do you remember tony bell?
Cleat Eastwood
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He used to be one of the must reads in cycling weekly, along with the hilariously creative Johhny Helms cartoons.
Well he's writing on here now.
http://www.thebikefactory.co.uk/
have a peep
Well he's writing on here now.
http://www.thebikefactory.co.uk/
have a peep
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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Ah...I thought you were talking about Ice Cream!0
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I used to really enjoy his bit on the back pages of Cycling Weekly
What was the name of his fictional coach?
According to Wiki, it's his birthday on Sunday, so Happy Birthday Tony0 -
nicensleazy wrote:Ah...I thought you were talking about Ice Cream!
That was spelt slightly differently as I recall. I guess I'll have the jingle in my head for the rest of the day !
Snake
My Library'Follow Me' the wise man said, but he walked behind!0 -
Cycling weekly or bikefactory? i know were i would rather be.0
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I thought you were gonna say that he'd died!
He used to appear on here ocassionally as well.
Can we fix it?
Yes we can!0 -
I've seen his brother in Eureka cyclists cafe once or twice.0
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You're being ironic right? Please god say you're being ironic.Cleat Eastwood wrote:the hilariously creative Johhny Helms cartoons.0 -
Oh come on how can you not like the one about the old man on a bike who's wife doesnt want him to go riding
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The one where the wife doesnt want her elderly husband to go riding
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The one where an elderly couple argue about going riding.
Such hilarity.The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oh come on how can you not like the one about the old man on a bike who's wife doesnt want him to go riding
OR
The one where the wife doesnt want her elderly husband to go riding
OR
The one where an elderly couple argue about going riding.
Such hilarity.
Indeed. Quality!
Who can forget Elderly man riding past wife and her friend, who make a witty derogatory quip about him.0 -
NapoleonD wrote:Cleat Eastwood wrote:Oh come on how can you not like the one about the old man on a bike who's wife doesnt want him to go riding
OR
The one where the wife doesnt want her elderly husband to go riding
OR
The one where an elderly couple argue about going riding.
Such hilarity.
Indeed. Quality!
Who can forget Elderly man riding past wife and her friend, who make a witty derogatory quip about him.
Or anything involving being pursued by a Muttley-headed terrier?'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'0 -
I think that's covered about all of them...0
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He died a few years back didnt he (Helms) but the cartoons are still there. I think they're afraid to stop them for losing their over 70s demographic ?0
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To be fair the one where the elderly gent was observed by his wife setting out on his own on a tandem added new subtlety to the genre - you can almost see her suspicious brain ticking over!0
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there was one where an elderly gent on a road bicycle was asked if there were any mountains nearby by a youth on a mountain bicycle. That was good.
I think Tony Bell's brother (Mark?) died about a year or so ago? Tony Bell's main job was as a journo on a regional newspaper so I doubt that the Comic strip he did was his main income stream...0 -
Only a few months back IIRC.cougie wrote:He died a few years back didnt he (Helms) but the cartoons are still there.0
