularly then hacking 450M up a 1 in 4 lakeland pass to raise cash deserves respect in my opinion. Especially in the middle of winter.

mrc1

Peter Jones really annoyed me on that programme. He could have donated £1,000,000 himself yet we had to deal with him stealing the lime light through his small business campaign.

Its simple really - he gets to keep his hundreds of millions in the bank while people that work for him harrass a load of small businesses into donating money that he then claims the credit and praise for.

He falls into the Bono/Geldof realm of massive tool.

markos1963

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

Seanos wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

Anyone pi55ing and moaning about how much their legs hurt or how tired they were should try living the life of either the Indian street kids or that 11 year old carer

A point which David Walliams made in the programme. And I'm sure something that all of the others would agree with as well. However, that just puts things into perspective, it doesn't stop your legs feeling tired, or your hands being numb from cold or having a little bit of a moan.

I don't begrudge anyone a good moan, I am a blackbelt moaner myself, however it seems pretty churlish to gripe on about how much you hurt given what those kids are going through, at least some members had the good grace to suck it up and get on with it.

At least they got off their 4rses and did something remotely energetic some folk here in the office have organised a doughnut eating contest in aid of sport relief :shock: I sh1t you not. That's lower than wii fit in my book

+1 Totally agree, Have a growing respect for Patrick Kielty although I think that Cotton still looks like a sack of spuds on a bike.

CHRISNOIR

daveydave43 wrote:

Wasn't impressed with Carr's attitude to the cycling tbh.
However, it made me laugh that the other cyclists didn't tell him about wearing chamois cream - apparently he was a bit sore....after 20 odd miles!
Points to Walliams for tackling Kirkstone pass, in the dark. And crashing. With near as no sleep.

Well done to em all. Happy to have sent my £5 in!

I think at the point where he was leaving the pub with Patrick Keilty he had a tub of Udderly Smooth* in his hand so someone had tipped him off somewhere along the way.

*Other chuff-piece creams are available.

crumbschief

+1 Totally agree, Have a growing respect for Patrick Kielty although I think that Cotton still looks like a sack of spuds on a bike.

I thought she looked quite desireeable,Kielty on the guinness did fly,it was good advertising for biking and charity.

iain_j

amaferanga wrote:

Well if you think that walking 10 miles is worthy of sponsorship then more fool you. Do you also sponsor people to run a mile?

I did today. Not because I think running a mile is worthy of me shelling out £10, but it's a £10 to charity I probably wouldn't have given before, and that's no bad thing. I give regular donations to other charities but I can't give to them all, that's where things like Sport Relief comes in, it gets everyone's attention on one cause for a few days. Even more so when there's celebs involved. If Walliams & Co hadn't done this ride do you still reckon Sport Relief would have still got that £1million?

As for the event itself, I thought they had it a bit cushy compared to Eddie Izzard, but still - riding in -15deg overnight, sheesh, I was howling along with David Walliams when he got the hot aches back on the bus :shock: and chapeau for tackling the steep side of the Kirkstone Pass, I've not been brave enough to try that one yet. And none of them looked like they got much sleep or decent nutrition over the 4 days.

Though I must say Guinness might be worth a try in my bottles

nolf

In fairness to Peter Jones, his time and connections will be worth a fair bit.

And yes he could give a million quid, but you could probably afford a couple of hundred with no great trouble.

Scrumple

Is it repeated????

It aint on iplayer.......... weel, it is on the pc but not my tv. Can't be doing watching it on my 11 inch netbook.

anyone know if i can see it on tv somehow???

Crapaud

Scrumple wrote:

Is it repeated????

It aint on iplayer.......... weel, it is on the pc but not my tv. Can't be doing watching it on my 11 inch netbook.

anyone know if i can see it on tv somehow???

Tonight on BBC 1 at 1.30 AM.

Scrumple

champion

the wonder horse!

cheers

zedders

I thought it was quite funny.

I kept shouting at the TV: "MAN DOWN MAN DOWN!"
The misses thought I was waiting a war film.

Did I hear someone say Patrick Kielty managed 18mph for a full stint? Good man.

And as for Carr.What a *****er

greasedscotsman

Ben Stiff did it in 28 days on a skateboard! How nuts is that? Anyone fancy a go at beating that? Or maybe on an even more stupid form of transport? Space hopper anyone?

greasedscotsman

Ben Stiff did it in 28 days on a skateboard! How nuts is that? Anyone fancy a go at beating that? Or maybe on an even more stupid form of transport? Space hopper anyone?

Slapshot

Just watched it on the I player thingy....mega impressed. Always been a Davina fan but after her tackling the climb up into Glencoe, on her own in the dark at -15....Chapeau. Same for Walliams, not a massive fan but to tackle the Kirkstone Pass at any time as a non-regular cyclist is damned impressive. They all were apart from Carr, he is an odious little turd.

Some of the challenges this time have been pretty good, the Blue Peter lass that paddled the Amazon. Something similar in Scotland, Dougie Vipond (Drummer from Deacon Blue and BBC Sports presenter) and Fred MacAuley (Scots comedian..allegedly) paddled the Caledonian Canal In February in freezing temps, No fancy support bus or hotels they camped, Loch Ness heading north in a blizzard and 25mph winds, doesn't sound like a pleasure to me.

We should applaud them for trying rather than taking the p!ss.

giant_man

christ what a munter that bloody McCall woman is, can't stand the tart ...... Cotton girl isn't much better, ain't got a clue ....

ExeterSimon

Christ...reading some of the comments on here it's no wonder there's a whole chunk of society that think cyclists are twats.

They got out of there comfort zones and raised a shed load of cash for charity. Who cares if they didn't do it at the pace all the clearly pro riders on this thread would have.

Frank the tank

ExeterSimon wrote:

Christ...reading some of the comments on here it's no wonder there's a whole chunk of society that think cyclists are twats.

They got out of there comfort zones and raised a shed load of cash for charity. Who cares if they didn't do it at the pace all the clearly pro riders on this thread would have.

+1

Must add Carr proved himself to be an absolute egotistical c*ck.

Some of the comments made on here have been right @rsey, and for no good reason imho. I've no doubt some cyclists on here do ride at a good standard but I bet they couldn't keep up in the pro peloton for stage after stage. I would also bet they would be even worse at doing a one hour "stand up" routine.

rake

thats an awful lot of money to spend setting up a bike ride for a few celebrities.

carl_p

Frank the tank wrote:

ExeterSimon wrote:

Christ...reading some of the comments on here it's no wonder there's a whole chunk of society that think cyclists are twats.

They got out of there comfort zones and raised a shed load of cash for charity. Who cares if they didn't do it at the pace all the clearly pro riders on this thread would have.

+1

Must add Carr proved himself to be an absolute egotistical c*ck.

Some of the comments made on here have been right @rsey, and for no good reason imho. I've no doubt some cyclists on here do ride at a good standard but I bet they couldn't keep up in the pro peloton for stage after stage. I would also bet they would be even worse at doing a one hour "stand up" routine.

+2

Well if you were thinking of taking up cycling after watching that programme and are looking on BikeRadar for a bit of guidance and inspiration - welcome to the arrogance and snobbery that is road cycling!! No wonder motorists hate us FFS.

Anonymous

blorg wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

FFS people at least they raised some cash. The planning was fcuking appalling though, wearing Altura in -8 cannot be much fun.

Davina can fcuk off though, overexposed noisy bint.

They looked like Night Vision jackets which are extremely warm, too warm in fact for me anyway. Would certainly do me in -8. Thought Davina came across very well, certainly making a hard effort and carrying on alone even when her "experienced" pacemaker had to give up!

Who had been riding for 5hrs solid...

APIII

Carl_P wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

ExeterSimon wrote:

Christ...reading some of the comments on here it's no wonder there's a whole chunk of society that think cyclists are twats.

They got out of there comfort zones and raised a shed load of cash for charity. Who cares if they didn't do it at the pace all the clearly pro riders on this thread would have.

+1

Must add Carr proved himself to be an absolute egotistical c*ck.

Some of the comments made on here have been right @rsey, and for no good reason imho. I've no doubt some cyclists on here do ride at a good standard but I bet they couldn't keep up in the pro peloton for stage after stage. I would also bet they would be even worse at doing a one hour "stand up" routine.

+2

Well if you were thinking of taking up cycling after watching that programme and are looking on BikeRadar for a bit of guidance and inspiration - welcome to the arrogance and snobbery that is road cycling!! No wonder motorists hate us FFS.

+3
There really are some massive c0cks amongst the cycling fraternity.

rake

or anywhere. some say as much as 50% goes missing to bandits and corruption, making it a 500000 bike ride. its interesting what proportion of your assets are pledged to charity, sugars 60000 donation (£830000000 estimated) is like a modest income donating a £5. i find it all a bit patronising filthy rich people telling me to give.

Frank the tank

The missing money asspect would apply to however it was raised. It's the attitude of some posters which is being called into question. I.E. they fell off their bike etc, what idiots they must be. Well show me someone who hasn't fallen from grace when first using clipless pedals.

With the exception of Carr it was a very genuine effort from the said celebs and should damn well be applauded by all, cycling community included.

As I previously posted, how many "super cyclists" could get on stage an do a hour of stand up?

So just step back and think before you belittle these people.